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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1924)
I =rn I The ( >MAHA M< iRN VG 'JEE ITT™ I • •**MM**«lw** __^ |m* Mm* M *•»*» >»wM UH» CITY ibmoN VOL M NO, m OMAHA, WRONKHDAY, APRIL :w, IM4, • TWO rfcNTH* L, ■ — --^ L—I ■ I m'~ •* M, > . , |M MMm W ■ tMi, *♦» «» *»*« *•»»>»*»»»♦» »»- »« ♦»" *•** *«••—«•« t'» ****** »*y_ ** , ^ —PT— M. - - mm HI limn r ill i ill III "fT '' 1r ” 1 H it**11”'1*' '-*' '""' '' w ' CROWD ROBS URL’S CASKET OF FLOWERS Blossoms Snatched as Souvenirs Police Control Thronpt* of Curious at Rite* for Youthful Lawyer Slaver-Suicide. **5,000 Present at Funeral Chicago, April A crowd esti mated at 5 000 persons gathered at the Stopa home today for the funeral of Wanda Ktalne Stopa, youthful woman lawyer, who committed sul fide sfter killing Henry Manning, a gardner. Police reserves were called ..lit to drive back the thronga of curl ..us and permit the casket of the pretty ••Bohemian" writer to be car ried to the hearse. During the two day* the body lay In state In the humble Stopa home, 1:5,000 persons viewed It. Floral offerings were literally tom to pieces by morbid souvenir hunt er*. More than a dozen poems, written l.y artist and writer friends of the girl, were received by the family. Y. K. Smith, the middle-aged writer with whom the girl had become In fatuated and whom she sought to kill because she refused to divorce his wife and marry her, did not attend the funeral. It was Smith’s gar dener whom the girl killed when she sought to shoot Mrs. Smith. LANDIS CALLED ' BY COMMITTEE Washington, April -9.—Kennesaw Mountain Dandis, former United Mate* district judge at Chicago and now high commissioner of baseball, X, whs subpoenaed today by the W Wlieelec-Hrokhart committee for ex r ruination In connection with the ease of Philip Grossman, Chicago aaloon keeper, who was convicted of violat ing the Volstead act and later par doned without serving a prison aent eme. ,In me* A. Finch, pardon attorney of the Department of Justice, testify ing before the committee, said that Judge Dandle had "severely de nouneed” the pardoning of Gross man by President Coolldge after the lute President Harding had turned a deaf car for appeals for clemencj lor Cirooman. MERCHANT DIES IN SLEEPING CAR Milwaukee. Wl*., April 29.—Abra l am Kron, 70, wealthy retired, mer . hsnt of Appleton, Wls„ wa* found dead In his berth, when a North western train arrived In the Milwau kee depot. Kron was on hi* way lo ,i Chicago hospital. He was accom panied by Ills wife and son. Tha ;>ody was removed to a morgue. We Have With Us Today lil.F.NN L. MARTIN I l,KVF,l,ANII, O. AIKPleANF. MANI FAIT! RF,R. I,lk* mnit boy*. Mr. Marlin wan pn enthualaatlc builder and flyer of kite*. He built »coie* of them, ,om* of quit* werbl type*. The , ru*l nec*»*lty of making a living i nu*ed him to turn to bu*lne»* In 11)02, when h* engaged In the then young automobile trade at Santa Ana, Cal. Four yoiri !ftt«r, howtv^r, Orville Wright created hi* flr*t aaronautl ea| »en**tlon by remaining In the air one minute end 40 eecond*, *rul thl* wm a turning point In the life of young Martin. He wanted 'in la» a flyer, a builder of flying rum lilnee. Ami In thl* ambition hi* rally Intereat In kit* flying wa* valuable, for he applied principal* ,,f kite flying to th* building of glider*, nnd In 190* lie wa* actual ly flying a heavier than air plane, which ho built and learned to fly lilmeelf Mr, Martina flrtit plane waa npilpped with a 22 12 horaepower Kord motor, and with thl* power ho mu only able to get off the ground during the early morning and the, lute evening, when there waa little lM<er,e nnd a lienvler air condition, lie next Inwtfilled a *0-horaepower motor, nnd met with more aucceaa, ami a year or *o later he began making world'* record flight*. About thl* time he built a ahlp dealgned for training purpoaen, and wild It to th* government. Hlnco then h« baa »old large number* of \ III* ablp* to the government from ^ Ida factory tn CleveHnd, Including tunny of the famou* Martin bom her ty|>e, and