The Omaha Morning Bee
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VOL. 52-NO. 234. ft™* V. VtiZ? « « ^ OMAHA. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1923.* »».'V TWa CENTSi “ W™.
I 4
Mail Clerk
Exonerated
at Inquest
Slayer of Mail Car Bandit Will
Get Reward for Killing
Fugitive—Stolen Pack
ages Recovered.
Mail for Iowa Is Looted
Coroner's jury exonerated John C.
Kull, mail clerit, of blame for the
_ death of John Kennedy, negro, shot
while fleeing front a mail ear which
he had robbed on Union Pacific train
\o. (i at Thirty-second avenue and
the Ijme cutoff Thursday night.
“We find that the deceased came
<o his death while failing to obey the
command of the mail officers.” the
jury reported.
Evidence at the inquest showed that
the dead man, at the tune he was
shot, had in his possession a suitcase
filled with objects stolen from paVcel
post packages.
County Coroner Paul Steinwender
I was In charge of the inquest.
Reward in Sight.
John C. Kull will get a reward of
S50 to *200. in the opinion of Post
office Inspector W. M. Coble.
Mr. Coble Friday took state
ments from Kull and the other mail
i lerks at his office in the federal
building.
"We first noticed at North Platte
l that someone was in the car,” said
Kull. “It was the third storage car
ahead of the work car. At Grand
Island the train was cut. permitting
us t» go in through the vestibule and
enter the car from the door in that
end whlcfc was locked. We unlocked
It from the outside. We found no
one.
“At Fremont we found the front
end door barricaded from the inside
and we knew someone was inside.
We watched it carefully when wife ar
rived at Summit and saw- the man
jump out of a side door carrying the
suit case. Several shots were fired.
I was about 150 feet from him when
I fired the shot that brought him
down.”
Kull lives with his wife and two
children at 20H Avenue A, Councli
Bluffs,
The other clerk who fired was W.
T. Corbourn, 4123 North Thirty-sixth
a venue. Other clerks in the car were
Curtis Cook, 3702 Grand avenue; A.
.1. Anderson, 3214 North Fourteenth
street; H. C. Madden. 6101 Florence
boulevard, and W. E. Linn.
Clerks believe the negro was well
acquainted with Omaha and perhaps
lived here.
“He knew enough to make his
break from the car when we stopped
at Summit, well inside the Omaha
c ity limits,” one said.
A suitcase carried by the victim in
h,s flight, a cheap telescope affair,
c ontained a new suit of clothes sold
l.y a San Francisco firm arel much
>,oo small for the dead man; two
women's cloaks, two silk blou«es and
a silk kimono. Some of this was
taken from packages mailed by the
Milady Manufacturing company, San
Francisco, to the J. A. Strohm com
pany, Carroll, la. The value of the
contents of the suitcase probably was
*200.
Frank Gross, son of Anton Gross,
federal court bailiff, saw* the fray at
Summit, where he is employed as a
t car checker. ,
•‘A few' more steps and the negro
would have been over the lidge and
probably wo/ild have escaped." he
«aid. "He gave no cry when the shot
^ struck him, just whirled around and
dropped.”
Mail clerks are armed with to
,iliber revolvers.
Proud of Husband.
John <2. Kull has been in the mail
service for 20 years. Ho was born in
lies Moines, la., but was raised at
Central City Neb., according to his
Wife, whom he married 12 years ago.
T \er since his affiliation with the
mail service he has resided in Coun
• il Bluffs.
Kull's wife wud two small children,
Mary Catherine, 12, and Helen Rae.
s, were waiting at the family home,
01B Avenue A. Council BlufTs. last
V, ighi for the husband and father to
leturn from Omaha, where he was as
s.sting in the investigation of the at
tempted jobbery.
My husband sent, a messenger to
me, when his train arrived in the
Bluffs at the regular time,” said
Mrs Kull. "The messenger told
me that John had shut and killed a
i egro who had attempted to rofcuHie
mail train and that they had a white
man in custody, lie said John must
1.0 to Omaha anil would not be home
until 10.
