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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
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Irvington
Holdups at
Large Here
Alilllilntinl Aut'i l.lur DlM|»
prar* ^ hen Ownrr
Prove* An Iron-C latl
Alibi.
Resembles Wall Lake
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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. Hwannon. w> n the iiieat Metro
politan stake* at Kpeom by on* .iM
me half length* fiom the ky**rold
kivMun
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