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The Omaha Morning Bee_ * vol. 52—no. 211. S:,r y ariSur zr:< ^V,1_OMAHA, MONDAY, February, 19. 1923. * Sbr* TWO CENTS 23 DIE IN FIRE AT INSANE ASY . Birth Halts Family at Gates of U.S. Omaha Jewish Welfare Feder- j ation Battles Immigration Laws for Brother of Unfortunate Father. — Deportation Threatened Birth of a child to Mr. and -Mre. Moser Epstein of Warsaw. Poland, on the eve of their departure for Amer ica, the promised land, to join Mr. ] Epstein's brother, Reuben, 1704 Lake street, has tangled them up with the United States immigration laws. They are held at Ellis island, ac i ording to word received by relatives here, because a family of four, con sisting of Mr. and Mrs. Epstein and two chlidren, Sara and Hymlo, has, since its passports were granted, be come a family of five. The immigration officials can’t understand it at all. There's nothing in the rule book about it. And when a passport reads for four persons, why it means four persons, and not live, and that's all there is about it. That is. nearly all. Quota Completed. By a singular coincidence, issuance of passports to Mr. and Mrs. Epstein and two children completed the authorized Immigration quota from Poland for the month of February. When this quota, prescribed by law, is reached, no more citizens of the country in question are admitted until the following month. Consequently, birth of a child to Mrs. Epstein when the family, so far as the immigration laws are con cerned, was enroute, exceeds the Feb- | niary quota by one person: and Mrs. Epstein therefore, either must leave her baby behind and enter United States alone, or else go back to Po. land with it, If the law is strictly en forced. This situation, almost Machiavellian in the superb cunning of its cruelty, | the reason why Reuben Epstein, his parents with whom he lives, and j the Omaha Jewish Welfare federa tion are making frantic efforts to j have an exception declared in this j case to permit Mrs. Kpatein to ent«r the count rj with her child, quota oi no quota. Planned Eong Ago. Moser Epstein, in Warsaw, kept a meat market. The family had long ago planned to come to America, and obtained passports two months before the date fixed for its sailing on the food ship Rochamhcau, in order that Uiere might be no last minute compli cations. The passports were vised December 1. Or. January 13. or thereabout, the baby was born. The family took pasMI : oe on February 1. Followed tbe tangle which is said to have few parallels in the history of the Immigration department. The baby is excluded, it was pointed out yesterday, for two valid reasons— first, because it exceeds the Polish quota for the month of February; and. second, because it lias no passport. The Omaha Jewish Welfare federa tion. however, is endeavoring, through the Nebraska delegation at Washing ton, to have an exception made in Dio ease of the Epstein family. Reuben Epstein, the Omaha brother, is part owner of a meat market at 1415 North Twenty-fourth street. Dry Leader Says Move Afoot to “Get” Him Yonkers, X. Y., Feb. 18.—WlUlam IT. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti Saloon league of New York, charged in his annual presentation at the Central _Jlelhodist Episcopal church, that a conspiracy was afoot ‘get" him and the league board and reduce the organization to the status of a “kept" concern. He declared that the wet forces were atemptlpg to effect repeal of prohibition laws by throwing up a smoke screen around his alleged fi nance irregularities. He did not, be said, question the sincerity of the district attorney in investigating the ( Karnes. The wet forces, lie charged had selected a critical time in which to investigate the charges against him. made for the purpose of stam peding the league suporters and "the nerve of its J>oard.'‘ (iasc of Woman on Trial for Murder <io»*s to Jury New York, Feb. 18.—The rase of Mrs. Lillian Ttaisin, slayer of Abra ham fllickstein, was given to the jury. Mrs. TTatsIn confessed in open court I hat she killed Dr. Clickstein at his flrooklyn office in December, 11*21, to get. beck the honor of which she claimed he had despoiled her. Whistle Toots for 60 Miles; Nearly Two Hours Pawns* City, Neb., Feb. 1*—<Spe ■ ml.)—The local passenger on the TUirlington running from Lincoln to Wymoro by way of Pawnee City i lalms the record for the long dis tance whistle. As It whistled Into » Firth the valve stuck, causing the engine to continue whistling. The engineer and fireman were both un able to atop it. so they let It toot from I Irth to Wymote, a distance of more 'bun <W miles, and a run lusting al most two hours. Shopmen at Wy mote ended the agony. Tennessee Senator Scores Dry Leaders Washington, Feb. 1*.