"i am proud of my husband for the
) inner In which he protected the
p ad*, and I am anxious to hear the
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\\ illiuin S. Carter Dir*.
Baltimore, Md.. March 16-—The
. body of William K. Carter, former
I- HuifMit, of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Fnginemen, who
died at a hoapltal here lnat night,
today w«m taken to Washington,
" ii'-ro he will he buried with Maaonic
i f i f rnonie p. Mr. Carter, Mince he re*
1 ’iui>*iiecl the presidency of the
h otherhood. had been living in Wnah*
rl i% tun norving a* manager of the re
search bureau.
Clerk Who Shot Down
U. P. Mail Trfain Robber
Southern Towns
Razed by Tornado:
Eighteen Killed
Hundred Injured hy Twister
in Northern Mississippi—
■e\eral Hundred Per
sons Are Homeless.
Menipliis.Tenn., March lti.—Eighteen
dead, approximately 100 Injured and
property damage estimated at lre
tween $300,000 and $400,000 made up
the known toll of a tornado which
swept seven delta counties In north
ern Mississippi Thursday night,
demolished one village—Savage—and
left. a trail of property damage and
dead and maimed in a dozen or more
towns and farming settlements. Sev
eral hundred are homeless.
Of the known dead, nine lost their
lives when the storm battered the
remnants of the town of Savage—
badly damaged two months ago by a
tornado—and carried half a dozen
dwellings Into Coldwater river.
Struck Several Town*.
Savage a mass of splintered
wrecieage; at Sardis a Jnzenbuild- !
lngs were wrecked and the front of a
hotel was smashed; at Holly Springs
the McDermott hotel and the Frisco
railroad station were damaged; half
a dozen buildings were wrecked at
Hernando and at Walnut Lake fhe
storm took its heaviest toll on the
plantation of L. C. Cannon where
nearly a score of cabins were swept
from their foundations and the planta
tion dwelling was damaged.
Wire communication With the affe< t
ed area still was crippled tonight and
only meager reports had been re
ceived from inland villages in the
path of the tornado.
Many Hurt in New York.
New York. March 10.—Freakish in
its variations from gale velocity to I
breezes of barely 12 miles an hour, I
the edge of one of the severest wind 1
and rain storms that has swept tlie
eastern part of the tireat Lakes region i
in years, struck New York today.
Many persons were injured here, al
though only one was reported serious-1
ly hurt. Roy Harris* suffered a True
ture of the spine, when struck by a
piece of coping blown from an up
town building. Others received broken
legs and arms, cut from broken glass
and minor injuries.
Clear and much cooler weather,
iwth the wind veering from the south
to the northwestwas predicted for
tonight and early .Saturday. „
Storm warnings have been hoisted
all along the Atlantic < oast.
Part of the day upper New York!
harbor was enveloped in a dense fog
Which the wind foiled to dispel and
which was followed by a heavy down
pour of rain, making navigation
hazardous for several hours. The only
accident reported was a collision of
two ferry boats, neither of w hich was
seriously dernaged.
New England Towns
Feel Force of Storm
By I niwTHwl Servlet.
Chicago, March 16.—The storm
that Thursday engulfed the middle.,
west in the heaviest, snow in years l
was passing over the New Kngland ]
states tonight. Its force was believed
spent.
Northern New York fell, the storm
early this morning. Buildings were
damaged at Syracuse. Rochester and
Buffalo.
Chicago escaped with comparative i
slight damage. The blixxard that '
started after midnight* diminished af
ter four Inches of snow lind fallen.
The southern states were still being
swept by winds and rain tonight.
Another storm has appeared Iri the
far northwest hut the weather bureau
was not sure It would develop Into a
general storm over the I nlted State#, j
< loal Tax Bill I'usm iI.
Berlin. March 16.—The roichstng
passed the coal lax hill by which the
40 per cent tax levy is prolonged un
til the end of March, 1824. The mens
lire, however, also authorizes the
finance minister to Increase or de
i lease the tax under certain clrcum- I
stances.
Governor
Held False
__ •
Legislative Investigators Re
port Bryan's Claim State
Was Bankrupt Is With
out Foundation.
