. Mussolini Meets
Criticism With
Stern Measures
^Premier Put# Italy Under Vir
tual Martial Law to Sup
press Unrest; Fascist Pa
pers Approve.
By International Newe Service,
Rome, Jan. 6.—Premier Benito
Mussolini today stood in the position
of a man who has staked all on one
throw of the dice.
With a strong show of fascist force
and a continued campaign of suppres
sion and confiscation of the opposi
tion press, he was attempting “to
clear the situation in 43 hours,” as
he promised, using the identical meth
ods which swept faclstn into power
in 1922.
To his friends, to the fascist press
and to independent newspapers his
action was the only alternative of a
great leader who has done his best tc
conciliate his enemies and had met
with continued rancor.
To his enemies the partial mobiliza
tion of the black shirts and the ruth
less confiscation of opposition news
papers were a final dramatic gesture
- of a leader whose popularity was
waning.
Position Weakened.
There was little doubt that the po
sition of the fascist administration
was considerably weakened and tho
demonstration of power somewhat be
dimmed by the resignation of Gino
Sarrochi, minister -of public works,
and Senator Casatl. minister of educa
tion, who, with the ministers of war
and the navy, were the sole remain
ing members of the cabinet who were
not fascists.
But the fascist premier met this
with immediate appointment of two
other liberal deputies to the cabinet.
The secession from the black shirt
j party of former Premier Salandra also
came at an Inopportune time for
Mussolini.
"I have lost faith in fascism,” Sal
'S. andra said. "My work for the past
two years to Insert fascism In tho
normal life of the country has »been
• destroyed.”
To offset these adverse terms, how
ever, Mussolini today had the deliri
ous approval of the fascist news
papers, who pleaded with him to con
tinue the renewal of force against the
administration's enemies and con
sider the steps taken so far as only
/the preliminaries in “restoration of
_ tranquility to Italy.”
Kxpect Stern Decree.
It was believed a decree would be
forthcoming soon declaring that all
deputies who do not attend sessions
of parliament would be deprived of
their seats. The boycott bad been the
» weapon of opposition deputies and
I their means of showing their disap
f proval of “Mussolini despotism.”
Mussolini practically has placed
: Italy on a basis of modified martial
law, with the strictest orders for sup
‘ pression of anti fascist organizations,
spoilnl militia guarding the railway
stations and the fascist prefects au
thorized to mobilize tho black shirt
militia.
Fascist! claimed the opposition had
planned to create a state of anarchy
'» by disorganizing the railways. They
“ claim a plot was discovered to burn
“ the railway stations and say attempts
- to carry this out were mads in some
parts of the country.
The government has ordered the
;• dissolution of the Italia Ribera associ
5 atlon, composed of former soldiers
who are opposed to fascism.
Calendar Announced for
]4th Judicial District
1 McCook, Jan. 5.—Judge C. K. K1
(lred of McCook has announced the
following court sessions for the Four
teenth judicial district:
* Chase Caunty—February 23, Jury; May
18. equity: October 26, Jury.
Dundy County—March 16, Jury; May 11,
equity; November 16, Jury.
fr ontier County—March 2, Jury; May
2j. equity; November 2. Jury.
Furnas County—March 23, Jury; June
1, equity; December 7, Jury.
ClOMper county—February 16. Jury; May
* II. equity; October 13. Jury.
Hayes County—April 6, Jury; Juna 1,
equUy; November 30, Jury.
II itch' ocl: County—February 2. Jury;
Mav 4. equity: September 2*. Jury
f'^rklna County—January 26, Jury; Miy
21. equity; October 19, Jury.
Red Will low County—January 12. Jury;
April 27, equity; September 14. Jury.
Big Grain Movement
on in Gage Comity
Special nlipnlch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 4.—Consider
able corn and wheat was thrown on
the market In Gage county yesterday,
i.ne elevator man at Rockford, east
of here, reporting that 1,600 bushel*
were »old at his plant. A number of
other elevators In the county report
s good movement of grain. The grain
movement Is attributed to the fact
that the highway*, which have been
blocked with enow In *ome tocalltle*.
have been opened for traffic.
Bishop Keeney to Speak
at McCook Next Sunday
McCook, Jan. 6.—Bishop F. T.
Keeney of Omaha will preach In the
•: McCook Methodist church next Sun
day, January 11. This will be his first
official visit here, and pastors and
laymen from all over this part of th»
stats are expected to greet him.
New Steam Power Plant Expected
to Revolutionize Art of Aviation
By FRANCIS •» TIETSORT.
