Bandit Dies
in Gun Fight
v v Aboard Train
Officers Secreted in Boxcar
Shoot Man Whd Climbs
Into Door—Com
panion Escapes.
Clarence M. Hensley. 38, Fortieth j
street and Avenue D, died at 5 a. rn. j
yesterday in Mercy hospital at Coun- :
oil Bluffs as the result of gunshot
wounds received Wednesday night,
when lie and a companion were sur
prised in the act of breaking into a
railroad boxcar.
When freight train No. 320 pulled
out of the Northwestern yards in the j
Bluffs, Pete Rasmussen and If. F.
Bunker, two special agents, were se- j
creted in one of the merchandise
ears. They wero armed with a saw- '
ed off shotgun and .45 caliber re :
vol vers.
For nearly three months, accord- j
mg to J. C. Ready, chief special
agent of this di
vision, • armed
agents liars been
riding trains out ^
of the Bluffs in
this manner, as as
trap for boxcar!
thieves.
The train had
not been in mo
tion long before
Basm ussen and
Bunker heard
men boarding it
and climbing to
the top of the
car in which they ••• / W *
were hiding. The Clarence Hensley
robbers swung a rope ladder over the
side and climbed down to break the
seal and open the door.
Carried Revolver.
Young Hensley was the first to
step from the ladder through the
door. He carried a drawn revolver
in his hand. Immediately following
him came his accomplice, also arm
ed. The special agents, back in the
dark corner, nudged each other si
lently.
A second later the rumble of the
freight train was drowned by the
roar of a shotgun and the bark of
a revolver. Hensley's weapon clat
tered to the floor and he reeled from
the effect of the fusillade. He had
not fired a shot. His companion
jumped from the lurching death car
and escaped.
A few moments later the freight
backed into a siding to give a pas
senger train the right of way and the
police ambulance was called to con
vey the wounded man to Mercy hos
pital. Dr. Harry D. Kelly, police sur
geon, found his hip and shoulder both
shattered, which also perforated his
intestine. Death resulted less than
12 hours after the shooting.
“Didn’t Give Me a Chance.”
"They didn’t give me a chance or
the story might have been different,”
eaid Hensley at the Mercy hospital,
where he wns fully conscious for two
or three hours after being wounded.
"I guess it’s all In the game, boys,
we have to tako the bitter with the
sweet!”
Surviving the alleged bandit are
lila wife and three children, Clarence,
.ir„ 7; Lucille, 5, and Edward, S. He I
formerly was a fireman on the North- j
western railroad, but had not been
working for about a year. He was
arrested last year on the charge of
robbing Interstate shipments, but a
federal grand jury failed to Indict
him.
Police believe there were five mem- I
>s>rs of the gang with which Hensley (
was operating Wednesday night. Two i
"t them were assigned, it is believed, !
io enUr the rr.r and throtV out the
merchandise along the right of way.
Their confederates were to follow In
in automobile and retrieve It.
Scotty Duval, 1001 Fourth street, I
was arrested by police at a garage.
Eighteenth street and Broadway,
where he was employed as night
man. Railroad agents say his automo
bile answers the description of the
one believed to have been used by the
boxcar gang. His car was In the ga
rage at the time of his arrest and a
!!8 caliber revolver and a number of
shells were found In the rear seat.
Duval denied all knowledge of the
attempted robbery and was released.
Bellanca Is Designing New
Type of Wing for Mail Planes
Prof. O. X. Bellanca, inventor of
the Bellanca CF plane, known as the
"Ford of the Air,” is encased in de
signing a new type of wing for the
DH-4 mall planes, to permit landing
at a speed of 40 mites an hour. In
stead ot the 60- mile speed now neces
sary.
According to Victor H. Ross, in
quiries are being received from ail
parts of the world in re card to this
new wing.
Professor's Rellanca's present labora
tory is at Heventeenth anrl I.eaven
vorth street*.
Births anti Deaths.
