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Harding of
View World
Is Drugged
Experience in Early Life Basis
of President’s Altitude—► j
Unwilling to Use “Bread
Pills” as Cure.
Bonar Law’s Belief Same
By MARK 811X1 VAN.
Washington, April 28. — There is
a story known to all the older
generation of the Ohio comtnu- ;
• nity in which President Harding
was born and brought up, a story j
which became one of the legends of
that neighborhood and which has si
bearing on the present state of the
world ami Harding's relation to the
world, and in which those who seek
the key to some aspect of Harding’s
personality and philosophy of life may
tlnd interest and material for under
standing some of his policies, as well |
as some of his silences and restraints.
A good many years ago, iu the
Miami \alley of Ohio, there lived a
doctor who came to such a degree of
fame and fortune as impressed all the I
youths of tht community anil put
them upon inquiry as to the secret of
his success. And the story, as it be
t-ame known to Harding and all the
other young men of the neighborhood,
listed upon a definite and simple1
principle of life and conduct.
This doctor, as a young man, had
come to the Miami valley from Penn
sylvania. He arrived among strang
ers, without means or reputation or
friends, or any definite asset except |
the diploma which gave him the right
to treat patients as soon as he could
Isnd any patients to treat. After a
trying period of waiting *he oppor
tunily came which gave the young
stranger his start.
Medicine* Fail.
It happened that one of the leading'
men of the community «ai nick—a
man do well known that the Mate of
h:n health and the problem of curing
hint were of concern to everybody in
tlit neighborhood. Me anti tiia family
in their anxie v had called in every J
'octnr known to them, until all the
-ip’il j > *0111 tifi'ii a radiua of
.">0 mile- had been exhausted. IVTien
under afl this treatment the patient
became no better his family turned,
with a misgiving that was overcome
by the desperatencss of the case, to
the young stranger. The latter, upon i
studying the case, came to the oonclu- ,
sion that the patient had been “over
doctored and "overdrugged.” Having !
this conviction, the young doctor pre
pared a mixture of water, vinegar,
salt and pepper and gave it to the ,
patient's family, with a prescription j
which included those Injunctions:
That the use of all other medicines
should he stopped tntirely, that the
patient should he given a teaspoonful
of the new "medicine” every two]
hours when he was awake, hut that;
under no circumstances should the
patient, when sleeping, be waked up j
for medicine or for any other purpose j
whatever.
I’stlent Recovers.
With reasonable promptness. the
liatient, under the combined effects of
freedom from drugs, rest and Im
munity from' interruption to his
sleep, improved gradually to the pilin'
(Turn tn I'Hsre Seven, Column Seven.)
Ben Salinger Denied
Writ of Habeas Corpus
»w Orleans, April 28 -The writ'
of habeas corpus asked bv Hen I.
Salinger, former head of the Midland
^ Packing company of Sioux City, la
to prevent the execution of the court
order lo send him back to Hinox
Kails, S. D.. to face Indictment charg
ing him with using the mail* to de
fraud. was denied by Judge Foster in
federal court here today. Unless Sa
linger sues out a writ to the United
States circuit of appeals, ho will be
taken to Sioux Falla Monday by
United States Marshal Uolzel.
Colorado Springs Paper
Purchased hy Syndicate
Colorado Springs, April 28.—An
nouncement was made here this nf
tar noon of the purchase of the Colo
rado Springs Gazette, of which M. A.
Kge is president and publisher, oy
a syndicate headed by Clarence Ham
lin president ami publisher of the
Kvening and Sunday Telegraph;
Spencer Penrose, Colorado Springs
capitalist; Charles J*. Tutt and Krncst
Nowels, managing editor of the Tele
graph.
This is the second time the paper
has changed hands within a year.
Clarence Phelps Hodge having been
owner prior to Mr. Kg*f, then his
managing editor. No plans have
been announced for the consolidation
of the papers.
The Weather
Vor 24 hour* ending 7 p. m. April 24,
1123.
Temperature.
