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Murderess l^ed by (lonseienee w to Admit Crime "Cnulil No! Slrrp," Mr. J« h.nnn Tell Conffiiet— ChirgeH With Killing of Paramour. Middletown. Conn., April 11 -—Burled In n fnrilllrer pit, where Mr*. Johanna Tell lold New York detect I vea It would >*, the body of Chari** Blair war found today. A previous anarch had failed to disclose the body and state po^ce were beginning to doubt _<’’B poftArted confession of the woman trfit ahe had killed Blair and hidden hla body In the pit. The body waa found under a heap of rubhlah, fully riot hod, but not hacked to bit*, aa Mrs. Tell had said. Now York. April 11.—Her con science. working In the old-faahloned way. today drove Mrs. Johanna Tell to confess a murder of which ahe would never have been suspected. The blue-eyed, red-haired woman ot 3a walked Into the office of the dis trict attorney here and clamly stated that ahe had slain Charles Blair, cut up his body with an ax and burled the pieces in the yard. She and Blair, both of whom are separated from their legal mates, had been living on his chicken farm In Connecticut. She often begged him for money so she could get a divorce and urged him to do the same so they could marry and live more in ac cordance with conventional methods. This led to repeated quarrels. It was one of these quarrels that ended In the killing last Tuesday morning. Mena red With Ax. Blair, she said, became so enraged that he entered the kitchen with an ax and told her he was going to settle the matter once and for all. As he menaced her with the Imple ment a table stood between them. Beaching Into the drawer, she took out a pistol and fired. When he was dead she took the ax and hacked the body so she could move it to the yard, where she buried It. Then she scrubbed up the blood and bad the house In perfect order when her daughter came home from school. Blair came to New York almost every day. She knew neighbors and her daughter would think he had come to the city. She was sure, whtn he never returned, that the rural neighbors would list him among those who go to the city and vanish. No one doubts but what that is the way the matter would vhave beer* pr.ssed over had her conscience not worked In the old-fashioned way. Tell* Her Uncle. But .Instead of letting things go aa she planned, she came to New York and confessed to her uncle, Francis Martin. He advised her to go to the district attorney. So Impressed was the district at •r> ney that h* met for an attorney w» iftAf h»r IHtrtKl It la my duty to yiMatt aa watt aa pr«**rul»," fitatrtrt Atinrary Me <Miaa aatd tonight, "and from tha war thlh woman haa told Mr story I Mirra Aa should Mra tha pm imuon of tha marts. I sMIl aaa that •ha la ropraaantod In «'nnn#rUout aa wall at Art* '* Tha fart that tha dead was mm miuad In OnnwMritt will aar* Mi from tho daaih ponalty. Mra. Tall said tonight that Malt had daod her tha farm, hut aha tor* up tha dead after tha kilting horauae ah* hatlarad hla wlfa ahould g*t tM property. Tonight Mra. Tell Is sleeping In a local Jell—tha first Bleep ah* haa had *101*0 Monday flight. It la the sleep of real for her n*n arlenre no longer tmnhlea hrr. Walton Case in High Court c? ■ Imprarlied Governor of Okla homa Stages Bitter Legal Fight Against Decree. Washington, April 11.—Ona of the bitterest fights In tha history of American Jurisprudence wsg brought Into tha supreme court when it reached for argument tha appeal of former Governor John C. Walton of Oklahoma to set sslde his Impeach ment by the Oklahoma legislature. The federal district court for west ern Oklahoma had refused to review the Impeachment proceedings. Today the proceedings of the su preme court were enlivened by an effort by counsel for the former gov ernor to have consideration of the appeal proposed. Counsel for the Oklahoma house of representatives and other defendants opposed the move. The former governor's sppeal was based upon ground that hs had not been given a fair and Impartial trial In the Impeachment proceedings. He alleged that the Ku Kluz Klan and other Influence! predominated the Oklahoma house In his impeachment and the