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Martial Law Is Declared in Bulgaria Military Lid Clamped Down After Romii in Cathedral Takes Toll of 110 Liv es. By Thf Amnr.atHl Soft*. Bulgarin. April 17. l-atest figure* "how that 14(1 persons, Includ ing 20 women and 10 children, were killed In the explosion of an infernal machine In the Cathedral of K\etlkral during the funeral of General Gheorg hieff yesterday. Six generals and 30 other officers were among those killed. Sofia today was in a state of fer ment. the greatest excitement prevail ing. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout the country while the military authorities have ordered a curfew established, the streets to be cleared at 7:30 p. m. By CONSTANTINE STEPHANOVE, International News Service Staff Correspondent. Sofia, April 17.—Military rule was established today in Bulgaria as a re sult of the communist bomb outrage at the Svetlkrat cathedral. A number of arrests were made in the effort to tound up the radicals responsible for the deaths of from 30 to 100 persons and the wounding of at least 200 others. General Dnvidoff, General XerzofT and former Ambassador Koloughcff today were identified as victims of the bombing, timed to take Its toll of lives during the funeral services for Gen. Rosin Gheorghieff, victim of an assassin Tuesday. Premier Wounded. Th# wounded Included Premier Tsankoff, AA'ar Minister Kalkoff, the may of Sofia, Archbishop Stephan and General Bazaroff, commandant of th# city garrison. The infernal machine exploded Just as the funeral procession reached the main doors of the cathedral. The building was almost, completely ruined. The ruins of the picturesque old cathedral were the scene of wildest frenzy today as relatives and friends of the missing. and unidentified searched the wreckage for the vic tims. The dead and wounded, the accurate number of which remained undetermined, were still lying in the open square In front of the eathedra) and in the aisles of the old edifice. Troops Cheek Rioting. Rioting and pillaging were checked by large numbers of troops. A government statement today said that the assassin of Prof. Nicola Mi lieff, who was slain last February, had been found dead on the spot where he had killed Milieff. He left a note, the statement said, saying the executions were ordered by the 51a -edoninns, whose chief Milieff was. The ca'thedral has become a morgue. It was estimated that the greater part of the dead and wounded, mostly women and children, vere still buried in the wreckage. Panic broke out following the ex plosion. The laments of the mourn er*. gathered in and around the ■ alhedral during (he funeral services tor General Gheorghieff broke into shrieks of fear as the whole front of the cathedral fell into the huddled crowd, carrying portions of the roof ami sidewalls. The government fears that public opinion will call for violent reprisals against the communists and the agrarians. Martial law is being strictly en forced and all groups broken up. Malec Loses Suit Against Police Officer for Assault A jury in District Judge Fitzger alds court returned a verdict Friday morning, refusing to give any dam ages to Godfrey Malec, Peony park, in hta Si0.000 suit against Police Ser geant Charles Payne. Malec was struck several times by Payne the night of October JO. 1924. when he is alleged to have interfered while Payne was assisting in arresting two men for shooting Officer Clyde Gaines at the park. Chamber's Failure to Seek Norris Address Stirs Wead Failure of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce to ex tend an Invitation to 1‘nlted States Senator George \V. Norris to speak before the chamber when he comes through Omaha again has aroused th# Ire of Fred D. A Vend •‘If the ehamber does not extend the invitation. I shall resign from the body of which I have lieen a member for 35 years,” declared Wead. Magazine Writer to Be Ad-Sell League Speaker Uothrop Stow ward. New York City, writer for the Saturday Evening Poat, will speak on "The Rl«lng Tld« of Color” before members of the Ad Sell league et their regular meeting Monday night at the Hrandeis res taurant. Orville Andrea and Har rlett Cruse, University of Omaha, will iing a number oT original and popu lar songs. (ien. Duncan Return# to Office With Limp MaJ. Qen. George B. Duncan, com mander of the Seventh corps area, was back at Ida office in the army building Friday. Except for u slight limp, the general shows no effects from a Yecent accident while swim mlng In the pool at Fort Crook. Requisition# Issued for Auto Theft Suspect# A requisition was Issued yesterday by Governor McMullen for the return of Albert P. Miller and Kggbcrt Jaeger from Miami, Flu., on the charge of stealing an automobile from Moses Herzberg. TSStzftnuTwTinrTrTrT?