Universal Service Staff Correspoedent.
New York, Jan. 5.—-Flight across
tha Atlantic behind a powerful mo
tor that will not go dead.
Non-stop flights across the conti
nent at will.
Nqn-explosive engine, using no
gasoline or volatile gas, but a fuel
costing three cents a gallon.
A noiseless engine which will last
50 years, carry an airplane 300
miles an hour and start instantly
by pulling a lever In the cockpit.
Supremacy for .America In mill
tary and commercial aviation.
These are a few of the startling
headlights on the development of a
compact, powerful and lightweight
steam power plant of high pressure
for aviation use, which were made
public here today.
The inventor, H. Crossland Pfaff,
mechanical engineer, who has spent
seven years and 3300,000 In perfect
ing the new power plant, has called
In aeronautical engineers to exam
ine Its application.
Eliminates Dangers.
They pronounce It the solution of
both heavier and lighter than air
navigation. They declare It will
eliminate all the dangers of short
lived and temperamental Internal
combustion gasoline engines. The
engine already Is applied for auto
mobile use.
Maj. John Butler, secretary of the
joint aeronautical board of the army
and navy at Washington, who came
to New York to learn some of the
details of the marvelous develop
ment In aviation power plants, left
town for Washington saying he was
convinced 'the Pfaff system would
revolutionize all flying. He added:
"If ltls found to be as completely
adaptable to various types of planes
as it has been to several types of
automobiles, and engineers assure
, me that it Is, this will be the great
est single advance in the history of
flying since the Wright brothers
first flew at Klttyhawk.”
Major Butler said he would under
take to arrange for prompt tests of
the Crossland system, ss It is
known, by the army air service en
gineering service at McCook field,
Dayton, O.
Installation Simple.
It was explained by Pfaff and
other engineers to the Universal
Service that application of the new
high compression steam power
plant to an airplane presented less
difficulties than the Installation In a
plane of a I.iherty motor, which
weighs 730 pounds without gas, oil
or water.
The Crossland plant has been «p
plied with great success to automo
biles. In the case of airplanes, the
propeller Is balanced by means of a
flywheel. In aviation use, Pfaff
said, his system, with a four-cyltn
der steam engine, gives the same
power Impulses as a 16-cyllnder,
four-cycle internal combustion mo
tor.
Pfaff, who Is making his head
quarters with Arthur B. Pendleton,
of the Architects Samples corpora
tion, 101 Park avenue, said his chief
engineer, A. 8. Dearborn of Uhl
cago, an eminent authority on high
pressure steam power plants, would
give his services to the United
States government for aviation de
velopments. IJe added:
(rude Oil Is Fuel.
"If neressarv In case of national
emergency, we could put these en
gines into aviation production in
four months."
One of the significant points con
cerning the power plant is that it
uses crude oil of 28 points gravity
as fuel. This Is obtainable In the
east for three rents and in the weal
for three and one half cents a gal
Ion."" The flames, from a burner
which gives 100 per cent combus
tion, do not coine in direct con
tact with the boiler tubes.
The engine Itself, being steam
driven, has an indefinite life. It
might last 50 or 60 years. An In
ternal combustion engine such as the
I.iherty, using gasoline which Is ex
ploded in the cylinders with an elec
tric spark, has an efficient life of
from 100 to 200 hours.
The Packard engines of the May
bach type in the dirigible Shenan
doah, have a problematical life of
1.000 hours, when they will ha\e to
he taken down.
The combustion In ths ?*faff
plant, which la Insulated with high
ly compressed asbestos packing,
with a smooth enameled surface on
the outside, is placed forward of
the steam generator. This gives
a naturally Induced draft from the
head of the airplane.
Greater Power.
The steam unit Is declared to
provide greater power with the
same or a less weight than that
required for a gasoline engine The
engine (tarts almost instantly by
pulling tha throttle, aa la the case
with a steam locomotive. This will
ehvlata hand whirling of the pro
peller and self-starters.
There 1* en elimination of all vi
bration alnca there are no volcanic
Ilk# explosions in tha cylinders, as
la tha rasa with Internal combus
tion gasoltnemotors. Vibration
cuts down power.
Another big point of superiority
with the steam engine employed, as
compared with a gas engine is that
steam expansion takes the place ot
the explosions and power is ap
plied at both ends of the piston
stroke.
There Is no carbonization ot cy
linders nor fouling of them, and
there is no exhaust of poisonous
carbon monoxide, the pest of both
automobile and aviation engines.
There is a large steam chest, or a
reserve, so a plane out ot fuel can
still travel many miles.