Impeachment Suggested
By I*. C. POWELL.
staff (orrotpondrtit The Omaha Bpp.
Lincoln. March 16.—(Special.)—At
the close of the fiscal year Nebraska
will have, $1,150,000 surplus revenue
with all bills paid. That is the answer
to the charge of Governor Charles W.
Bryan that the present biennium
would end with a deficit in the treas
ury.
This report, from it joint investigat
ing committee appointed to check up
on somo of the governor's financial
claims, came as a climax of a sensa
tional clay in the legislature.
On the basis of these findings. Rep
resentative Elmer .1. Iamb of John
son county declared that the governor
had knowingly broadcast false
statements to the injury of the credit
of the state. "I will even go further
and declare that any official making
statements, knowing tlienv to he false
should he impeached,” he asserted.
Impeachment l rged.
Leaping to his feet on tlie demo
cratic side. Representative A. W. El
sasser of Omaha shouted, "If the-*
statements are true, steps should Is*
taken to Impeach the governor, but
I challenge you to prove that lie
knowingly made false statements."
(Amid jjreat confusion with a dozen
members clamoring for the attention
of the speaker. Mr. Elsasser made a
motion which provided that if the
charges could be proved impeachment
proceedings be started. The noon re
cess intervened before this could lie
voted on, and on returning in the
afternoon. Mr. Elsasser withdrew his
nyotion, "in order to avoid another
partisan fight."
Representative I,anib. who was
chairman of the joint < ommittee, is
now a farmer but formerly was an
expert accountant. The democratic '
members of the committee. Represen
tative Henry Bock of J iavid City and ;
Senator Charles J. Thielen of Humph
phrey, refused to sign the report.
They requested 10 days additional ;
time in order to draw up a minority
report. This was granted in the
house but refused in the senate, which
adopted the majority report signed
by Mr. Lamb. Senator Perry lie's! of
Heimerson. Senator George It. Hast
ings of Grant and Representative It.
K Harrington of University Place.
Report- Refutes I liai ges.
Referring to Governof Bryan's
charges that the state was bankrupt
whau-he took office, the report -ays:
"An alleged deficit of $2.612 272 was
arrived at in the former report by
setting up the supposed deficits of
fhe state and failing t» take into
account the revenues coming Into the
state treasurer to met outstanding
obligations."
"It is a simple matter to show any
business concern In poor financial
standing by taking into account its
obligations and omitting fioin its
financial statement its assets and
tills is precisely what tlie former te
port did in seeking to show a deficit
at the beginning of this calendar year.
Of this alleged $27,000,000 deficit.
$1,098,928 was supposed to lie in the
department of public works for road
contracts.
A detailed statement from tlie de
partment of public works is pie
sented showing that there is now due
from tiie federal government foi fed
eral aid road building $1,622,431.
When the'XIsial year closes, this de
partment will have a surplus of $2.>5.
133. In computing state finances, the
governor left out of account nil the
money which tlie state will receive
from the t'nlted States tieasury.
Money in Itanks.
/The (ommittee finds that on .lanu
ary 1, 152!. when the governor claim
ed the general fund was overdrawn
$876,284, the state of Nebraska had
(Turn to I’sge Two. Column Two )
200-Pound Salesman
Hallies II ay on haul
Through Snowstorm
< 'olunrbus, Neb., March Jo.—(Spe
cial.*— With iris chi* shilled in the
snowdrifts somewhere between David
<‘ity and Columbus, <»• B. Travis,
specialty salesman, braved the Storm
on foot, walking to Columbus along
the Burlington right of way through
the blizzard, arriving at 130 a m.
Travis, who tips the scales at 200
pounds, said that the first thing he
did when he arrived was to Jook in
a mirror to see if his hair had turned
white.
"That walk," he rani, "lecalled all
the stories I had ever heard about
men who died In the blizzards of the |
early day. I bruised my aisles on
the ties and the rails J>y wandering
back and forth between the tracks.
Walking across the trestle over the
Platt* river was the worst part of the
whole program.”
