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The Tennesseani
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A NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN and The Nashville American, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1911. 5 GREAT SALE Of Ready-to-Wear Garments at August Prices is attracting buyers from all over the state. Read tKe list of sweeping reductions which will be effective Monday and all this week. $25.00 Suits $8.75 The $15.00 Skirts at $5. 1 'i c- rt-n tA Pmn mH JJUciUllllU llldlCl Jclia ailU l-l 1H- Sirica, 111 A 11 victjj uiiu Serges.

Only about 45 in all, but we will close fcQ them out Monday at PO $5.00 Dainty Dresses at $2.99 These are the best values we have yet shown in dainty Cord Muslin Dresses, the hot weather kind, value $5.00. QA Monday at $5.00 Dresses at $1.00 You will wonder how we can sell them at such a price. Pretty Lawns, Linens and Batistes a variety of styles and (fr (f colors, $3.00 values, at VIU Come here tomorrow expecting to get absolutely the best Skirt you have ever owned for less than half the price. You have never seen such materials in less than $10.00 or $15.00 Skirts, and in all our forty years of merchandising we have never offered to our customers such a value as this. Skirts of beautiful wiry, crisp Voile, Chiffon Panama, Imported Poplins, Priestley's famous Cravenettes, English Serges and Pongee Silks comprise the assortment; tES ff all in the $10.00 and $15.00 class.

Monday, each P3.UU $20.00 Pongee Coats $9.15 Not all sizes, but if you can find yours you can buy a Ht $20.00 Pongee Coat Monday. P7. $15.00 Lin $3.00 gerie Dresses at .00 Lingerie Waists at 50c $30.00 Silk Dresses at $10.00 For those going away, as well as the stay-at-homes, nothing more useful and practical or as stylish as these charming Foulard Dresses, the $30.00 kind, that we sell Monday QO few of last season's but mostly These are high-grade models, a slightly soiled, mostly samples, Monday none made to sell less than $15.00. These are the left-overs of our $2.00 families and somewhat soiled and rumpled. Limit two to a customer.

CAt Monday $1.00 Petticoats at 29c Made of splendid Ginghams in all good washable colors, Oft two to a customer, $1.00 value, at tJC Sale 9x12 Special Rugs 9x12 Sale Persian Rugs, 9x12; frf salo price Ovl Axmlnster Rugs, 9x12 A AA sale price ipiv.llu Velvet Rugs, 9x12; A sale price ip xHr.OU Imperial Brussels Rugs, 0x12; C1 A EJfl sale price PXv.OU 100 Pieces of Silk Silk Dress Patterns, $1.50 Silks 89c flf 25C S2.G0 Each At thls you can hlly tomorrow ww uvu any plcce Qf Black Silk Four tables of beautiful Silks on sale Wo have selected from the short vVwor0 Wr'h 51'6 tomorrow moraine at 25c a yard, lengths of our 3So and 35c Silks 200 Every color and every wanted orlnt- Pattcrn3 of ei ht This includes yard-wide Mcssallnes, ins. We have them also in dress pat- rcs3 3ards caon' 27 Taffetas, and Waterproof Silks, real terns of elBht yards each, and thd Inches wide, and will put them on salo $1.50 values; sale price tomor- price tomorrow will be 52.00 a pattern, tomorrow morning at S2.00 each. row only, per yard: 80c Great Parasol Sheer and Shrunk Knit Underwear Bargains Linen Special 200 Pongee Silk Parasols, with a deep Sheer Linen. 75c value. Ladles' low neck Union Suits, tight border of contrasting colors; worth 36-inch Shrunk Linon, 50c 35c knee and lace-trlmmed; $1.75 $5.00 each.