—Interference ! with prohibition enforcement was charged against officers of the Anti Saloon league and other organizations by Senator Shields, democrat, Tennes see, in an address in the senate. He referred to speeches on prohibition enforcement by Dr. Baker, head of the league; Wayne B. Wheeler, its general counsel; Dr. Clarence True Wilson and others, and asserted that in "fanaticism’ for prohibition en forcement they had gone beyond prop er bounds. „ Prohibition "fanatics,’’ he declared, had not scrupled against "villlfying” federal judge*, members of congress and others and some, he said, appear ed to regard the prohibition law as their own and not the people’s. Unitarian Pastor Praises Liberals for Bible Views Bailey Says Controversy Is Based on Extent of Bible as Guide for Human Conduct. Gratitude to such men as Buckner. 1 Grant, Fosdiek and Rabbi Wise for ; their fight for a liberal inteirreration of the Bible was expressed V>y Rev. 1 Ralph E. Bailey, pastor of the First Unitarian church, in his sermon on "The Bible and the Local Contro versy” Sunday morning. Rev. Mr. Bailey called attention to the interest aroused locally in things j biblical, due In part, he said, to the j "damaging appraisal of those doubt ing the Bible as expressed by a promi- I nent local pastor.” “We should rejoice that we have newspapers, which not only open their columns to these important matters, but deal editorially with them. Edi tors have the right and should do it,” ; he said. Beliefs Are Grouped. Rev. Mr. Bailey said the contro versy is entirely based on the extent . to which people should make the j Bible their guide. He classified the diverging beliefs into four groups. First—That men should make the j Bible their guide only as it is inter preted by the holy church, that the Bible is from God. hut that it is peri lously ambiguous save as the church 1 makes it clear. There are millions in this gToup, he said. Second—That men should make the ' Bible their guide without questioning any statements from the first syl lable to the last word. Third—That men should make the Bible their guide so far as the words of Jesus are concerned; a school led by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdiek, who admits that much in the Bible is shown to be false by science, and who also admits that in some places the Bible git*? an atrocious picture of a cruel, vindictive God. Fourth—Those who say men should make the Bible their guide and follow its ideas and precepts which experi ence lias vindicated. Sets Forth Principle*. Rev. Mr. Bailey gave a list of some great principles set forth in the Bible . which he says have proven sound. II* j said the Unitarian church rejects the | views of the second group because they are not In accord with fact; that the Bible contradicts Itself. As an ex- ' ample of such contradictions he called attention to the far-t that in on» place David is tempted by the devil, in an other David is tempted by the Lord. He declared that if not accepting the views of the second group "means ! that we are feeble minded we are will ing to make the best of it." The third vice is not accepted by | the Unitarians itecause it seems a compromise with sentiment rather than a loyalty to truth. Rev. Mr Bailey said. He said that ("Jesus is not alone in claiming to speal: by in spiration" and "that other prophets were much more thorougligoliig.” "Why." questioned Rev. Mr. Bailey, i "should Jesus be selected from all j the other prophets as th" one who is infallible? Wrestling with the prob lems of Lelig*oii is one of the noblest of exercises. I.et no one say we do not appreciate the Bible. The Bible Is our classic. Men must be loyal to the truth and to Jesus. I predict that the Bible will continue to be loved and to live in all ages. Theories may come and go. hut the Bible will j remain. Read it, study it nml remem- I hep it." • | Onialtait Hears Or. Grant. ' William A Rreisman of the Nebras ka. < lotblng company, a member of i the congregation which listened to | f Rev. Ralph E. Bailey speak on "The I Bible and the Loral Controversy" In ! the First Unitarian church ' r»terdav ! morning, wan one of those who heard" i Rev. Berry SMrkney Grant preach I | the Sunday before In New York. "The church was crowded nnd a ■policeman waa there to keep order," i said Mr. Rreisman. "Rev. Mr. Grant's , 1 subject was ‘Should Liberalism He 1 Breached In the Church’ nml his an swer waa ‘Yes.’ His sermon seemed to me almost In accord with Uni 11;trian views.” Water-Logged Steamship Towed to Hampton Roads , Hampton Honda, Ka . Kel». IN—The schooner Krlendahlp, water logged and kept afloat during a long battle j with heavy galea and high aena by : her cargo of lumber, fins lowed Into ! Hampton Honda by the coast guard .cutter Manning, bhn was located olT ' <'ape Henry today by the const g uniat. I The crew was taken off safely. Lithuaer Is Inv^ied by Poles Dozens Killed and Hundreds Wounded in Clash, Says Dispatch From Kovuo. Appeal Made to League Paris, Pel). IS.—(04*)>—Polish forces I have invaded Lithuania and attacked j the Lithuanian troops, according to a , dispatch from Kovno issued by the | Lithuanian legation here. The dispatch adds that dozens of ■persons were killed and hundreds wounded. The dispatch to the legation, which ! was dated at Kovno, Sunday, says: “Polish regular troops of all arms, after the occupancy of tire neutral zone in the region of Orany, advanced into Lithuanian territory and attack ed the Lithuanian troops. Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded. “The Lithuanian government has telegraphed the league of nations re porting the facts and asking It to take the necessary steps to prevent an extension of the conflict.” Germans Launch Secret Appeal to United States America and Great Britain Asked to Intervene in Oc cupation of Ruhr by French Troops. t'opj right, 19*3. Pans, Feb. 18. — Germany lias launched secret appeals, to the United States and Great Britain to intervene In Fiance's occupation of the Ruhr j and mediate in a compromise on the reparations problem. The correspondent i"a.; n.\ ihe*. <-e man representatives In London ana Washington unofficially have liegun a campaign through big American and Knglish officials, as well as press propaganda, aimed to put pressure on Qua! D'Orsay to consent to evacuate the Ruhr in exchange for a repara tions schedule, which the Berlin gov eminent will sincerely promise to execute. The possibility of an early setle , merit of the Ruhr problem actuated Prime Minister Bonar Law to com promise on granting the French the us-ige of the Cologne br.dgehe.id rail ways rather than adopt the alterna tive. to withdraw from the Rhine, which mould strain relations with Frame and render mediation more difficult. Warnings lo Outsiders. Simultaneously the French inspired press unanimously gives public warn ings, directly aimed at London and indirectly at Washington and outsid ers not to attempt to intervene unless prepared to assure Germany's ful filling its pledges in any new repara tions scheme. Private conversations in I^ondon .and Washington, it is understood, have resulted in an ngre.-rrtent that Great Britain must be guaranteed world industrial peace and the fullest economic opportunity to repay the 30,000,000 pounds Interest on the American debt annually. Premier Pol near* Is ready to accept any British or American plan for solving reparations if it carries guar antees assuring France's security and treaty rights. Qua) d'Orsny believes a modified three power defensive pact may be contrived through such an agreement. The Germans me reported to be ready to resume deliveries in kind and materials if granted a rash mora torium for ft few years, w hich tho French agreed to in the January con ference, hut Prime Minister Bor, or Law objected to It on the ground that a moratorium must lie complete. Arrangement Endorsed. The rumored Italian intervention, which Premier Mussolini practically continued in his speech to parliament Friday.* is reported to have been withdrawn on advice from (lie Brit ish, who have not completed a private accord with the United States on the subject. PrenMer Poincare and the cabinet this morning endorsed Minister of Public Works Le frontier's arrange ment in London, obtaining the use of the Durrn railway for coal shipments and negotiating for the use of the Go log no Junction for troop trains If It suddenly become* necessary to rein force the Ituhr army. Prime Minister Bonar Law lias un officially suggested that the French use motor trucks to transport pollus. as during the war. General I>e go litre wilt confer rtl lertly with General Godb-y, the Brit ish commander at Cologne, Sunday on the employment of the Rhine main line. Wyoming Man Kill* Self Hot Spring*. Ark., Feb. is.