* a
Birth*.
Arthur and Jennie Kaiser, 3519 North J
-ixty-aecond atreMt. girl.
John and Alice Alden, 2614 Norfh
.Seventeenth street, girl.
Frank and Myrtle H^hewe, hospital, bov.
Wilbur and Anna Baker, hospital. boy.
Jam** an<l Hazel Kay, hospital, girl |
William and Anna Leader, 5613 South
Fifteenth street, girl.
Burton and Lulu Anthony, ilalston.
Neb., boy.
George find Edith Wright, 6117 South
Seventeenth street, hoy.
Max and Bessie Bernstein, hospital, boy.
Otto and Marguerite Kenner, hospital,
boy.
Warren and Victoria Bryl, 3926 fouth
Thirty-sixth strict, girl.
Anton and Catherine Kleltyka, 3064
' South Thirty-sixth street, girl.
Joaeph and Pauline Oeleokl, 4516 South
Thirty-eighth street, girl.
John and Frances Pary«, 4610 fouth
Tbirty-first street, girl.
Death*.
Mre. Laura Anna Brown. 82 years, hos
pital.
. John J. O'Connor, 76. 1022 Park avenue
Mary Catherine Finney, Infant, 1702
South Twenty-fifth street.
Hiram K Miller, 66, hospital.
Marriage Licenses.
Permits to wed have been Issued to the
following
George Nielson. 4*. Omaha, and Marls
Jenson. 49 Omaha.
Georg'- N. Htark, 58, Council Bluff*. la
and Ora Goldman, 50. Vincennes. Ind.
John Both. 59, Hutton, Neb., and harsh
C, Aronson. 62, Omaha.
Harold L Montgomery. 36. Council
muffs, la., and Mabel I Ttosuwail, 26.
Km arson, la.
Loon Bentley, 36. Fort Dodge, la . and
Henrietta Mahuke. 80. Loa Angeles. <‘al
Albert K. Moore, 2 4. Omaha, and Phoebe
Nelaon. 29. Perry, I«
Everett N. Jones, 29. Omaha, end Hattie l
M. Griffin, 2J. Albuquerque. S. M.
George D. Dlrkbaut, 24, Omaha, and
Lillian Waltly, 25. Omaha
Harley K Lockwood, 40. Cedar ftaptds,
, la. and Fonda !> Dorian. 27, Omaha
(sue Haliel. 50, Omaha, and Lena
K"hn 42. Omaha
Grenille W. Miller, 90.
Dies at Los Angeles
Grenille W. Miller. 90. father of
Mrs. C. FV McGrew, died at^ Los An
geles Tuesday, according to a tele
gram received by Mr. McGrew. Mr.
Miller, a native of Columbus, O., was
an early settler in Nebraska, engag
ing in farming and Anohins near
Lincoln for many years. He migrated
to Iowa in 1855 and was one of the
first settlers to engage in placer min
ing at a location which Is the site of
Boise City, Idaho.
Mr. Miller lived in California dur
ing the last 10 years. Mrs. McGrew.
his only child, was with him the
greater part of her time during the
last few years.
. He was married at Home, la., to
Lyda Easterly in 1875. Mrs. Miller is
in a feeble condition. Mrs. McGrew
ones not intend to return to Omaha
at present.
Funeral services will be held in Los
Angelos and burial will lie in Forest
Lawn cemetery of this city next
Tuesday morning at 10. from the
chapel of H. K. BUrket & Son.
Fancy Saddle Horse Sale
Is Seheduled for Omaha
Just at the season of the year when
it is most delightful to mount a good
saddle horse and take a ride through
the parks or on the country roads,
comes the announcement that Frank
F. Simpson of Omaha and Albert
Pickens of Kansas City are to hold an
other sale of fancy, three and five
galted saddle horses. These men held
it sale here a year ngo. when many
Omahans bought horses.