In this salo at, 45-Inch Shrunk Linen, 60c 40c value3' at S1-00 15-inch Shrunk Linen, 76c value, Boys' and Girls' Knit Waists, Children's Parasols, in every col- 90-Inch All-Linen Sheeting, regu- sis 2 to 12' 200 vnlues' at- -12! or, price, and quality. to $1.00 Iar $1.25 vaue at. cea 85(, sk taf.0 arma Bargains in Umbrellas SO-lneh Sheeting, regular J1.60 and nock; value, at SOo from $1.00 to $5.00 value, at 00c Ladles' Vests, tape neck; 3 Special Sale of $1.50 Men's Shirts We are agents the Home Embroideries Journal and Home Journal Paf. af 85 fcfns- The New Embroidery Rnnlr tiict mil A manufacturer's summer line of J1.60 27-lneh Flouncing, value 75c, 50c BOOK IS IUSI OUt. Fancy Colored Shirts will be All-Over Embroidery, value 75c.

on Bale tomorrow at, each 85c Railroad Fares Refunded on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this season's Dresses that arc KILLS H. 8. BAKER IN HIS SALOON Will Clifton Claims Self-DefenseSurrenders. After an argument over an debt, starting In Charlie Rossell's near-beer saloon on North First street, East Nashville, Will Clifton, aged 32, an employe of tho Kirkpatrlck Lumber Com- 1 pany, shot and almost instantly killed uimvi in ins saioon ui me corner of First and Oldham streets, Saturday night. Following tho shooting Clifton called up Special Officer G.

F. Campbell and gave himself up. Ho was charged with murder. Clifton claims self-defense. He states tl'at Baker approached him In Rossell's saloon and after charging that ho was attempting to evade a debt, knocked him down.

Later, he states, that he and a friend went to Baker's saloon, not knowing that Baker was there. When ho entered, he states, Baker threw a number of beer glasses at him, narrowly missing his head, and ho drew his pistol and fired twice. One bullet penetrated Faker's forehead and another passed through the right shoulder. Either would have been fatal. Clifton seemed coot at the police station last night.

He stated that he was confident that he would got out of trouble on account of the bad reputation which Baker had and of the fact that he had witnesses to prove that Baker attacked him. "Until he provoked the fight -with me," Clifton stated, "Baker and I were very good friends. We hud never had any trouble before." Following the shooting thu city ambulance was called, but Baker was dead before the ambulance reached the scene. The remains were taken to the undertaking establishmnt of W. W.

Wllker-Bon, where they will bo prepared for nterment. Baker, who lived on Marks street, near the corner of First, Is survived by a wife and two little children. His mother, Mrs. W. H.

Shaw, also survives him. Clifton lives at 240 Putnam street. Ho Is unmarried, making his home with his father and mother. In evidence of the fact that he did not go to Baker's saloon seeking trouble Clifton claims that a friend nsked him into the saloon to have a drink. He also states that Baker had only that day secured an Interest In the saloon, and that he was not aware of this deah Tho sounds the pistol shots and news of the killing caused great excitement in Northeast Nashville and by the time the ambulance and patrol wagons reached the scene a crowd of nearly a thousand spectators had gathered about t'ne place of the shooting.

The killing took place about 10 o'clock. ALTJMNI ASSOCIATION. The Alumni association of the University of Nashville will meet on the mezzanine floor of the Hermitage Hotel Monday at 4 p. m. The Peabody College a'tumnl have been invited to attend and an Interesting meeting Is anticipated.

Men's Furnishings Men's Hoso Supporters 10c All our 50c Neckties and Scarfs, oach 25c BulbrlBgan Shirts, worth 50c, at. Colored Shirts, woith $1.00 to 11.50, at 75c Odd Sizes of Fine Shirts 40c All our "15c Collars to close 5c Union Suits, the $1.00 quality 50n 51.00 Lisle Thread Underwear. (1.50 Whlto Shirts T5c fuc Elastic Seam Drawers 45c Men's Belts, value 50c, for 25c Muslin Underwear Children's Muslin Skirts and Draw- era, hemstitched ruffles, sizes 2 to 12 years 10c Ladies' Gowns, Skirts, Coraet Covers, Chemises, and. Circular Drawers, nicely trimmed, at 40c Ladles' Muslin Drawers, tucks, hemstitched ruffles 2Bo Ladies' Muslin Gowns, tucked yokes, 50c value, tomorrow 30c short Skirts 25c $600 THE PRICE PAID FOR PEACE Lower California Socialist Disturbance is Ended. MBXIOALI, Lower California, June 17 Sixty men, all that remained of a Ma-jmiist band that numbered 300 two nonths ago, accepted JGOO from Madero as the price of peace, laid down arms and marched over the border Into Calaxieot Cal.