at pr*»ent h* I* mak Ing a reaearch Into th* need* of the air mall aervlre with the Idea of building a tfetter plane for thnt j purpose. Mr, Martin wa* horn In Mark* l*n g. la,, on January 17, 1**6. and attended whool In Saltna, Kan , and at Kantaa Waalaya« ^ 4 J Dancer Renews Bitter Fight to Give Name and Future to Son Nameless Son of Bran Burrow* Fontaine. San Francisco, April *0—"With *11 her soul and material resource*," Evan Burrow* Fontaine ha* renewed her fight to give a name and future to her little boy who, she allege*, I* the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt W'hltney. A breach of promise action seeking $1,000,000 was filed today In federal court. Similar action was recently filed In superior court hire, but was ordered1 transferred to federal court because Whitney Is a resident of Cali fornia and Miss Fontaine I* a resident of the east. The complaint repeated the allegations of the former action, that Whit ney, whfcc a student ad Vale hi June, 10*0, promised to marry her; that they lived together for three months, and that Whitney It the father of the child born to Miss Fontaine._ Leader in Denver Jail Break Must Serve e Term William Dalihunt Sentcnred for Robbery—'Two Com panions Arrested at Colorado Springs. Denver, Colo., April 2* —William H. Dalihunt, alias 1*11 Hanlon, former jimateur boxer of St. Paul, today was sentenced to serve life Imprisonment In the etota penitentiary at Canon City as a result of hla conviction on charges of aggravated robbery The court ordered Hanlon removed to the stats penitentiary Immediately. Hanlon was arrested yesterday at Colorado Springs following Ills escape along with 13 other prisoners from the Denver county Jail last Thursday night. Two of his companions In the Jail delivery likewise have been re captured. Hanlon must serve life In the state prison ns the result of his conviction on a charge growing out of the roh lcry of s. downtown filling station on the night of February 2!) last. In which approximately 1300 wag ob tained. REBELS ATTACK MEXICAN TRAIN Vers Crux. April 2*.—1Th* action of the engineer In putting on full <team In the face of a fusillade of shot* wived a paaaenger train on Ih# Mexican rallwuy, attacked by rebel* about an mllea from Vera Crux Sat tirday, It W»e learned today. The paaaenger*. numbering about 50, were tin rile stricken, but nono waa Injured. Many of the rebel* are reported to have been wounded by the telurn fire of the military guard. Craoii kill* Pilot. Plan Diego, Cal., April 29— I.feut, K. A. Muak, an aviator atatloned at tha North Island naval air atatlon, wa* killed today when hi* plane col tided with another In midair, dam aged one wing and fell 2,900 feet Into Han Diego bay. Dleut. O. A. Weller, pilot of the other machine, wa* unln Jured. “Arrent Men Selling lAffuor to My Dtuldy Girl Write* C.oolidge ' —-—* Wllllaton, N. D., April 29.—A pen riled not* In a chlldlah scrawl ad dressed to President Coolldge, plead Ing with him to "arreat th* men who are selling llepior to mV daddy," haa been received at the sheriff* office ^here, after having passed through va rioua government channel* from the i hlef executive down. A Williams county girl, apparent ly not aware that she could secure the acridc# of local officials, had written the letter to the president An Investigation I* being conducted Coolidge Leads Johnson 10 to I in Ohio Primary Early Return* Give Ex-Gov ernor Jame* Gox 2 to 1 Margin Over MeAdoo. Culumbu*. O., April 29—Return* from 47 scattering precincts In to day* presidential preference primary election In Ohio gave President Cool Idge more then n 10-to-l lead over Senator Hiram Johnson of California for the republican nomination, and former Governor Jatne* M. Cox of Ohio better than a 2 to-1 l»ad over William Gibb* MeAdoo. The return* from the 47 precincts gave Coolidge 1,245 votes and .lohn an 93. and Cog 357 vote* to 140 for MeAdoo. SENATOR COUZENS GOES UNDER KNIFE Baltimore, Md.. April 29 —Senator Cour.ena of Michigan went under th# surgeon'# knife at John# Hopkln* hospital today for th* removal of