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ENGiiic
Fi Iipi nos
Terrorized
by V olcano
Hail of Stour* and Ashes With
Ca* Cloud* Makr Hatau
Island Rrsrmhle “No
Mao'* Land."
Inhabitants Flee to Sea
fly I’rro.
Bm(an, April 20. — Inhabitants of
iiatan Island aro menaced by tbc
eruption of a volcano three miles
northwest of San Dlonosco village,
according to a wireless message from
the yacht Apo, on which Governor
General I.eonard Wood Is Inspecting
the northern Islands of the Philip
pine archlpellago.
The report describes tlie eruption
us violent, with stones and ashes and
devastating clouds of gases rolling
down the mountainside and causing
^the adjacent country to look like "no
man's land" In France during the
world war.
The Inhabitant* have taken tem
porary refuge In Hhelter* near the
water'* edge. The people are ter
rorized, yet loath to leave their
home*. Food and medical aupplie*
have been furnished by the governor
general's yacht. Steps were being
taken today for the removal of the
people to places of safety.
The message from the yacht came
In confirmation of persistent rumor*
of volcanic activity on Babuyan Isl
and, near by. San Dlonosco, Ha tun
Island, has a population of 760 na
tive*. «
BOY JURISTS FOR
DISTRICT COURT
Hoys may nerve a« Judges of the
district court In Omaha a week from
ti<*xt Tuesday If plans of Robert K.
Kmiih, district court clerk and Joe
Marrow, bailiff, in c harge of placing
the youths In position In the court
lit use for Hoy's day In industry are
curried out.
It is thefr plan to have'every dis
trict Judge relieved from office by nn
edict from Governor Bryan "varnt
It tor u tiutt of that day all the
t ,,ug|M* county benches and appoint
ing youth* from the high schools In
their place*.
The courts will also be administered
by other youthful attaches that day,
a* sheriff, court clerks, reporters,
mors, commissioners, register of
il'-'-ds, etc,
NOTORIOUS “CON”
MAN DIES IN PEN
Canon City, Colo., April 2f>.—Is ill
monger, <74, alleged king of an Inter
Ha tlonal ring of confidence men who
were convicted In Denver last sum
mer, died In the state penitentiary
here today after a long Illness. He
was serving a sentence of 17 years.
We Have
With Us
Today
Iso \. Mathew*.
Beattie, Wash.
Heanishlp IJne Representative.
Mah Jong or rna (hong. a* the
Admiral Oriental line apella It In Ita
book of rule*, ha* had considerable
to do with the success of Mr.
Mathew*. Kor although Mr. Mathew*
D only 29 year* old, he ha* already
become a *ucee*a.
Horn In Jndlanola, la., Mr. Mathew*
(l tended school In J>e» ^>lne*.
Omaha. Denver and Beattie, and at
I ue University of Washington. He
then obtained a Job with the Illlnol*
Central railroad In Beattie, becoming
■ lilef clerk to the general agent there.
During the war he apent two years
in the army flying, was an Instruc
tor at half a dozen fields In this coun
try, and baa 500 houra of flight to
I I*'credit, a considerable amount of
Hying, a* any airman will affirm.
If* returned to th# University of
Washington after leaving the service,
but a abort time later became a pur
ser on the Adrnlffl Oriental line. This
steamship line, with It* great ship*
and the opportunity It afford* for
travel In the orient In perfect com
fort, ha* l>ecom# hi* hobby. He taJk*
Admiral Oriental day »nd night. It
was on th# B. B. President McKinley
that be conceived the Idea of getting
out a rule book on ma chong. There
v-sre four educated Chinamen on the
boat a* passenger*, and they were
playing the game with euch Intent
neg* that be enlisted their service*.
This was before the game became a
ciazo In this country. Blnce then
several ton* of these brsik* have been
distributed »nd each one I* »n ad
vcrtl*ement for th* Admiral Oriental
line.
Mr. Mathew* has another hobby.
It Is the University of Washington
football team. He believe* the team
will beat California this fall, and then
)i# |* eager to *ee them f>l»y one of
University of Nebraska's famous
teams.