—a. M. j Ketehum. «:>, of Cody. Wyn., killed lilmaelf by firing nn automatic pistol bullet Into his bruin here today, tie | cording to verdict of Coroner .1 H. j Randolph Kelcbtnn arrived in Hot I Springs Friday and is said to have j been In poor health. > * • f'rayer of Aged Couple Is Realized When Both Die on Saiye Day A prayer that they had Invoked to gether was answered yesterday when Mr. and Mrs. Philip Sehmidt. 82 and SI respectively, died at their home, 2711 South Twelfth street. For years they had prayed to die together, asking God in his mercy to let them die together, as they had lived for 63 years. The wife, Mrs. Maria Sehmidt, died at 7 in the morn ing and the husband succumbed at noon. The fear of one lingering after the other hud expired gave them the desire to die together, it was said. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt had resided in Omaha for 42 years, since coming to the United States from Hungary, where they were 'married. During their residence in Omaha they lived In the same house continuously where their six children were born. The daughters are Mrs. John Wacht ler, Mrs. Andrew Lang. Mrs. Joseph Nick and Mrs Martin Schneider. The sons are Alexander and Joseph, all of Omaha The couple is also survived by 4'J grandchildren and half as many great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at S.15 Tuesday morning at the resi dence and at 9 at St. Joseph Catholic church. Seventeenth and Center streets. Burial will be in St. Mary Magdalene cemetery. Support of Law Citizens’ Duty, President Savs Chief Executive Addresses Message to People of Nation Through Eighteenth An niversary of Rotary. Washington, Fob. 18.—That citizen who regards himself as a model of civic proprieties because his present conduct is impeccable, but who does ' not co operate with the civil authori 1 ties or exert his influence In behalf of the best possible administration of ! the laws, greatly overrates his useful ness as a citizen, President Hardfr.g stated 1n summing up hts idea of the responsibility of the Individual citi zen for the proper administration of | the laws of his country and Ids city. The message of the president was , addressed to the citizens of the Unit ed States throi^gh Rotary Interna tional In connection with the eight eenth anniversary of the organization of the first Rotary club s' Chicago, February 33. 1903. The full text of President Harding a message follows: "To the members. Rotary Interna tional: "The individual citizen's responsi bility for executive government be gins with the selection of the execu tive. This Implies the duty of every voter to vote; a duty that many mill ions of them regularly fall to per form. Before that,. It imni'es the dui« . * Arv^irgevtOy,* «o . ,-,^u 'flu vote a deliberate decision based on the claims of tlie opposing parti"* and candidates. "Finally, the executive being duly selected. It implies the obligation to give him the support of ail good riti ezns in every effort of administration of the law. That citizen who regards himself as a niwfrl of the civil proper ties because his present, conduct is impeccable but who does not coop crate with the civil authorities or ex ert liis influence in behalf of the best possible administration of the law. greatly overrates his own usefulness as a citizen. The responsible officers of government, whether it be mun cfpai. state or national, need and are entitled to the full and effective sup port of all citizens in the enforcement of law*. "if the effort of Rotary should he effective in lmpre«*ing tills concep tion of the citizen's duty it will haie performed a most useful serx ice." Mother and Baby Saved in Fire Gutting 2 Homes Malvern. la., F»b. IS—(Special 1— Mrs. Will Mlllen of Red Oak and her 2 weeka old baby were removed in a bed from the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs W. It. Salyers, when flames were destroying the house at noon today. The Salyers' home and the residence of Mr. and Mr*. R. C. Porter, ’ next door, were totally d* etroyed. The mother and Infant were uninjured The roof of the Salyer home was discovered burning* by 0*1 Porter, 10 Firemen were able to rescue Mr*. Mlllen and her baby and saved a grand piano. The house and furni ture were valued at $12,000. The property was covered by $5,200 worth of insurance. Furniture was removed from the Porter residence, which was valued at $5,000 and covered bv Jl.soo, in •urance. Coal Seized l»y Deputy Fuel Administration Released r.allston Spa. N. Y . Feb IS —Three -jyloads of anthracite coal hilled for Canada, which were seised by Deputy Fuel Administrator Thomas Kerley here, vein