Recluse, 75, Slain
for Savings, Say
Coroner’s Jurors
Believe John Berry Knocked
Unconscious and Stran
!!;; gled—No Clew to
Guilty Found.
Murder was found to be the cause
| of tile death of John Berry, 75, who
was found dead Monday night, by
the coroner's Jury Thursday after
noon.
Berry's body was found on a cot 1*
his shack at. the back end of 2407
North Thirteenth street, partially cov
ered with bed clothing, with a half
inch rope twisted around his neck
and. ^ two-inch gash In his head.
PhUee at first thought the aged
man. ;had committed suicide, but evl
dsnca brought out at the Inquest
showed that two suspicious looking
men were seen coming out of the
weeds near Berry's shack Saturday
night. by Alex Troth, who lives in
the bouse in front of the shack.
Troth said one of the men carried
a bundle under his arm.
Had Cash, Belief.
Officer Killian told of quizzing a
neighbor who had also seen the two
men leaving the vicinity of the shack.
It was found that the aged man
had #500 In the United States Na
tional bank when he died. It is be
lieved that he also had considerable
cash! with him when he was killed.
Testimony showed that although
he *■ r°Pe twisted and knotted
around his neck, which looked as
though It had been broken, no other
pieces of rope were found, and no
place where rope might have been at
tached to the ceiling could be found.
Believe Strangled.
Dr. S. McMleneghan, coroner’s
physician, testified that the cut on
his jhead, which was two and one
half inches long, had penetrated his
skull, but not fractured it. At his
age, such a blow would be sufficient
to knock him unconscious, the doctor
said.';
That he was first knocked uncon
scious and then strangled to death
with! the rope, Is the supposition.
The only blood found In the room
was on the wall. Harold Wagner,
2409 North Thirteenth street, who
found the body, said the door was
barricaded with two or three boxes.
t Following Is the Jury report: "That
the deceased came to his death at the
hand* of some party or parties un
known to this jury and it recommends
that the* police use diligent search to
apprehend the guilty parties.'’
Cornhusker Highway
Soon to Be Improved
Beatrice, Neb., July 17.—Contract
for work with state aid on the Corn
busker highway between Beatrice and
Blue Springs, 12 mile* south, will be
let August 15. The county board ap
proved a route some weeks ago, and
if it la properly graded It will be
treated with gravel. The work will
be extended as tar south as the Ne
brasl^a-Kansas state line.
Fouf Crops .of Alfalfa
Will Be Cut This Year
Columbus, Neb., July 17.—Central
Platte and lower Loup river valley
farmers will be able to cut alfalfa
hay lands four times instead of the
usual three, according to A. A. Dod
endorf, weather observer here, who
says that the continuance of the
rains is enabling the cutting of a
bumper second crop with plenty of
time left for the third and fourth.
Motorist Tears Through
Gates at York Crossing
York, July, 17.—A motorist driving
throttgh York failed to stop his car
at the Burlington railroad crossing
on Lincoln avenue when the gates
closed for an approaching train. His
car tore through the gates on both
aides of the track and he escaped
without his Identity being dis
covered.
Sugar Beets Give Promise
of Unusually Heavy Yield
Columbus, Neb., July 17.—While
this ip. the first season farmers in this
sectlort have attempted to any extent
the 'commercializing of sugar beet
growing for the market, prospects
indicate that beet yields will be ex
ceptionally heavy, giving promise of
large shipments to reflnerlws this fall.
Lunds Sail for Europe.
Wyniore. Neb., July 17.—Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Lund, former residents
of Wymors, sailed Wednesday from
New 'York for several months trip in
Europe, Lund is now a member of
the faculty in Columbia university,
Mrs. Lund was formerly Miss Mattie
Butcher of Wymore, former high
school teacher here and at Clar
“Rum Row Doc'’ Freed by U. S.
Liquor Ship Physician, Arrested for Landing on
American Soil Without Passport, Released
When Officers Learn of Mercy Mission.
New Tork, July 17.—Official cour
tesies of the United States govern
ment were extended today to Dr.
Roystan ("Rum Row Doc") Foulkes
of Australia, England and 12 Mile
limit.
The doctor, whoa* practice is con
fined to off shore whisky armada,
was arrested by immigration authori
ties for having landed on American
soil without a passport.
