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Kid McCoy Begins Serving Sentence Pugilist Convicted of Slaying Sweetheart, Taken to Prison. Sy laternstloael Nm Imtrr. San Quentin, Cal.. April 11.—"Kid” McCoy ran "amuck'’ just before en tering San Quentin prison today to t aerve a term of from four to 38 years. On the boat from Richmond to Point San Quentin enroute here from Los Angelos, the one-time pugilistic topnotcher threw dishes at newspaper men and smashed a camera. By WILLIAM O. CAYCE. International Newa Service Staff Correa pendent. Han Quentin. Cal., April 11.—Game as ever and full of fight, Norman Selby, the 'Kid McCoy’’ of prize ring fame, took the count from the law today and entered San Quentin prison to serve an Intermediate term of front four to S3 years. "I’m innocent and I know- God will take care of me,” said ‘‘Kid” as the prison doore closed behind him. “My attorneys are working on my appeal and (hey have right on their side. But I'm going in here to do what I'm told and to make the best of C it. I've always tried to be a go gj loser and I'll make the best of it in this instance.” "Kid” wants to return to his first love—tlie boxing "game—and is ."through with women.” “I hope they will let me box some In prison,” he said. "It will help me In a lot of ways, and If they want me to do so I’d be glad to act as boxing Instructor there.” The champion of the matrimonial ring.1 with eight marriages to his credit, declared he had hopes of get ting out within three or four years. Through With Women. "And when I do," he said with em phasis, ‘‘I’ll have nothing more to do with women.” "Do you expect any of your ex wives will come to visit you?” McCoy 'was asked. • “No, I don't think they will," he •aid, amt then brightening, asked: "But maybe they will, do you think BO?” McCoy was handcuffed to Officer Blaisdell, but seemed cheerful. He talked freely and seemed pleased when a large crowd gathered at Richmond, Cal., where he was taken from the train from Lob Angeleu, w here he was .convicted of manslaughter as a result ■ of the killing of Mrs. Theresa Mors, ! his last sweetheart. MUST HAVE READ | “RUBE” GOLDBERG Mm Chicago, April-ID.—Harry Bltner, |;! *4, who spent a lifetime trying to ‘ perfect A successful Invention, sue ‘j -fceeded today when the contrivance which he rigged up to commit suicide 1 worked according to specifications. ' Bitner built a bunk on which he re clined. Over his head he suspended a small can of ether, from which the , .liquid dripped on his face and anes . thetlzed him. Then in one nostril he Inserted a tube leading to a gas jet within the bed. To his raised right arm he hound a lever which leased a gas cock. When he became insensible lrom the ether, his erm dropped and released the gas which completed the ,j asphyxiation. Forest Service Opposes Railroad Land Claims Washington, April 10.—The con gressional commission Investigating land grants to the Northern Pacific Hallway company heard arguments by counsel for the forest service to day In opposition to the company’s claim for approximately 3,000,000 acres of land It contends Is still due under the grants. 11. F. McGowan, chief counsel for the service, said the company. In re turning approximately 443,000 acres to the government at Hh® time the Mt. Ranier National park was creat • ed, obtained In lieu of this land a similar acreage of $3,500,000 greater value, and contended that the value, ■' father than the actual acreage, : should be considered In adjustments of the grants. Automobile Provider Motive Power for Press West Frankfort, 111., April 10.— ' Newspaper editors from neighboring Illinois towns were here today, at . tracted by the novel experiment of Byron Flkins, of the West Frankfort American. When the motive power of tils press ceased to function, Klklns hacked a small automobile into his print shop, jacked up the wheels, at tached a belt and now declares he prints 1,500 papers to a gnllon of gasoline. He grinds out his daily edition at the rate of 30 miles an I' hour. Armed Guards Watch Governor Ros-f Home - Cheyenne, Wyo., April 10.—Armed guards are maintaining a nightly watch over the Wyoming guberna torial mansion that houses Governor Nellie Taylor Ross, It became known today. No reason for the patrol was madr known, although it w;ta learned that tounty officials had made inquiry re gardinr the identity and > haracter of persona living in the vicinity of tho mansion. !i Governor Ross refused to comment v on the situation other than to Inti p mats that such precautions had not been taken at her request. Rank Reserve Increases. New York, April 11.