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i Auditorium
Is One Vast
Residence
Better Homes Show to Be
Formally Opened at 8 To
night With Everything
in Readiness.
Senator Howell Speaks
Omaha's Auditorium has been trans
formed into a palatial residence with
an extravagant display of furniture
and all else that is pleasing to the
i ye, awaiting the oeeifjjancy of Mi.
and Mrs. Omaha and their guests
from outstate. Mayor James C.
Dahlman will hang the latchkey on
i he outside at 8 tonight as a signal
for the formal opening of the Better
Homes week.
One of the first 10 enter will be
Senator-elect 11. B. Howell, who will
deliver the principal address. Mayor
Dahlman will deliver the address of
welcome.
Fit for Duke.
A corps of carpenters and other
workmen* was employed yesterday
Adding the finishing touches and when
they were through the building had
the appearance of the mansion that
;s to he occupied by the duke and
duchess of York when they return
from their honeymoon.
Exhibits were in place showing
about every method of making a
home a better place in which to live.
As one enters one beholds a wonder
ful garden scene, and is apt to find
a secluded nook where Mr. and Mrs.
Omaha can forget their troubles and
discuss buying essentials and luxuries
for putting their house in order.
Dentures Given.
After the mayor and Nebraska s
newest senator perform the official
ceremony of welcoming and receiving
the guests lectures will be given by
Evelyn Hansen on "Color Harmony
in Dress." and by Hunt Cook on "THe
J.ivable Diving Room.”
Forty women members of the home
pinomics division of the Omaha Wo
man’s club will attend the..exposition
in a. body Wednesday afternoon.
The admission to the show is 15
cents. Including war tax. The expo
sition will he open afternoons and eve
nings this week. Xo articles will be
on' sals.
227 Victims of
, Shipwreck Saved
% —
yMeamer Goes on Rocks at
Cape Frio—One Lifeboat
, Still Missing.
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Rt Aun<iat> Pres*.
i rpetown. Union of South Africa,
April 28.—The Portuguese gunboat
Salvador Oorrelra arrived at Mossa
merles. Portugese West Africa. Friday
with 110 aurvivori of llie steamship
Mossamedes. wrecked several rla}e
ago at Cape Frio. Mighty four sur
vivors have been landed at Port Alex
ander, and the French gunboat
' assiopee is on its way to Mossamedes
with 33 others.
The chief officer of ihe wrecked
Sicamshlp says the vessel struck the
Iik ks in a fog Tuesday morning and
a rough sea swept the liner still fur
ther toward the shore The passen
gers. aroused from sleep, rushed to
the deck in a panic and were put
Into the lifeboats with difficult'
The electrical apparatus was put out
of commission by the influx of water
to the boiler rooms, preventing the
summoning of assistance by wireless.
One of the lifeboats upset, seven of
the occupants being drowned while
13 others were rescued by Chief Of
fleer Paulino. The captain remained
on deck until 2 in the afternoon, when
he finally abandoned the ship.
The rescuers came across the life
boats about 80 miles from the scene
of the wreck. One boat is still miss
ing. Passengers and crew numbered
2r,s. tl is understood that the disaster
i« attributed to the strong currents
r/evading at the cape and to a faulty
y/iiart.
Must La/Down Arms,
Edict to De Valera
n.f C ni versa! szrvirf
Dublin, April 23.—"De Valera must
surrender, snd the irregular ban,la
must lay down arms, give up their
ammunition and give in uncondition
ally.” ) _
I'his Is the ultimatum delivered by
Die free state government, following
a meeting of the cabinet.
President Cose rave and Home Min
ister <i'II!gglns regard De Valeras
proclamation to followers not only as
an effort to save his own face, but «<
* personal affront to the government
de Jure, which, though the republican
leaders admit to be victorious, yet he
refuses to recognize.
Professor Slays Officer
’ Then Commits Suicide
Hr International Nsws Merrier.
.Sidney. N. V., April If9.—Defying
state troopers who sought to arrest
him on a charge of incendiarism,
Prof. Franklin Tates, Morris, N.