7 * rn., dry bulb, DO; wet bulb, 40
Noon, dry bulb, 6:,, w*t bulb, G3. 7 p. in.,
dry bulb. 67; wr»t bulb, DC. flltflieat 70;
!owent, 44; mean, R 7; normal. 56* Total
«•*« «*mm alnro January 1, lfif>.
lielntlve Humidity, Percentage.
7 a. in., 77; noon, n
I’m ipltntloii. Inehi'M nnd IIuudredtl»«.
Total, o Total alnce January I. 6 47.
ricen*, 0 96
Hourly Tempera! urea.
• a m. . 4 4 l I • m . . . • . 6
6 a. Ill. 4f» ; 2 p. in.“6
7 a. m.GO 1 3 p. rn. . . . «4
* a. rri.5 4 p rn . . .6 H
9 w in.. . 7 1 D p m . . 6 *
’0 n. hi . ,. ..60 | *> p. hi.. • .M
ll ». m .... 63 | 7 p. in.....97
<3 noon.6G 1
i
200 German W ar W idows
lo Establish Colony in
Slate of Sonora. Mexico
Ily l nlverwal Hervice.
Washington, April 28.—Two hundred
German war widows have made ar
rangements with the Mexican gov
ernment- to establish a coldfcy in the
stale of Sonora. Notice to this effect
was received at the Mexican em
bassy here today from its foreign of
fice.
The women have been given an" ex
tensive tract of land for their coloni
zation experiment by the Mexican
government, which has agreed.to co
operate with them in other ways, in 1
the project. They are for the most
part wives of German farmers, they
stated, and thus have an intimate
knowledge of the scientific farming
practiced in Germany.
The colonj' will, at the beginning, be
comprised entirely of women. It is1
understood, however, they contemplate
forming matrimonial alliances with
the Mexican-residents of Sonora from
time to time, thus introducing «.
strong strain of German blood into1
that section of Mexico.
Exhibit of
Homes in
Readi ness
—— _ . |
Kxpo'ilion Showing Kvery:
oincs
\S> ill Be Opened to Public
Monday Night.
Lectures to Be Feature
Omaha's Better Homes show* will
open with a bang at M tomorrow' night
when Mayor James O. Dahlman turns
the key and throws open the many
doors of the Auditorium.
Following an address of welcome
by Mayor Dahiman. the exposition will
be officially opened to the* public. Kv- j
cry exhibit will be in readiness.
Senator elect R. B. How ell and the
major will bo the principal speaker*. (
A »co e of workmen Ial*ored late
ia.*t night ^ri«f veil] continue their I
endeavors all tnd/»> to ?aak$ *nr“ that
• verytl.ing v/b| i«* ij order for thoj
opening night.
Besides the many exhibits which I
will bring out every known method
to make the home a better place in
which to live, there will be several
lectures delivered by persons of na
tional reputation in home betterment.
The Better Homes exposition is be
ing made possible by the co-operation
of a large number of Omaha business
firms. The Omaha Bee and the Ameri- j
can Homes bureau. Following are the ,
Omaha firms who are the sponsors:
Beard Wallpaper company, * I3ur
gess-Nash company, Corte-Aldoos- J
Hunt company, Kldridge Importing!
company, Hartman Furniture and
Carpet company. Thomas Kilpatrick
company, the McGraw company, Or-.
< hard and Wilhelm company, Omaha
Sanitary Supply company, Milton
Rogers & Son company, Thompson
Beiden company, the G. A. Skans
company and Union Outfitting corn- ;
pany.
The Auditorium has been trana- :
formed into a place of beauty. The
myriads of shaded lights, the draper
ies and other decorations and the new
* at of all kinds of home furnishings
have made the Auditorium into one
huge, beautiful residence.
As on*- * liters the Auditorium to
morrow the view will he a wonderful ,
garden scene. The latest of summer |
furniture will be on exhibition. From
(Turn to Pm*#* Two. ( oltimnn Four.)
Baby Killed in Auto
Wreck at Falls City
Falls City, Neb . April L’X. — Edith, |
2 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Miller, farmers near Barada. was ;
instantly killed, when an automobile In
which she was riding -with her
parents collided with a machine driven 1
by Rev. E. H. Marchand of Barada.
In the Miller car were Mr. and
Mrs. Houls George, parents of Mrs.
