Hero ot Falal Battle (jets Mystery Call .Watchman Again “Two-Gun” Man Following Telephone Messages from Excited “George.” Hoes a plot exist to kill Samuel C. Curtis, 57. watchman, who engaged a gang of alleged boxcar robbers in a gun battle to death in the Great West ern yards the morning of Feb ruary 22? “Yes,” answers Curtis. “1 know it,” says Mrs. Curtis, who prays every night in their little home at Mfi South Nineteenth street for the safe return of her husband. Mysterious telephone calls add to the worries of the couple. As a result Curtis, who decided after the battle to pin his faith to a single .45-callber revolver and abandon a smaller one, again has become a "twro gun man” and In addition haB fortified himself with a “sawed-off” shot gun. Mysterious Call. The Curtis telephone rang violently s week ago Saturday night and Mrs. Curtis answered. An excited voice responded to her cheery “Hello.” “Tell Curtis to come down to the yards at once—there's something do ing.’’ the voice said. “Who is this speaking'.’” Mrs. Cur tis askpd. "George” was the reply. Curtis hurried to the railroad yardrf fully armed, made a thorough investi gation, found “nothing doing,” and failed to learn who called him. Marty Maher. 22, believed by de tectives to have been a member of the “gang of six” engaged in a gun fight by Curtis, was left dead by the gang Curtis surprised February 22. Fear Trap. “Somebody wants revenge tor Sam's part in the fight,” Mrs. Curtis said yesterday, "and, while I ddin’t worry before, 1 now fear for him every time he leaves for work. I feel sure some one Is waiting for a chance to lure him into a trap." 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Zerbct’s Pharma* a) Go., St. Joseph, Mo. , STEARNS’ Electric Paste \ ix reropnued ha tlm jmarantcnd ' exterminator for Kata, Mica, Cockrojk hea, Wnterbu^a and Ante. Don’t waato time trj iinr to kill tin we peat* with powderr, hipiidx or any experimental preparation*. Rssdy For-UMBsttsr Than Traps 8-02. Ik»i, .V>c iri-02. box, f j.50 ••Id Everywhere Northwestern to Build New Bridge Over Missouri River, Work to Start This Summer Two views of the Northwestern bridjte over the Missouri river at Blair, which is soon to be succeeded by a new and better bridge. A new bridge over the Missouri river at Blair is planned by the Chi cago & Northwestern railroad. Bridge engineers from Chicago have been inspecting the structure the last few weeks, but according to Genera! Superintnedent Dickinson of tbe Northwestern headquarters here have not completely decided whether it Is advisable to build an entire new bridge or make use of the existing super-structure in rebuilding. A new bridge is needed. This Is the only bridge the Northwestern has over the Missouri river and an aver-; age of 25 trains a day operates over it from Fremont to Missouri Valley, la. The present bridge was completed in 1883 at a cost of more thap f 1.000, 000. Work was begun in September. 1882, and in October. 1883, 13 months 'later, the structure was ready for use. The bridge Is 1,000 feet long. The approach on the Nebraska side is 176 feet long, on the Iowa side 110 feet long. The four piers are 60 feet from roadbed to the low water mark and 60 feet from the low water mark to bed rock. The necessity for a new bridge has been created by the use of Heavier en gines and rolling stock by the rail roads of today. In 18S3 when the bridge was built it was In every way satisfactory. But heavier engines and heavier and larger lars are used now adays and bridges must support much greater weights and withstand much greater strains. The larger engines now used by the Northwestern—the "Big Z" types— are not permitted on the Blair bridge. They bring trains in from the west, but stop at Blair, where smaller en gines ^are attached to the trains to continue the Journey to Missouri Valley., Work on tiie new bridge is expected to start this spring or early In the summer. Contracts probably will be consummated within a few days. Cost probably will greatly exceed; the cost of the first bridge as the cost of labor and material is now twice as great as in 1**3. Other improvements are planned by the Northwestern north of Omaha. Surveyors have been making esti mates on th-- reduction of high grades i n the Fretnonl Missouri Valley line. Tiu-re is a bid grade three miles west of Blair and another one near Ar lington. where long freight trains have to lie cut in two and doubled. It is reported a double track may be laid from Fremont to Missouri Val ley. except over the new bridge, which will remein single track be cause of the expense which would be involved by widening the fders to permit a double track bridge, A contract was let recently for the erection of ,i concrete ami steel water tank and other buildings in connec tion with the pumping station in Hie Blair yards. Fremont Light Rates Are Reduced by City Fremont, Neb., Much 10—(Spe cial.)