V., educator, shot. and killed
Slat* Trooper Harold Mattlce and.
harricadlng himself |n the garret of
his mother's home, committed suicide
while a posse was preparing to be
* oga the place.
p Yates recently was sr
» • ce of assault, the war
son »il‘. ' by his brother
/iHt- mod-l who amused
. >f|r dallghtfT, a
, id. Fit
For«1«. rnnh# him at
IeSON MOTQuimi of hJS
4
Paris Hoots at London’s
Claim of New Style Center
American Women Who Wear French Creations Are
Best Dressed Class in World, Noted Fashion Au
thorities Declare—Germans Worst Garbed,
With English Running Close Second.
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By ( nlirrul Service.
Paris, April 29.—-I.ondon's claim to
the title of new style center is met
with absolute disdain by the dress
making world- of Paris. The claim
f the British metropolis, which was
based on the fact that the duchess
of lark's trousseau and the other
wonderful dresses worn at the British
royal wedding, were made and desig
ned in liondon along lines entirely dif
f< rent from those prevailing in Paris,
is ridiculed by style creators hero.
"The best dressed woman in the
world is the American women, who
wears -Paris styles. The worst dres
sed women in the world are the Ger
mans, with the English a dose sec
ond.”
- Thus declared .lean Gabriel Dome -
gue. famous society painter, whose
portraits with exclusive dress designs
fetch fabulous sums. He continued:
"American women are the most
graceful because they incorporate the
grace of their ancestors who were
wild men a bare two centuries ago.
Germans Too Dumpy.
"The - Germans are too dumpy and
do not care about their shares, while
the English women are too raw boned
and mannish.
‘ The most expensive gown on the
average English woman resembles a
sack. The French women would be
the best dressers, but on the average
they are too small and they use too
much make-up.
“The titled English women are of
such peculiar architecture that they
must haye specially designed gowns,
hence those worn at the duko of
York's wedding, but London’s finest
designs make the American woman
gawkish and dowdy.”
George Aubert. head of the Lenieff,
the Agnes and other houses, also
scoffed, saying:
"I hare heard It hinted that tile
British royal family take a great
interest in the welfare of the targe
English dressmakers.’
Dressmakers Disappointed.
Nevertheless there is no concealing
the fact that the dressmakers here
are disappointed at the royal ban.
The Paris houses are losing consid
ers. ble business from the English
nobility ss a result of Queen Mary's
sudden and violent dislike of French
sty tes.
At the occasion of tile last levee the
court chamberlain passed the word
around that ladies attending must-be
"gowned in accordance with the prev
alent royal etiquette, "a plain hint
that the stylish Paris models would
be frowned upon.”
A considerable portion of the nobil
ity is declared to be straining at the
leash In resentment at the attempt to
imitate Queen Victoria in laying dow n
rules for society dress. These are
buying in Paris as before, merely re
serving a few English gowns for
state occasions.
Senator Nelson
Dies Suddenly
on Board Train
Minnesota Man. Oldest Mem
ber of Senate. Expires En
Route to Chicago —
Ser\ed 28 V ears.
Philadelphia. April 29. — The Penn
>ylvania railroard reported that
United States Senator Knute Ndsort
of Minnesota died on a train en route
from Washington to Uhicago.
According to the railroad company.
Senator Nelson ''as found dead on
the train which left Washington at
6:50. The company arranged to have
the body taken from the train at
Harrisburg. Pa.
Death was due to heart failure
The train crew paid that an the
train was passing through Timou*
ium, Md . 11 mll^s from Baltimore,
the senator had an attack of angina
pectoris and died in a few minutes.
With the senator at the time of
hia death were his niece. Mrs. Edith
Truscott of .Jennings Lodge. Ore.:
George W. Wells. Jr., insurance com
missioner of Minnesota, and Walker
W. Belford, deputy insurance com
missioner.
Oldest Member of Senate.