With their leader end illegetl chief source of supply, Rlcardn Vlores Magon, priaoner-in Los Angeles, he so-called liberals, -who had hoped to a socialist commonwealth In Lower California, lost heart tonight and the town Is in the hands of Madero's lieutenants. The surrender was accomplished wlth-Dut Senor Gallegos, who had headed a party of Maderlstas that took the Held last week, entered Mexieali by envoys representing X. Madero, Jr. The disheartened nsiirrectos agreed to lay down their irms, and they were given $10 each. I'liey then formed In a column and marched across the Internationa boundary, Officers escorted the rebels two miles north of Calexlco, and started them northward with Instructions to keep moving.

Telephone messages were sent io the authorities of towns In Imperial county to see that the wandering band did not stop. ji Stepu have already been taken to repair the damages wrought by the liberals since they took Mexican last January. AUCTION SALES. CLOSING OUT Liquidation TRADE SALE Account discontinuing business, the Vttughan-Monnlg Shoe (Late of Jefferson City, Mo.) manufacturers' entire wholesale stock, 3,159 cases, 73,000 pairs, over $137,000 worth, Men's Good-year Welt, Western-Made SHOES AT AUCTION on 90 days' credit, by catalogue, In lots to wholesale and retail dealers, absolutely to highest bidders without reserve, THURSDAY, JUNE 29 commencing 10 o'clock precisely, in our special and salesrooms, Nos. 44-46-48-50 Vine street.

Descriptive catalogue 'with terms and conditions of sale mailed on receipt of application. THE EZEKia BERNHEffl WHOLESALE AUCTIONEERS No. 334 Main Street, Cincinnati, O. Special Bargains in Wash Fabrics Fast color Apron Checks, worth 8c, at 61c Challies, worth 6flc, at 5c Cheviot for "Work Shirts, worth 10c, at 71c MadraB for Shirta and "Walsta, good value at 12Jc our 10c 32-Inch Zephyr Ginghams, the 25c kind, at 12 Jc Hosiery Bargains Ladies' full fashioned, silk thread, double sole, heel, and toe, worth $1.00, for 50c $1.60 silk Hose, full fashioned. Imported Gauze Hose, 3 for.

Ladies' Triple Heel, Sheer Black and Tan Hoso, reduced from 25c to 15c Children's Socks, pure silk, 25c Children's Socks, white, fancy tops, at 15c Misses' Fine Gauze Lisle, all colors, at 25c Men's Silk Socks, $1.00 quality. OUT-OF-TOWN WEDDINGS CLARKSVILLE, June 17. (Special.) Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock Mr. Ed Morrow of Palmyra and Miss Minnie Naylor were married by Rev. R.

J. Cralf- at the residence of Mr. Dudley Williams on Greenwood avenue. It was a runaway affair, owing to objections of the bride's family. The bride Is the granddaughter of Dr.

Bellamy. The groom Is a farmer. RIPLEY. Juno Sarah uwynno Palmer of this city and John Randolph Tucker of St. Louis were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. M. Palmer, Thursday evening. Miss Palmer was attended by her sister.

Mrs. J. Anthony Shelton, of Covington, as matron of honor, and Mr. Tucker was attended by R. Aubrey Tucker, his brother.