- The approach <>f the spring ejiy elections is given credit by many for the reduction in light and power rates allowed by the muncipal plant and .approved by the city council at a special meeting. The cut will amount to nearly 10 per cent when the new sliding scale g«»e« into effect. It 1* estimated that the reduction will save the consumers of Fremont about *18.000 a year. The light plant Is one of the city properties that is paying a profit and has been f«»*- some months past The minimum rate of M.2H remains for the same fos* nf prdnction made n rut in lids Impos sible. declared Mayor flrern. The new' light rate will be 10 cents for the first hundred kilowatt hours. 8 for the second, 7 1 2 cents for the third, C for the next thousand. 4 12 the next thousands and 3 1 1 for nil over that. (.rami bland College Would Merge 1*orcti-irs f«rand Island. N« b . Man h 1C* (Hp* »*ial.>— At a incclim; of the student body of (be (irand 1 land college, the plan of merging tin- Intercollegiate Oratorical association of tin state with the Ihtereollcgi ..«• Debate league was proposed and discussed, other colleges of the state In tin* Associa tion will b* asked to consider the pro posal. The new organization would be known as the Intercollegiate For ensic league. Kconomy and central* iveation of nianagemeiit is the prin cipal argument adduced. W i/.ard IManagrr Unties Ilia Sal< -inim Kissed <.ill H H. Halley, manager of the Wlz ard Products coinpsny, Jnc , wants it know n that if was not one of his “ lies men who forcibly kissed Marjorie Mc.-|fh, I .. 4*.H6 Franklin street, Fri day. when she declined to buy somo of I hr* “i IfHlir I' ’ lm was selling < Mir produ* t is a if^uM ’ Mr Hal by n lomr domoernt. Th« topul>li<-atm notnl iii»tP‘J iifoilii rtt-lMKutm who may *»• I Inrt firnrpt J’hrlpn, limui-amo ronuM. l tlirlr tnntltilttt'i f. r mayor, fan , yen Ilona itart lirro Monday (iirf, 10, Suffers Bruiers tfc lien Hit by Motor Car Filfnoi’P Thorne, Id. 4~% South Twenty eighth street, was run down and s< vf-rety Injured yesterday by n « >i* driven by I*, l#. l*nrhl. S3!j South F’ifty.ninth str* c when *hs walked 'around the end of a street car at Twenty eighth and Leavenworth ►treet*. Kknore fade dto •« e fie machine bear down upon her. I>ad i declared that, he was unable to stop in time to avoid the neddent. Th** girl was sc verejy bruised on th** arms and body and suffered a slight contusion of the skull. She was taken to her home. Kr\. f rank C. Smith Vi ill \ddress Credit Bureau n<-v Fi.ink <>. Smith will apeak im a tur Problem*: The Children of 7mril. The Parent) of.'l'inor row" at the next regular meeting "f the A.'Hnclati'd Ib-t ill «’redlt bureau In Motel Fontenelle next Tueaday. Mrs. \S A. Smith will blve a rend Inc. The Marriage of Minerva White." and Harry l»l«brow will aing A detnonatialien of credit department tneihoda hy Mrs. Hie William*. In rharf* of the claaa at Technical high rchool, will precede the program. William Parrott. ,"»7, Clerk for Sadi and Door (Birs •William Parrott, :,7. Ill Ninth Twenty fourth street, died Saturday, morning from «ompJlcr»t Ions. Mr Parrott whs shipping clerk f**r the Imperial S.»sb & PtH.tr coin puny,4 l!n is survived by Ids wife, Mrs M* llssi I’airott. snd on** son. idiwtshc* » L I*: ill of t Mi*. I’arrott wns n member of th" Mod* i n AN ooihustl «»f \m« rlc • I’lincral ai*tsng*'t»iei»t s haw riot been bride. jflairo VliiiL 71, < jjml is to 1 Hoof ami Fixtiiigiiialifs Firt 1 (11 a nd lalind, * >‘l - ’■lurch I" - ii t" jclalt The fact that I. II. Whitehead well k n"W n veuldont of t’nlrn t* 71 dnl 1 i ct prevent Imp. wh n fire hrnke cut ■ >ll III* roof fr* til I bulbing a ladder .>1,1 rxlltiKtilKhln* til. blaze by mean* Inf water cnrrtqgd In bucket*. Hy the t*tl|.‘ the depa ft mrll < outd br ailtll I moiled Mr. wytelirnl. wl^h the hiter j aid ..f neiKlibof*. h«d put out the flrr Mail I Vain From lla*linp* to Aurora W ill Bo “Lxtia ’ Aurina and Heating* mall train P I tu. which ha* been leaving Aurora j at t) no P 111 .will leave at 7 p til . be 1 ginning Mniafi l:’ it inn minmine.it ) exterdnv . ami will be known a* an 1 extra. Iloti’l Proprietor Bankrupt. I., Jtoy Hiikuvei lint.d proprietor of Pender, Neb., Mod n petition In , bankrittitcy in federal court giving ‘ id* aasetM m $ 1.300 and bis liabilities «« 11,610. Girl. Unaided, Brings Auto Thief to Bay 16-Year-Old Misg Overtakes and Grapples With Youth Who Took Family Car for Joyride. Grand Island, Neb., March 10.— (Special.)