MUb'i Mrs. George sustained a
broken shoulder and other injuries.
She was brought to a hospital here.
None of the other occupant* of the
car were seriously hurt. Rex Mr
Marchand and two passengers »h> sped
injuries.
The iwn cars collided at a ••mss
road and turned over, pinning th« oc
eupants under the wreckage.
t
She Renounced
God and Love
But could this woman, who
had replaced religion with
science and had lost her
last' illusions of love and
marriage, bring up her
daughter in the same be
liefs? Read the gripping
story of the woman who
tried it—
“The Daughter of
Helen Kent”
By Sarah Comstock, start
ing in The Omaha Evening
Bee tomorrow. Succeeding
installments will appear
each evening and Sunday.
Powerful Beacon Lights to Guide Pilots Speeding Over Plains at Night
in First Continuous N. Y.-Frisco Air Mail Service; 3,000 Miles in 28 Hours
By HARRY s. NEW,
Postmasti • (.enmit.
Continuous air mail service from
New York to .San Francisco—.t.bOO
miles In i* hours, will be established
by the Posloiflc* department In July
nr August. To ftcronuilish IbU serv
Ice, a,r mall iiilots. for the ftrs: 'Irne,
will fly nearly 1.0C0 miles, one-third
rif this tninac niinental marathon of
the air, in the deud of night. Tlaiio
flights, with the exception of one
transatlantic exploit, are the longest
sustained Journeys by air ever under
taken at night.
Air mail will leave New York city
just before noon to arrive In Chicago
at sundown. From Chicago another
pilot will* take the mail anil start out
in pursuit of the setting sun. Kven
the speedy plane cannot win this
race, but the pilot can hold his route,
because a line of beacons will light
a path for him. At Cheyenne, Wyo.,
the mall plane will come in with the
dawn, Aurora and h'-r flying steeds
having lapped mail's swiftest messen
ger In the uneven race. But the air
' mail is a game contestant and «n
| other plane and another pilot will
lake the ni.UI at Cheyenne and. aim
ing toward the high heaven*, wing
'over the rugged tope of the Jlockle*
and over the Hierras d< »u 10 tlie
i Oolrtfn t.ale before the ran again
onap* c.-w i he ivjrtson.
Year of Preparation.
More than a year has beet, spent
in careful preparation for this serv
ii Those Who have directed the
work are confident of the success of
ihe venture Iieyomi a doubt, con
tinuous regular tranacontipental sir
mail service. If if fulfill* hopes held
for Its possibilities, will l>o a mile
stone in the history of aviation and
an epic in the progress of trnnspor
tation.
Air mail service has been in op-ra
tion In the I'nited States since May
15. 191S, almost five year*. The
Washington-New York route was first
established and then the Chicago
New York route. Two and one-half
years ago I he transcontinental serv
j ice was undertaktn and Hie other
1. Night'flying route between Chi
cago, III., and Cheyenne, Wyo., allow
ing locution of emergency landing
fields every 25 mile*. Insert shows lo
i at ions of giant aerial beacons along
route.
2. Kniergency light of 250.0M can
dle-power mounted on lower iving of
plane to enable aviator, ip emergency,
to pick out cornfield or meadow' for
forced landing.
\hovc on the right is a revolving,
illuminated "T" wliiili show* direr
tion of wind to plane* in air.
4. Searchlight of candle
power. to lie mounted on windmill low*
ers at central I .tiding fields. The**
lights will sweep three degrees above
the horizon, making three revolutions
a minute. The pilot, picking up this
train of light, i an guide the plane
sefely In destination,
Ie-lin* tin (tight—Mm »b«wieg pro
poned air route betw* -ti New lork
’and San Kuan ■ • .«*». ghiny schedule,
inner? mails show proportionate re
duction* in time, over stage roach
travel, of railway and airplane trans
portation.
services, New York to Washington.