Those sales arc to be an annual
event. Simpson and Pickens are de
termined to offer a class of fancy
gaited riding horses that will not only
popularise their Komandale farm
horses locally, but throughout the en
tire middle states.
Admirers of good saddlers will wit
ness a real horse show, if they will
attend this sale. Friday. May 25.
Those attending the sale will see more
of the greatest saddle horses in the
country in action. There will be
horses shown and sold that have never
failed to win a blue ribbon when ex
hibited. There will be a half-brother
to the great show horse. Romping
Peavine. About 45 lots are to be sold.
Packer Merger
Hearing Opens
Legality of Armour-Morris
Consolidation to Be Fixed—
Chester Morrill Presides.
Hearing on the complaint of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace against
the consolidation of the Armour and
Morris packing interests, under the
packers and stockyards act of IH2I.
began yesterday morning in the as
sembly room of the Livestock Ex
change building in South Omaha.
The hearing probably will continue,
until Saturday.
Chester Morrill, assistant to the sec
retary of agriculture, In cfiarge of
stockyards administration. Is presid
ing as examiner.
Other members of the examining
body are E. S. Haines and Judge 1!. T.
Halner and John M. Burns, counsel
for the government.
No Witnesses Summoned.
No witnesses have been summoned
before the examiners, but invitations
to appear have been extended to all
persons with any information con
cerning the consolidation.
Hearings already have been con
ducted at Kansas City and East St.
Louis.
Mr. Morrill opened the hearing by
stating that its purpose Is to deter
mine .whether the purchase of the
Morris Interests by the Armour com
pany is a violtfllon of law. and wheth
er it would affect the market or stifle
competition.
Five Chicago attorneys represent
ing tile Armour interests are attending
the healing. They are Alfred S. Aus
trian. J. M. Sheehan, C. J. Faulkner.
Jr.; R. A. Peagana and Paul Godehn.
M. W. Borders Is counsel for the Mor
ris interests.
Yard Conditions Explained.
First witness was John F'itx Roberts
of the firm of Robert Bros. & Hose,
who told of conditions in the local
yards.
In response to a question lie gave
it as his opinion that the merger may
have a bad effeot on the market. In
that It might have a tendency to elimi
nate competition. He said that lively
competition made for a good market.
Other witnesses called by the gov
eminent yesterday‘afternoon were iV
T. Cox president of the local livestock
exchange, and C. H. Wlthee, local
manager of the Farmers' t'nion of Ne
braska. They both told of conditions
at the stockyards In reference to the
number of livestock handled by com
mission moil and farmers of this sec
tion. Mr. Wlthee testified the Farm
ers' Vnion employed a number of
salesmen ut the local market and th.u
the union operated at Sioux City, la.,
and St. Joseph. Mb,
$400,000 School Bond Issue ,
Asked in Beatrice Petition
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Hee.
Beatrice. Neb.. May 10.—Petitions
are being circulated among taxpayers
here for the construction of a junior
high school building and the remodel
ing of a nuinlier of the ward school
buildings. The petition asks for $400,
000 for Improvements.
Temperature Throughout
Sjate Riⅇ 53 at Omaha
Weather has moderated all over the
state. At Omaha yesterday at 7 a. m.
the temperature was 03; at O'Neill,
42; at North Loup. 43; ut Lincoln, 42.
and at Hastings. 50. It was snowing
at Huffalo. N. Y„ this morning.
New Fields
There’s added fun in
fields of amateur pho
tography that are per
haps new to you.
Portraits, for example,
that you can make with
the Kodak Portrait At
tachment, and pictures
of yourself made with
| the'Kodak Self Timer.
And many more we’ll
gladly explain.
Developing, printing and tn
larging •/ the ntperinr kind.
Eastman Kodak Co.
_,__(Tbe Robert Dempater Co.)
1813 Farnam St.
mUll Brrnmrk Store
\S 308 Soeth 15th St .