a long standing affection of th# gall bladder. He has been at the hospital for th* last two week* preparing for tha operation. BOY, 57FATALLY HURT IN TORNADO Texarkana. Ark.. April 20—I.uther Thorn peon, Jr., 8, wan reported fatally Injured and eeven other peraona badly hurt, tn a tornado which wrecked eight dwelling* In n apareely populat ed auliurb on the northern outaklrta of Texarkana late today. Beatrice Meat Dealer Die* After Long Illne** gperlat Otapatch to The Omaha Mae. neatrlce, Neb. April 2»—William A. atoll, engaged In the meat bual neaa here alnce 1004 and for 40 yeara a reartdent of tlMlrlrt, died at Ida home today after a long lllneaa. Hla father, the lata II. C. Htnll. operated a fine alock ranch aouthweat of the dty In an early day. Auto Hit* Hog; Two Hurt. f*olumbua. Neb.. April 29—ling* running looee along the country roada have again reeulted In trouble to automoblllata. F. C. Kearnea, llawarden lla.l farmer, waa cut *nd hrulaed thla morning when the auto mobile ha waa driving north along the Meridian highway atrurk a full grown anw that, darted from the rnadalde Juat abend of him, throwing the car over to the elde of the road Mrn Kearnee, who accompanied her huahand, had one arm Injured Omahau Jailed at liluff*. Kd Franklin. Omaha, won gHen .10 daye for petty larceny In Council i a^Jctpat court tUa »orai»« | Gov or nor of Iiuliami Quits Post; in Jail Warren MrCray. Convicted of IViiiK Mail* to Defraud. Rids Hi* Family Farewell. ImtiilmlM.il,«. Itltl., April Wat i«n T. McCray, who resigned today ns governor of Indiana following his conviction In federal court yesterday on charges of using the malls In fur therance of a scheme to defraud, bade fgrewell to his family this afternoon agd was returned to the Marlon county Jail. McCray will be taken before United States Ulstrlct Judge Albert B. An derson tomorrow morning for sen tence, and It was expected that shortly thereafter he would be started upon his way to begin a sentence in the federal prison at Atlanta, Oa. The penalty may he a fine of not more than *1,000 or not more than five years’ imprisonment, or both, In the court's discretion, according to the statute. The penalty may he Im posed on each count In the Indict ment. The indictment against Mc Cray contained 13 counts. Visit* Family. McCray spent more than an hour today with his family at the gov ernor's mansion here. While United States Marshal Ulnus P. Meredith ha* been the governor's constant companion since he took him from Jail this morning to the federal build Ing and thence to the executive of flees In the state house, hslet him spend the time with his family alone. It was noticeable as th# governor left th# state house for hi* home that the lines In hla face had deepened. He apparently was holding himself together for the visit. Stats am ployea gathered In the corridor# and on the balcony as McCray, for the last lime aa governor of Indiana, left the executive office. Ons person In ths crowd start ad to rhser as McCray passed, hut ths hand clapping was brief. Thera was a hush In the hall# of ths stats houss. described by some as "silent as a tomb." Tourists Hurrv # r From California Thousands Coming East Through Columbus noon Lincoln Highway. Columbus, Neb, April it—The ^joof and mouth disease, now sweep ing California. Is literally driving tnur sists home by the thouaands. and many are hurrying eastward along the IJncoln highway through Colum bus. The sa*tward-hound tourist travel from California Is picking up by leaps and bounds. Both tourist camps have visitors, while the hotels have every room taken by It at night, snd most of them are eaatbound tourists. Oth ers halt her# for a meal and try to make Omaha before night. Borne who spent only a few days In California have turned hark and oth ers who got only aa far aa Balt I«ake City and Ogden. Ilk# those who ars leaving the Golden State, fearing that other states might follow Artxona'a lead and establish an embargo on tour Isf^compelling them to renmln on the coast against their will are hurrying homeward. Tourist# coming from