—"Why, no, T wasn’t afraid,” declared Eilo Nietfeldt, 10, daughter of William Nietfeldt. farmer, when asked just what her feelings were when, at midnight, she gave chase to and grappled with Hay Streator, about her own age, but taller. Streator had taken the Nietfeldt car and taken two other girls joy riding for four hours. "I didn’t think anything except that I wanted to catch the fellow that took our car"—and the young girl dropped tin* subject, just as If it were a very ordinary occurrence. The Neitfeldt family had a similar experience several weeks ago. At the later time members of the family were visiting a brother of the girl at the general hospital, near the business center'of town. When they left the hospital early In the evening their car Was missing. The police department was notified and made a search, but could find no trace of the car. Officers requested the family to take positions near the hospital, on the theory that If the car had been taken for joyriding the purloiner would bring It back. The officers then were to be notified primptly by telephone. Family Gives Chase. Near midnight the car hove in sight. But ’Streator was wary and paired the car a block sway. William Niet feldt, the father; a brother of the girl, and Eilo gave chase. They did not stop to notify the officers. Eilo soon overtook both her father and her brother, then passed them. Streator ran toward his home with the fleet-footed girl in pursuit. Streator dashed Into the yard, and, employing a ruse, the girl ran around the other side of the house. At the rear the two met. The girl grappled Streator, who re sisted. but did not attempt to treat tlie girl roughly. He struggled against her hold, but she refused to released him until her father and brother arrived. Streator consented to go wltlj them to the station. He later was 'released on parole for one year to his Sunday school teacher. Three Bills Advanced and One Killed by House Lincoln, March 10.—(Special.)—The lower house of the state legislature advanced to third reading the follow ing bills: The \V* Ik, bill repealing the intangible tax law and fixing the tax on intangible* the same as on tangible*, accepting federal aid under the Shepard Towner maternity law and the Eleasser hill Increasing the salary of municipal judges in Omaha from ti'.SOO to 13,000. The house killed a bill giving the governor power to appoint a com mittee of six to codify and rewrite all schO«l statute*. Farm Girl Captures Joyrider in Chase --—--+ Girl May Clinch Guilt of Slayer * Police Find New Witness to Connect Man in Cleveland With Siefken Deaths. The state has a new witness to corroborate William A. Rich's confes- I sion of the Siefken murders, it was announced .Saturday morning by C. II. Van Deusen, chief of detectives. "In a 1,000word confession alleged to have been made Friday in Cleveland by Rich," Van Deusen said, "he told of having seen a girl near the filling station at Thirty eighth avenue and Farnam street. The same girl, he said, went to police headquarters here four days after lie was arrested and looked at him. "What he told about the girl checks up with facts. It had not been known publicly. This circumstance leads me to believe the case against Rich i» building up satisfactorily." The detective chief .- announcement was the first public Information con cerning "the girl." Van Deusen said she is not Miss ffylvia Kulakofsky, who had figured prominently in police attempts to identify suspects. "The girl called me by telephone Friday night and said she was ready to comp down to the station the day Iietective William Gurnett and Coun ty Attorney Real return from Cleve land with the prisoner," Van Deusen said. In his Alleged confession Friday Rich gave a story of the murders chronologically correct. In reports previously sent to Omaha there had i pen errors, Gurnett and Beal left last night. They extant to return with Rich next Wednesday night. Victrola Ml *100 Style 210 This model 1210 is the very latest product of the Victor Co. A true musical instrument in every sense—with all the latest patented features. Come in and hear this and other new Vietrolns which, while new in design, have all the charac teristic tone quality which hatf made the Victroln the choice of the music loving public. 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Sears Sings 'Swan Song' Congressman-Elect Bids As sociates Goodby, Following Resignation From Bench. Before 200 members of the Omaha bar gathered in Judge floss’ court 1 room yesterday, morning for the regu lar weekly call of cages, Judge Wlllii .Seant, congressman-elect, sang his |swan song. A few moments before, he lmd re ! reived from Governor Charles W. Bryan acceptance of his resignation, effective yesterday. Judge Wears expressed regret at ’ leaving many pleasant associations In the Douglas county court house. He I described graphically the many changes which have taken place since he mounted the bench In January, 1301. "It makes tne pause a moment and think what a short time this iprofes slonal life of ours Is, anyway. It - makes me think that for the first time in 20 years I' will have no place I can call my own; no room to go to, no place to hang my hat and coat. It will seem more than strange; but I want to say to you that as long as I live I shall appreciate that rela tionship we have had together dur ing these years.” Judge Sears then expressed his ap preciation of the uniform courtesy of the bar toward the bench during his years of service, and paid tribute to the qualities of his sssoclate Jurists, and concluded by bidding them good by. District Judgs Goss expressed the regret of the bench end bar at Judge Sears' departure. Judge Sears left his office shortly after noon for the last time. Appropriation Bills Are Reported Out by Committee Lincoln, March 10.