John Allen Palmer and Mildred Klrkpa trick, who hold aside the portieres for the party to pass, were the only other attendants. The bride was attired In a handsome white messaline gown and carried bride roses and valley lilies. The wedding march was played by Miss Sadie Brodio. Misses Grace Shelton of Covington and Maraer Anthony of this city sang beautiful solos before the hour for the ceremony. Mr.

and Mrs. Tucker "-left on the evening train for St. Louis, where they will reside. LEBANON, Juno 17. (Special.) A wedding beautiful and Impressive In Its simplicity and of much social interest was solemnized Thursday at high noon, when Neal McClaln of Lebanon and Miss Carrie Gsorgie Cowan were united in marriage at the home of tho bride In Murfreesboro.

The bride was attired in a tailored light suit, with a tan Milan hat with green trimmings to match. She carried a large bouquet of lilies of the valley and ferns. The bride Is the niece of John Cowan, druggist of Lebanon, and a niece ot the late Dr. J. B.

Cowan, who was a physician of this place. The groom Is the son of J. T. McClaln Lebanon's pioneer dry goods merchant, and is proprietor of the McClaln Tailoring Company. The bride and groom left immediately after the ceremony on an extended southern tour, after their return from which they will be at home to their friends on West Main street.

Those In attendance from here wore: Mrs. J. T. McClaln, Mlsi Annie McClaln, Mr. and Mrs.

J. S. McClaln, Mr. and Mrs, John Cowan and Messrs. Ross McClaln and Alexander Anderson.

HUMBOLDT, June 27. (Special.) News has been received here from Sapulpa, announcing the marriage of Fred Boone, a young fruit and produce broker of Humboldt, and Miss Lila Prescott, which occurred at the homo of the brlda's parents in Forrest Park, that city. Miss Prescott had been a teacher In the city schools at that place for tho past year. MISSISSIPPI NEGRO HANGED Mob of Fifty Men Lynches Black Accused of Attempt to Murder. MERIDIAN, Jud 17.

William Bradford, a negro, accused of an attempt to kill J. F. and J. A. May, farmers, was hanged by a mob near the town of Chunky, last night, according to advices which reached here tonight.

Bradford was en route to jail in tho custody of several officers when the lynchlnp- party, composed of about fifty men, made ts appearance and, after overpowering tho guard, put the negro to death. Lace Curtains Special sale Lace Curtalps; three big bargains; new rutterns. It No. 1 Snle Price, 7Cr pair Oc Lot No. 2 Sale Price, 1 00 Lot 3 Sale Price, OK pair I Rugs Velvet Ruga; flreplaco tifh size; sale price, each ipl ipv Axmlnster Rugs; fireplace CA size; sale price, 0 Smyrna Rugs; flreplac size; sale price, each.

Smyrna Rugs; fireplace tf 1 ifi Novelty Net by the yard, 1 per yard, 25c, 20c. and; Room Lots WALL PAPER Tjot 1 -For Kitchens and Back Halls QQ. Monday Olv1' Uot For Redrooms and Back HB.1IB Af Monday A Lot For Hall, Parlors, and Dining Rooms QQ Monday a70 Ijot 4 For the best rooms, Gilt Patterns fcO QQ Monday Pm70 lfVtfTE FRONT hll DEADERICK STREET CITY ITEMS Genuine Ostrich Male Stoch "Willow Plumes selling at $3.95, $5.05 and $7.90, worth up to $16.00. -Sample lot of wlllowetto plumes, all colors, at $1.25, worth J6.000, at Rosenheim's groat Juno cut price sale. Genuine Bangkoks and Panamas Are now on exhibition and selling fast at Rosenheim's great millinery sale.

Entire new lot of whita summer hats Just arrived at Rosenheim's. English Idea. Is to have a good hat to fit you perfect. We have received 3,000 new hats, lino tailored Milan hats and hemp selling at $1.95 worth $9.00. They are samples only.

At Rosenheim's. EXPRESS LINE REGULATION National Association of Railway Com-j missioners Consider It. CHICAGO. Juno 17. Investigation was -begun today by a committee representing the National Association of Railway Com- I missioners toward regulating express companies and curbing the accumulation o' profits.