later released to the Dela ware g- Hudson company on the promise of the company to leave one car In the \ Ulage This stood out as the only develop ment In the fuel situation In north ern New York, which is so serious that Clarence It. Kllmere. district ad mlolstrator. announced earlier in the day that unless relief was forthcom ing hy Monday lie would direct seir ure of coal on railroad sidings which I* destined for Canadian points. Santa Rarhara Sportsman Purchases Dodge Yacht Santa Barbara. fnl., Keb. 1*. -Pur oliaae of the moat palatial yarht* In American water* by c. ti. K, mi llnge, noted Santa Barbara gportaman, from the Dodge brother* ealnte in I Detroit, win announced her* * The purchaa* price wn» blvcn ,ia l>e tween $?,500,000 and tn.OOOOOfl. The a ’**•*!. It was wild, will b* brought around through llio Panama ,,n*l to ' be added to tile Sent* Mai lima plena , ure fleet. Prospects Better for Norris Bill to Change Term Committee on Elections Turns Down Motion to Table Measure by a V ote of 7 to 2. By GEORGE F. Al TIIIEK. W flohinfftnn ( orrespondrnt The Omaha Bee. M'ashington, Feb. 18.—(Special.!— Prospects for the adoption of the Norris resolution proposing to have the terms of members of congress and the president and vice president com mence in January following their election*, were brightened Saturday. Tile committee on elections. Represen tative Andrews, Nebraska, chairman, tuned down a motion to table xl by a vote of 7 to 2. Representative An drews expressed himself heartily In favor of tts adoption Senator Norris appeared before the committee today and at know lodged tliers is .a fault In the resolution as row framed which might result In two presidents and two vice presi dents serving between the ila’es of January and March 4, when the amendment, if adopted, should first go into effect. This duplication of office holding might apply, also, to senator* and hou*e member*. Offers Amendments. In order to avoid this prospective dtfficnlty, Senator Norris proposed yhe fellow me amendments to the res -jittAu as .t 'mi* adopted in the senate: Section 1 The terms of the pres • •lent and vice president shall com mence and end at noon on the third Monday In January The terms of senators- and representative* shall commence and end at noon on the first Monday in January. Provided, how ever, that this amendment shall not take effect so as to shorten the terms of any of -aid officials In office at the lime of the adoption of this amend ment. but such persons shall hold of fice during the full term for which they were elected. Section 2. The congress shall as semble at least once every ) ear, and such meeting shall he on the first Monday in January unless they shall by law appoint a different da; . Name Subcommittee A subcommittee was named to con sider amendments, consisting of O f ford. republican, Ma.-sa huset’s; White, republican. Kansas: and Bui winkle, democrat. North t'arolina. Oiff wd and Millie ire bel.ved to be favorable to the resolution. Bulwmkle Is opposed to the resolution because he thinks it will lead to confusion. Dublin In Galway Train Wrecked by Irish Rebel* Dublin. Feb. H.—The Dublin to-Gal way mail train was wrecked todaj. after (he passengers had been ordered out by aimel Men at Streaanstown station. The train was sent head long towards a bridge that had been blown tip and crashed into the gap. It was completely destroyed } Two freight trains were siliilar’y wrecked at the same place. It is announced front Carrick-on Shannon that the Insurgents In the Arigna mountains are splitting into roving bands to get through the cor don of 1'ier State troops SexeTTlI of their leaders are reported to hate been captured near Rruntshando Searchers Lear Italian Steamer flonccnso Lost Ho©ton. I'D 1* - .V night ami a clay °f ©©arch by two a - •». * - f guard cutter© anti othe r v©©©©|* in the* water© off thp Virginia roa©t. w h©r© th© Italian ©tearner Monctnwo reported lt©©lf fink ing Thursday, brought to light only ail Indication of diM©ter. Th©ro mix no trur© of thp trow Th© ooa©t guard cut tor Tampa re ported at till© port! front which it mad© .» 