Chicago to St. Bouts, and Chicago to
Minneapolis were discontinued. But
the transcontinental service has not
been through service. Its purpose
was to advance the mails. Mail
planes would pick up late ma.ls in
New York, for example, and carry
them to Cleveland, placing them on
the Chicago express train which had
left New York the night before. Kx
peditihg the malls in this way was an
aid, hut it was recognized that the
air mail service must advance out of
iTtirn In I’bxs si*, < oliimn One.I
Cabinet Passes on
Berlin Proposal
New Reparations Offer Fx
pected to Go Forward to Al
lies Monday or Tuesday.
Ily I nl\«*r*nl Srrt Ire.
Berlin. April 2S—The premiers of
the German state* were summoned to
u conferemv in Berlin Monday after
noon by Chancellor Cuno, who will
acquaint them with the content* of
Germany's new reparation* offer.
The cabinet officially passed upon
the new proposal* late thl* afternoon.
They will be submitted to the lead
ers of the political parties Sunday,
and then the note to the allie* em
bodying the offer which will probably
be dispatched Monday night or Tues
day.
The preparations of the n» w offer
went forward In spit** of new* di*
patches from Pans which Intimated
that Franc*- will r* i»tt any repara
tions proposal*.
The dispatches said that the foreign
office at Paris stated that “the French
government knows in advance tljat
the prospective German proposition is
not serious, not important and not
worthy of consideration.”
liflli \ ictim in Oklahoma
Murder (iase Siieeumbs
lly IntermiUen.il Nrttn Hcrvlcf.
Idlibel, Okl . April 2V With the
(hath this evening <>f Aubrey Mansell,
a. tin* list nf victims of tin* Mansell
I murder ease stood at five.
Mrs John Pope, her parents, Mr
| and Mrs. T. H. Mansell, and her in
fant child were killed instantly when
three men shot them to death In their
bed* at Han ‘ell's farm, near Haworth,
okl , Thursday night.
John Pope, husband of one of the
victims, and hi* two friends, Irm
Gardner and A. H. Miller, were under
arrest when a fourth man, K*«l Har*
vey was taken Into custody tonight,
ill urged with complicity in the crime
I Draft of *90,016 Ordered
on State (Guarantee I nod
g|»e«*l«l l)ll|Hit(*li to The Oiitahti Ilee.
ONelll. Neb. April 2*. District
Judge Robert R Dickson on reuuost
i*f Receiver Johnson ordered h draft
of $1*0,040 on the state guaranty
fund fin depositors nf the failed
Gross fttate bank of (Ji’oh“, Neb.
\
WHERE TO FIND
Tlit- Big Fialurn in /
THE SUNDAY REE
PART ON K.
Pag# One—Murk Hatfhto'i Weekly Po
litiraJ Ketlew.
Page I—I lilted State* \lr Male PI- j
lot* Plan New \ ork to Han Franetaeo
l light (-1.IMHI MII.--» In 3* Hour*.
Pago ft— B.<lUncial.
Pag* | ft—Kadi a New*.
part two.
Page* I. ? and 3—Host Sport Page*
la Omaha.
Page* 4 anil ,V— \oto Section.
Page ft— Fq nest r inn t ml* to Study
lllrila 1*1111 Outdoor l.ife.
Page 7— Market Sfw«.
Page* H to II. Inrlualre—Classified
%d*.
r.MiT tiiki:i:
Page* 1 to 3. Inclusive—Society,
Page ft—-Fhopplng W It I* Polly, %
Pag# *—Amusement*.
Pag* 7—Helen Iiml W urreti.
Pagea 3 and In.
Pug* i>—Music.
Pnge I ft— The lie* Information Btl
reMH.
Pnge 10—f onelndlng Chapter of F ro
arson Hough'* Story, "On* Way Out
r ii< r mu k.
Four Page* of the Most Popttlnr
(ontleft
r\RT nVP
M \<#.\/INK SITTION.
Page I—\ Story of the Passing of New
lork'a “f.ar \\ hit* Way."
Page t—\ Thrilling Mystery Story,
"The Papered l»oor.’* by Mary Rob
erl* IIInehart.
Page 3—How French < oiirt a Have
Made It l.es* I jisv for American So
r lot y Women to <»et IMsorcea In
Pari*.
Page* 4 and 5—"llappy land" for the
Kiddie*, amt I etter* 1 mm I Ittle
Folks of llappyland.