—The actual condition of clearing house banka and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of $23,344,140, This Is an Increase of $23,333,200, compared with last week when excess ■reserve totaled only $310,970. Death Toll Increases. Mlama, Fla., April 10.—Heath toll *>f Sunday's tornado mounted to five l ‘ with the death of B, V. Bills, 30. i ?'• * Children to Stage May-Day Dances in 6 Parks at Same Time; Music by Radio 11— ■ __ k-a (. . •-" ----— The pictures show some of (lie school girls practicing their folk dances at Turner park. Omaha will witness th» first radio May Day fete ever attempted any where, beginning at 8 and lastlus two hour*. Friday morning. May I. Approximately 4,000 Omaha school school children will particpate in the programs, which will he held in six local parks. The unusual feature of the event is that the same dances will be executed at the same time iri each of the six parks. Music will be furnished by the Central High School band and will beb roadcasted from station WOAVV. In each of the parks six radio receiving sots will lie placed at point! of vantage so the children and spectators may clearly hear the band. Many Folk Dances. The fete is being sponsored by the Omaha board of education under the personal direction of Miss Catherine Car rick, assistant supervisor of phy sical education. Pupils from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades have been chosen to take part In the events. Folk dances will constitute the major part of the program. Friday afternoon at Turner park girls from Ftrnam, Henry Yates and Central schools rehearsed their )>art8 before a large and fascinated audience. Among the danres they executed, al most to perfection, were the May pole, Goddesses, Rufty-Tufty and .Milk Maids, Swiss Revel and French reel. The parks at whhji the fetes will he held are Turner, flanscom, Fonte nelle. Miller, Highland and Bancroft ravine, in the rear of Bancroft school. About $5,000 worth of radio equip ment will he used In the various places. The Nebraska Bub-k com pany has donated the use of 36 re reiving sets, all of them fourtuH* Zenith?. J. AV. Sherry of the radio department In the Bulck company has complete charge of the Installa tion of the sets. According to Ira Jones of theachool hoard, and Sherry, the Omaha May I>ay feta should not only prove to he a great success from a musical, artistic and entertaining standpoint, hut It probably will he copied through out the country. VILLAGE HONORS CENTENARIAN By I'nlTfrul Her*lre. Benton Harbor, Mich,, April 10.— The entire \illage of New Buffalo. Mich., tonight prepared to celebrate the hundredth birthday of Mr*. Mary Herrmann who for more than 70 years has occupied the same pew in St. Marys church. County and village officials are to be speakers at. the dinner given Mrs. Herrmann in a public hall, and for which Mrs. Herrmann made herself u new black silk dress with a white lace collar. Commission to Ask Ford About Muscle Shoals Plan Washington, April 10.—The presi dent's Muscle Shoals commission de cided today to solicit the views of Henry Ford and others interested in disposition of the property. Letter^) to be sent out will make clear, how ever, Chairman McKenzie said, that the commission is not yet ready to consider bids. I>r. Harry A, Curtis, head of the Yale chemistry depart ment, and It. F. Bower, of the Ameri can Farm Bureau federation, ntso were designated today to insprr.t un officially the Union Carbide company plant at Niagara Falls to obtain in formation for the commission. Hail Damans Peach Crop Down in Georgia Macon, fla., April 10,—Reports reaching her# tonight from Monte zuma, Oa , said a. hail storm in that vicinity this afternoon had caused serious damage to the peach crop there, From other sections of cen tral Georgia there also cam# reports of severe damage to the frlut and other crops. At Montezuma. It was said, the hall damaged four square miles of or chards, destroying sn estimated 150 cars peaches. Magnate in New York New York, April 10.