Mr. Mathews, wno now baa the
title of traveling passenger agent. Is
to make hi* headquarters in Chicago
for a time. H« ha* been stopping at
Hotel Paxton while In Omaha,
t ForqpftinR Our Troubles.
Entente Cordiale
*
Facing Rupture
on Dawes Report
Two Fundamental Differ
ence* Divide British #nd
French—Neither Country
Willing to Baek Dowm.
—*
By I nlvfrMl Hfrfl*#.
Paris, April 20^—Instead of cement
ing the Anglo-French union, the re
port of the Dawes commission looms
now as the rock destined to split the
entente cordiale wide open.
Two fundamental difference# divide
the British and French viewpoint#."
while IMh Premier# Macdonald and
Poincare are definitely on record n#
mating that neither will back down
fyr the other.
The first difference Is over the
matter of sanctions. Premier Poin
care already ha# Indicated that
France will not accept the report of
the expert# at #11 unlea# Britain and
Italy sign «n agreement by which
all the allle# will Join In Imposing
new sanction#, Including a re-lmpoal
tlon of the Ruhr eystem should Ger
many default.
Premier Macdonald, In a speech ln»t
night, categorically repudiated such
a proposition on the ground that the
menace of new sanctions would be
an incitement to German national
ism.
In the second place. Premier Mac
donald believe# that the total of Ger
many's debt should be reduced In
order to permit. It to acquit Iteelf
fully within 20 years.
The French will refuse to consider
any reduction In the total of Ger
many's debt without a corresponding
reduction In Interallied debts.
Th<« most profound pessimism I#
now succeeding the extravagant
optimism of the last few weeks, and
hut few diplomats and observers think
that the experts’ plan can be put Into
execution before next year. If st all.
PACKERS LAMENT
POOR GRADE HOGS
|,ar<e rune of mangy hog* at the
Omaha market thla aprlng ha* canard
packer* to complain.
Veterinarian* attribute the prior
grade hog* to Improper rare and un
aanltary aurroundlnga exlallng at the
different feeding place* on the farm*.
On account of the market being low,
farmer# allow the atock to ahlft for
them*elve»and give them very little
attention.
County Muni Pay.
Judge O. J>. Wheeler, In dlatiict
court at Council Hluff* yeaterday,
ordered the county to pay for the
trnnacrlpt In the appeal to the *u
prrine court of (leorge Kendall frnm
ci nvlctlon on th* charge of drlv
lug an automobile while Intoxicated
Kendall la out upon an appeal bond.
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Man Sits on Tree Stump
to Light Pipe; Dynamite
Explodes; He'll Recover
Ntnrna Point, Wb., April —
J. n. Wlneeke found dynamite a
memory stimulant.
Wlneeke, who wme clearing tim
ber on hla larm, placed four sticks
of dynamite under a stump and
sal 'down to light his pipe, lie ab
sent-mindedly IM the fuse and for
got to get up.
The explosion burled Wlneeke
30 feet and he whs taken to a hos
pital witll two broken ribs and bad
ly singed eyelids. He will recover,
physicians declared.
WORKERS START
DAHLMAN DRIVE
A. V. ShotweU. chairman of the
Dahlman alate, announced a buay
program, starting today, for Mayor
Dahlman and the live id her commis
sioner* on hi* ticket.
The headquarter* of the Dahlman
ticket at Sixteenth and Douglas
street* will tie turn#.! over to one of
the commissioners each day this week.
Commissioner Jo* Koulaky and hla
workers will be In charge of the head
quarters on Monday, while Tuesday
Deah N'oyes will rule. Joe Hummel
will have Wednesday, with John
Hopkins In charge Thursday, Henry
Dunn on Friday and Mayor Dahlmpn
on Saturday.
Mr*. Grant Williams ha* been *p
pointed vice' chnJrman of the wo
men's club and with Mr*. W. B. Bollln
la buay organizing the women tmfers.
CONDITION OF
ACTRESS GRAVE
Fort Wayne, Jnd , April 20,—Clarn
Kimball Volina, nrtreaa. who under
went an operation Inat week for re
moval of nlidnmlnal tumor, waa reat
In* enally tonight and her ultimate
recovery la looked for, according to
f»r. B. T. Weaver, her phyalclan. Hei
condition, however, he aald, wna atlll
.eerloua and It will he a month before
■he will lie able to leave the hoapltal
for her home In J.oa Anttelea.