Page ft—Fashion Fanny.
Page 7—\ Screamingly I titutf l air,
" %il venturr# In a llathtuh." hy O. O
Mt lnty re.
I'ogo ft—Stephen t.rucmk. in Ills In
Iniitahle style. 'Pella III* Fsperleneea
In HI* Fffort* tt» Find the V a*lr*t
Way l«* icqulra a Million Hollar*.
PART S|\
K0T04.U \\ l RK SIT THIN
Pag* I — Officer* nn* I Terutlv* l mo
m It tee of the I’oughta County Post.
% merleo a l egion.
Page 2—1"Heller Home* for Omaha."
Showing Many lleoallful Interior*
In Well \rrntigcd Homes
Pagea f anil 4~ -Ollrn'elluneou* Plctore*
Man Crow noil Danrc kin^
\\ i 111 Rccoril of I .’tj Hours
||> Inforrmfloiml Nrm Srnlrr.
Youn**town, <>, April L*s -Arnldi
thundormui npplauNo of h pm.k*d mii
dlenre. Albeit Kmh. bln fnr>* aul^n
clrtnrern at midnight. When lie eel up
a now rotiord of 132 homu of go it
■top darning at Startler* dancing
madeiuv. II*' (Mopped beeauee of a
| law again*! Sunday darning
i
I. W. Vi . Strike on
Coast Spreading
Additional Men Obey ('all of
"Vi obblies"-—Lumbermen
Receive 1 I Demands.
Salem, Ore.. April 28 —t'pon in
struction fmm fiovernor Pierce, A«iJ.
(Jen. (»• - rge A White has arranged
to have machine gun rrews, automatic
rifle experts and gas howitzer squad*
of the Oregon National guard ready
for transportation by Automobile at
a moment's notice If their use is made
necessary by the strike situation, it
was said nt the adjutant general’s of
fice late today.
Strike Spread".
San Francisco. April 28 The gen
oral strike call of the Industrial Work
er* of th«* World resulted In addi
tional men walking out today In pa
cific coast states. ftrwgon reported
i camp at The Halles shut down
and the West •’’oast Lumbermen's as
sMoltaJon, with office* in Portland. r*e
reived a letter from the strike com
mlttee. setting forth 11 demand*
Kstimates ns to the number of men
on strike in Washington as reported
by employes* were that 10.000 load
responded to the strike call, hut the
I W W headquarter* said the ntim*
1h‘i was between 20.000 and 30,000.
Water front employers In Seattle
*nid the strike of the marine work
ers had produced no noticeable effect.
The lenders of the strike said it was
spr« adlng in »• »• tern Washington and
north* i n Idaho lumber c amps.
In California few reports were re
etdved The strike is mole off. uve
in the lumber < amps than oh phe
water front of the citle* it was
stated.
< )f fi« «*r in \rnn ( Jinni( ill
Service I- Found Dead
ll» \H«04'tnte«| rrfM.
.Manila. \prll -*t -First 1.hut>tmnt
John T Nrwlaiid of tha army ohrinl*
ml Wiiifni»> Nervin', w ti found d»»ad
In hhi room nf tin* Army and Navy
club hor«* today, a. «or ding to nn of
thdnl Hnnimunof'inent. Tbs * offhdal
»»fnt»>m»ui add'd that ovirt* turn of poP
son had In i n found In l.h ut«*nmit
N• wlaml a -inimu lv
The chad offlot»r, appointed t• > Writ
Point from Washington staV* was
Kiadnat»d fiotu the Military tnadrmy,
In mu.
' ^
Harding Denies^®
Big Bankers Baek
of World Court
President Tells Newspaper Ed
itors Statements Regarding
International Tribunal \re
W ithoiu Foundation.
Washington. April 2ts — Speaking in
timately as an editor to editors. ITesl
dent Harding, m mi address tonight
before the American Soc.ety of News
paper Kditori. deoisred to he without
truth statements that the administra
tion had proposed American member
ship in the permanent court of inter
national justice at the liehesl of in
ternational tsinkers
The president touched upon a num
ber of subjects of especial Interest to
the editor of the country and said
he would "rather be a newspaper pub
lisher than anything else in the
world" for that reason, he added, he
was going to remain publisher of the
Marlon Star "until they settle up my
estate."