Washington. April 29.—The « H*fh
of Knute Nelson, senior senator front
Minnesota, abroad a train enroute to
Chicago, removed fiom the senate its
oldest member and one of those with
the longest service record. He was
$0 years old and had served 28 years.
Senator Nelson, although ill last
winter with influenza, was active dur
ing the last session of congre ** and
today, when he left Washingt* .. for
Jtis home, he appeared in excellent
health, although th« death of his wife
a year ago had greatly depressed him
Those who were closest to him said
he never fully recovered from that
blow.
Senator Nelson was a civil war vet
eran and worked hard, especially dur
ing the war, in pushing legislation
dealing with Americanization. The
espionage \%.i« one of the bills he
fought fur. He was • hairman of the
judiciary committee, and a member
of the commerce committee. He re
ported the Dyer anti-lynching bill,
which failed of passage and the child
labor constitutional amendment.
Under the rules of seniority. Sena
tor Dillingham, republican of Ver
mont. would succeed to the chairman
ship of the judicial \ committee.
Senatoi Nelson’s present term
would have expired in 192"#.
President Harding received the
news of the death of Senator Nelson
while attending the dinner of the
American Society pf NVwapapet Edi
tors and immediately issued a state
ment saying that the Minnesota sen
at or was "a stalwart American and
performed a most useful public sei
vice with a record of great work ac
complished ’’
"Senator Nelson was an inspiring
<Tnrn to r»*s Two, 4 olumsn Tour.)
The Main Thing Is to
Phone AT-lantic 1000
U If you're looking for a
tenant for your house or
apartment, the best thing you
can do is to take a bird’s-eye
view of Omaha rental pros
pects.
A little ad in the “For
Rent” columns will help you
to find just the people who
will be interested in your place.
• Mr. .James Dworak, Till
South 24th street, rented his
three-room apartment within
three days after his “Want"
Ad appeared in the Omaha
Bee.
T! When YOU want to find a
tenant, phone At-lantic 1000.
/{rail and I sr Omaha
Her "If mil" Ul.s—ihr
Flrrlinr In Retails.
Democratic Move
to Hurry Blanket
Bill Is Held Ruse
Republicans Stubborn in Re
fusal to Act on Measure
Before Matliers-D>-art
Reform Proposal.
By P. C. rmVKI.I..
Staff I orrf»ppndfnt The Omaha Bee.
Lincoln. April 29.—With confer
ence committees on the blanket ap
propriation bill and the Mathers-Dv
sart bill near an agreement tonight
democrats were endeavoring with all
power at their command to persuade
republicans to put the appropriation
bill through before any action is
taken on the Mathers Dysart govern
mental reform bill
Republicans steadfastly refused to
promise such action. Theii attitude
is the same today as tt was on a hot
day last summer here in Lincoln
when the party went on record to ad
just duplications and extravagances
in government.
The new democratic overture is
looked upon as a last desperate ruse
of the governor's friends to put re
sponsibility for failure to modify the
present governmental forir on the
republican parti'. The plan which
republicans feel democrats have in
mind is to promise that the governor
will not veto the appropriation bill if
it If* panned first, then leave for home
and force an adjournment from lack
of a quorum before the Mathers l):
sr.rt bill can pass.
The Mathers Dysart bill will not be
put out on th** floor of the house
until every member is in l^is seat,
whether it be tomorrow Tuesday or
Wednesday, according to plans of
party leaders tonight
ThD. it is assured, will be one bill
on which everyone* must go on rec
ord. The governor's action on the
Mathers Dvsart bill was a constant
subject of discussion tonight. Kor
weeks the word wa* broadcast from
his office that any bill presented to
him other than his executive council
code bill would be vetoed. There
were vtogue unconfirmed rumors to
day that he might sign it.
The consensus of opinion was that
lie is determined to keep the present
code, despite his < ampaign charges
of extravagance and waste against
it and would waste little time in ve
toing the Mathers Dysart bill, which
is in line with his campaign augees
t ons of governmental reform before
he discovered a majority <*f consti
tutional officers elected are repub
licans.
tIfficer in \rmy tChemical
Service Is Found Dead
ll.r Aemrialrd Pr«M.