senate In his trial. ‘BUTCHERS’ MEETS’ CAUSE OF DIVORCE Emma T). Huffman, 3670 Ames ave nue, was granted a divorce from John Huffman, a butcher. She gets the home and household goods and he another house at 4303 North Fortieth street by mutual agreement. She said ha was out at night and told her he was attending butchers’ union meetings. When she Insisted on accompanying him to one of the meetings he refused to go and stayed at home. She said he used to wave his hand at a woman on Florence boulevard when they drove out in their car. She charged that a women called for him In an automobile Satur day nights while hs was employed at Twenty-fourth and Fort streets. Omaha Lincoln Minneapolis Now York Utmost Satisfaction in These Beautiful M Easter ^ Coats Featuring ExVrcme Values Saturday aV Saturday will find many woman in tliia city making their selection of a new Easter coat. To these women, we invite their special attention to the exceptional values we are offering. . 11 Whether you desire a coat for utility or sports wear, or a coat for dressier occa sions, you ara certain to find in Haas Brothers broad assemblage of coats just what you want in style, fabric color and price. ! Shop Saturday Forenoon We anticipate n very busy day, and you will find it to your ad vantage in many wnys to arrange to make your selections as early in the day as is possible. Haas Brothers " 'Jfte SfiapfirWomen" ■“ State Theaters Show liOeal l.afs — * ll’s Ittii of Fun and Miilw You’ll He Onr nf ^ inner*. Wl UT T I , Iteiffil IImIkti In Nrl'inkl end low* have rontraric.1 lo *how law#) ld»f», edited by Th* Omaha R**. on (hair motion picture aer**n». These are th* th*nt*ra nutald* «f Omaha at which th* l^vtl laf reel will appear regularly *a*h week1 IIM... Wed.. Rex Ifcnlo, ***b M«* sn.1 Twr.ilaj, tnlol tilt. Net. ImptfO theater, orli I fliln end sulnrdrt* . vlmilfr. Web.. Vn.erli. theater, r»*b T«mda% IX cdn'.ds* and PoMflt bed Oak. la.. !*«•** tbestel c#*h Xlnndax and 1 seeds.. X»,( nek Jtrh.. Me tric theater, o* I'rtda. and *nl»rdax. North Platte. Net-.. Krllli thralrr, rarh I Tnradax. Fifteen cash prizes will b* nwarded each w**k for th* b**t Joke a re ceived by th* Local Tdxf editor of Th* Omaha It**. Send a* many Jol;*a a« you like, but b* aur* to writ* on on* aid* of I ho paper nnd limit th* Jok* to .10 word*. First prize, $5; second prize, 11; third prize, $2, and 12 prizes of $1. each. Remember. Hies* prize* are awarded each week. Because you may have won one prize, you arc not made Ineligible to try for an other prize. So get busy, write nut your Joke, •end it to the Local Laf editor. The Omaha Bee, then visit one of the above named theaters and see If yeu won a prize. CAT IS THROWN IN WIFE’S FACE Clark Worthy appeared at the Lothrop theater, where his wife, Lela, played the piano, and raised a scene the e\-enlng of January 2, she testi fied In District Judge L. B. Day’s court, where she Is seeking a divorce. When they arrived home. 2022 Web ster street, he beat her and locked her in a room, ehe said. "Later I took him back,” she said, "but he knocked me down and threw the cat In my face. I carried the marka for three weeka.” OIL COMMITTEE BACK <OM TRIP Member* af I ha Chamber of mere# oil committee, who Inapet-ted Iho ftalda of Nehaorlta, Nob, It mtlaa from Omilu. wliiraal Krtda), A Yexaa company la bavin* a odl drUte.l at that p<dnt. A ompld* unfit with diamond drill la on hand and haa already drilled d««n 10# fool. It la hetlaved iho auhnructuro of tha Oklahoma ftaldo may ha itarhnl. J, David Ufom, a tnamber of tha committee, declared Mt.it 1,000 flehla about Nehawka have boon Iraeed for oil pinponea by the name Texan com puny, %t hh It h drilling the ydl, * M* ml" rx of the rntnmltloa ara Manila)! 