Mlaa Voting waa atrlrken auddenly
on the atage of a local theater Tuna
day night. The operation wna de
elded on after aho aulfered a re la pee
late yeaterday afternoon.
PLANES TO RACE
FOR NORTH POLE
Hr I filter**! H*nl**.
Part*, April 20.— Following the
opening of the round-the world air
rare between America end Kngland,
a new conteat for the honor of land
In* the flret airplane at the north
pole haa been announced with the
revelation that the French nlr mini*
try haa for montha been eecreily pro
paring a new machine to race ('aplain
Amundeen to the pole.
It la expected Hint both the plane*
will lie ready within a month and
lliat both will *(art on their daeh for
the pole before the end of May.
Diversification
Plan Started on
Farms in West
Growers Turning to Small
Grains and Leguminous
Crops—Dairying Prov
ing Profitable.
IIJr I'altffNl *«r«l««. •
Washington, April 20—Western
grain farmers, taking* iea<1 from the
hook of the southern cotton plantar,
have begun a diversification program
that promises good results, the De
partment of Agriculture announced
today.
A slump In wheat and flour prices
for three years, due to over produc
tion, ha* *ent the westerner* with a
v!m Into extensive production of small
grains, alfalfa, corn, flax, society
beans, seed clover and other legumin
ous crop*.
Reef cattle production Oeo has
been Increased greatly, and more at
tention than ever la given to dairy
ing. Many farm era have turned from
beef culture to dairying and have
mad# more money. Tha wheat acre
age ha# been sharply curtailed.
Japs Vent
Hatred on
Americans'
Ominous Humbling* Heard as
Anti-tJ. S. Sentiment Over
Immigration Bill
Develops.
Insults Hurled at Whites
By r»lT#r»«l dmlrt.
Toklo, April 20—Ominous rum
bllng* srs echoing over Japan today
aa even th# oldest and moat optimistic
Japaneae-Amerlcan obaervera In Toklo
ara beginning to grow alarmed at th#
trend event# are taking throughout
th# empire In connection with the
drastic Japanese exclusion measure
passed last week by th# American
congress In Washington.
Today'# unnatural calm In Japan la
believed to be but the foreboding etill
ness preceding th# etorm which will
break with uncontrollable violence
Juat aa aoon as the exclusion measure
Is formally enacted Into law by th#
elgnatur# of President Coolldge. That
tha American preeldent will sign th*
Immigration bill la taken as fore
granted In th# highest Japans** of
ficial circle*.
Anti-American sentiment Is begin
nlng to develop among th# Japaneee
masses and observer* fear that out
right violence might break any time.
Americans Insulted.
Already Instance# have been record
ed where Americana In the street# of
Toklo have been Insulted by Japaneae
citizens. In the majority of case#
these insults have been confined to
the hurling A>f the expletive "baka"
which means fool, by enraged Japan
ese citizenry upon passing Americans.
The Peruvian consul at Kobe was
attacked with a knife by an Intoxicat
ed Japan#*# laborer who believed the
diplomat waa an American eltlzen.
Th* consul escaiped Injury.
Thqs# Inatance# of Japanese resent
ment against the United States ara
only the mildest forms of outward ex
pression of deeprooted feeling of an
tagonism Intensified by th# present
immigration erlsls. according to ob
aervera of Japaneae American rela
tions.
The Japanese people as a whole
consider that through the action of
the United fitates their flag ha# been
Insulted and th* prese la beginning to
fan th# ember* of hatred. Newspap
er# generally carlcatur# American
tendencies and trait*, exploiting to th#
fullest th# Japaneae viewpoint of
American money-worship and com
mercial mntarlallsm.
“Gray# Consequence*.”
One of th# most Influential editorial
writer* In Japan, a writer of th# high
est standing In official quarters, hs#
this to say on the American situation:
"The present crisis Is filled with th#
gravaat consequence*. Japaneae and
American relation# undoubtedly will
be seriously harmed, for the Intelli
gent classes of ths Japaneae people
will not tolerate th# principles of
Americanism which consider th# Jap
an#** aa an inferior people. It t^
hard for tie to believe that anti-Jap
(Tern In rase Three. C'nlsitia Three.)