Dress Shop Fourth Floor
For Friday we offer
The Year’s Outstanding Sale of
DRESSES
*
Dresses from an unusual purchase combined
with our regular stock—and offered at
« i
Canton
Printed firepe
Paisleys
Silk Knits
Roshanaras
Crepe Satins
All Tyme Crepe
^iL
Vat// .
Black
Gray
Sand
* Tans
Jade
j
II
I
At double this price they would be
considered most attractive values
*•
Dresses for afternoon, street, bridge and sports wear. This
sale is another vivid demonstration of the value-giving
supremacy of this store.
We doubt it there is a woman in the city
in need of a sniarl new Drews but what
could be greatly benefited by this sale.
We urge early attendance Friday morning.
As illustrated.
Exquisitely Beautiful
Dutch Sil\ er
Candlesticks
The candlesticks are 9 inches
high, moulded after a fine Am
sterdam model. They will grace
your table as only old silver can.
Per pair—
Gift Shop—Main Floor.
New Things and
Staple Things
from Our
Bedding
Department
New Bed Spreads
Our assortment of fancy Bed
Spreads, twin and full size, in
stenciled, appliqued, candle
wick and crewel embroidery’, is
now complete in all the new-est
designs in pink, blue, yellow,
orchid and combination of
those colors; priced at—
$5.25. $5.75. $6.75.
$7.50. $8.75 and Up
Tuscan Net Spreads
Also the very newest designs in
Tuscan Net Spreads with bolster
cover, curtains and scarfs to
match, priced very reasonably
•t.$23.75
Tuscan Curtains to match, per
pair. .$13.75
Scarf to match, each. .$4.75
Sherridin Crinkled Spread with
bolster cover to match, in %
and full size, in pink, blue and
gold, set, $11.50. $12.50
Sheets and
Pillow Cases
Regular double bed size. Sheets
made from best grade 9-4 sheet
ing free from dressing, at less
than mill cost today.
I
81x90 Pequot Sheets,
each.$2.00
81x90 Anchor Sheets,
each.$2.00
45x36 Pillow Cases to
match.55c
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Detroit Jewel
Gas Range
—the finest gas rangejn Amer
fra today and for the last twen
ty-five years.
The one illustrated is a very
popular model at
'
Fuel line and* connections
FREE. A liberal allowance
made on your old stove. Ac
counts opened for those who
wish to defer payments to the
first of June and thereafter at
the rate of, per month, 85.00
Special Offer!
Every woman who purchases
a Detroit Jewel Gas Range this
coming week will receive a
white porcelain top kitchen
table, value $8.50, or its equiva
lent in nluminumware.
l'icturv show* our demonstrator
baking with tin* oven door open
and boiling water 18 inches
above the flame of n Detroit
Jewel gas range; the identical
model wo arc
offering at... .
r.. i
SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS
An Important Main Floor
Rug Sale
Our customers will be delighted with the wonderful selection offered in this sale,
including as it does rugs for every room and purpose. The fact that the substantial
reductions are in the face of an advance in the price of rugs makes the sale ail the
more welcome. Customers should anticipate their needs and purchase this week.