Virtually Noiseless.
The new engine is extremely flex
ible and runs as smoothly as the
power applied in an electric vehicle.
Sixty per cent of the troubles of an
internal combustion engine, statis
tics show, are ignition troubles.
There is no ignition in the Pfaff
engines. Faulty ignition has been
the cause of many an airplane
crash.
Revolutions per minute of the
propeller shaft are a matter of ad
justment and gearing. In the case
of a Liberty gasoline motor applied
to the standard De Haviland plane,
the propeller revolves at from 1,350
to I,GOO times per minute.
(Copyright, ms.)
I. i . i
Employe Admits
Slaying Victim
of Car “Accident”
Tells Authorities He Killed in
Self Defense After Quar
rel Over Woman, Then
Burned Machine.
Wymore, Neb., Jan. 4.—Owen Ire
mend of Mt. Clare, Neb., murdered
his employer, Owen Brown, Washing
ton county (Kan.) farmer, in a quarrel
over a woman,
Iremend, or as he is known here,
Jack McMahon, so confessed to Sher
iff McLeod, it became known tonight
and the second chapter was written
in one of the most sensational slay
ings in northeastern Kansas.
Last Wednesday Iremend stumbled
into a farm house and declared that
he had been in an automobile acci
dent )n which Brown was killed. He
was given medical attention and tak
en to a hospital while authorities
went to investigate.
On a lonely road, in a ditch, they
found Brown’s sedan, badly burned,
and with Brown’s body stuffed Inside.
Investigation showed that the car had
been pushed backward and then
Upped Into the ditch and had not
gone off the road while rounding a
curve as claimed by Iremend.
The discovery led to examination of
the snow-covered ground about the
car. Beneath the snow blood stains
were discovered. And when a deep
wound was found on Brown's head
orders were issued for Iremend's ar
rest. Than it was discovered that he
had not been injured in any manner
and that the injuries which were
hurriedly bound up at the farmhouse
had been faked.
“Self-defense,” pleads Iremend In
his written confession. “We quar
reled over a woman and Brown at
tacked me. I killed him to save my
self.”
And self-defense will be the plea
made by his lawyer, it was said here
tonight.
Brown, according to his wife, was
in the habit of carrying large sums
of money and on th* night he was
struck down and his body crammed
into the car to cremate he had in his
possession $300. No trace of the
money could be found.
"I didn’t steal the money!’’ is Ire
mend’s reply to the charge that he
murdered Brown for his $300. “It
was over a woman, lie struck nt me '
and I hit him on the head. That’s
all.”
Iremend, who is 28. was born at
Coriland, CJage county, Neb. lie had
been In the employ of Brown for two
years. #
Poor Shoes Keep
‘Kiddies’ at Home
22 Boys and Girls Unalde to
Return to School After
Vacation.
I -
Already ttiknowled god . 91,828.21
Omalia Knfinrtm Hub 15.00
8. s. Field. Newman Grove, Neb.. 2.00
A Friend, llavenna. Neb. 1.00
No Name, Yutan, Neb. . 5.00
A. M. J. 1.00
C. 1*. Brock, 8. A 8. home, Bur
kett, Neb. 1.00
CaMhlert Check, Holbrook, Neb. 5.00
Rebecca W. Wlltoa 2.00
Total *1,800.21
Twenty-two boys and girls couldn't
go back to school today because they
had no shoes.
Hopefully they await the enlarge
ment of the Free Shoe fund till their
“turn*’ comes.
Maybe you, who are reading this,
will open your heart and help pro
vide the funds so necessary to the
health and comfort of these poor
waifs of poverty.
It is a grand thing to remember
through life—to remember the kind
deed you have done for some poor
child.
It is its own reward.
Every case carefully Investigated
by school teachers, and without cost
to the fund. Acknowledgement made
through this column.
Check, caah or money order, sent
or brought to The Omaha Bee office
will go immediately to relieve one of
these waiting tota.
FIRE THREATENS
PACKING PLANT
Chicago, Jan. 5.—Fire, which
threatened to destroy the plant of the
Chicago Packing company In the
heart of the stockyards shortly after
midnight, was brought under control
when three extraordinary alarms
brought two dozen Are fighting com
panies to the scene. The cause of the
fire was undetermined and the dam
age was believed to have been nomi
nal.