4»>0 mil© run to th© s**©n©, that th© ateamahip Johnann « iiy found th© only sign that might l»© of th© Mon* 1 ©anno, a pier© of deck planking . freahV !y broken, and a loo©© ©pur Lawyer \warded $300,000 Attorney's Lee In Jury Redwood i 11> . t 41 Kelt In A verdict awarding Ihlwnrd F. Tread well, Han Fmnclsco attorney. $.100,000 In Counsel fees from the estate of Henry Miller, California, "rattle baron,” was returned by a Jury in the superior court here Tnadwell, former chief counsel of Millet A l nix, the great land and , livestock turn of which Henry Miller was one of the founder?, surd for f.»es conducting litigation for the * tats which led to a return to Ills cli ents of approximately $3.000,000 m in* hsritanc* taxes paid to the tnlted Htates government. Congress Faces Busy Two Weeks Shipping and Farm Credits Measures Promise Sharp Con flict Before Adjournment; Many Bills Must Die. To Hold Night Sessions Washington, Feb, 1$.—The shipping bill fight in the senate nnd i sharp conflict in the house farm credits legislation promise heated proceedings during the remainder of the present congress, which adjourns two w'eeks from today. Pressure for these two principal pieces of legislation is complicated by increasing demands for action by sup porters of other bills, including score-s of so-called ‘ private’ measures. The essential bills for which dis posal Is necessary to avoid an extra session, however, are in advanced shape. All but five appropriation measures have been sent to the presi dent. The army and legislative bill* are to be completed this week, with the deficiency as usual to be finished just before adjournment. Supply Hills Completed. Two more of the regular supply bills, the agricultural and District of Columbia measures, hare been com pleted by congress and go to the pres ident Sfonday or Tuesday. Demand* of members for action on small private bills is to hty partly met Monday bv the senate !•* -citing aside its first two hours fori such measures before proceeding with the shipping bill, whose managers have announce.! night sessions beginning Monday. Ad vocates of the "filled" milk niil ar. 1 the "truth in fabti •» ’ bill on Tues day, are threatening mores to sup plant the shipping liglalatiun to gain consideration for their own Farm Group- lionand Action. With the Kirong bill amending the farm loan act and the deficiency aje proprlation bill befo o the house for vote* early thi“ week the farm group is demanding action on the Capper . nd Denroot-Anderson farm credits bills pending befora the banking com mittee. I Tl.e hip,dr ai.4 l4 .1 edit in ..•> urea hold the center of the s-age. Among other measures lieing pressej are those to amend the immigration law, to re-tore small alien property ti lists to their owners and to submit c< iistitutior.nl amendments changing the sessions of congress and to pro hibit child lalor and i-suam* cf tax exempt securities Action dealing w-ith l’uebio Indian lands aKo s being urged. Harding to Get Debt Rill The British debt furding bilL will l*e sent to the president this week, leaders believe, f Failure of thousands of till- i cludii g some of the more important measures now being pressed, is re garded as a certainty, store than. M.000 bills and resolution- still a. e on the calendars of commiftec fteveral important nomination* also - • m doom- d to failure, through in action i y the senate lieoaus© cf con tests Among these are the nomina tions of James <; M N’at j or New Mexico to be comptroller of currency. Two Streams of Lava Break From Volcano Hilo, r II . l->b. l* - • —Two stream* *»1 lava this afternoon broke fiom the big cone on the southern boor of Huletnaumau* the* antral cauldron of the Kilauea vol* ano. The . me is several hundred feet high and *iie eruption is though; to be go feet from the floor. The lava stream® are from ."ft to T.O foot wide. No erup tion from the floor of the pit has he. n observed yot,*The flow l* inside Hal maumau and not over the top of the crater The floor is gradually being covered with la',a around the tone. Homan Recants Charges gainst \ ice Consul \ iilal N. w York, Krb. 1*.—Whether "lor** found a «.iy to lira! t!i« breach." nr ■,iitn<* n!h'4 power inti>rpo***d w.i* not revealed In Jefferson Market court, when M s* l.Ufille Whitehurst of iteorgia reoant»xl her charges against Murlona \ Ida!, Spanish vice consul, whom she had accused of k locking her down and forcibly tearing from h« r finger a diamond * ngigement ring she said he had given her Mis* Whitehurst, who claim* to be a (tHiet e of a former (tccrgui senator, said she no longer would pres* the charges against Vidal Cleveland Seeks Next Republican (ionx rution ’ levelsnd. Feb IS.