BRITISH FLYER
NEARING BAGDAD
Zlxa, Palestine, April 20.—Btuart
Macl/orcn, British aviator who Is
making an attempt to fly around the
world and who arrived her# yaaterday
from Cairo, resumed hi* flight to
ward Bagdad at t:2t this morning.
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“Ain't Nature Wonderful''
By UNCLE PETE.
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O'Neill. Neb., April I#—Hoc WII
klr.aon la considering offers from sev
arst lycaum bureaus for ths appear
anca of hla quartet of muaical wood
peckers on th# eastern rheutsuqua
cl-cults this summer.
The quartet, which consists of two
redheaded woodpeckers and two
three toad woodpeckers. Is |ierhape
th# only quartet of birds In tha coun
try playing popular alra on musical
instruments and It has taken the
doctor several years of patient appll
ration to perfect hla feathered muel
clene In their art. Hut now the hlrdt
wern to anjoy It and rsadlly learn
new sirs and tunes.
Tha Instruments ara four sonorous
wooden tubes of varying dlame'er and
length and the notes of the scales are
I rodtu-ed by the tapping of tha birds
as they run up and down the*.* per
pcndlettlar perches, the grnap of their
tors around the tubes tengthen^ig and
reducing the vibrations Just na the
slide on a trombone does.
Doc.'s attention was first attracted
to the possibility of teaching the
woodpeckers music by noticing aev
etal young birds tapping on the hoi
low branches of trees tn tha orchard
on hta ranch Jurt west of Heaver
Plata.
II# #oon discovered that the little
fellows enjoyed the sounds produceci
almost aa much as they did the grubs
and borers for which they sought
After securing a number of fledge
i ling* from the n<-#t* which were quite
I numerous Iti the orchard the doctor
mad* a set of wooden tubes and drilled
mlnut* hole* In them- As aoon a* the ,
bird* had frown gufflclant to begin
fho work for which nature had In
landed them h# would fill tha flmlet
holea In the tube* with hit* of earth
worm*
Aa th* holea war* placed at Inter
val* corresponding to th* arate* the
hlrda aoon learned I heir notaa, and
then were taught to play enaemtla.
For a long time It waa necessary to
prepare a special act of tube* for each
l.ine desired and te puncture them
.somewhat after tha manner of the
playing roll of a player piano, but
gradually the hlrda learned harmony
end aoon would perform without the
tubes being halted for them.
Koch bird la tauph! Ita part In each
selection apart from thr other Wide
and then they are brought together
and taught to play In unison. After
each selection they are fed. getting
one worm each for slow music, two
for wall*** and three for Jura, and
when Poe holds up one. two or three
finger*, th# bird* know Just what
etna* of music I* desired.
Their misreading of tha algnal* at
thrlr flr»t public appearance, at th*
!>sver Flats church anelnl last win
ter, proved rather embarrassing for
their trainer «nd put th* bird* In rathy
er had repute Th* dm lor held up
one finger for "Onward Christian
.soldiers,” hut In th# artificial light
lue bird* thought they saw 'hr** and
played "The Hlirlk."
Since then they have ho more
proficient In counting and have
len'ned to control their appetites so
that they now- go through I hair pro
gram Just as thalr ,owner desire*.
Rustic Swain Kept Waiting at Station
for Forger-Fiancee Vi ho ^cd His Rival
bl t*>» Re#
■tells, Neb, AptH I# —Kverylhing
waa set last Thursday morning for
the wedding «f Arthur Nedrow, poof
but honest farmer, living near Mteila,
and Dorothy Miller, gay and attrw
Uve nurae, one of tbs social lumi
naries of Auburn, Nob
Bverythlng, that la, but Dorothy.
Dorothy had sworn undying devo
tion to her rustic swain and promised
to strive In Stella Thursday morning
on the train from Omaha, to pel
married.
All Dressed I'p,
Arthur waa on the platform, all
dressed up like a sore thumb jnl
smelling of cologne water, when ihc
train arrived. Dorothy didn't. That
waa tough.