1C. Kroon, Clotthl Dtetr, Mor rlo Milder, Paul Kuhn*, C, I.. Child, J, David Jjrraon. Tho fatliar of David Lloyd George wn* a poor oohoolmaator. Nebraska Should bead in Dairies < reamer) Mali Adtlreaeen Jun ior I!, of C. ('.la inn Hair) inc Profitable. why Nehraeka ahould lead dairy atatea of lha eounlry In lha fare «f keen romprtltlon war* outlined Thuradav nlaht by A, t., Ilaarkar, a*c retnry of the Nehraaka Creamery Nut tar Ifanuftieturlna *«#m*iatio«, tan* roln, lx fur* lh« junior illvlulon of lha Chnrolx-r of Commerra, llo declared that Ih* i-«iintrv had not yri ipinvrird from an agrleiil I Ural depmaakitt, "I* haa boon noted hnwavar,** he »ald, "that farmer* who devoted pert of their time to dairying have proaparad. "In lime In pnm* thera mav he n I* ill.I of overpimliirtti.it, keen mopeM'lon )• Mcimi) '* llaarker dei In Ml that ha had never aaan a lima In hi* II >eare' aiperl aura In Nebraaka whan there ealated a batter understanding between farm *r and tha t>uatn»aa man In tha rlty, lla ettea aa an eaamtde tha Nebraaka Dairy Development aortal y. "Dairying la done In loo mttrh ft a hapharartl way In Nebraaka,'* ha atal ad " Tha dairy row hae kept more [than one Nebraaka Hank from • tualog and now *M tonka »•« *•** frtkMi *t Ilia dalHna” .Salonika r*»«m**laa art rawlral lamt and ha>• «i««l tranapertailon f* rUltlaa, I,a *!»• lac'l |)rv Agrnta Sri«r Sdkoonrr. Kan rnatfMa. 0*1. April II.—TM •. h‘i<>tt.-r Ma* flyman waa n*la*<1 In Hon Crannlnoo My today l»y pfoklH Hon aimia A* v*n m#n war* arr*»* ml and inn raw# of ll<|tmr ton fl ana lad Maa Wan* Ada Pmduc* llamll*. Ageing in wood takes time and costs us lots more money, but it gives you better tobacco Velvet is made from I he beat Kentucky Burley lobarro money can buy, and every bit. of it I horouphly aped in wood. It is mild, fine flavored and smokes cool. Bemcmbcr—aged in wood. • IjMfit A Mt**s Tnfunm f!«. 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" "i l New Boyish Suits For town wear, for promenade and, of course, for traveling, women have always chosen the suit to achieve for them the distinction of being well dressed. This season the great Paris houses gave us trim, youthful lines, slim and boyish—garconne suits that please us much. The Thompson-Belden suits were selected for their strict adherence to the French precedent; are hand-tailored from the ma terials the smart women of Paris deem most wearable. Poiret Twills $49.50 Pin-Striped Twills $49.50 Black Alpaca '• $69.50 No woman need pine for the want of a suit because the strictly tailored does not become her, for it was j. with her in mind that we selected novelty sports suits and beautiful costume suits which combine a smart frock with coat to match. THIRD FLOOR « Fur Chokers are considered, by most women, to be an abso lutely necessary acces sory to the spring suit. Stone Marten, $29.75 THIRD FLOOR Swagger Sticks The east has revived this smart mode; the west has taken it up with de light. Smartly tailored women carry a stick of plain natural wood, or in color, by its leather thong handle. $1.75 Especially imirt for promenade is a stick with amber crook, $2.25 STREET FLOOR Silk Scarfs Worn muffler-like inside one’s jacket collar, or thrown jauntily about the neck. You will like to know that we have no duplicate of the scarf you buy here. Gayly colored, striped or plaided or dropped-stitch patterned, , $2.95 /• Very rrand silk and wool knitted acarfs, silk fringed, $6.00 ' / Knitted Cravats for the tailored woman are run with an appeal ingly feminine gold thread which belies their mannish origina tion. $1.25 - ■ ■ -“The Best Place to Shop, After A IP’— -- * Entire New Stock! Just Arrived and Unpacked > New Easter Hats a Just in time arrive the newest conceits—New York's I newest crepe, taffeta and Hair Hats, we offer tomorrow I As a Special Pre-Easter Offering Most Unusual Values New advanced Hats in sand, orchid, gray, wood, also black combined with colors, almond and com binations. Positively Unmatchable * Small Hats for bobbed heads, other small and medium styles for misses and teamen. Smart, be coming models for the matron. I “One of a Kind Models” Copies of Pattern Hats! HATS FOR EVERY WOMAN THE VARIETY IS IMMENSE ' Our $7.50 hats need no intro- Here is an unusual selection of duction to Omaha women. Let smart one of a kind models, it suffice to say q l,— Hats for which m that this selection r / Oil you would expect 1 I 1 offers the un- / ■ to pay much II I j usual at - # ^ more. J. V J 16th and Harney Morning Special 9:00 to 11:00 Spring Hats for Quick Disposal $2.95 I