—Cong res* man Theodore 11. Hurton heads a commit fr** appointed by the Tippccunoo cltih of this city to “4i»e every effort’* to bring to Cleveland the next republi can national convention The effort* of th# committee will be backed bv Mayor Fred Nopler, the Chamber of Commerce and many other civic bodies. I.rmr in \ilvt'rli»rnu>nl 'n error In 111" On hard Wilhelm advertisement In The Sutidav Hee made it appear that the store Is sell t»K all mohair three pie. e over staffed living room suites st prices ranging from J|;,M to IKS. It should Iro* read, 'all tapesti > ' Instead of all mohair.'1 I Five-Mast Schooner Sinking Off East Coast Boston, Feb. IS.—The five-mast schooner Santino, bound from Nor folk to Boston with a crew of 12 men today reported itself as sinking 3S * miles northeast of Nantucket light ship. A radio message relayed to this port said that the schooner bad 14 feet of water in the hold and its pumps were broken down. The Brit ish freighter Kgre Mont was reported to be standing by and the coast guard cutter Acushnet reported that It was on the way .to aid and would prob ably bo alongside the distressed schooner by 7 tonight. A wireless message intercepted later from the Fare Mont said that the Santino had been abandoned by its crew, that tne sea was washing over the decks and the schooner was sink ing fast Exchange Building Windows Damaged by Armour Blast J Dynamite Used to \X reek Walls Ruined I»y Fire Shat ters Glasg—Signs Save Some Windows. Plate glass windows and several smaller windows on the south s,de of the Omaha livestock Exchange building, South Omaha, were shat tered at 10:30 yesterday morning by i an explosion of dynamite used to wrer'; the walls at the- Armour fire ruins. The force of the blast was felt for miles, causing many to be alarmed. \ An oddity of the explosion was that gilt porcelain signs on some of the windows at the exchange probably ■ prevented greater damage. The vi brations caused the signs to fall off. [but left the windows intact. Windows which bore no such signs were shat tered. The force of the explosion seemed to be strorgert at the west end and ceuter of the Exchange buildii c Sev eral large windows-in the Stock Yards National bank, which occupies the east end of the building were un ■ harmed. Most of the w indows of the livestock commission firms or. the first floor were broken, while there' were a few broken on the second and *.' ;'i *loor* No cr.e »as la.-j e.’. The damage will reach several thou sand dollars. Workmen were en gaged covering the windows v :h cardboard and tarpaper. Thousands f autnmotrilwi loaded with sight seers went to itfid fro all day over the O and Q street viaducta and it was rev assary to station traffic of ficer* at the Intersection of O and Twenty sixth streets, while several offl.-ers were paced on the O street viaduct to keen the vehicles moving. The walls of the eighth fliior of tie Armour building are down except portion of section 19 and the wall on the southeast corner of -■ -lion IT. Small blasts wens set during yester day and gradually the walls are being torn down. No explanation rould be [obtained with reference to the blast that destroyed the sundews of the Exchange building. An investigation "ill be made todaj. Despondent Farmer Shoots Self in Flead Papiihon. N'eb^ Feb. IS.—tbpei.iU.) —Frank llahn. retired farmer despondent because of ill health, shot himself through the head with a rifle at 11:40 this morning in the yard of hi* home south of here lie died a half-hour latei Hahn had brooded because -f ill ness. it was said. He had been op erated upon wcj.] time* Hahn is survived by his wife. Mrs Martha Hahn, and three sisters. Mi llerman Bolling and Mrs. Henry I.ehmann of Omaha ar.J Mrs. Her man Linemann of PapilUon. He was a pione*"' (if Sarpy county. Funeral services probeht\ will !.* conducted Wednesdax < ook at l tab Silver Mine Slml to Death hv Hoarder halt l-ak* i ity.x l'eb, ]> —Salvador Pert?, cook at the Horn S;’ver min» at Frteco. w.is shot and instantly killed Friday afternoon hv Frank Hernandez, miner in the mine board ing house. Threatening other miners who saw the shooting. Hernandez disarm-* ed .11 the hills south of here and is be Iieved to he headed for Lund, where, it is satit. he has friends. A |« «se has been sent toward T.ur ; and officers at that town hate been tr structed to pick hint up in ,case hi should arriis there Sentenced to l.ife. S* Pnul, r\h IS.*- Vinont Siir^, chanred ^ith robbery in cotinrction "tth thf* holdup of thf I';f> ! P Avenue Mrttr bank h*r* on Jamuity 2rt, mm« , found entity by a jury nn«1 penttnoed to life imprisonment at hard la Kir in j lit® Mate jx'nitentUry. The Weather Nebraska -Oonerally fan- Monday, with i nine t»r i*elatuvr* uj east yor t ion , Hourly IViuju'iatnn» • urn 10 0 ». m f 1 ft. m 0 P *. w » 0 ft. m 1 » I" ft, W II II I. m k 11 n«*»n if I p. M t p M .16 % l» m it i n w 46 .