It got tougher along about noon,
when one of Arthur’s friends showed
him a parser setting forth the details
of the b&utlful Dorothy's marriage
to a man In Omaha, her desertion a
day later, and the fact that ahe had
raised soma of Arthur's checks In
order to provide a nifty honeymoon
for hla rival.
| Considering hi* future plan* Arthur
[la ellenl.
liei It |« lire fine.
Ill* Sunday aull haa l>e*n pul away, j
He ha* gone lack U the old fine,
where he receive* rlatta from "rn*
to lima from hla parent*, >lt and
Mr*. Joaeph Ned row of Well*
The townapeople are all atenmed up
over the tough break fat* handed
Arthur.
"He'a a hardworking boy, and
never get* into any trouble," the
tale goea.
"It aU atarted when a nighbor boy
went to Auburn to are a girl friend
who waa a nurse He Invited Arthur
to go along. Arthur went, and he
met Dorothy. That wa* about a year
and a half ago.
Met Parenta.
"Sometlmea he brought Dorothy to
hla home, and aha met hi* parent*.
Why, It waa only a month ago *h*
wa« here, and ahe wild right before
everybody that when ahe came again,
It would be a* Arthur'* wife. And now
look what happened. It’e downright
acandalou*. that’* what It ts. Arthur'*
»uch a nice boy."
Democrats Go on
Record for Cash
Bonus Measure
Minority Group to Vote for
Committee Bill, However,
if Report Fails to Com
. mand Support.
Washington, April fO.—Senate
democrats went on record today for
a cash and Insurance bonus bill In a
minority report of the finance com
mittee made public by Senator Walsh,
Massachusetts, although It was In
dicated on the floor yesterday the
party would support ths pending
straight Insurahce bill "to aaeure en
actment Into taw of a bonus meas
ure," , ,
The rsport declared such a plan
would cost the government about
11.000,000,000 less than the pending
bill, but If It failed to command sup
port, the minority members would
vote for committee measure. Hli of
th# seven democrats of the commit
tee signed It, Senator King. I'tah. re
fusing, because he Is opposed to any
bonus bill.
Passage Fx period.
Republloan leader* today con aid
ered th# way clear for paean** early
In th* week of th# atra!«ht Inauranc*
MIL Their a/wuranc# waa baaed on
statements of Senator Robinson,
Arkansan, demooratle leader, that th#
democrat# feared republican* would
vole to sustain a Veto by President
Coolldg# of a cash and Insurance
measure. Senator Watson, republican.
Indiana, and other republican lead
ers, said they would vote to over
ride a presidential veto of the straight
Insurance plan.
The democratic plan would allow a
choice of full cash payment or a 20
year endowment Insurance policy,
»hcreaa th# committee measure
would provide for th* Insurnnca poll
clea with caah payment* only to those
veterans not entitled ' to more than
2t« In adjusted service compensation.
BoBi measures would allow com
penaatlon on th* same basis, |1 a
day for home aervlo# and 11.25 a day
for oversea* service, exclusive of the
first (0 days.
Would lean* Bonds.
Funds for payments under th#
democratlo proposal would b# ob
tained. the report explained, through
Issuance of 11,500.000,000 additional
bonds under th* second Liberty loan
act.
Support of th* American Legion
was given yesterday to th* straight
Inauranc# proposition. Commander
Quinn declaring In a message to aen
store that the democratic eubetltut*
would endanger enactment of any Mil,
since It could not be paeeed over a
presidential veto.
SMALLPOX CASE
AT REFORMATORY
Lincoln. April 20.—A ease diagnosed
as smallpox has hern discovered at
the Mate reformatory for men near
Lincoln, according to a report mads
by I>r. II, A. K Inkle, house phy
sician at the Institution, to Huper
Intendent Miller. James M. Phillips.
22, who broke out of Jail In Furnas
county, was recaptured and sent to
the reformatory, le the afflicted man.
Htepe were taken by the superintend
cnt to prevent spread of Ihe ailment.
Phillips was placed In quarantine
No outsiders am permitted to pass
within the gates of the reformatory.
llcuty Jap Immigration
Into Mexico Predicted
By I'nltfml Bertie*.
