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Pistol Flashed at Bellome Trial as Feeling Runs High Judge Warns Spectators Against Bringing Arms Into Courtroom; Case to Jury Today. (Continued from I'htp One), home nf Lucy Bell at Twenty second Mild Pacific streets. In reply, the defense has endeavored to show that tlie shots were fired by i man much smaller than Bellome: a man clad in dark trousers and a white shirt, who darted away after firing i lie three shots, bne of which took • ITect In a vital part of Salerno's body. The defense also lias endeavored to show that Bellome wm at home in bed at the time of thi^hooting; that i he hat and coat in Bellome's front room found shortly after the shoot ing by police officers had been loaned hv Bellome to a woman friend and Ihrtt parly the evening before the shooting she had returned them to him. Bring In Death-Bed Statement. The state, however, succeeded in introducing a "so-called deathbed statement," to quote the Judge; signed by Salerno and witnessed by several police officera and newspaper men, which declares that it was Bellome who did the shooting. And again, when Bellome took the stand in his own defense, the state, with the aid of a statement, procured from him at central station immedi ately after the shooting, confused him and showed variations in his tes ilmony from the original statement. As in other Italian shooting trials, liters are in this one certain bizzare complications. To begin with, this is the second shooting in which Buoy Bell, has been vitally Interested. Widow of Bell on Stand. Some two years ago |ter husband, Mike Bell, was shot and killed. San toro Salerno, the man for whose slay ing the present trial is being held, was charged and tried for the murder of Bell, tint exonerated. Kvidence In the present case shows that Salerno began railing on Bell's widow shortly after the killing of her husband. Indeed, in a moment of naivete, Bucy Bell, on the witness stand, re ferred to the slain Salerno as the man who killed her husband. Yet she un hesitatingly admitted that he called at her home frequently both before and after her husband had been mur dered. And to add to the eomplicatlons, Bellome is a brother of her slain hus band, Mike Bell. Drive Against Shooting. County Attorney Henry Beal sn nounced recently that he ia planning an intensive effort to put a stop to murders in the Italian quarters. One murder leads to another, he ex plained, and in most cases large fam ilies are left almost destitute. In the present case Salerno left a wife and six little children, all of whom were in the courtroom Tues day. And there are three Bellome i hidlren whose future may rest with that of their father's, in the hand* of the Jury. At the request of William Bovsly, chief counsel for the defense. Judge Boss will instruct the Jury that they must either find Bellome guilty of first degree murder or free him com pletely. A verdict of second degree murder or manslaughter is not de sired either by the defense or the state. The state has indicated, how ever, that should the Jury find Bel lome guilty of first degree murder the death penalty will not he asked. ^ou Just I I KNOW she’s well I You. too. can have the I , energy and joyful force of health I CONSTIPATION means SHORTENED LIFE I r^h/routleuwchasyour Ixrwelsactatleasttwicedaily? I IgSSS £335 Dr Caldwell’s SYRUP PEPSIN The Family Laxative I SCJSKSSStS aromatics, the tested prescrip. SteS3» year* in Ki« large practice. _ "**1 Different Because It Reltevee I II WHEN I And Does Not Require I /XuaPTRATCn I Continued Use I 111 ON81 1 The mistreatedbowel*may becleared ^II with orwdow. but to allow Nature » | i . 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She preceded them Up the stairs shouting at the top of her lungs: “Girls, here comes a man!" There was a great slamming of door#, frantic scurrying of figures in white, silky tilings and a score of half suppressed little shrieks and the way was clear for tiie c hief ancKmen. They climbed Into the attic and put out tlie fire. “A fireman’s life is not so bad,” one of the fire fighters was hoard to oli ser\e. Soviet Buys Dyes From Dupont Firm Russia Places First Orders in America for Cotton Mill Supplies and Looms. New York, Feb. 10.