th# rentral southern part of the atata tell grue some tales of seeing whole herds of rattle being killed al the orders of state Inspectors, and th* rarraaaea burned. On# visitor, who halted In Columbus last night, declared that thera ware literally thousands of automobiles on ths road* leading nut of California. "A great many of lha people, who only go home one* In a while and spend most of their lime In Califor nia, are leaving." ha said. "There Is a certain amount of fear that the dlseaae may attack human beings although whether It will or not ap pears to I*# a matter of speculation aa far as the medical men of the roast are concerned.” Extra Dividend Declared. New York. April 2».—Directors of the United Bistes flteel corporation today declared the regular quarterly dividend of 114 per cent and an extra dividend of 1 2 of 1 per cent on th# rommnn stock. The same dlvl dends were paid last quarter. Too Much Hu tine**; Man Drown* Himself Ogdon, | lah, April 'Too miirh hualnraa and rnatnnirra loo hard lo plraar la hrllryrd lo Harr promptrd Arrnd Van Krrdrn, 40, loral palnlrr and paprrhangrr, In drown hhnarlf In thr Wrhrrrlvrr. Ilia body war rrrotrrrd laal nlghl uflrr a ararrh of arvrral daya. Van Krrdrn, who had Ihn rrputa lion of bring a rnnarlrnllnii* workman, told a pnllrr oMrn tilwar hollar hr nan In liava rrno t.ilrd anon that hr had an many ■ rdrra hr dli| nn| know what In do ,tnd Hut thn alluatlon wnrrlad lilui. * ■ 0 ■■■ ■ Girl Who Fatally Stabbed Y oang Playmate With Hat Pin Exonerated by Coroners Jury dV/eeit tfaipk. | **l Didn't Mran to Dn It.*' Slir Snba HyMtrirally a* Shr Krlatr* K\ rnU I .rad* ing to Dratli. k oh, I killed him' 1 killed Mm ■ cried Eileen Ralph, IS, a" "he waited I In lhe Hoffman funeral home Tue* * day morning for <he verdict of the coroner'* jury regarding the death of Robert M. Effenherger, 3017 South .Vtnth street. 11, one of her play mate*, who died Monday night, 10 i minute* after a lialpln, held in hei hand, penetrated hi* chest. The Jury, In 10 minute* returned a verdict, finding that Robert came to hi* denth by a stab from a pin, delivered in playful manner by Eileen Ralph, and recommended that she b* discharged. Eileen, waiting, rocked hystertcall> and was only restrained from throw I lug herself on the floor by JUVenJK Ceieourt officers and friend*. Robert <S{¥Jenb errfe/j Roads Creating Rail Law Favor, Howell Charges Have Combed Nebraska for Support of Edch-Cummini Law, He Telia Committee. By r. C POWKLI* Washington t nrrrspondsnl Thr Omaha Bee. Washington, April 2»—Railroad representative* have combed Nebras ka In an effort to Induce hundred# of citizen# to write their representative* In congress to leave the Esch-Cum min* law untouched, according to a charge mad# today by Senator R. B Howet! before the Interstate resu me re* committee. Other eenatore In committee stated they had received hundred* of like l*tter*. "In answering these letter* I asked the writer* whether their wishes ex pressed a real chsng# In public sentl ment toward the Esch-Cummlna law or whether It was a result of prop# ganda." "That made many person* who had written stop and think. I received many letter# saying the writers had been solicited by representative* of the railroad* to writ# these letter# One letter received Is typical. (11m Example. "It wa* from a Nebraaka merchant who etated that a railroad repreaenta tly* whom he knew called on him during a buay hour and naked If he wanted the tranaportatlon buainea* ruined. The merchant Inatantty an awered In the negative." •'The railroad repreaentatlve told him the only wify to aave It waa to writ# hla repreaentatlve in congree* The merchant replied he waa too buay. The railroad man offered to writ* the letter and did writ# It and ‘he merchant elgned It." The Howell charge occurred during a debeta over Ihe legality of railroad* "apandlng million* annually for tailing It* aid* of tha atory to the public and charging the expenditure to operating coat* " Road* Enter Helena*. Railroad repreaentatlve* declared that politician* uaed their public po attlon* to make