Travers raid that lie had no Idea
how far he walked, blit thought It
was between 12 and 15 miles. ' ft
war Impossible to sec* a house so the 1
best thing that I could do, after the
car stalled, was to follow the tracks."
- — — Ml.. —— ■^ — .-11
Engberg Knocks Out
Herman in Ninth Round
Emil Enberg. St. Paul, knocked
out Jim Herman, Omaha, in the ninth
round of a semi-windup 10-rotind bout
at the Auditorium last night.
In tile first preliminary Teddy
Myers of Puffalo had the best of
Fuggy Morton. Pacific coast, in all
of the 10 rounds.
Herman was knocked out with «
terrific left punch to the jaw.
Harmony Urged
j o
by Mathers in
Code Bill Row
House Adjourns I util Mon
day After Four-Day De
bate—Houie folks In
fluence Expected.
By PAM. GREER.
hlaff (nrjrspoiiclent The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, March IS.—(Special.)—A
4) lea for harmony and for casting par
tisanshlp asidg. made this afternoon
by Speaker A. N. Mathers, ended four
days of hot debate in the lower house
on what form of state government
should he adopted in Nebraska for the
ensuing two years.
Following the address by Mathers,
the house adjourned until Monday aft
ernoon.
'Let’s fin get we are democrats or
republicans and remember we a-e Nc
braskans," the speaker pleaded.
"Something must he done."
"I come before you as a Nebraskan
in offering my plan to place the state
activities under the duly elec ted con
stltutlonal offneis. 1 represent neitli
er republicans nor democrats, hut
taxpayers and citizens of all parties in
this—”
Questions Democrats.
He broke off suddenly to addi ■ ss a
question to democrats who ate striv
jng to block hia measure.
".Do you believe in your state plat
forint" he asked.
A chorus of affirmation arose Then
he read the democratic plank which
declared in favor of grouping all state ;
activities under duly elected constitu- !
tional officers
‘‘This is what I provide for in my
amendment.'* he .said.
"Ton are keeping your pledge w.th
the party and t lie people if you adopt
this plan which I offer neither as a
republican nor a democrat, but as
one wishing to see constructive legis
lation and harmony at this session
■ The chief argument advanced by
our governor against this proposition
was that it failed to give him power
over constitutional officers who
would bead the combined department
and select their own assistants.
Disarms Vrgument
"I make a specific provision n my
amendment which absolutely disarms
the argument This provision sets
forth in clear, concise language that
»• any time the governor may with
out cause take from a constitutional
officer activities placed Under him
and appoint a secretary who will do
exactly as he directs."
Representative Elmer .t T.anib, re
publican, expressed disappointment at
all plans tindsr deb^lo He asserted
that Bryan planned to substitute
only a new* code and that the others
were merely patched up
"I believe the time will come when
mv bill, still in the process of s
judi. vary committee, i ailing for a
ahoi t ballot w ill be the only solution
lo mu government problem. I hope
this hill will be taken from the com
mittee. passed and referred to the
voters as a ■ on-titiiUonal am-: Intent
two years from now "
Short Ballot I’lan
The l.anili Mil -alls for election of.
a govei nor. lieutenant governor and
state auditor All other officer* would
be appointed by the governor with
confirmation of the legislature
Like sentiments on the Impractica
bility of any plan suggested to date
were expressed by Rept esentntlve N.
M Nelson, republican. "At this time
my Idea I* to put the governor's lull*
through and let him hang himself,"
Nelson asserted.
Representative Oswin Kiefer pr*
senteil figures showing that Bryans
claims of economy were poorly
grounded arid that greater savings
could be made under the Matlicu plan.
Brown (Jive* Argil men I
Representative W. A. Brown, deni
oriat. described Representative T. <
Iiysart one rf the introducers of the
tridepartmental plan, ns a corpora
t ion lawyer 11«* dec lared this fact
proved corporations were behind the
tridepart mental plan.
So. with c barges and counter
charges, amidst much applause from'
the democrats, w hen thelf speakers
took the floor, and equal applause' ,
from the reptiblunn* when their ora
tors arose, the long day wore on,
iTura to Tno, Column Srtrn l
limit for PrioM Dropped.