—Soviet Russia turned from a long standing mo nopoly enjoyed there by German and British firms to place today Its first orders for American dyes and textile machinery, It was announced by The All-Russia Textile syndicate, inc., the official trading company here. The order for dyes, described a* "considerable" was placed with the Dupont Interests In Wilmington, Del., the Russians saying they found cer tain American quantity production dyes were superior to those made In Germany. The Russian syndicate contracted for a trial order of textile machinery with Saco-Rowell shops and the Uni versal Winding Machine company of Boston, following a six week’s study of New England mill methods and machinery by N. M. Matveyeff, vice president, who said he found pur chase here offered advantages over purchasea heretofore made exclu sively In England. Both purchases sre being shipped at once for use in the 432 cotton mills operated by the Soviet govern ment. More than J10.000.0ft0 of southern eotton has been ljought by the Soviet since the first of the year, #ccording to Alexandria Gumburg, the syrttll "eate's vice president and treasurer. More than one-third has already been shipped. Omalians Attend Meeting of Chiropractors at Audubon Auburn, Feb. 10—The February meeting of the Southeastern Nebras ka Chiropractors’association was held in this rlty at the home of Dr. Emma b. Spooner. Among those present were Dr. Dee M. Edwards, president of the state association: Omaha; F. J. Boyle of Nebraska City, vice presi dent of the state association. Drs. J. A. Markwell, Omaha, and Dr. 11. W. Thomas, president of the Omaha At laa club. Discussion* pertinent to the profession were held and a report made on the state convention recent ly held at Columbua wai made by Dr. Bov ie. Mrs. George I/. Scott Dies. Ashland, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Georg# J,. Scott, wife of one of Ashland s lead Ing business men, died after sn Ill ness of several weeks. Mrs. Scott was nO years of age and was prominent In church and social work. Funeral services will he held Wednesday at her lste home. Rev. D. M. Keggs, pastor of the Congregation*) rhurch, will officiate. Ice in Rivers Is Breaking Up Union Parific Railway Pre pares to Meet Promptly Any Danger From Floods. Columbus. Kelt. 10.—lee in both the J.Oilp and matte rivet* south of Co lumbus has begun to break, but the general movement Is not expected for nt least another day or two. The I'nion Pacific ha* a pile driver outfit and a trainload of rock ballast in the local yards ready to move at a mo ment's notice to any point along the line where needed. Superior, Feb, 10.—Tee in the Re publican river here has broken up after one of the hardest winter freezes. Today the river is lower lhan usual here, water being held hack by an Ice gorge between here and Rost wick. The crest of the ice flow lias not passed here yet. Bostwick, Fell. 10.—The ice broke up in the Republican river Monday in this vicinity and above here. A tremendous pile of ice cake* has formed southeast of here and com pletely dammed up the river.. Water now covers the highway at the south approach of the bridge to a depth of two and three feet and a width of 20 feet. Farmers cannot get into town from the south and stock ship peis Ibis morning had to turn back with cattle they were driving to the local yards. The water is overflow ing lowlands, but has not done any material damage yet. Guide Rock, Feb. 10.—Republican river at this point Is receding today after a rise Sunday caused hy Ice gorges down stream. Trouble was experienced Saturday and Sunday morning with ice Jams west of here near Naponee. Iowa Pioneer Dies at Home of Daughter at Crofton. Nell. Crofton, Feb. 10.—Frank K. Bur kett. 7R, a pioneer of Mapelton, la., died suddenly here at the home of his daughter. Mrs. K. Strletz. where ha was visiting, and the body was accompanied to Mapieton by Mra. Strletz and another daughter. Mrs. Mabel Harris of Norfolk and two sons. Attorney H. K. Burkett of Hartington and C. M. Burkett of Crofton. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church at Maple ton. of which he was a faithful at tpnda nt. Mr. Burkett was horn In Pennsyl vania and was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Barr at Glenwnod. Is., In 1*72. Kight children were born, of whojn seven survive. Mr. Burkett, was well acoualntrd with and * great admirer of t). L. Moody, and greatly enjoyed the Moody and Sankey songs Holes Gnawed by Gophers in Wafer Pipe at Cliadron ('hadron, Neb,, Keb. 10.—The gnaw ing of gophers last atitnrner caused Ihe city of ('hadron an expense ag grade (tug between $200 and $300 tills winter. The damage Uv the gopher* was made known by the upheaval of the pavement curb and a sidewalk on Bordeaux street during the cold weather. , On digging below the surfers a n ex cess amount of Ice and water was found, which was laid to a lesky water main. By taking out the lead water pl|ie it was discovered that go phera had gnawed through the pipe* during the dry season last *umnier In (te»rch*nf water. Several small hole* were found In on# section nf pipe 10 feet long. Bloomfidltl School Bonds Tssim* Sold in Omaha Bloomfield, Keb. 10.—Bond* for the erection of Bloomfield’* new high eehpol have been wild to an Omaha firm and the plaos and specification* fnr Ihe new structure will *oon be available. Work on the building will alert Just as soon a* weather condi tions permit and It Is planned to have the building ready for ooctipsnev by the opening of the next school year. /•”■ ' " — -—s Paicncc City G. A. R. Pont Relurnn Picture of Cool id fee to llall v_y Pawnee (fty, Feb. 10.