ipeerhe* and wtn vote* by aaaalllng the railroad*; *e cured free adverttalng In Ih# nawa papera; and that It wa* in the prov ince of the railroad* to defend them aelvea by advertising and telling their aid* of the atory. Thera wa* a divided opinion on the latter argument hut all member* agreed that Inatanrea aurh a* cited hy Howell were ahuae of legitimate propngand*. Railroad repreaentatlve*, while not defending aurh method* pointed nut Ihnt the aam* Implnrntlnn* for legl* latlon wer* lining Indulged In by numeroua organ I an Hon a, many of whoa* member* didn’t know what they were algnlng. when they aent In petition* demanding certain leglala tlon from their repreaentatlve#. "I received 1,200 *uch letter* by actual count In on* mall." Senator Tea* aald. "It la getting to be a phyalcal lmp»iaalblllty to anawer them." Three Miners Trapped. Seattle, Wneti., April 29 Resrue rrews are working favarlahly today In an effort to reat-h three men trapped Inat night In the 11th level of the Parlftr. t'oaet foal company at Itlaok Diamond, nouth of here. T.lttle hope waa held that any rould tie found alive. Married in Cnunril Bluffs Tha following p* ranna .bta1ma«1 mar rlaga llcanaaa »n Ceuficlt niuffa 'a#lart1»y. Nama a»>4 Addiwa A|» labn Tbung Cnunril Hluffa ♦ * Viola wood. Council Ittuffa -t fl'iaaall Ha-hlnr, Nabraaba City. Nab 11 t.ulu Brharp, Nabraaka € ’‘It jr. Nab. 11 H W. Harion Unjoin, Nab........ . II K, »haryn VanHartoob. Farthi Nrb 11 ' imaa Tlald, Pavltf Cl I/. \nn If ■ ilia Hu bar. 1‘avltl Clly. Nab . la U.i« mnn4 IMrrod. « ounril Hluffa "1 * nlharm** « oopar, fkranton, la 1* Will rnllati Hmporia Kan M S(U Vue.en Bmpene Kee . it t 4 None of her sisters were at the In quest. Her mother was said to be prostrated in bed at their home, 2763 South Ninth street. Eileen had Just told her story of the tragedy to the si* men of the coroner's jury. She sat, apparently quite calm. In the witness chair. She wore a black cape. Over her dark auburn, bobbed hair was drawn a red, green and Yellow hat, from under which her black eyes and plquante nose locked out. Boys Teased Her "The hoys had been teasing ua a good deal," she said. "They had pins on the end of stirks. They chased me and l>enta Maher and I.uclle Van Orrien and Patricia Oriatt up to le ota's house. They then chased Pa tricia Into her house. I went over and played flth Vivian Klaasaer, I air lie Walker and Dorothy and Evelyn Italim. "Soon Robert came over there. He had a safely pin fastened •>■ the end of a stick. He said to ttM: 'look up at the attic of that house.’ I said: 'So, I won't. Von're going lo stick 'me. Don’t come near me or I’ll stick yon’." "Did you stick him?' asked Cor oner Steinwender. The girl hesitated a moment and then said: "When he started to stick me 1 reached out with a hatpin because I didn't want to get stuck. Then he went away.” Policeman R If McDonald testified that when he arrived Eileen was still playing out In the street Snyra Fell Again*! Pin. "The girl'll mother called her. Bhe •aid Robert tried to atlck her and ■ hat he atumbled and fell agalnat the hatpin ahe held In her hand." ahe aald. Kmll Kratke. 275J South Tenth (treat, tea tilled “I heard Robert holler 'Klleen (tabbed me.' Stephen and Rudolph Petera and | helped him home. Rut he got mi weak that we couldn't get him there. So we (topped at a houV> and had them call the police." Coroner'# I'hyalrlan Samuel Mr Cleneghan aald he made an external examination of the boy a body and found a pin prick Juat In front of the ahoulder which might hava rauead death by pterctn* acme veaael In the lung* “The family prefer that no autopay he made unleaa It la naccaaary," he added The hoy'a body lay on a bed In an upper room (even eandlea burning at the head. Ulrl la Hyateriral. An uncle of the boy attended the Inqueat. Mr aet Ju»t In front of the girl. Eileen became hyateriral while wait ing for the verdict of the Jury. "Where la Mra. Fffenberger?'' ahr cried. "Oh, I want to aee Mra. Ef fenhrrger and tell her t didn’t inrxa to do If." She waa taken he- k to Rlvervlew home Steinwender aald he expected ahe would be releaaed from cuatody at once Five Narrowly turapr Injury ^ lien Car Struck Columhua, Neb . April It.