% |%. m .* 4pm 16 ) p m 14 • pm .31 Maniacs Trapped by Flames e-t IX in" of Manhattan State Hospital Destroyed Early Sunday—Explosion Believed Cause. t_ Attendants Give Up Lives -N‘'V Yoilc. Feb. IS—OP)—Twen y inmates of the Manhattan state h< s pita! for tin- ir ine < n W rti's Is land in tlie East river, were burned to death this morning »n a fire which swept th< wet-1 wmg of the building as were three attendant* who calmly died that 70 others might be saved. The immediate < use of the fire is thought to have been a blast set by dredger* in Hell Gate Saturday night It rocked the buildings, terrifying the Inmates, who were calmed down by attendants. Hospital authorities and < Tty Medical Examiner Norris advanced the theory that the explo si>* had «■. .-<*] a break in the insu lation of electric wires, which started to blaze. • The fire was discovered at 5:03 this morning by Michael Campbell, an at tendant in Ward <3. in which at! the fatalities occurred. His work and that of James Hill, attendant in charge, ar.d Patrick Biltigan of Hartford, Conn., George A. Deenjo and George E. Reiss, the three attendants, who were burned to death, prevented a fai greater holocaust. \rouse Patients. Campbell manned a hose j.r,e and fought back the flames while the oth ers, directed by Hill, ran u,» and down the fOO-foot top floor corridor, rous ing patients with the cool order: “All up for breakfast.' As fast as the maniacs—declared by Superintendent Marcus B. H*y man to have been the BKt*. dargei * ous on the island—could be mar shalled from their rooms, they were marched in orderly proceasion to the fireproof a.mrs hall, away from the Gre. Seventy of the S3 inmates of Ward 13 bad leen led or earned le safety when a huge water tank in the blaz Ing attic craslud through the ceiling’ Mqdti.ly blocking the corridor Ur led to safety, and filling the hall w.th flame* and smoke. iTty firemen, fight ing tht.r way past the blazing bar rier. brought out several struggling, screaming maniac’', and several who had been overcome by smoke while dressing f^r the breakfast calls, lb-ad Found in Corridors. Most of the dead were found in the rooms and corridors beyond the fallen tank. Sever*! were believed to have been carried down and burned be neath debris when the floor gave way. Seventeen todies of inmate* and one believed to be that of an attend 1 Tara to Cup Two. Coiodhi Tso.t Valuable Art Objects Lost in $LOOO 000 Fire New Vo: r Fee ’ \ —Prone rt io* 1 films value.! at il.nw W wera *1. •troyed in a tire which ra .M a three story build :i£ r Harbt,• i ;p:ed b Internat ioml Films and the V sso politati Productions. Jr..’. Many valuable objects of art h>: row nl from famous collect ions by the film companies for use in plays of medieval days, copies of many cost!, film plays and the entire wai-drol* of the actors and actresses were Oe st roved Th.s aged wati’ior.ati who U.seovece.* the fire risk*cl his !,f. ,n an attempt to -save a monkey and a parrot, tage.l on the top floor. He manage; bring both to tlie street, hut the par rot. its f. at hers singed off died w i < squawking "fire:'' The hla»e started on the top floor of the building hefoie daybreak fro f an undetermined muse and »ov. i sw-ept throughout the wooden s; , ture llirrr Mr’ii ^uestionotl \hout Illinois Munlt’r Mi.tfn i h c.igii 1 • !'. if.— Three men v-C>' taken into custody’ anil questioned re garding the finding of the nude bode of a man near Geneva. 11! early tins week. The ciotun's hands had been hopp'd off ' | h.e f- •<’ burned h-T od soaked rags to prevent .dentif., a lion. The three were s.v,i b; the police to have admitted that they passed along the roadside where the body was found the night of the slaying m a closed automobile, but to hav< denied strongly that they knew any thing regarding the crime Three ( il l/ II nr I rts, ) otmfirst 7'i } iws (>/«/. II cil Three II idotes Biloxi. M.«f. >Yb. !&.—The Jr'fet" *0:1 Fax* club *: Vfili Ice. nex# here. «m gala to: igtit ppep*;n‘.ory to ope of tho greatest event* In hMery Sunday when three confederate vet crane. the youngest Tyears eld »nd hree o #»« of confetti rate x-rt -. the youngest. ?*. n II |e married at a triple tmWlntt esrsntonx Four eottl'lea x*rre to line be*-n married hut one of the brides to-be *»• .ailed axxay hy the illness of k son and the luckless pro«pec\lv» brtdegrp.Mii e ill N* forced to asuinv the ton- of spectator Instead of or iipj-'s on . ishlh . f :>.* ceaiar et ihe stage.