M. Louis. Mo . Marc h Although
seal e hers at Yirden, 111., have aban
doned hope of solving the mysterious
disappearance of the Rev. John
Vranlnk, c atholic priest of Virden.
the local police announced today they
still were investigating the oust.
Detectives who lm\« been assigned
to the case, admitted that it presents
one of the most puzzling mysteries in
the annals of the St. Louis police do
partruent The detectives said they!
were without s clue that might lead |
to further developments
Well, Here Goes!
I
IT MAY LOOK PRETTY SMALL TO HIM. BLT IT SEEMS AWFUL BIG TO US _
Three Held After
Salesman Found
V
Fatally Vi ounded
\. B. Loo 'Pie- From Bullet
in Head. Fired in Batli
rnoni at Home of V-N
Friends.
Three occupants of the house at
10L South Twenty third street are
being held a* police 1hadnuarters
following the fatal shooting yesterday
afternoon of A. B. Lee. U3. C’larinda
apartment**, salesman f*■» the ie*e
Tire A Rubber company
Lee was lying dead on the floor
of the bathroom when officers, ac
companied by J>r. M. K. thieie. a*
sistant police surgeon, arrived at toe
house. H. W. Kellogg, his daughter,
Clara Kellogg, and Joe Sutton. State
hotel, were taken to the station after
an examination of Lee s body, which
showed that a bullet from a .38
in liber revolver lodged in the middle
<>f his forehead and that there were
no powder burns. The position of
the wound and the fact that there
were no powder burn* indicated to
police that the gun was not fsred
st close runge; hence the improlmbil
it.v of suicide.
Kellogg said Lee had been visiting
at the house for an hour before the
shot was heard. Kellogg, his daugh
ter ami Sutton rushed into the bath
mom where they found Le«* dying
They immediately notified oolite.
The revolver which was found by
Lee s side was covered w th blood.
An empty she!! was located In a pail
in the room. Four bullets were If ft
in the gun.
Slayer ot Man and Son
Eager to Get Life Term
William Albert Rich, held for the
double murder of the Sisfkens. is
eager tn take a life sentence. lie
lias been impressed with the death
verdicts of Thursday. County At*
torn* y Ilea I says that he wont com
promise on the murder charge, and
that If TU h isn’t sentneccd to death
he will b© returne*! to police of
Cleveland, O., for prosecution.
l'orl\ French SoMicrs
Killrtl or Hurt h> W rock
Orrlln. March K.—Koriy French
soldiers were reported killed and in
jured In n collision between ft French
troop train and a locomotive, near
Frleniersheim, in the Rhineland, said
a dispatch from Crefeld this afternoon.
<rit U Kmapr I* lamps.
Washington. March 1 •» A hundred
pupils of the exclusive St. Margaret
school for gn Is inarched to safetv
when fire broke out In the building.
The fire started In a defective flue.
The unis ranged in ago from I to 1
\ cars.
Mme. Gadski Files
$250,000 Libel Suit
Mine. Johanna Gadzhi Tans* lo t
New York. March 10—Mine. Jo
hanna Gadiki Taiischer. pi ms • ’ =«.
has filed suit for libel in ti.
court hero against the New York Tin
une and it* musical « ritic. Henry K.
Krehblel. for JJkO.ftOO damages each,
alleging that an article printed n the
newspaper last month greatly injur
ed her in her imputation and -prof* a
•ion.
The alleged libHoua matter, as d*
i ibed .1 o# Tribune'** e count «*f
the suit today, is based on an allu
sion iu Mr. iviehbiel's article to the
sinking of tin Lusitania and suba*
qtimt celebrated at nie home of “one
of the s.tigers «>f opt-1n ' The article
did not mention' Madame G.idaki or
her husband, ('apt. Hans T.iuscher,
but she contends she was referred t .