—Otto Hugo Stinnes, third son of the late Hugo Stlnnes, Herman steel magnate, was among arrivals on the liner Berm garla, which docked todsy with R20 passengers. He said that his visit was merely a. vacation journey. There Is Only One Way to he sure of sntiifartory clothe*. Have them cut to your mea surement* from (food fabric* and fitted to you In the mak ing. When this i* dono by my skilled cutter and fitter on the spot, you are a* well dressed a* a man can ho and at price* no higher than ready made, | IRISH Dodge St. | OSTEOPATHY The Voice of Authority Con cerning Adjustment of the Spinel Celumn Samardick Refuses to Apologize to Dr. Wearne; Incident Now “Closed” Hohert, Samardick positively will not apologize to Dr. Frederick AA’earne for his’ agents searching him at Hotel Hill a few days ago. Prohibition Director Elmer Thomas apologized. So did the two Samardick agents, who did the searching under "Hob's'' dlreclipn. Thomas asked S« mardlck to apologize. Saturday, Thomas was siding with Samardick and said he wouldn't need to apologize, that the incident is dosed. Thomas, more over, declared that H. H. I.epper. government. Intelligence depart raent man who ha." been here In vest Igating prohibition methods for a week, may lose his ,1ob. "He had no authority to give out any interviews,” said Thomas. "That Is absolutely not allowed In that department. Only two men knew what occurred between him and Samardirk here. They were l-epper and gamardlrk. And 8am ardick didn’t tell. "Jjepper seemed to confine his In vestigations to the underworld,” said Thomas. ‘‘He didn't interview the kind of people who are trying to uphold the prohibition laws ” American Steamer Goes Ashore on Virginia Coast Norfolk, Va.. April 10.—A meaaago received at mint guard headquarters here this afternoon said th» Amerli-an steamer, Barore, is ashore about 7 tr.lles north of the t'ape Charles I,ight ship. The rutter t 'nrabaasett has hern dispatched to her aid. The tnea rage gave’no details. The ship was hound to New York from a tropical port. Steamer Jammed in Tee, Halifax. X. 8., A |iill 11 The Do minion I'oal company's steamer Wa^iika, from Newport New* for Montreal, with a earn of eoal, was Jammed fast 111 the he In the Ciulf of Kt. laiwrence, 10ft mile* from nearest land, and has *ent out call* today for assistance. Plan* were beln made to send Icebreaking steamers to It* old. Pee Want Ad* produce resutta. Brunswick Radiola The Utmost in a Phonograph and the Latest in Radio The famous Brunswick Phonograph, equipped with the Super-Hetrero dyne Radio Receiver, made by the Radio Cor poration of America, offers tbe finest combi nation ever shown since 1h« Invention of radio broadcasting. A Combination of Two Great Leaders A turn of the hand brings the great artists of the world through the medium of phonographic reproduction— or the best talent the country affords through radio : broadcasting. You have the music you w-ant, when s you want it—and in an instrument that conforms per fectly with the appointments of Hi# most luxurious home. EASY TERMS Take a year to pay. Your old phonograph accepted as a substantial part payment. Schmoller&jniKlkrftmo J SOLDIERS’ TERMS WILL BE REDUCED H.r lnltVr*nl 8^rilr«. Washington, April 10.—Sentences of to years and years’ confinement, pronounced upon two army privates hy courts martial at Schofield Bar racks, Hawaii, are likely to be "very materially reduced,’’ the War depart ment was advised today. The report on the cases was cabled today bv the commanding general of the Hawaiian department. Smart Spring Coats *25 a Fully silk lined and tailored in attractive styles that are not repeatedly duplicated. That is the reason these coats are so popular. Third Floor "The Best Place to Shop, After All ' ! - Satin Bazaar With Randall's Royal Fon ten tile Orchestra at the Strand Theater 3 p, m. and 9 p. m. t in Connection With the Picture “The Dressmaker From Paris " -S9MBHC'.i French Radicals Still in Power Socialist I’arty Continues in Ascendant Despite Herriot Resignation. fir IntrrnatInttit I »w» fervlre. Paris, April 11.—The rndlcaf social ist party will continue to rule France despite the resignation of Premier Herriot. This declaration was made today by Cazeles. president of the radical socialist group in the chamber of deputies. "I have just conferred with Presi dent Doumergue and we are in agree ment,” Cazeles told the press. Deputy Flandlnln, secretary of the left republican party, called to sec the President and said lo newspaper men: "Present Indications are that Mau rice Sarraut. who Is a brother of for mer Minister Sarraut, will he Invited by President Doumergue tomorrow to form a new government.” Paris, April 11.