When It was learned his mission
was one of mercy, undertaken In be
half of a sailor near death, he was
sent back to the rum fleet In a const
guard cutter, with a special escort
and under a white flag of truce.
BANDIT SEARCH
GROWS WARMER
(Continued from Face One.)
became unconscious and Thursday
morning physicians announced all
hope was gone.
The bullet which entered the left
side of his neck and coursed down
ward Into his right lung had done Us
work. The right lung had completely
collapsed by morning and his breath
ing was difficult.
Youg Wife Hysterical.
The young wife, whose love was re
kindled by hla suffering, became hys
terical and cried:
"Oh, God, why did You take him?"
Other members of the family who
were In the room broke into tears as
Henry breathed his last.
The Henry family, which on Mon
day was separated, was united again
and old differences were forgotten as
they gathered around the deathbed
of the son who by losing his life
caused a blotting out of former
troubles.
Located at Alliance.
The mother, with her second hus
band, a traveling salesman, was final
ly located at Alliance. She left Im
mediately for Qmaha, arriving Wed
nesday afternoon. As she entered the
room Lloyd Menry mustered his last
brave smile and said as she leaned
over his deathbed:
“How are you, mother?”
“It would be better to ask how
are you,” the mother replied In a
choking voice.
“Oh, I'm all right,” he answered,
‘‘only I feel funny down there.”
Lung Gives Way.
Henry pointed toward his legs
which have been paralyzed since the
bullet from the bandit's revolver with
whom he remonstarted passed Into
his body. As he fell from the steps
of his machine his legs went under
the car and the toes of a foot were
crushed.
A look of anxiety and longing had
left the face of the son. He glanced
happily from the anxious face of
his estranged wife, who after the
shooting rejoined him, to the face of
his divorced father and mother and
his sister, all reunited at his bed
side for the first time in three years.
It was everything he had asked,
his fight was over and gradually he
lapsed Into a peaceful unconscious
ness as the anxious family watched.
Late In the night the punctured lung
gave way. Every breath was a gasp
His family could stand It no linger.
They withdrew Into the hallway,
taking turns In spending a few silent
moments in his room.
Clear Across State.
“I thought I should fiever get
here," said Mrs. Wagner. "It took 1#
hours to come clear across the state.
The telegram didn't say which boy It
was. The uncertainty of It all made
It all the worse.”
She described the 50 minutes when
the train laid over In Lincoln as
the longest wait she had ever seen.
On the train between Lincoln and
Omaha she saw a paper with the hor
rible details of the affair.
"TJiat paper held a terrible shock
for me, but I found when I got here
that nothing had teen exaggerated,"
said the boy's mother.
Wymore—The Jones farm of 120
acres, south of Wymore, was sold at
referee's sale to Edward Hughes for
$115.50 an acre. Mr. Hughes is a
son-in-law of the late Mr. Jones.
Woolworth Store Sells Wildroot.
The Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent Store
has Just received new stock of Wild
root Hair Tonic and Wildroot liquid
shampoos as advertised in national
magazines.—Advertisement.
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(Continued from l’ntp One.)
the story of that other Caesar, whom
Cassius slew.
Who shall be Charlie's Antony?
Who shall say to the people: "See
what a rent the envious Cason
made?”
City Commissioner John Hopkins,
one of the Omaha candidates for the
democratlo gubernatorial nomination
by the state central committee, is
perturbed and perplexed over the Im
minence of Gov. C. W. Bryan rend
ing the democratic party in twain in
Nebraska.
Hopkins gave a cross section of his
mind Thursday morning before start
ing the day’s work as commissioner
of accounts and finance.
He Insisted that the governor can
not make the democrats of Nebraska
believe that a man is progressive in
the sense of being a "progressive
democrat,” by the simple application
of the C. W. Bryan rubber-sfamp.
Charges Bryan Selfish.
"Not a man among those men
tioned by Bryan is a progressive
democrat," Hopkins assorted. "Bet
the governor submit their records.
What have they done? Their records
should be submitted to the state cen
tral committee. Governor Bryan is
doing what, his brother did, building
up personal interest without thinking
first of the interests of the party. A
man cannot be larger than his party.
"Governor Bryan was quoted as
stating that he was elected governor
by progressives as well as democrats.
It Is all right for a candidate to get
support from outside of his party,
but if he pretends to be a democrat,
then he should be 100 per cent demo
crat."