Manila. April 29. -First Lieutenant
•fohn T. .New land of the army chemi
< al warfare service, was found dead
in his room at the Army and Navy
club here. according to an of
fi« ial annnouin etnent. The official
statement added that evidences of poi
son had been found in Lieutenant
Newland's stomach.
The dead officer, appointed to West
Point from Washington stiLte. was
graduated from the Military academy
in 1915.
W ife Accuses "Millionaire
Cop*’ of Being Bootlegger
Akron, O.. April 29. — Everything
went as smooth as gravy with Henry
Bergdorf and lie became known is
the “millionaire cop." Then trouble
swatted him with a Uirrel slave and
lie is now defending a divorce suit,
trying to get out of several rharg< *
resulting from raids on his "bunny
hugging inn." near the f itv. and de
fending himself against Hie attacks
of bis wife, who call* him a bootleg
ger and a sinner of the (list water.
Ship Owners Say Backbone
of Marine Strike Broken
New York. April 29 Ship owners
repotted that the backbone of lh•* I
AN AA marine workers’ strike at this
port had been broken, having failed
to Interrupt or seriously delay
scheduled sailing*- of ocean passenget
liner* offhi.ti* >>f the strikers’ union
dedai ed they weie still confident of
success.
Refusal to
Wed Cause
of Affray
Anna Greco, 1 1, May Die
From Wounds Inflicted by
Jim Corbino. Who
Breaks Into Room.
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Parent Is Shot, Slashed
Anna Gict-o, 14, 2106 North Fif
teenth street, was shot and probably
fatally wounded and her father, A1
feed Greco, was seriously wounded
Saturday by Jim Corbino, 30, Have
lock, lover of the girl. The shooting
took place in the bedroom occupied by
Anna after Corbino, who had climbed
through a window <>f the room, had
been repulsed in his plea that she
elope with him.
Corbino, according to the story the
Greco gill told police, has been an
admirer of Anna for more than two
years. Several months ago he pro
posed marriage to her and she ac
cepted him. Mr. and Mrs. Greco re
.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 the
Chicago, Burlington A- Quincy rail
road shops, to see Anna. Since Anna
had accepted his proposal of marriage
he has written her almost daily. The
letters wire all addressed to Miss
Anna Gteeo. but each on» was head
ed My Heat Wife ' and closed "Your
Coving Husband All of these letters
were found by the detective} when
they searched the room after the
shooting.
Enters Girl's Hoorn.
Last night Corbino came tn Omaha
as usual, hut did not go direct to
the Greco home. Shortly after 10
Anna retired declaring she l>elieved
< orbino would not call. Legs than one
hour later (‘orbino came to the house,
( limbed to the roof of the front porch
and into the open widow of the#giil'a
room.
Anna was asleep when he entered,
and cried out when he awakened her.
The < ry aroused her father who was
sleeping in an adjacent room and
flightened (’orbino
Corbino asked the girl if she would
riiVi away with him to get married.
She refused, declaring that her
parents did not want her to marry
until she was older. Corbino then be
gan to threaten her and declared that
he would kill her if she did not do as
he requested.
Before Anna could answer him. her
father entered the room. Seeing Cor
hino standing near the bed. he asked
why he was there Corbino did not
answer, lie drew an automatic pis
tol from his pocket, turned to the girl
md opened fire.
Bill Shot Seven Times.
Two bullets struck the girt in the
fight hand, one in the left arm. two
in the left breast and one in the thigh,
(‘orbino then turned lie pistol on VI*
fieri Greco and shot him once in the
right hand and once in the jaw.
He emptied his pistol, discarded it
and drew a knife. Greco and Corbino
fought for several moments for pos
session of the knife hut Greco was
weakened from the two wounds he
had received and was m <hie to ftght
off the younger man Corbino slash
ed him across the chest cutting n
gash from his right shoulder to his
left hip.