Mellon City. April 10. A heavy
Japnnee* Immigration Into Mellon la
foreoaat tiy Salvador nomern, labor
lender, trim ban Jnat relum#<1 from
a trip along the went coaet. Il« re
I*ortn Hint .lupaneee former* and In*
iluntrlnllale are beaded for Ihe atnlre
of Sinaloa and X'dMrlt.
1 lent rlrt Iona on I he aell lenient of
Japan*** In III* United Htnlea now
make Meulm the mOltml rhnlv* of
the Inpnnew fin their realdeiu-e III
thn v.riiem world.
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Victory Claimed
for Coolidge by
Manager Butler
563 Delegate* Instructed or
Favorable to President
Already Selected,
He Declares.
Washington. April 10.—Accom
plished victory for President Coolidge
in the campaign of th* republican
presidential nomination waa claimed
today by William M. Butler, Coolidge
manager, In a formal statement, in
which he said 5S* delegates Instructed
or favorable to the president already
had been selected, eight more than
neceasary for a choice.
In th* list furnished by Mr. Butler
as favorable to Coolidge, "either by
Instruction, by endorsement or by
personal prefer*#***." were th* New
Vbrk delegation Of SI and krther* not
bound down by mandatory orders,
but which, he wild, preferred the
nomination of th* president.
According to Mr. Butler, th* "Cool
idge delegate* thus far chosen" are:
Colorado. 15; Connecticut, 17; Fieri
da. 10; Idaho, 11; Illinois, 50; Iowa,
29: Kansas. II (two to be elected);
Kentucky. 2<; I-oulstnna, IS; Maine,
15; Michigan, SI; Minnesota, 17; Mis
sissippi, 11; Mlssonri, IS (IS to be
elected); Nebraska. 10; New Hamp
shire. 11; Netv Mexico. S; New York,
91; North Carolina, 19 (three to be
elected); North Dakota, II; Oklahoma,
11 (11 to be elected); Rhode Island.
II; Bouth Carolina. 11; Ter*>ea*ee,
11 (15 to be elected); Virginia:, 17;
Washington, 17; Wisconsin, 1; Ha
waii, I; Philippines, I.
The ettaerneot said there would be
two contesting delegations from
iGeorgla and that Georgia delegate*
ware omitted from th# laid*.
CHURCH BURGLAR
GETS PROBATION
Milwaukee. Wla . April JO —Becaue*
Fid ward Wallla, 1* year-old "church
burglar," told Judge A. C. Rarkue
that he entered church ctoak
rooma and rifled clothing there to
ear# hla wife and * year-old eon from
atarvatlon. and pay th* undertaker'*
bill following th# death of two of hie
children, he wnW placed on probation
Inatead of being eent to prleon
Not only Wallla, but hi* wife Ruby,
and th* baby aa well, wept through
out the hearing. The mother clutched
th* little boy rloe* to her and eobbed
audibly, while Wallla placed hla head
In hla arm on tip defene* couneel
table, while hi* ahouldera ahook with
emotion.
According to hla admiaalon*. Wal
lla etole a total of $l?d from church
cloakroom*.
OMAHA BOY GIVEN
10-DAY SENTENCE
John Nelson. I*. «0S* Reward
street, Omaha, was sentenced to 10
days In Jail In lien of a $15 fine when
arraigned on a speeding char** Sat
urday morning In municipal court at
Council muffs The Judge, however.
Instructed Chief of Police eQcrge
rtlllnspy to release the youth when
ever he eecmed sufficiently punished
Robert lelnson. 1*. 1100 Canning
gtreet, was dismissed when he told
the Judge be was hurrying to a rail
road station along a side street with
hi* parents a* paseengsrs. Pine* of
115 each were given Mika Rherman
of Omaha and lion llurton, 1* !«•
High School avenue, on speeding
charge*. '
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Automobile
Demolished
at Crossing
I’ilotlfM IxH'oinotivc. Duelling
Down Tra«;k I-ikc Giant
Sprctir, Str**w» I)«*alh
in Wake.
Boy Huded 200 Feet
By l almHl Sir > lei.