Primary Would Help.
Hopkins wishes the candidates for
democratic nomination for governor
could submit their names to state
wide primary, but thl3 being out of
the question, he believes their records
should be submitted to the state cen
tral committee. Under a state-wide
primary Hopkins stated that he
would not fear the outcome.
“In the hands of the political boss
es one cannot tell what the outcome
will be,” he said.
The commissioner does not look
kindly on the governor’s Idea of set
ting up certain men as "yardsticks.”
“The democrats of Nebraska,” he
added, "know how to apply the yard
stick to the democratic leaders of the
state.”
He insisted that the democratlo
nominee for governor must be a
progressive democrat.
Asked to name some progressive
democrats, Hopkins became coy and
asked to be excused at this time.
Woman Bitten by Dog.
Beatrice, Neb., July 17.—While Mrs.
R. P. Autritt of West Beatrice was
trying to release her pet dog from
a woven wire fence, a neighbor dog
rushed in and bit her severely on the
leg. Unless complications arise it is
thought no serious results will fol
low.
Crops Damaged by Ilaii.
Callaway, Neb., July 17.—Some
damage was done to crops by a small
hall atorm which passed over this
part of Custer county. Corn was only
slightly damaged.
Biggest U. S. Sub,
V-l, Is Launched
Craft, Twice Size of Any Pre
viously Built, Has Bat
tleship Speed.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 17.—A
submarine, twice as large as any
built previously for the United
States navy, was launched at the navy
yard here today. The big undersea
fighter, to be known ns the V-l, la the
first of a fleet of nine that will be
able to accompany the battle fleet at
sea in any weather and at any speed
of which the fleet Itself Is capable.
Exact atatement as to the radius
In which the V-l can operate was not
given out by naval authorities, but
Indication that It wduld cross the
Atlantic and return without replen
ishing fuel or supplies was seen In
the statemen that “the V-l can make
any voyage of which the fleet as a
whole Is capable.”
The V-l, the largest vessel con
structed and launched at the Ports
mouth yard since the civil war, was
christened by Mrs. Cornelia Wolcott
Snyder, wife of Capt. C. P. Snyder,
U. S. N., who was manager of the
yard when the submarine's keel was
laid.
The vessel Is 341 feetf six Inches
o\er all, has a breadth of 27 feet,
6 5-8 inches, a surfce speed of 21
knots an hour and a speed of 9 knots
submerged and a displacement o,
2 1G4 tons. It Is so nearly self-Sus
tinlfig that It will not need the serv
ices of a mother ship when In port.
It will carry a whaleboat and a motor
launch, each 24 feet long.
The V-l will carry seven officers
and 80 men.
Burgess Bedtime
Stories
v_-—
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Too often Innocence 1s blamed.
And virtue by suspicion shamed.
—Old Mother Nature.
A Friend Instead of a Thief.
Farmer Brown’s Boy was hidden
with his terrible gun beside him. He
was hidden where he could watch the
henyard. and he was waiting for Red
tail the Hawk. He wasn’t happy. It
had been very hard for him to believe
that Redtall was the thief who had
been taking his chickens. But the
day before from that same hiding
place he had seen Redtall dart down
Into that henyard and fly away with
something gripped In his claws. So
now he had to believe that Redtall
was the thief.
Farmer Brown’s Boy had been hid
ing only a few minutes when he saw
Redtall the Hawk coming straight to
the tree In the top of which he had
sat the day before. Then the thing
THE GIRL WHO
WASN’T A LADY—
The storu of a rich
Cinderella---As
usual) Kathleen
Norris manages to
get under the shin
of some real evenj
dai) people in a
heart-moving start).
In August
(Ssinopolitan
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A Florsheim is always a
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happened that had happened the day
before. Redtall eat motionless watch
ing the henyard. For a long time he
sat there. Farmer Brown'e Boy kept
his eyes on Redtall. At last his pa
tience was rewarded. Redtall swooped
down Into the henyard.
Now Farmer Brown’s Boy had In
tended to Are that gun so as to fright
Bang, roared the terrible gun.
en Redtail before he had a chance to
seize the chicken. But Redtail swoop
ed so quickly that he was already
flapping his way up Into the air again
by the time Farmer Brown’s Boy
shot. He didn't shoot at Redtail. He
didn’t want to hurt him or kill him.
He merely wanted to frighten him.