—Five people narrowly eacaped aerloua In Jury on the Unrein highway laat night when an automobile, driven by Fred Ijane. Butler county farmer, waa knocked to the able of the road by tha driver of a large touring car, who amaehed Into the rear end of the feine car. rtccuponta of the Ivtne car war# thrown forward by the Impact, all of them coffering ruta and brulaea The other car turned out and *ped on. New Probe Proponed. Waahlnglnn. April Jt — Inveatlga lion of the t’anper Alcova irrigation project, Natrona county. Wyoming, would tie authortred under a aenate reaolutlon reported today by the houae Irrigation committee The r*ao lutton waa amended to Include aten tha Deadline# (Oregon) Irrigation project, MrLean Subpoenaed. Waahlngton, April jr — Kdnaid H Mi'l^an. Waahlngton pilhllaher. wna nerved today Pith a euhpoeiin dlrcid Ing him to apiicar tomorrow before a Newark IN J i gran* jury whk-li la Invrallg.illng luiixpoi tatlon of flghi Mm* 'A j Fun for Boys Is Today's Program of Music. Talks Value of Sunshine View of Life to Be Stressed at Schools: Chairman Write* to Y’outh*. •'If. fun to lire. If on* Uvea right.'' 1* the keynote of Boy.’ day in entertainment today, the middle of Omaha Bov*' week, under auspice* of th* Men * Service league for Boye. Hugh K Wallace, chairman of thla day, declare* that tht* te t# he ■treed In the program* Mr Wallace. In an open letter te th. boy* of Omaha concerning thT. day, haa taken Chauncey Depew, *0 year-old atatesrnan and phllanthro pl.t, aa nn .xatnpl* of a man who haa found Joy In living to a rip* old age Mr Wallace * letter reeda: "Chauncey Ttepew waa M year* old th* other day. •'He waa a United State* aenator when I waa a boy He waa a great lawyer, a director of railroad*, a fnmoua orator. Today he c# *0, and .till happy, atlll Intereated In every thing that la going on. Always Smiles •On his noth birthday. Mr He pew was asked th# secret of hla triumph over the Ills of are. the secret of hi# continued pleaeur* In living Me answered: "I never forget to smile at myself " In other word*, he never forgets to Ha Men the labor of hla toil with a hit of fun. "That example carries a message to th# boy# of Omaha. Kntertain ment I* part of every man's Ilf*. If he lives long If he rioesp l enjoy himself, he won't live to a rip# old age or. If he does he will end hla day* as a flrat risks grouch. "Boya1 day In entertainment will I hope, stir up you boy* to realise that there is something worth while In entertaining yourselves and your sisters, mothers and fathers.’’ Music and Speeches. "Music ranging from Tachaikowaky ( to song* composed by grammar school boy*, speeches by boys, ex hlldts of various kind* and entertain ment of aide .v ariety will be featured today. "Boy*1 Mistake." will he the subject of an address by Perry Manning, boy chairman of the day, at lake school A feature at the Dundee achool program at 7:10 p. m , will he eonge by a boys' chorus of 14 James Bod nar wUI play. "Hungarian Rhapsody ' and Allen Marsh will play 'Humor oeciue" on th# piano Ham Thom*# will play Meditation from "That*" on the violin. "Sunny Side" Talk* Howard Kennedy achool -gill spread II* entertainment throughout the en tire week, Instead of holding tt all day Wednesday. Among the number* will be a boya' chorua singing Mem or!#* of Home." snd original talks by William Hail and Ralph Redmond on "Sunny Side of I„lfe." and hy Rlvln Reilly on "Joke* of American Roy* " l/othrnp will feature a drum corps and orchestra. Saratoga will have anna* and recitation* and Bancroft will hav# a chorua of 40 voices Technical High achool will have a program at 7 SO tonight. Th# school glee club and orchestra will smtar lain The Weather I - ' Knr 94 hcvir* »«4'nf 7 p n . April I• rmlpil4ll(*n t4--hM ai»4 hun.1r®4ih# T*t*t ?l. Tr*f*1 rnr* ajMtar 1, 4 47. . I 9 4 tt«Hir1r TVmitrml nre« > • ™ f; « ft .. 4* t » n ... ** • ft **1 . 4t • « n .4* lift "1 lift m 41 ftftoft •M'4» •* *1 i i* m ... mi ? r m .