—(Special.)—The house committee on state Institutions reported the following bills for the general file with a favorable recom mendation: Appropriating 135,000 for purchase of additional land at the feeble-minded Institute, Beatrice; ad ditional l^nd at the Norfolk Insane hospital. iSO.OOO; removal of depend ent children from one place to an other In Lincoln, 160.000. Holmesville Minister Accepts California Call Beatrice, Neb , March it*.—(Special.) —Rev. Edgar Rothrock pastor of the Brethren church at Holmesville since 1S17 has accepted a call to the pastor ate of the: Brethren church at I-a Verne. Cal., and leaees September i to assume his new duties. Pour Bills Killed by State Senate Vote Lincoln. March 10.—(Special.)—The upper branch of the legislature Sat urday killed the following bill*: S. F. 20B, by Chambers, amending the workmen’s compensation law to limit hospital and medical exi»enses to $200, with another $100 in special cases. S. F. 03, by flarr. taxing all prop erfy for hail insurance, county com missioners to be adjusters. S. F. 213. by Shallenbarg': . r-hang i ,'ng asses for county fairs from ; 4 mills on assessed valuation to 5 rents per capita and % cents in coun ties under 14,000 population. If. It. 431, by Reynolds, allowing I names of ranches and farms to lx registered with secretary of state. Senate Passes Two Bills During Brief Session I.incoln. March 10.—ISp»-< ial ■ — Two bills* were passed by the state senate during a brief session Hatur day morning. A number of insur ance and agriculture measures were reported out by committees. These bills were passed: 8. F. 110, allowing charitable cor porations to be named guardians of minor children. H. R. 30, changing town meetings from March to January. House Committee Probes Proposed Annexation Fapilllon, Neb., March 10.—(Spe cial.)—The house committee on privileges and elections were guests of Sarpy county today to investigate the proposed annexation of Sarpy and Douglas counties. Representative John R. Hughes drove the committee to Paplllion from Lincoln^ and they were entertained at dinner at the home of I. V. Clark. The committee met at the office of District Judge James liagley, where citizens dis cussed the proposed annexation. Merger of Slate Colleges Is Being Advocated Grand Island. Neb., March 10.—(Spe rial)—That unofficial negotiations have been in progress looking to the I uniting of Doane arid Grand Island colleges—ihe state denominational in stitutions <.f the Congregationalists and the Baptists, respectively—has been definitely learned here. In one or two other states these two denomi- j nations have a joint college, and it is said the results are satisfactory. Two Senate Bills Are Signed by Governor Bryan Lincoln, March 30—tSpecial.)—Two senate bills which have gone through the legislative mill have been s.gned by the girvernor. They are: S. F. 7, I authorizing loaning of county a-. cnmulatf-d building funds and S. 139, providing that In s-tiling ■ bfira living in a foreign i-ountry run bo notified through consular rrpro scntatives in Nebraska. AIIVEBTISKM ENT. Famous Movie Star . Condemns Curling Iron | "Little Mary'* Fickford. whose prefy curiy locks have been so nnu« adnur«'< ing iron. She fails to see the wi dom < f burning the life out of 4hc hair, ing the life out of the ha,r That the heated rion is ruin hair is being more and more appreciate.; Many are discarding th. - I’s-tr ••■'•nt torture in favor of piain liquid f r.* This is not only harmless but re* y bene f rial. Instead of giving one. ^ * burnt-out, lifeless appearance. it gives them a bright luatre. and ? e •u-'m# looks altogether natural. It i a simple thing to procure a few nin • > ' .1 silmerine from the druggist and apply a little with a brush before d*»;ny -h* iiair. The beautiful wavy effect •*h h re sults is agreeably surprising. J. H. Green Druggist Announces That His New Location Will Be 60th and Military Ave. Where he' will continue to give his patrons the same high-class mer chandise and service as he has in the past. “Patrons having pre script ions in my care,” ^eys Mr. Green, ‘‘may have them filled at any time by simply phoning WAlnut 3411 and we will deliver promptly, unless it is to a remote part nf the city, when we will phone it to the nearest druggist.” SALT LAKE CITY OMAHA NEW YORK \ QUALITY A Credit Store for All the People STYLE BUY ON PAYMENTS , V Spring Fashion Thoughts of Omaha Women Center on These New EASTER SUITS which greet the new season with countless new departures in silhouette, fabric, color and design. 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