(antain Tauscher. who was agent f«>i
the Krupps in the I’nited State**
was aoqultted on n charge of eon
spiral v to violate the neutrality * f dm
l nit e l State* eaflv in the w as
I ,ou it Houi>«* Kills Hill
to \cfcpl \rl*or l.odge
l.mcoln March H —tSprolai > T1 •'
lown house. to a voir of 4V* to 4i»
hilled the bill which railed for the
state to accept as i\ gift Aiboi l.odge
and the J Sterling Morton homo,
with the undei standing that the state
would maintain the TO a e trad and
l»a\e arotmd it. The objection made
by many was that there whs no limit
placed ,n the Mil on how nun h would
hr demanded for maintenance I'eath
came on third leading. The bill was
advanced to third reading several
days ago to n substantial majority.
Judge <Irdrrs Sanitx
lost for Nicola Sacco
Iiedhain. Mass. March It* —Judge
Thayer iit the superior court today
instructed the diatiut Attorney to ap
point two alienists to examine Nicola
Sacco, convicted murderer, on hunger
strike, and report to the court Satur
day as to Saccos condition
Spectators were searched for con
cealed Weapon* ns the> entered the
couit room to hear arguments on mo
tions for a new trial.
German Rebels
Wreck French
Soldiers' Train
On*- Killed Three Injured
Near Treves — Kailwav
Bridge Destroyed 1'}
Dv namite.
I Ills-* l«l<n f. March 16.— &—One
I rctigli soluier was kill' d and lluee
french railroad men were injured
when a French troop train was wreck
i tl near Treves in the Khinelaud to*
day as llie result of sabotage.
This was one of several serious cases
of sabotage reported tv tbe French
frorft various par * >■>'./' ’ • • i -\l te.
it Tie- train ni vert fn
;he main i*no by a switch being
thrown an! crashed into a freight
train.
Another use of violence was thc
biowing up lie dynani.te of t e tad
toad bridge o\ i r the lvalkitn liver
between I'm sburg and Dusselderf.
This was the first instance n which
dynamite has be. v s.os-esatul!> itsed.
Tite French patrol guarding the hi idge
was f.ied upon b.v the perpettwtois
one of its members was injured.
Near Cohlen* three miles of tele- '
phone and teb graph .able which in
• luded it important military w.it*
were destroyed. The French said it
w.- aid take six months for repair*
A Inline was thrown *t Nie tailway
sU.tion at Wieduu. with only shght
damage
Ad . to Uh
guards for the civil engineers mis
sion me arriving, it was announced
today that French and e.OPO
Belgian troops were coming, although
Brussels reports say the Belgian
troops are merely teplavements. This
will make a total of seven divisions
in the Uuhr. besides various titxiHary
forces
Iiulirtnl N1 i*11 \«lmit> t»uill
in £.100.000 Jewel Rul>l*er>
New York. Muirh 1* —A »urj>i
aprunjr today in the Shoelkopf
S *00.000 gem robbet y when Matthew
Knldulph. known t<> the police aa
M . -
name, pleaded guilty in court to rob*
j bery in the firm degree Three count*
: had been handed down by the grand
jury agoiaet him. nantei>: Firm de
1 giro rohber>. fast degree n*i*«uit and
• timinnliy teeciving stolen good*
The Weather
Force a*t.
8atvirda> Fair and warmer
Hourly Tenipei a I lire*
\ m. iw • \ p n» •?.»
Bum 4 ’ |i m
1 » m \ 3 »*. im
Hum It 4 t». m 31
* a yu 14 ♦ |» w» i.S
1(4 « »»i IT S |» n%
II m. *ii 14 1 |(. w $«
I .* iBrnml 1$ | I B W ST
Thousands
of Troops
in Streets
Rebels Threaten to Kill Box
ers if They Ignore Mourn*
ing Order—City Virtually
Under Alartial UaM.
Declared
By I niisrS'l Ssroff.
J-Ondon, March IS—With a- strict
censorship clamped Oown ever Dub*_
lin. dispatches from Uelfast re
port extraordinary developments in
connection with th*- Sikl-McTigue
i.clit .Saturday.
It is ti< iared that the streets of
Dublin are tilled with thousands of
free state troops a« a result of
threats by the irregulars that the1
will kill th* Ixyxers if they enter the
ling in defiance of De Valera's ordets
that Ireland must go into mourning
for the men w ho have been executed
by the government.