The committee, which Is composed, ot 1 railway eommlslsoners and members of public service commissions of every state plans to shape further explanaton and formulate rules pertaining to express carriers rclatlvo to the maximum amounts they shall charge for service. A sub-. ccmmiltee will study the problem and. make a report concerning further co- operntion between the interstate com-mcrce commission and the state commit--' eicnH In controlling express companion. This subcommittee will hold a series of meetlnffsln Chicago during tho next few months while making Its inveutgatlon.

A POOR ILLUSTRATION. Griggs I am a great believer tn thfl malc number seven. "Success" has-Just seven letters, you will notice. Brlgg5 And how about Transcript. Rugs Brussels Rugs, 9x12; all new patterns; floral and oriental; C1 Rfl special salo price Velvet Rugs, 9x12; newest ana best patterns; all colors; A tL( special sale price P1T.JVF Jap Matting Rugs, 9x12; values up to $6.60 each; reds, greens, and blues; oriental and floral pat- djo Cf terns; special sale qtJJ Brussels Rugs, 9x12; values up to all now pat- -1 A terns; special sale price.

iT.fc Ready-Made Sheets 72x90 Sheets, 60c value, at S'lo 81x90 Sheets, 50c value, at Bo 81x90 Seamless SheetB, 85c value 1 yards of 10c bleached Domestic for 100 BRYAN MODIFIES WOOL BILL ATTACK Admits It Vastly Better Than Present Tariff. LAURENS, S. C- June the aot tlmt he has criticised the bill as It applied to Schedule a a "compromise of democratic principles William J. Bryan tonight admitted that It la an improvement over tho present law. When asked to comment on tho Underwood moasure, ilr.

Bryan gave the following written reply: "The Underwood bill coverlnff Schedule is a great improvement over the present law and Is much better than wo could be expected from a republican aon-grcss, but it would hnvo been Bttll batter If it had put wool on tho free list and made a stiir'greater reduction on wool-enB." EDITOR DIES IN AUTO SMASH Wilfred Jay, New York, One of Two Victims of Crossing Accident. tVESTBURY, N. June 17. An automobile In which Wilfred Jay, editor of tho magazine and Spur," and Charles J. Ross, official photographer of the polo games at, Meadowbrook, were hurrying to a polo game this afternoon, was struck by a Long Island Railroad train at a crossing near here.

Jay was instantly killed, while Ross received in-Jurlea that caused his death tonight. LAFqLLETTEJ00M SPRUNG Minnesota Progressives Put Senator Forward for Presidency. MINNEAPOLIS, June 17. The Robert M. LaFollette boom for President was launched here tonight at a idiotlng of the executive committee of the Minnesota Progressive League.

A resolution was adopted endorsing him as the progressive candldato for President and recommending tho resolution for favorable action by all the progressive -organizations in the state. It is tho opening gun in the fight for a republican delegation in Minnesota in opposition to President Taft. lntamtod 'and thoald know iMARVELWhirlingSpray AMB win iiiiiai Rjni uca jiobi conven ient, ii ciwnsea Aicvenr drtitistforU. if okonot apply Lhs IlltTXL, accept no thr- tint Unr1 for tin am am an una mncuuiu tu Ttilaftll to ladle. "AIKLCO.

For sale by Warner Dmuj Publlo Square and Cedar Street Page Sims cor. College and Union Street. DYNAMITING AND KIDNAPPING CASES McNamara and Burns Are indicted at Indianapolis. (Internatonal News Service.) INDIANAPOLIS, June Indictments against three perspns In the dynamiting and kidnapping cases wero returned In the criminal court today by the Maron county grand jury. After a conference Judge Markey and Prosecutor Baker announced that John J.