For Those Who Wish Deferred Payments Convenient Terms W ill Be Arranged
The following is prof itable reading—
Formerly Sole Price
$ 83.50 Cx9 Wiltons of genuine wor
sted yarn.8 69.00
127.50 8-3x10-8 Wiltons of genuine
worsted yarn .... . 112.50
19.50 4-6x7-6 Wiltons of genuine
worsted yarn. . SO.O''
132.50 9x12 Wiltons of genuine wor
sted yarn . 118.50
95.00 9x12 Mahal Wiltons. 81.50
90.00 8-3x10-6 Mahal Wool Wilton 76.50
58.50 6x9 Mahal Wool Wiltons. . . . 41.50
33.60 4-6x7-6 Mahal Wool Wiltons 29.00
39.60 9x12 good grade Axminsters 33.50
36.50 8-3x10-6 good grade Axmin. 29.50
i 22.60 6x9 good grade Axminsters.. 18.75
52.50 9x12 extra quality Axmin
sters . 39.75
48.00 8-3x10-6 extra quality Ax
minsters .*. 38.50
33.50 6-9x9 extra quality Axmin
sters . 24.75
75.00 11-3x12 extra quality Ax
minsters . 59.00
6.00 Reversible Bath Rugs, 24x36,
soiled . 2.25
3.25 heavy Rag Rugs, good colors,
30x60 . 2.50
2.25 No-Fade Oil Cloth Rugs,
3 >1x60. 1.30
8.75 blue chenille Rever.-ibie Rugs,
30x60, at. 4.75
Formerly rr|c«
10.50 Scotch Wool Rugs, reversible,
36x72, at. 7.75
4.50 Crex Porch Rugs, good colors,
36x72 . 2.50
14.50 Crex Figured Grass Rng>. 6X0 8.75
13.50 Wool and Fiber Rugs, 7-6x9 11^75
6.50 heavy Axmister Rugs, 27x54 4.75
10.50 Velvet Rugs, samples, 4-6x6.. 5.75
9.75 figured and plain Crex Porch
Rugs. 4-6x7, at. 6.50
33.50 Mahal and other Wool Wil
ton Rugs, 4-6x7-6./.... 28.00
24.50 Seamless Velvet Rugs, 6x9. . 18.75
26.50 good Axminster Rugs, 6x9.. 21.75
90.00 Hartford Saxony Rugs, 6x9. . 57.50
48.00 extra quality Axminster, 8-3x
10-6, at. 38.50
65.00 Seamless Plain Taupe Rugs,
8-3x10-6, at . 48.50
39.50 good figured Axminsters.
9x12. 33.50
52.00 extra quality Axminsters,/
9x12. 39.75
72.00 best Axminster ouality, 9x12 59.00
90.00 Mahal Wilton Wool Rugs,
8-8x10-6 at. 76.50
69.50 Smith Seamless Velvets, 8-3x
10-6, at. 59.50
95.00 splendid quality Wiltons,
9x12. at . 81.50
132.50 Standard Wiltons, 9x12.... 112.50
and Many Others.
Hammocks-Comfortable, New, Attractive
Good-looking, substantial types. Some with thickly
padded seats and backs. Upholstered in dependable
khaki or gray canvas.
00 $|
and Up
Standards of steel for hanging hammocks on porch or
lawn, at . . .*...$4.50 to $8.00
Splendid New Fumed Oak Porch Sets
A Truly Wonderful Value
In Oak Finished
Nut Brown Fumed
Considerably above the average for a
suite at thy price. Carefully constructed •
and built 6f selected stock.
Por^-h Swing:, S feet <5 inches Ion*, com
plete with rust-proof chains... $2.95
Fumed Oak Rocker, as pictured.$3.85
Arm Chair, pictured.$3.25
4-foot Settee, ns pictured.$5.75
Closing Out Several DaBed Patterns
at Sharply
Reduced Prices
$45.00 “Auto-Marik” Da- $
Bed complete with ere
tonne covered pad.
$59.00 “Auto-Marik" DaBed with ve
aur or tapestry
pholsterv and
ne pillow.
Other DaBeds as low as $12.75
Exceptionally Good Dresner
Friday and Saturday tor
Built of choice, extra heavy birch stock and beautifully
finished in old ivory or white enamel. Formerly $45.00 values.
While they last. .*.$28.00
o-o
Folding Sewing Table'
as pictured $1.95
10 inches long, built of hardwood, finished
rolden oak and marked with inch rule for
measuring clothing, etc.
Fumed and Golden Oak Dining Tables
At Savings of About
FIFTY PER CENT * ^
Massive fumed or gulden
o a k polished, 54 - inch
plank top, 6-foot extension
tables, each—
Many other equally interesting
values in various siies and styles
Oak Dining Chairs priced as low as.$1.95