< jpital I tider Martial Law.
The Irish capital appears to be un
der martial law. The troops ate
everywhere. They are holding up and
searching the public for amts.
Tp.e government has announced
that not only the fight will go on,
but every theater will be kept opeu.
AH places of amusement are heavtl
guarded. v
It is expected that thousands of
troops will be concentrated a round
the Scala theater, where the fight is
to occur. All the seats have been
sold at fancy prices.
Paper Suppressed.
A strUt censorship is on. One tie
■i i paper was suppressed for def;.
ing government orders. All press
messages are held up.
Hundreds of Irregulars are said to
' •< ;n Dublin to enforce De Valera s
~<i:. t. and a blot- - clash is feared.
O .» report by w of Belfast states
that only newspaper correspondents
and officials will be' admitted to nee
the fight.
Theaters Ordered to Open.
London. March 1*.—OP)—The Dub
lin correspondent of the Daily &*»;• i»
b a ci«i>a: (torn the Irish capital
describes the extraordinary cireum
stance* under which the Siki-McTigue
bout will take place Saturday night.
Already, owing to the pronur.ciamento
cf the republicans against the open
ing of theaters and other place* cf
amusement, free state troops every
where are guarding public building*
patrolling the streets, stopping and
searching passing vehicles and ex
amining citizens to ascertain if they
. is carrying arms.
Tne free stale government's repl'
to the i•publican proclamation *»«
to order all the theaters to open to
ght and the terrified managers f
the amusement resorts were bout -j
to comply Hence ~ tonight lights
everywhere were blazing, hut tl>
audiences were sparse.
The n.ar..,c• ‘ of th-’ S , i t!
where 8iki and Bt Tigue will fight, at
first refused to comply with the rr..,
ta; y command taopen his door* t*>r.,g •
because he had received mysterious!'
delivered threats to blow up the the
• iter if it was opened. Similar threat -
..re said to have been delivered to the
promoters of the tight, but never*. *e
I - they expressed their determine
t.on to hold the contest.
Father oi Singer Drops
Dead From Exhaustion
w.:«y Middlc.cn. 7.7. died Thuiwd.,
right in hi" chair at his home. 517*^
Junes street, exhausted from wading
home through snowdrift*. The f
h»ra| xv.ll be he’d at : Z% Monday
afternoon at Wrs; • duster I’resb
teriah church Ru’.al w !! Ive in West
Lntn cemetery.
Mi. Middle ton on inf ' . Omaha J
'ra:s bao. Mr and h* wife er r
hr.ms! their goidrn wedding i»<.
year* ago. lie was » member of i •
Missouri Valley Masonic lodge * "1
was .< Knight Templar, lie Itivr* a
widow M s Julia Middleton; there
son* and . no daughter; Artlnu. now I
tenor with t!»<* Metropolitan Ope ■
compart\ : Alntor of 1'hicagc Alt.
of Kar>a« i‘ily and Mis* A'f.e M ■;
lileton, supei visor t>f mus e in c ouncil
Bluff* school*
Nikolai l.tMiino Continue* to
Slum Marked Iinpro\ement
Mo*t > Mh h 1 >— N.kt u
L*nine. the bolshevik tswilfr, who
was si: vken several days a*m w h
apoplexy. continues to show- tm
provement. according to the ofQs a!
bulletin issued today.
The bulletin said that .mprox
men! w..s noted jn t ^ c ie:al hen
and speech and In the wee of the
patient** right arm. ti* temperature
w as Sf h e« tis nde «.theui x fah.«'
hen) and ht» pulse S*
Man >la\* Wife ami ?iMi*r
l In n \ttrnipt* >nii iii«
Top k*. K. ’ March If -Joh
Montague a farmer l x mg h-'u\ :«
N'edai Ka
killed his xxife and lu* sister. late th *
afternoon a» d then shot himself,, a >
oortlmg to a report received her* fr\u
IVrtx Montague XX ho .. *tiU hv.ng
xx a* Prong . to a Topeka hin»p::.tl
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