—A temporary cabi net until the municipal council elec tions In May lo reveal the trend of the country's political thought may he the solution of the cabinet crisis brought about by the overthrow of Premier Edouard Herriot. President Doumergue was In conference with party leaders today In an effort to reach a decision as to Herrlot's suc cessor. Paul Pslnleve, president of the chamber of deputies, and mentioned as a possible premier, only smiled when he was shown the Paris Midi's announcement of the "tentative Pain levs cabinet” as he was leaving Elysees palace after a talk with President Doumergue. “The tentative cabinet,” named Aristide Brland minister of foreign affairs, Anatnlo De Monzle minister of finance, M. Nollett minister of war, M. Loucheur minister of com merce and Louis Marin minister of the interior. “I can only say I believe we have reached an areement which may en able satisfactory settlement of the cabinet crisis,” Painleve told the press vs he left the palace. SOLDIERS ESCORT EARL OF BALFOUR By The Associated Press. Baalbek, Syria, April 10.—The Earl of Balfour, accompanied by a biili tary escort, after leaving Damascus yesterday, stopped for five minutes at Shatura Thursday evening and tele 1, honed to Beirut, on the Mediterran ean about 70 minutes by motor from Shatura. Lord Balfour over the tele phone said It was his intention to hoard the steamer Sphinx at Beirut late Thursday evening. The Sphinz plies between Bleurut. Alexandria, Egypt, and Marseilles, France. Thelma Morgan Converse (iiven Decree of Divorce By 1 slorsil *,-rs!re. Los Angeles. April 10.—Thelma Morgan Converse Is a free lady—al most. She obtained an Interlocutory decree of divorce today and has only a year to watt before being totally released from the lavnils of matri monv. The sister-in law of Kegtnald Vanderbilt testified before Judg Oates that her husband, a New York broker, was addicted to the excessive use of intoxicants and abused her. almost from their marriage day. American Delegate to World Radio Parlev af I Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor, president of the American Radio Re lay league, heads the United States delegation to the first eongre«s of the International Amateur Radio union, In Pari*. Linking of the peoples of tha earth in friendship through their home radio sets Is the objective of the organiza tion. BILL HART’S WIFE SERIOUSLY ILL I,os Angeles, April 10.—The condi tion of Winifred Westover Hart, wife of Bill Hart, took a turn for the Worse today and attending physicians admitted that she was seriously ill.. Mrs. Hart is suffering with a nervous breakdown, following an aggravated heart attack. Her friends in the film colony are much alarmed at her con dition. “Bed Sheet Bill ’ Approved. Lansing, Mich., April 10.—The Michigan legislature's ’bed sheet bill,” providing that 99-inch sheets ice used by all hotels of the state, passed the house following a speech by Its author, Mrs. Cora Anderson, the only woman assembly member. The hill has yet to pass the senate. 200 Arrested in Vice Raids Denver Mayor Supervisee Po ll e* “Cleanup”’ of 1 niler world Reeorte. Hr International N»»« SnrTlrf. Denver, Colo., April II.—Two hun dred persons, including about 40 women, today face a varied assort ment of charges In police court fol lowing a “flood Friday vice raid," staged tinder (he personal supervision of Mayor Stapleton last night. Ar rests were made In scores of alleged bootlogging establishments and dis orderly bouses. One fashionable downto-.vrt cafe was visited, where six persons were taken into custody snd the proprietor arrested for violation of the dry laws. Federal, state, county and city of ficials participated in the wholesale raids, which were conducted without knowledge of Chief of Police Cand llsh. Lower Land Bank Interest Hale Is Still Considered Dennis P. Hogan, president of the Federated Land Hank of Omaha, on his arrival from Washington Friday said the lower interest, rates advocated by the Federal Land bank are still being considered, snd an announce ment will be made in about 30 days. 23-Year-Old Youth Secretly Weds Widow, 63 Washington, April 11.—A May and-Deceniber wedding, with the usual order of the sege* reversed, was disclosed here today in the marriage of Theodore Forest, 23, a government clerk, and Mrs. Flora Hitler Gortner, 63, member of a well known and wealthy capital family. They were secretly mar ried Thursday at Williamsport, Pa. “I'm sure I’ll be happier with her than with one of these—well, flap pers," said the young groom. The bride had nothing to say. 8he is a sister of William M. Hitter, millionaire manufacturer, who last (hrislmas attained wide publicity by giving $2..100.000 in stor k in his lumber companies to 121 of his em ployes. -■ Is Your Corset as Up-to-date as Your Con n? 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