Greco fell when Corbino stabled
him. Corhino leaped through the win
dow and made his escape in the rail
road yards a short distance away.
Mrs. Greco, aroused by the shooting
and the noise of the fighting, ran to
Anna s room. She arrived in time to
see Corbino strike down her husband
and escape. She rushed to her daugh
ter. w ho lay moaning on the bed step
ping over the body of her husband
Her screams attracted neighbors, who
called police.
Condition Serious.
The police took Anna and her
father to St. .Joseph hoapKal !>r
Lovely, acting polic* surgeon da
dared there is a slight chance of
Anna recovering nod that Greco's
life would he In danger for some tune
Detectives William Davis and
Crank Killian, accompanied by Emer
gency Driver AI Nelson, found the
pistol used by Corbino In Anna s bed.
where Corbino had thrown it when
lie drew the knife. A thorough
search ‘>f the railroad yards failed to
lev cal Corbino I’olhe have requested
Lincoln authorities t<» watch trains
entering Havelock.
Although the letters Corbino wrote
to the girl were headed "My dear
wife." the girl and her family deny
that they were married. Anna Greco
railed fot a priest as soon as she was
taken off the operating table at the
hospital and. in his presence, told her
story to police and asked that the
last sacrament be given hei
Alfied Greco refused to talk of the
affair lie told the priest that he
• was not going to die "
MARK SULLIVAN
A
Author, editor and politi
ral expert.
One of the shrewdest
student* of national polities
in the country is Mark Sul
livan.
He i* constantly in touch
with everything that is tak
ing place within the ranks
of all the parties.
Each week Sullivan writes
a revue of the national
political situation
It appears exclusively in
THU SUNDAY BUK
Sullivan also write* regu
larly for The Morning Bee
and The Evening Be*.
A Bad Combination—Recklessness, Bootleg Whiskey and
a High Powered Car
Red Flag to Flv
Over Union Libor
in Germany May I
m *
Millions to (rather in Street
Mass Meetings Tuesday—
Officials Fear Bloodshed
in Berlin.
B« (iiltrrual Ssr«lea.
Berlin. April ?9.~%May 1 will he an
absolute holiday in Germany. Or
ganized labor, together with the so
cialist and communist parties, will
tall out Bullion* in street mass meei
ing* Tuesday, under the jumbo! of
'he led Gag.
Bat ana is the only state which has
forbidden the t arrying of the i ed and
soviet flag* because of the fear that
it would produce < lashes between the
fascist! and the socialists and com
munists at Munich. Munich has also
forbidden the -paiades of the mass
meetings through the streets of the
city.
in Berlin both the Prussian and cen
iral governments express the fear
that the day will not lie wholly with
out the spilling of blood, and extraor
binary precautions arebeing taken
to pi event clashes between the ns
tionalist elements and the socialist*
and communists
Will March Togeihei
For the first time the hitherto mod
erate socialists ha\e agreed to march
with the extremists and communists
under the red flag and the soviet Inn
inis, to the exclusion of the colois
of the republic.
Much significance is attached to
this lineup of the moderates with the
extreme radicals.
The alleged discovery of s new plot
to assassinate the socialist Prussian
Minister of the Interior Severing by
nationalists elements is * resting an
other flurry among the police. Sev
ering is being constantly guarded,
limuors of Coup.
Sensational rumors ate current in
Berlin that Adolf Hitler will attempt
a coup d edat at Munich Tuesday.
This was denied in official gu\etn
ment quarters at Munich upon tele
phonic inquiry today.
It was said that while it is true
I bat tltei-e i* high tension between
tile nationalists and the socialists
and communists no s*ribus trouble is
expected
The government of socslled "red
Saxony," which Is now communistic,
has ordered all schools and public of
fues closed on Tuesday .
Man Ci iomhmI Dance Km<:
\\ 1111 Kccoril i>l I I- Hours
Its Internet Ii»»*h I New* *er»ire.