**...111 a r w ..HI i %\ m II | f m. ... . It I J r m It I 9* Irvington Holdups at Large Here Alilllilntinl Aut'i l.lur DlM|» prar* ^ hen Ownrr Prove* An Iron-C latl Alibi. Resembles Wall Lake ■ I M ■ With their t>lan of operations k«f*t | carefully secret. police Tue-da} nigh* were continuing their search foe fcu» unmasked bandits who, earlier In th* day, held up the Irvington State hank, Irvington. Neb., and escaped with loot estimated at 12 000, Karly reports that the car in which they made good their escape had been found abandoned In Omaha wet • found to be without foundation. The car was Identified as the property of Bill Maher and was released to him when he proved that he had no connection with the affair. Sheriff* Officer* Active. Maher wa* picked up at Sixteenth and Cumin* street* by Deputy Sher iffs Paxton and Bridwell, but when he ordered them away from hi* car they hurried to central atation for assistance. When they returned Maher wa* not in sight, but he returned a few min utes later and demanded his car. Told that It had been taken to cen tral station he appeared there and re peated hi* demand. Th# car wa* turned over to him after ha had established a rockrlbbed alibi. Th# cashier of th# Irvington bank. W. M. Dirk*. 271* North Flftydixth street, wa* talking to Ruaseil Kyte, 19. when the bandits walked in. "Throw 'em up"' commanded two overalled men as they came In th# door. They took a revolver from Dirks' pocket and pushed both him and the boy Into the vault. I .CM Than Four Minutes. Two more robber* wer* waiting In an old car in front of th* bank. Tb* bank robber* fled south toward Omaha Th* whole robbery took leas than four minute*. **I had been anticipating something nf th# kind.” declared the cashier "I had fixed the lock on the safe eo that I could open It from th* Inside '' Talk t* Y oungster While their pals war* tnside the bank, two lookouts sitting in th* car. talked t* Johnny Mlerk, 9, a eeheol boj. Johnny fumiahed detective# with the beat daarrlptian of the baodMa which they obtained. Omaha police did not learn of the robbery until half an hour after it bad occurred. The sheriffs office her# was notified flrat Omaha police are of th* opinion that th# quartet Is tb* earn* who held up th* Wall Dak* Pavings bank re cently. obtaining I10.W9. Here No I Arena# Th# rar which th# bandit* used bor# no llcenaa. This aroused th# suspicion of Abe Falk, proprietor of a general m*rr turn die# store next to tb* bank, when h# saw th* car with th# »ngin# running parked before tbe bank. H* dashed into th# ln#titutlon when h# sew th# two men emerge from th# bank and the four *p*#d off. Speed Through Town. Georg* H. Petteys, post m*»t»r. could no* the window of tb# bank from hi# office next door during th# process of th# holdup, but h# did not know of th# robbery until informed by Falk Falk told d#t#ctlve» that h# hsd , •een th# car and th# four bandit# i d’lv# through th# town Moeral time* ’ before the rohlwry. Frank Trout-a wild that when h# first asw- the car pa** through Irv tngten there were only two men in it. He mw It come back through tb# town a lull# later bearing four men John laiwrataen proprietor of a store across the street from the bank, did not know of th# robbery until he entered the bank to make a d»po»i! a little after th* robbery. t Omaha Buffaloes Win First Home Game 11 to 5 Omaha Buffalo** opened the ivm» **a*on with It to i victory orei Wichita Five hem* run*, three of which were collected by the Herd, featured the ttnit Muwer. hurling for th* taste*. w»* routed early tn th* game Ororer Alexander, making his flret start at home ft*r the season -mashed out a douhl* In the 11th Inning which enabled him to defeat 1-e# Meadow* tn a pitching duel. Th* final *cor* wa* Chicago, !: Pittsburgh, I Bt James last year'* futurity wta ter, won th* l**umonok handicap, fsatura of th* opening day card kt Jamal, a vssterday from I5*v and thin lln. Ht. James' tlm* wa* 1 HU, two fifths of a second slow** than th* track record. * W M O. ginger'* I rear old hay filly. 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