McNamara, secretary-treasurer of tho International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, had been Indicted pn a charge of conspiracy to dynamite the structural bridge work of the Pecria Pekin union Railroad Company at Peoria, III. They said they believed this announcement was permissible on account of the fact that McNamara Is under arrest at Los Angeles charged with complicity in the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building. They also announced that, "as William Burns Is under a $10,000 bond from this court. It is permissible to announce that he has been indicted on a charge of kidnapping John J. McNamara." The Judge and prosecutor would say nothing further, but it is known that only one other person was indicted.

This Indictment against James Hossick, a city detective of Los Angeles, who took McNamara t0 California. Ho Is charged with kidnapping John J. McNamara. Walter Drew, counsel for tho erectors association; J. A.

G. Badorf, an agent of the samo association; W. L. Ford, assistant district attorney of Los Angeles, and Frank P. Fox of Indianapolis, driver of the automobile that took McNamara away, who had been bound over to the grand Jury on kidnapping charges, were discharged.

ALPHA DELTA PHI SORORITY College Women Close Atlanta Meeting to Gather in Birmingham, 1913. ATLANTA, June was chosen as the 1913 meeting place of the Alpha Delta Phi Sorority at the closing session of their national convention here today. Invitations also wero extended by Appleton, Montgomery, and Macon, but Birmingham won out with Hying colors. Mrs. William C.

Coles of Atlanta was re-elected president. Newly elected officers of the national council were: Vice-president, Mrs. Dallis Scarbrough, Abilene, secretary. Miss Carroll Twitty, Polham, treasurer. Miss Grace Troutman, Athens, inspector, Miss Gladys Tllley, Montgomery; historian, Miss Newell Mason, Macon; editor, the Adelphtan, Miss Dorothy Richardson.

Miss Myra Pcnd of New Orleans was named exchange editor, and Miss Velma Nell of San Antonio, business manager of the Adelphian. Miss W. C. Coles was elected delegate to the Pan-Hellenic congress, which meets in Chicago In PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND HOTEL GOSSIP Clyde Innls, of the repotorlal staff of the Birmingham Age-Herald, who has been In the city for several days, returns to his home tonight. "You have a great city here," said Mr.

Innls, "and it will always be a great pleasure to come to Nashville." Willis G. Williams, of this city, has returned from Belmont and TuIlaVioma, after spending a week with relatives. Frank Burkhardt, the popular young manager of the Maxwell House newsstand, has returned to Nashville, after a vacation of ten days on his honeymoon. George Rawllngs of Memphis, a former Sewance football star and the man who knocked "Battling" Nelson In the Y. M.

C. A. gymnasium In Memphis two years ago, Was in the city yesterUay. Representative Stanley Trezevant of Memphis is registered at the Hermitage. H.

M. Johnston of Knoxvllle Is at the Maxwell. J. C. Whitehead of Ashland City Is the guest of tho Duncan.

Charles B. Robinson of Clarksvllle is registered at the Ttilane. P. H. Worthlngton of Knoxvllle Is the guest of the Savoy.

Baxter Woolrldgo of Memphis Is at the Hermitage. Lawson Clary of Spring Hill Is stopping at t'ie Maxwell. W. R. Hobark of Sherwood Is registered at the Hermitage.

J. Hi Eckert of Albany is at the Duncan. George K. Ditto of Brandenburg, Is the guest of the Savoy. John Clary of Bell buckle Is at the Maxwell.

D. S. Miller of Mt. Pleasant Is the guest of the Hermitage. M.

T. McCann of Paducah Is at the Savoy. M. K. Bennett of Algood Is registered at the Maxwell.

W. W. Archibald ot Shelbyvllle Is the guest of the Hermitage. H. Saxon of Smyrna Is at the.

Maxwell. BR00KINS QUITS AVIATION Dare-Devil Birdman Announces Retirement From the Sport. QUINCY, Juno -17. Walter Brook-ins announced today, after finishing a two-days' exhibition here, that he nad quit the flying business for good. He will devote his timo In the future' to his orange crowing and gold mining Interests, which he has acquired in the west..

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