Youngstown. D Vpl'il 29 — Amid
thunderous applause of a packed hii
die me. Albert Kish.’ his face nAhen
hut wi entiled m smiles, was crowned
champion of tern*b hurean endurance
dan* ri s at midnight, when lie *et tip
a new record of 132 hours of non
stop dancing at Sigdler s dancing
academy. He stopped because of a
law against Sunday dancing
l'Vrr\ Modi Aground.
Ogdcnlmrtf. V April 29. — The
f» ns boat 'li** Yandenburg missing
since 6 tonight, when it pushed out
into the St Lawrence riser this port,
hound for Prescott, tint . was located
shortly before 11 tonight hard
aground on i sand bar about s third
•f a mile north **f this city. HfTorte
unnedlgtely were begun to float it
\ crew of ftse and 11 passengers svere
a boa i *1
S|iriuf! Milliner).
Quantities of georgette and taffeta
an1 being used In spiing milliners
often they ate made into tricorn* or
very plain little hats whose nnl\ dr
oration >• a lace snl ailisUcallx
draped.
Mob of Students
Hailes Man Accused
of Attack on Girl
Crowd Burns Locks From Jail
\\ ith \cctylenc Torch- Jeer
Sheriff ami Ignore Plea*
of Girl's Father.
tt» lithersa1 Vrtiie
Columbia. Mo. April ’9.—A mob
said to have been composed mainly
of . I'nice ratty of Missouri students
stoiVned Boone county Jail here early
today, dragged Charles T Scott. from
hi* cell and hanged him from a
bridge near this place The man died
protesting his innocense. He has
Her n arrested as a suspect in connec
tion wi^lt an attempted attack on ne
gate Almatedt. 14, daughter of Prof.
II B Almstedt. professor of Herman
literature in the l‘niver«.ty of Miss
ouri.
When the mob reached tne jail
Sheriff Brown pleaded that the law
lie permitted to take its course, but
the crowd was olslurate. It jeered
•he sheriff, battered down the ouier
door if the prison and burned its
way to Scott's cell with an acetylene
torch.
Scott, crouching in a corner of hi*
i ell. prayed and liegged for mercy.
He was ralli ed out of the Jail. In
the meantime rhe moh had grown by
the arrival of ^several hundred re
cruits. <tn the way to the bridge.
Professor Alnistedt joined the |iarty
and all the way to the bridge he
pleaded with the leaders of the mob
to return the prisoner to his cell and
leave him to the law He was shout
ed down and pushed to 'he back of
the crowd.
"I am Innocent of this crime ' de
clared Si ott as a heavy rope was slip
ped over his head, "Another man
told me he tried to commit the at
tack on Miss Almatedt
At this point two men seined Scott
and hauled hint from the bridge The
crowd left his body dangling ai the
end of a 90-foot rope.
The Almstedt g rl is said to have
positively identified Siott as her
w ould be assailant
Nou Treatv Signed.
Rum# 'i" l It in Italian
\umnan treaty, the first of it*
since the war. was signed by
Premier Mussolini and the Austrian
miniate- Supplementary conventions
were signed to facilitate the ttanaport
of Austrian goods through Trieste
,’ii<! legulate economic relations in the
Austro Italian frontier xones
200 German If ar If idou s
to I stablish Colony in
State of Sonora. Mexico
H> t nlofMl Her* Ire
Washington, April Two hundred
Hetman war widows have made ar
raiigements with the Mexican gov
ei nment to establish a colony in the
state of Sonora Noth'*' to this effect
was received at the Mexican em
bassy here tod.xv from it* foreign of
fice
l*he women luive been given :*n ex
tensive tract of land for their coloni
at ion experiment by the Mexican
government, which lias agreed to co
operate with them la other ways. In
the pro jet t. They are for the most
pai t wives of Herman farmers, they
stated and thus have an intimate
Knowledge of tht scientific farming
practiced in Hermanv.