Reopening of College
at Sterling Doubtful
Tecumseh, Jan. 5.—Former Director
Weltner of the German Cutheran col
lege of Sterling has been visiting in
that town. The college, Martin Duthor
academy, has been closed this school
year for lack of a sufficient number
of students. Mr. Weltner now lives
at Green, la. He expressed doubt as
to Sterling college reopening, stating
that the training the school afforded
Is now offered by many schools of
the state.
Deodorized putrid meat is putrid
meat still.
LOST BIBLE, 250
YEARS OLD, FOUND
Mrs. M. M. Graham. 4318 South
fTwenty-secund street, has recovered
her faith in the honesty of people.
Her mother. MrwV. W. Darling, 81,
has been seriously 111 at her home for
several weeks, and last Friday she
called her brother, C. W. Darling of
Auburn, la., to come to see her. He
brought with him the family Bible,
thinking that his mother would like
to see it. The book has been in the
family for 230 yfars, and contains
records of every birth and death in
the family since the revolutionary
war.
In some way he lost the book at
the Union station. He told his sistc .
Mrs. Graham, of hjs misfortune, and
they decided not to tell the mother
for fear the shock of 1 using such a
treasured possession might prove
fatal.
Monday Mrs. Graham received v
letter from Mrs. George llartug, 3608
Pinkerton street, saying that her
daughter had found fhe book. A post
card between the leaves, addressed
to Mrs. Graham, gave them the clue
to the ownership.
School Held for Farmers.
Callaway, Jan. 5.—Night school toi
farmers is being held in school houses
all over the county. The school In
structs farmers along the agricul
tural lines.
- 1
Just because you start tn* nay too
tired to get up"—arms srtd legs stiff
- -muscles sore—burning, aching back
t! —dull head — nervous — Irritable —
tVORN OUT before the day begins—
do not think you have to stay In
such condition.
Rheumatism, kidney end bladder
troubles, and all ailments caused by
« xpesslvs acidity make ons miserable.
Be strong nml well, flet rid of the
I; *’rlteumat!c'' pains, sllff Joints, sore
1 muscles, "scld" stomach. Kidney or
! ]'.ladder troubles so often caused by
an excess of body-made acids.
);. If you have been taking all sorts
;; of medicines without benefit, let The
i Williams Treatment prove whst great
. relief It gives even In stubborn cases,
iii Hundreds of thousands have used It.
• lllstslilislied at years ,
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ADVKRTIHElVfKNT AUVKBTWEMENT
STIFF—SOUK—ACHES AND PAINS—SOUR STOMAC H
TOO MUCH URIC ACID?
LET US SEND YOU THE WILLIAMS TREATMENT
85-Cent Bottle (32 Do«et) FREE
lo prove i lie williams ireaimeni
conquers kidney or Madder disorders,
rheumatisms and nil ailments roused
by “too much I'rlc Acid," no mat
ter liow chronic or stubborn, we will
give one 16c bottle 132 doses) free If
you send this notice. Kindly send 10
cents to help flnv postage, packing,
etc., to The Dr. I). A. Williams Com
pany, Dept. DA 1977, l\ (). Bldg.,
blast 1 lampion. Conn.
If your sleep Is broken by so Ini
Inted bladder that wakes you up
every few hours, you will appreciate
tbs rest and comfort you gel from
the free bottle (12 dosesl.
Hemt at onre. You will receive s
regular 8,'in boitle without Incurring
any obligation, truly one fi ee boitle
lo the asms address or family.
aNulhliig sent (!■ V. It.
Handkerchiefs Are Added to the Linen Sale
Sorosis Fine
Footwear
5.95
Our regular stock of footwear is re
duced. Practically every shoe, with
the exception of a few advance Spring
models, is reduced to 5.95.
We have not every size remaining in
each .style, but every woman may be
fitted at this price which makes
Sorosis shoes great bargains.
| Street Floor.
Colored, .29
Colored handkerchief*
with dainty designs em
broidered.
Men sLinen, .39
Pure line with colored
border and colored initial.
Soiled, .19
An assortment of all-linen
handkerchiefs, white and
colors.
Boys’ Lawn, .19
With colored border and
inch high initial, they’re
bargains.
Embroidered. 69
White linen hand-embroid
ered in white or color.
Children’s, .15
Better qualities that will
make inexpensive school
handkerchiefs.
Handwork, .89
z
Some of our hand-embroid
ered handkerchief* that
are soiled.
Plain Linen, .20
Very fine quality linen
cambric that launders
beautifully.
Nile, .15
Sheer and fine, in lovely
colors that boiling does
not fade.