Bang roared the terrlblo gun! Some
thing fell from Redtall’a claws and he
beat hla wings with all his might to
get away from there as fast as he
could. Farmer Brown’s Boy had
wanted to frighten him and he had
succeeded. He watched Redtail mak
ing straight for the Green Forest.
Then he hurried Into the henyard to
see If those great claws of Redtall’s
had killed the chicken.
If ever there was an astonished boy
In all the Great World that boy was
Farmer Brown's Boy when he got In
the henyard and found what Redtail
had dropped. It wasn't a chicken.
No, sir, It wasn’t a chicken. It was
a half-grown Rat! It was one of
Robber the Brown Rat's family. At
first Farmer Brown's Boy couldn’t be
_
lleve hie eyes. You would have laugh
ed If you could have seen his face.
Then the look of astonishment and
unbelief gave way to one of joy.
"Hurrah!" he shouted. "Old Redtail
wasn’t stealing my chickens at all!
Instead of being a thief he was prov
ing himself a friend. Rats have been
taking those chickens, and Redtail
has been catching the Rats. Those
sharp eyes of his dlecoversd the Rats
over here In the henyard, and It is for
them that he has been watching from
that tree. I wondered why he waited
so long when there were so many
chances for him to get a chicken. He
wasn’t Interested In those chickens.
He was simply waiting for & Rat to
show himself. Good old Redtail! I'm
sorry I frightened him so. I wouldn’t
have done It for the world If I had
known.”
Then Farmer Brown’s Boy hurried
to the house to tell his mother all
about It.
The next story. "Farmer Brown’s
Boy Finds Where His Chickens
Went."
Newspaper Woman Becomes
Nebraska City Man’s Bride
Shenandoah, la., July 17.—Miss
Maude E. Markham, Shenandoah
newspaper woman, was married to
Ray E. Chapell, automobile dealer of
Nebraska City, Neb., last night at
Red Oak by the Rev. Richmond A.
Smith, pastor of the Baptist church.
The bride, who Is a graduate of com
mercial department of the State
Teachers’ college, Peru. Neb., was on
the staff of the Sentinel Post and
Shenandoah correspondent of the
United Press.
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U. S. Consulate
in Shell Range
Projectiles Burst Near Ameri
can Property in Sao
Paulo Fighting
Washington, July 17.—Artillery
shells have fallen within a half block
of the American consulate at Sao
Paulo In the fighting between federal
and rebel forces, according to cable
advices received here today.
Although the shells exploded with
in a stone's throw of the building, It
was not struck. The bombardment
caused great alarm among consulate
attaches.
Some of the shells burst at the con
sulate building, but without damans,
The city of Sao Paulo, mennwhi!^
was completely surrounded by nn
army of 15,000 federal troops, the di»
patch added. They were concrntrab
ed on the city's outskirts from all
parts of the republic In an effort ttj
drive the rebel forces from their eq,
trenched position*.
A terrific bombardment of the citj
*as maintained by federal batterle*
throughout the day. It was added.
The shells which shook the consul
late were fired from batterlee located
Ir. Tplrango, a residential suburb.
Beg Your Pardon.
Through error in The Omaha
Morning Bee It was not made plain
that the Ideal Bottling company Is
one of three creditors who filed a
bankruptcy petition In federal court
against Paul Steinberg, proprietor ol
a delicatessen and barbecue shop, 51$
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July Sales of
R-e-m-n-a-n-t-s
Friday and Saturday
Silb 40% to
2 to 6-yard 50%
Lengths Reductions
Two weeks of July clearance sales have left us with
many short lengths and ends of bolts. These rem
nants wo have remarked at much less than even our
special July prices—bargains, they are, which save
you half.
Printed Crepes Pongees VTash Silks
Novelty Pongees Underwear Silks
Georgettes Crepe de Chines
Silk Mixed Sports Silks
Radiums Satins Charmeuse
STREET FLOOR
Dainty 40% to
Summer 50%
Cottons Reductions
Attractive summer clothes may be very inexpensive
if one chooses remnants from our July sales. These
are the best of qualities. All are this season’s pat
terns. IV* to 6-yard lengths.
Ratine Plain and Printed Crepes
Tissue Gingham Madras Cotton Suitings
D. & J. Anderson's Ginghams Flock Dotted Tissues
Lingerie Fabrics Printed Crepes
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