The 100 newspaper men from all
parts cf the country who hate been
threshing out problems ranging from
a code nf ethics for Journalism to the
use of ' boiler plate" and the work
expected of "cub" reporters, invited
Mr. Harding to give his views of the
vexing problems, which he did.
Accuracy Rnd truthfulness combined
in a tiolicy of nonpartisanship, the
editors agreed, should be the aim of
the now association. Charles McD
PlUckette of The New York Kvenlng
l’ost said a distinctive character of
(Tarn t« Ottse Yen. Column Tun )
Man Accused of Attack
on Girl Hanged by Mob
ColumhiA. Mn April 2$ — Janu'.H
Soott, alW*K»*ii to hav* attempted to
nftaault i\ 14 year-old Rirl her* a \\ e*k
aw tnk**n from the county jail
her* *arlv today hy a mob estimated
to mindier 1,500 person*. and
hnnRed at St. wart bridge near her*.
i
BETTER HOMES
Where to Find Them
1 Omaha ranks high as a city
of beautiful homes, for the
home owners of this city have
learned to bring their castles
in the air right down to earth.
r They know that better
homes in Omaha mean great
er prosperity for this city
* If you arc in the market for
a home, it will pay you to read ,
the descriptions of all kinds of
bungalows, brick homes, cot
tages. attractive homes listed
in the "Hotter Homes'* and
"Want" Ad sections of to
lay’s Sunday Omaha Hee.
senator
Dies Suddenly
on Board Train
Minnesota Man. Oldest Mem
ber of Senate. Expires En
Route to Chicago —
Served 28 Years.
Philadelphia Apr.l 28-—The Penn
sylvania railroad reported tonight that
t'nited States Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota die-1 on a tra.n etjrcute
from Washington to t'bicago
According to the railr-ad « mpany.
Senator Nelson was found dead on
the train which left Washington at
6:50. The company arranged to have
ithe body taken from the train at
Harrisburg. Pa
Death was due to heart failure.
The train crew' said that as the
train wai pausing through Timon*
lum. Md . ^1 miles from Baltimore,
the senator had an attack of angina
pectoris and died in a few minutes.
With the senator at the time of
his death were his niece. Mrs Kdith
Truscott of Jennings Lodge. Ore.;
George W Wells, )r . insurance com
missioner of Minnesota, and Walker
W lUlford. deputy Insurance < ■ m
m la* loner
Oldest Member of >enate.
Washington. April 28.—The death
of Knute Nelson, senior senator from
Minnesota, abroad a train enroute to
Chicago, removed from the senate its
oldest member and one of those with i
the longest service record. He was
80 years old and had served 28 years.
Senator Nelson, although ill last
w inter with Influents, was active dur- ’
ing the last session of congress and
today, when he left Washington for
his home, he appeared in excellent
health, although the death of his wife
a year ago had greatly depressed him ‘
Those who were closest to lum «aid .
he never fully recovered from that
hi- w
Senator Nelson wa< .» - in .1 war vet
eran and worked hard, espec“.ally dur
ing the war. In pushing legislation)
dealing w ith Atmru antaat .on, The
espionage was «»?,«» of the b;Ps he
fought for. H» wa ** chairman of the
judiciary committee and a member
of the cormiH‘1- e committee He re- ■
ported the Dyer anti lynching bill,
which failed of passage and the child
labor constitutional amendment.
1’nder the rules of seniority Sena J
tor Dillingham, republican of \>r* I
(Turn t«» Tags Tiiree. lobimn Vmir 1
legion Head Denounces
Memorial Da\ \nm>ement>
Cheyenne W>cv, April 2 s \ it
Tonkin. ».mmamUr of the Wyoming*
deportment of the Amri .mi 1. ^. n
tonight issued a statement denounc
ing the custom of holding frontier ex 1
hlbition rodeo*. nhl*Hi» exhibitions.