Chicago. April *0— Death rode at
the thottle of an abandoned locomo
tive today aa It ruahed wildly through
the night and atruok an automobOa.
killing four persons and Injuring two
more.
Without llghta. eave the sparks
from lta ataok. the engine screamed
like a giant black epectre for three
mllee from the Baltimore * Ohio
roundhouae until It crashed Into a
bumping poet at the atub end of a
track and turned over.
At a street crossing, nearly three
mllee from the roundhouae, the en
gine. running heck wards struck the
automobile of Otto Bowmark, grind
ing It Into an unrecognizable mass.
Bowmark, hla wife and 10-yearold
boy were killed outright. William
Lindberg. an occupant of the auto
mobile. died of Injuries this afternoon.
Mm. I.lndberg and Bowmark’a slater.
Hilda, were seriously Injured.
Hm Man Leap.
Authorities today were seeking to
learn the Identity of a man. clad In
overalls, who waa reported having
been seen leaping from the engine as
It left th# roundhouse. The cabin
waa deserted and th* throttle wide
open as It emerged from th# network
of awltch track*. alowTy at first, then
steadily galnlnr momentum and speed
until It was rushing wildly at a speed
estimated at BO miles an hour.
A negro who saw the man leap
from the cabin reported the matter
to signal men. Wires flashed th*
newt along th* rout# and efforts
were made to throw derail switches
ahead of the speeding engine. They
mleeed connections by fraction* rf
seconds. Fear gripped towermen that
th# engine would And an open awltch
to th# main track and colMd# with
several scheduled Inbound passenger
trains It stopped short of th# cross
ing of th* Illinois Central tracks and
turned over.
Boy Hurled M Feel
Efforts to overtake th* runaway
engine with a swift pursuit locomo
tive proved futile.
Th* Injured were In too aertoua a
condition to give detail* of the eoill
sloa.
Th* boy waa th# A net to be found,
hurled a distance of "00 feet from
the track. A passing taalcab driver
found the moaning boy and without
wafting to look for other Injured took
him to th# Pouth Shore hospital. II*
died before reaching th* hospital.
Wreckage strewn along tbs track
for mors than a Mock gave mute evi
dence of th* speed wtlh which the
engine rushed blindly through th*
darkness.
Railroad officials Joined the police
authorities in making a thorough in
vestigation. hoping to learn tbs
Identity of the man who started the
engine on Its race of destruction.
4 KNOCKED DOWN
BY WILD AUTOIST
Three unidentified men In a tour
ing car Saturday night drore Into »
crowd of to peraona waiting to beard
a etreet car In front of the Union
atatlon and then aped on after Injur
ing three and knocking down othera
William K. Albright. Falla City.
Neb ; Mta. Kthel Pauleen. HtO Burt
atreet, and her daughter. Clorar. IT.
were allghtljr injured. Poctal In
spector William Coble wea knocked
down. .
Albright waa carried f* feet on the
radiator of the ear while Clorer Paul
•en waa knocked the length of the
atreet ear.
EX-OMAHAN WILL
WED AT HONOLULU
Word haa been received of tha
•n*a*ement of Mlaa Jeeale t'arey
former euparvlaor of mttele In th#
Parnam arhool. lo Walter Hatcher,
artenre taarhar In tha high eehool
at Idhtte on tha tatand of Km*1.
Philippine# where aha ta now taarh
In*
The marriage will take place In
July at Honolulu, after which they
will make a tour of the telande. They
will live at lJhue.
Or. Ining ('utter Elfftfd
to Head Revolution Son*
Hr train* Cutter, dean of the col
lege of medicine at T’nleeralty of Ne
hraeka. eaa elected preetdent of the
Omaha chapter of the hone of the
American Revolution, ortantred *t a
meeting Mount*y nl*ht In Ho’el
rontenelle,
.1 I. i'isldin*i n waa cloven vice <
pnmldent and tleorge Hcj»ri eerie
lary and treaeurer
C*l. J M Itanletrr acted aa tempor
ary chairman.
A K Sheldon elate Wretary and
Tir ileorge Snipe# p teal dent of the
L.mwin chapter. were p.eaeat.