Smart Silk Umbrellas
25 O/o Less
An assortment of short styles in black
and other street shades, with ivory or
amber tips and ferrule. Street Floor. '
Silk Hose
1.95
Odds and ends which remain where
sizes are broken and the line of
shades is incomplete. Chiffon and
heavier weights. Street Floor.
Silks and Woolens for Greatly Lowered Prices
Light Weight
Union Suits
59c
Spring and summer weights of fine
cotton in regulation band top style;
tight or wide knee. Made by
Richelieu.
Heavy Weight
Union Suits
3.98
Cotton and wool, and silk and wool
suits; low neck, sleeveless, knee
length; or hi gh neck, long sleeves,
ankle length. Str..« Floor.
s <•
i4 //- Wool Jersey Plaid Coating Satin Circe
169 169 269
54-inch width in henna, 54-inch widths, in qualities A highly lustrous all silk
navy, tan, black, grey, blue for school wear. Half- satm charmeuse, 40-inch
and copen. price. width. *
Lakme Velvet Printed Crepe de Chine
* 7-95 1.95
Rayon chiffon velvet of exceptional beauty; Fifteen different new prints of excellent
poppy, turquoise, ordhid, white, coral. quality crepe, in all new spring colors.
Gerona Coating Taffettas ' All-Wool Flannel
5.95 1.95 1.95
Sorrento blue, castile and Street shades in plain and . Sand and ciel blue, in 54
tan, greatly reduced. changeable effects. in. width; excellent qual.
Street Floor
Colored
Lingette Slips
1.89
Costume slips of excellent quality
striped lingette, sizes 36 to 44. Brown,
navy, black, green and wisteria.
Second Floor.
Colored
Batiste Gowns
.98
Dainty sleeveless styles, trimmed with
fancy stitching; pink, peach and
orchid. Second Floor.
New Spring Linens in the January Sales
Little Girls’
Jersey Dresses
2.95 to 6.95
The cunningest possible styles of
washable all-wool jersey hand em
broidered with yarn flowers. Most
of them have panties to match. Sizes
2 to 6.
Stcend Floor.
5.95 and 7.50
Entire Stock of Ready -
to- Wear Reduced 20 Jo
Without exception, our entire stock
of fine apparel is reduced: Coats and
frocks, including very beautiful fur
red wraps, evening gowns, afternoon
gowns, street frocks and sports flan
nels. In many instances the reduction
is much more than 20 per cent.
THird Floor.
Fifteen different styles of imported French
gingham, orchid, pink, white, grey, blue,
rose and lavender. The maker of these
frocks does a year-round business by sell
ing very cheaply during the unusual sea
son of the year. 5.95 and 7.50 are realy
only half-price on dresses so fine as these.
Peter Pan or convertible collars, tucked 1
pockets, all over embroidery, and rows of
buttons are distinctible style and trimming
features which make these dresses of the
type that one may wear during any in
formal summer-time occasion of the day.
Both regular and outsizes, 14 to 44.
Third Floor. |
39th Annual Sale of Fine Linens—Our Own Imports
<Pequoty Sheets
Sheeting, Cases
81x99-inch sheets . . .1.69
7?x99-inch sheets . . .1.59
*
63x99-inch sheets . . .1.59
42 end 45x36-in. cases 39c
40 and 42-inch tubing 39c
45-inch pillow tubing 39c
54-inch sheeting .... 55c
63-inch sheeting .... 55c
72-inch sheeting . ,57'/ic
81-inch sheeting . . . 57V*c
90-inch sheeting.69c
All Pure Linen Damask Heavy Silver
Linen Towels Table Cloths, 10.89 Bleached Damask
, ** , Yard 2.00
Linen huck with hem- doxen . 13.89 All pure linen and 70-inch
•titched hems; excellent width, reduced to, per
qu,,iti" Wash Cloths, y*rd 2 00
Turkish Towels each 5c Dish Cloths
Each 19c Glass Toweling Each 6c
Crash Toweling Yard 45c Tea Toweling
J OC- All linen, checked red or XT’ J 1 r?
Yard ZDC b|Ue. Reduced for the Jan- Yard 15c
All linen crash toweling, uary ,»|et. Blue striped toweling, an
washed and ready for use. Slr..t Floor. extra value at, a yard, 25c
Entire Stock of
Fancy Linens
20% Discount
Without the exception of
a single piece we offer you
our fancy linens at dis
count. Real Italian filet,
madeira, mosaic, Venetian
lace, and Italian cream
crash. Lunch cloths,
luncheon sets, scarf sets,
charibacks, oblong sets,
napkins, doilies, center
pieces, tea cloths, bridge
sets, and vanity sets.