•hotM urn! other »nuf**monis on Mr
morial day and oglting upon *U * om
mututle* in this state to prohibit h
affair* in the future
Memorial dav should tk, \
i«m| to the memory of th« Utgd, je.oi
the stgtetnenu
Refusal to
Wed Cause
of Affray
\ itiia Greco, ] t. Ma\ Die
From Wounds Inflicted by
Jim Gorbino, Who
Hreak* Into Room.
Parent Is Shot, Slashed
Anna Gre- 14 L'lf'6 North Eif
i leenth street, was shot and probably
fatally wounded and h“r father, Al
fred Greco, was seriously wounded
last night tv Jim Corbino, 30, Have-"
- look, lover of the girl The shooting
; took place in the bedroom occupied by
Anna after Corbino. who had climbed
through a window of the room, had
been repulsed In his plea that she
elope with him.
Corbino. according to I he story the
Greco girl told pol.ce. has been an
'<dm;rei of Anna f r m- re than two
years. Several months ago he pro
posed marriage to her and she ac
cepted him. Mr. and Mrs Greco te
fused to allow their daughter to marry
until she became of age. Corbino,' at
that time, agreed and. declared he
would wait.
Every Saturday Corbino came to
Omaha from Havelock, where he is
employed as a boilermaker in tie
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
, r«*d shops, to see Anna. Since Anna
had accepted his proposal of marriage
he has written her almost daily. The
letters were all addressed to Miss
Anna Greco, but each one was head
ed "My Dear Wife" and closed "Your
Loving Husband." All of these letters
were found b> the detectives when
they searched the room after the
shooting.
Enters Girl’s Room.
Last night Corbino came to Omaha
as usual, but did not go direct to
fl»e Greco home. ShopUy after 10
Anna retired, declaring she ben . ,
Corbino would not call. *•« lT1
hour iaier (>*< _ .,
.she refused, declaring
parents did not want her to marry
until she was older. Corbino then be
gan to threaten her and declared that
he would kid her if she did not do *j
he requested. *
Hefore Anna rould answer him. her
father entered the room. Seeing Cor
hino standing near the bed. he asked
Why he was there. Corl.no did not
answer. He drew an automatic; pis .
S :,d from bis pocket, turned to the giil ■*
and opened fire.
tiirl Shot Seven Times.
Two bullets struck the girl in tha
right hand, one in the left arm. two
in the left breast and one in the thigh. -
Corbino then turned the pistol on Al
fred Greco and shot him mice in ths
right hand and once in the jaw.
He emptiei his pistol, discarded it
and drew a knife. Greco and Corbiro
fought f. r several moments for pos
session of the knife but Greco was
weakened from the two wound* he
lu»d received and was unable to fight
off the younger man. Corbino slash
ed him across the chest, cutting a
f **h from h.s -ight shoulder to his
left hip.
Greco fe'i when Corbino stal-bsd
hint. ' 'orb. ... leaped through the win
dow and mtde his escape .n the rail
road yards a short distance away.
Mrs. Greco aroused by the shooting
and the noise of the fighting, ran 'o
Anna's room She arrived in time to
see Corbino strike down her husband
and escape Shrushed to her daugh
ter. who lay moaning on the bed. step
ping over the body of Iter husband.
Her screams attracted neighbors, who ,
called police.
Condition Serious.
The police took Anna and her ]
faihei to gt. Joseph hospital. Dr. '
Lovely, acting police surgeon, de
clared there Is a slight ehar e of
Anna recovering and that Grecos
life would be In danger for scene time.
Detectives William lkv s and
Frank Killian, accompanied by Kmer
gency Driver Al Neb n. f iiraj the
pistol used by Corbino in Anna s bed.
whete Corbino had thrown it when
he drew the knife. A thorough
search of the railroavi yards faded to
r» veal Corbino. l\vlIce Save requested
Lincoln authorities to watch train*
entering Havelock.
AUhough the leitei- Corbino Wrote
to the girl were headed " M> dear
wife.' the girl and her family deny
that they were married. Anna Greco
railed for a priest as scon a> she was
taken , !T the operating table at the
hospital and, in his presen, e, told her
'■oi V t,. p i y. at tho
last sacrament be given her.
Alfred Greco refuse,! to talk of th*
affaii He told the priest that he
"was not going lo die “
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