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Show FORGES TO RAISE MONEY FOR KAISER OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 31. Otto Werner of Wlnnoka, III., h suburb of Chicago, arrested In f.'ouncll IUuITh, la., Oil afternoon after-noon unii brought to Omaha on u charge of forgery, declared he Intended to ralee a fund of $100,000 to "help the kaiser out," police offl -lain (jav. Fifteen thousand thou-sand dollars In cash a ntl memoranda, found on hii peroii when earhed, indicated in-dicated thHt Werner had securer! ap-proxima ap-proxima tely $1 7, 540. -12. He Ih known to have secured 17500 In Omaha, $1400 In Chicago and $5000 In Kansas city on fraudulent paper, according to the police. po-lice. Werner specialized in drafts and checks of large denomination to which were forged ;jlgnatures of prominent men. It Is alleged. . Werner fs about 48 years of age, liaG been In America one and a half years and speaks Knglfsh brokenly. |