The colony will, at the beginning be
comprised entirely of wganen. It 1*
understood, however, they contemplate
forming matrimonial alliances with
tire Mexican resident* of Sonora front
t me to i thus ^ini i "during o
*i imig si lain of Heunaii blood »*M0
that section of Mexico.
Airplanes Are No
Longer Safe From
L
Artillery Attack
mi
V5 ar Department Perfects Sys
tem of Directing Fire
Against Aircraft ^ ith
Deadly Accuracy.
Pjr l nif#rM! Sfrtirj.
Washington. April ,29—Stalling
-tatements of the progress aud effi
er.fies in welfaie were iev«aled here
today in a review of the maneuvers
f 1922. made public by the War de
pn-iment.
Among the most important is '.hat
the airplane is no longer secuie fiom
attack from lhe ground. A system of
• onducting ant. aircraft artillery fire
with accuracy ha* !>een developed.
This was worked out by having air
plane* (ow target* a* hev hurtled
through space at 100 mjle* an hour.
The targets were fired upon with a
biirrage and a sat.sfactory number
of hits S'ored. without in any way
endangering the pilot or his plane
The same experiment revealed the
fad iliat airplane* can not now *e'
up an effective smokescreen except
in favorable weather conditions.
In the joint operation of plane*
with mast artillery, it was learned
that communicating from plane to
shore for the purpose of 'spotting
for the shore gun* is un . ,r If
the viaabillty is fair and two-way
radio inninuinicaiion between the bat
teries and plane* can be maintain'd,
boat lie ship* mav t-s hit with ease
However, if more than s.x plane*
are engaged In the spotting, employ
ing more than six radio station* < U
shore, the interference is excessive,
In addition to this hostile ships, at
the r;*k of making their own radio
communication of no use. may at any
time "Jam" the radio connnurucation
from the planes
Baby Killed in Auto
Wreck at Falls City
f-VI* nt\ Neb April Ed.th.
I months old daughter of Mr and Mis
Hoy Millet. farmers near Uarada was
instantly killed, when an automobile in
which she was tiding with her
parents collided with a machine driven
by Her !■;. S. Man hand of BaraUa
In the Miller <ar were Mr. and
Mrs I.ouis George, parents of Mrs
Miller. Mrs George sustained a
broken shoulder slid other tniuriea
She was brought to a hospital hei e
None of the other occupants of the
car were seriously hurt Rev. Mr
Mar.-hand and two passenger* escaped
Injuries
The iwo rar* collided at a i nOss
road and turned over, pinning the oc
cupants under the wreckage
Three Drowned. I wo Hurt
in Terrific Rain Storm
Hi Intern*! toniil Vnice
Washington, April 1’S Thirr per
son* worn drowned two fatalU injui
cd and n s.ore more rescued in a ter
elide rainstorm which flooded several
miles of streets In the northeast
section of Washington The tr o
drowned were in automobiles which
slid off bridge* into ravines dining
the height of the storm
IWimag* to property w.»s estimated
at a quarter of a million dollars
\d\futista Ruv House.
*P*c»sl lH«|>*(eh |« The Omaha Hee
tliand Island. Neb . \pril > The
Seventh Il«y \dirntist' n.th * state
college located 4n the n estm n jvait of
fhe county htf\e le,»*cd a large ic*j
dein e proper! > in tins «»t\ and ti ill
make Crsnd Island theii state head
quAiter** ^
Poolroom
Proprietor
Shot Down
Sebastano Maugenmeli Near
Death After Wounded by »
W alter Lawrence, Who
Demanded Liquor.
Neighborhood Incensed
Sebastano Mangenmeli. 1117 Nom
Seventeenth street, was shot and pos
slbly fatally wounded by Walter T-aw.
renee. 1722 1-2 (.'uniing street at S
yesterday afternoon. Maugenmeli was
Was setting in front of his pooiioom
at lt>24 Nicholas street at the time of
the shooting, which was declared By
witnesses to have been without provo
i alion
J.awreni-e es<a]>ed after the shoot
ing and, though captured by John
Feduni. 1114 North Seventeenth
street, after a short chase, managed
to overpower Feduni and escape a
second time, tie later was captured
by police when he went to Mercy hos
pital. 2401 Patrick avenue, to have I s
aw. which had been broken In three
place during his fight with Feduni
set.