—Removal «f Ihe picture nf President Cnnlldgf from the wall of Ihe local f). V R. hall, ordered by a vote al a meeting nf Ihe body, was deplored by member* a I ♦heir la*t regular meeting and reap lotions expunging Ihe action from the record* were adopted. The picture bad been presented and hung by the w. n. r. The Ural expression of the pension bill sentiment In Ihe controversy I* contained In the last resolution, which stated that hnlli drumcrnlir and re publican prcsldenl* bail given aid tn the old soldier*, and that llie order lutd 'The utmost confidence In the Imncsly Mild Integrity of him who IIOIV occupies Hip While House, and oppose* any erltirUm of lilm because III* (elite of dllty lias led him to veto a measure for out* relief." U.V way of placate the auxiliary, aroused at the removal of the por trait. the veteran* affirm that "the |iatrlnll*m that led u* to serve our iminlC) still till* our heart*,” and they Iflen extend In the W. R. f\ tin* privilege In liang on the wall* nf tlgg halt the picture nt any man whn has al any time nr whn shall in the liitnrr serve a* “president nf that rnunlry fnf whose continued existence wc fotltMT | III. | Ward Burgess, Ex-Omaha Man. Asks Receiver fialiililics Listed at $4,308,* 383.66, With Only $2,883 in Assets; $3,636,073 I nsectired (Maims. A petition of voluntary bankruptcy was filed In federal court 'Tuesday by Ward M. Burge*<, who listed his li tIdlities at $4,308,385.66 arid his as sets at $2.SS5. Rive years ago Burgess was worth $2,000,000, according to Alfred R. ,\1 lin ger, attorney, who filed the petition for Burgess. In his list of liabilities are 250 banks throughout the United States holding notes ranging from $100 to $30,000. In the entire list is but one Omaha bank, which is liulding notes for $125,583.86, and an Omaha trust company, holding notes for $3,500. Few Omaha I-osers. "Burgess has cleaned up all his personal debts and few persons In Omaha will lose money on his fail ure." said Hunger. The principal holders of notes listed by Burgess are: C. B. Nash company, Omaha, $300,000; National City Bank of New York, $230,695.55; Illinois Mer chants Trust company, Chicago, $244,073.25: National I’ark bank. New >nrk, $130,610.06; Hanover National hank, $325,061.40; Guaranty Trust company, $186,956.58: Central Trust Company of Illinois. $353,850,000; Con tinental Commercial hank, $328,425; Chase National bank, $244,698.40. In his petition Burgess has listed all notes secured by the M. K. Smith and Burgess Nash company. He signed all notes as president of the company, also ns an individual. Wife’s Secured Utahns. Mrs. Margaret B. Burgess, his wife, is listed in the secured claims for $239,000, hut the security only amounts to $2,500, w'hich she in vested in the M. K. Smith and Burgess Nash companies by the sale of her home for $50,000, sale of her stock in an Omaha bank for $118,000, transfer of 610 shares of M. K. Smith common stock for $61,000. "Mrs. Burgess sold everything she had In older to try and help her hus band pull through,’’ said Munger. "Burgess carries life insurance amounting to nearly $2,000,000 and has assigned most of this to secured claims,’’ said Hunger, "but $167,583 remains unpledged and this Is made out to beneficiaries," said Munger. "Burgess signed over $466,000 of his insurance to secure the C. B. Nash note, $500,000 to secure one of the M. R. Smith notes and $500,000 to secure a Central Trust company note,” said Hunger. His assets are listed ns follows; 5,000 shares of M. K. Smith common stork of no value. 15 shares of M. K. Smith pre ferreii stock of no value. 50 shares of Alamo Farm Light company, value not staled. 30 shares of Thurbet* Karthen Products company, $135.00. One share of Omaha Country club stock, $400.00. One share of Lakoma. Country club stock, $166.00. Ten * hares of AVianno club stock, $ 184.00. One Lincoln phaeton, $2,000.00. Burgess listed his personal clothing value at $500, for which he claimed exemption. Sons Have Claims. Other claims listed are: George IMimon of Council Bluffs, $000, which was for money loaned, L. 11. Burgess, $5,000 on demand note due April 3, 1920, and C. W. Burgess, $10,000 on a demand note due July 19, 1920, C. AV. and L. II..Burgess are sons of Ward Burgess. The petition, lists the unsecured claims at $3,636,973 arid the secured claims at $651,112.57. The security for these claims Is only about $60,000. The C. B. Nash note of $300,000 Is secured by life insurance policies with present surrender values of a total of only about $36,000. 8. A. Me geath holds 16.000 shares of Ba« slck-Almite stock pledged March 26, 1924. to secure liabilities of $60,714.25 and Interest to subscribers of profit-sharing stock of Burgess Nash company; $18,666 and interest to George and Mark Woods, and $239. 