Demands Drinnks.
Hie shooting occurred whale Men
genmeli was waiting for his little gal
to come call him to supper. Law
rence, who witnesses say was drunk
demanded a drink from Mengenmei
"I have nothing to drink.” Mer
genmeli answered. if I had I would
give it to you.”
“You are a liai ’ Lawrence said
Then he drew a revolver and
opened fire. The first shot went wiid,
the second struck Mengenmeli in the
right cheat and turned him around,
the third struck him in the back.
Lawrence ran toward Fifteenth
street and disappeared in a house.
Keduni rushed out of his house in
time to see Lawrence fire the last
shot and run away. Keduni. ura
armed, gave chase to the fleeing man
He was only a short cLstance behind
Lawrence when he entered the hou«»
near Fourteenth street.
Fence Halts Assailant.
Lawrence passed through the hou -
and out the rear door, with Feduy.i
hot after him. Ther the chase turned
down an alley and on toward the
railroad track. Lawrence's flight was
•topped by a high fence and he
turned and faced h.s pursuer.
Before Lawrence rould raise hi»
weapon to fire at Feduni, Feduni had
• losed with him and was fighting for
possession of the revolver. Feduni
grasped the gun in one hand and
struck X^awrence in the fare with tl e
other. X-awrence was knocked down
and lost his grip on the revolver. He
leaped to his fee' with a brick in his
hand, aud tefnre Fefluni could ward
off the blow Lawrence had hit h.m in
the bafld
X.awrenc* loid the poll e that he
had run dotvp tiie railroad yards
some distance after he • ~1 ipe-d f■ c•
Feduni. who he described as a “hard
guy." and then doubled heck and
went to his home His w.fe w-anted
to know what the trouble was. ar.d he
told her that he had been hurt in a
fight.
Mrs I_awren e helped her husband
and was pr#stnt when he cunfeaecd to
■•hooting When the officers declared
that he would have to go with them,
she expressed a des.re to ge too. ghe
went with her hubsand to Lord ^,is
ter hospital, where he Is being held
under guard.
The entire distrht about Se»»r
teenth street from Izard to Charles
streets, was incensed over the shoo:
ing. Friends of Mengentneli packed
the street in front of the Frederick
hospital waiting for word about h;«
condition.
Chinese Leaders
Opposed to Force
By \MM»natrri Press.
Hot gkcnc April —Wang Chunc
Hut, former premier of China, re
turned tcda\ from delivering at van
ion a person »l message from Precd
•lent 1.1 Tuan Hung to Sun Tat Sen
southern constitutionalist leader and
former president of the southern re
public.
\t his final intf view w; • h ?-;n Yn •
Sen Wang handed him * statement
in which he declared he had decided
:*■ gofihioad because he •> i!d see r >
P'ospect of the reunification of China.
His Met to Canton, however, opened
new vistas 1 c said and he found that
Sun. like himself, did not believe tha:
force was the best method of resolv
ing the doubts and contentions of tha
nations
Grand Island Takes
Scholastic Honors
1*1 l».*p«r."h to The Omaha
Grand Island. Neb. April 2?—Grand
Island H'nigh sohtjol took fust honors
iu the central Nerbaska : .'eracholas
He oratroial contest held a? Grand
Island college Saturday evning. Ar
thur Buchftnk. senior* received the
gold medal in winning the the honor
for his school His subject was
Roosevelt < Inaugural \ddress
Roy tiockhart of Haaitwgs Higs.
and Chester Carkoaki of Ord High
v ere the two other contestant* the
latter being awa.de dthe second place
This contest in speaking cosed a
big high school field play at tlrind
Island college at which schools a*
such distances as Ham and and Go
thenburg toop part.
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