000 and Interest to Margaret B. Bur gess. The petition lists notes of M. E. Smith A Co. signed by Burgess, at $1.668,075.90; Burgess-Nash company notes signed by Burgess were $1,057,* 918.33. Burgess In New Turk. “Burgess and his wife lost every thing they had in an effort to save fhe Burgess-Nash and M. E. Smith companlea," said Munger. “All the common stock of the Bur gess-Nash company was owned by the M. E. Smith company, while the en tire common stock of the M. E. Smith company was owned by the M, E. Smith Security company, of which Burgess was the head,” said Munger. Burgess is at present in New York working for a bond house, said Munger. “Burgess liabilities wilt be greatly reduced when the large note hold ers recetve a portion of their money from the Burgess-Nash and M. E. Smith bankruptcy settlement,” said Munger. “It Is believed that tha not# hold ers will realise about 85 per rent from each of the bankrupt companies," said Munger. Headaches From Slight Colds laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets relieve the headache by curing the Cold. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box heart? the signature of E. W. 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Washington, Fell. 10.—'frie ques lion of reading the lac Follette in surgents out of the republican ranks promises to come squarely before the caucus of house republicans tailed for February 27. Tills was clearly indicated today when Representative Sinclair of North Dakota, one of the dozen In surgents not invited to the caucus, announced that he proposed to at tend the session and remain until "voted out." The .Sinclair statement gave rise to speculation as to the possibility of a break In the ranks of the house Insurgents and was accompanied by rumors that Representative l.ampert, of Wisconsin, and others might fol low his example. Lamport declined to comment on the reports but Sinclair declared he had been elected as a republican and Intended to consider himself a mem ber of that parly until otherwise notified. Denounre lai Foiletle. Republican leaders have indicated if the insurgents desire to get back Into the organisation's fold, it will b« practically necessary for them to renounce the La Follette leadership and agrre to hind themselves to the decisions of republican caucuses. The republican committee on com mittees left the matter of Inviting re publicans elert to the new congress in the hands of Representative Wood of Indiana, chairman of the repub lican congressional committee and he county at the call of December It shows deposits of $9,976,541 and cash on bend $2,185,3.15, or lietter than 20 per cent. Four hanks nf Saunders county ere national and 27 state., Most of the banks have been es tablished many years under the aanie management and little money le hoarded by individuals because of the 1 confidence resulting from long ac ettialT^anrea and conservative man agement. Saunders county 1* practically In. \ dependent of the rest of the world from a financial point of view. Be sides the banks, this county has loan and building association* and several large mutual Insurance companies whose assets run Into large sums. Indian Boy Accidentally Kills Himself With Gun | Columbus. Neh., Feb. 10.—Arm's |Cadue, 14, Indian boy, a student at the government Indian school at Genoa, is dead as a resiflt of the ac cidental discharge of a sawed-off shot gun with which he and a companion were playing on the Heaver creek bridge near Genoa. Cadue was hold ing the gun with the muzzle toward him when it was accidentally dis charged. Ilia hdme was at Baker, Kan., and the body is being taken there for burial. " I did not send Invitations to a 4oa*n members on the (round that, although ihev were elected as republicans, they opposed the republican presidential lb ket In the recent campaign and also sought the election of independ ent congressional candidate* over the republican nominees. Wood Attached. Representative Longwoith of Ohio, the republican leader, has endorsed Wood's action on the floor of the house, and. If the Insurgent's carry (lie fight to the caucus, It was de clared, the matter might devslop Into a question of a vole of confidence for i,ongworth and Wood. Several republicans have attacked the position of Wood In speeches in the house and It has been Indicated that a heated fight might developed In the eauetta If the matter should be brought up Sinclair today denied he had en dorsed independent congressional candidates in the etectlon and assert ed he had received 150,(WO more votes in his district than foolidge and 10, 000 more than the gubernatorial nominee. Saunders County Bank Deposits $9,976,541 Wahoo, Keb. 10.—Combined bank statement of the resource* and lia bilities of the 31 banks in Ba under* 1 > “BONNIE” DRESSES Chirmcen and Poiret Twill Fancy Stiff Collar and Cuffs Cash Navy aad and Carry Tan F. W. 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