^# .3 Ml## n.inni »hmt Thentt Dills I II Field* s*l a r* I Jefcn.lei. Bin. KoniNsn* Niialst * C-laaa I »• <*• *lTVm iMBtWftMF IlAUjBARt * to. Omaha’s Oldest Man, 102, and Son, 27, Celebrate Their Birthdays Together ('rtitonarian \ rxctl at Boys 'A ho Broke % inflow*, Spoil ing Hi- \nnnal Birtlulay. "A shame and an outrage, is wot I calls it,” declared William Everitt, Omaha's oldest man, when he awoke Friday morning to see <.ne dawn r»f Ms 102d birthday with work to be done on a house at 2215 Dodge street, whi< ch he has leased for his son, Joe, to live in. “Those young scamps of schoolboys have broken every window in the house and here I am forced to work on my birthday to get it ready for my son to move into," he said as he shook with wrath. "Well, sir. this is the first birthday in years he has worked,” declared Mrs. Everitt, as slu* stood, hands on hips, gazing in blank amazement at the form of her disappearing spouse, twice her age, treading with the sprightly step of youth towarda. his day’s work. She turned back to preparations for his birthday dlnnei which his son and family will attend "and one or two friends, maybe,” said Mrs. Everitt. I The son, Joe, also celebrated his 27th birthday Friday, and over In Klthan, Kent. England. Mr. Everltt’s nephew. William Wallace, and his son celebrated their birthdays to gether Friday. A coincidence beyond the depth of either of the Omaha Kveritts is that the son of William Wallace is also 27 today. "And his father is just the same age of my ’usbatid," said Mrs. Everitt, The Everltts have been married 35 years. Everitt. in spite of his age. works every day at his trade of carpenter "and he's as neat a work man as there is," vouchsafed Mrs. Everitt. jenks Endorsed for Church Head Omaha Presbytery to Back Local Pastor for Moderator at Columbus. Rev. Edwin Hart Jenks, pastor of First Presbyterian church was unani mously declared the choice of the Omaha presbytery for moderator of the denomination Friday at First Presbyterian church. Delegates elected from the clergy and laity of presbytery, representing 50 churches as remote from Omaha as Fremont, met Friday morning at the close of the three-day session to elect a commissioner to the general Presbyteriar assembly to be held at Columbus, O.. May 19 to 28. Rev. Mr. Jenks was elected unani mously and immediately a resolution was passed instructing other dele gates from the Omaha presbytery to cast their vote at the general as sembly for the Omaha pastor to the highest office in the Presbyterian church. "There Is a general tendency of the churches to get a man In the chair who will have an influence to smooth things out," Rev. Mr. Whit condo associate pastor of First Pres byterian church, said. Many other presbyteries have voiced their will ingness to support Dr. Jenks." Rev. Donald C. MacLeod. Dundee Presbyterian church, and Rev. A. J. Keafikes, Tekamah, Neb., were also elediad delegates lo the conference. EkUfs elected commissioners were James Meriting, Clifton Hill; W. J. Selloer, Bethany, and William Mc Cormack, First Presbyterian church. POLICE TO QUERY POISON IN RUM Bootleggers In Omaha must at least obey the ‘pure brew” law, according to Chief of Police Charles H, Van Deusen. The chief said Friday morn ing he had detailed several detectives to Investigate complaints of persons making and selling poisonous liquor. 'These illicit distillers are putting essence of lye in their mash to expe dite fermentation.” said Van Deusen. The lye reduces the period of fermen tlon from 10 to two days, but the product Is apt to be poisonous.” Joe Martin. 1214 Douglas street, is in a serious condition at the police emergency hospital as the result of drinking poisonous booze. Autos Parked All Night Downtown to Be Tagged Chief of Police Charles t an Deutcti Friday morning ordered policemen to tag automobiles which are habitually parked all night on downtown streets and also automobiles which are left standing on the streets for show pur poses by automobile companies. The chief also told his men to quit studying astronomy in the evenings and to direct traffic when they notice congested conditions. | | | JAn YEAI73 WONDER I BRODERICK-FELSONI UBKI- REVUE | HILLS BLUE DEVILS H s* roc swats or m/s/ c ■ PI NOUS LEFF^STEPRErV § NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS Garvin's Hamilton - 40th and Hamilton Zana Gray's "Tha Mina With tha Iron Door" "Tan Scars Make a Man" and Comady IDEAL.16th and Dnreaa Manta Blua and Maria Pravoit In "A l-ovar of Camilla." Vaudavlllt GRAND.16th and Rlnnay Dorothy Davor* and Matt Monr* in "Tha Narrow Stra*t" BOULEVARD - - 33d and Lanvanworth Bah# Danlala in "Mias Rluebaard" Boy Road Pirates Back to Kearney Two-Day Carousal ill Stolen Auto Ends When Youths Are Captured. Special DNpatcIt to The Omaha lice. Lincoln, April 17.—A two-day career as “road pirates*' has landed two Omaha youths, both 17. back to the Kearney reformatory, where they must remain until 21. Both lads have former records at that institution. The boys are Roland Welch and Abe lloldsberg. They were arrested here early Thursday morning when a car belonging to Dr. R. H. Sawyer was found in their possession. The youths were paroled eight months ago from Kearney, where they were centenced for a previous auto theft. After taking Dr. Sawyer’s car at Lincoln Wednesday the pair drove to Milford and obtained a gallon of gaso line from a farmer, promising to re turn and pay for it. They also trans ferred the license plates of the farm er’s machine to the purloined car. At Fairmont they pumped four gal Iona of gasoline into their car befoie the oil station manager discovered them. They made their escape. A blanket and tin additional set of license plates were stolen from parked automobiles at Fairmont. At Crete the boys took a can of motor oil from a farm tiactor. In another small town they obtained an other can of motor oil by breaking a window In an oil station. At Crete Welch broke into the boxoffle# of h movie theater and stole $2.38. The youths then returned to Lincoln, where they were arrested at 1 Thur.s day morning. LINDSEY RETAINS JUVENILE BENCH Denver. Colo.. April 17.—Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver’s juvenile court retains the bench seat he has held for more than 20 years. Judge Julian H. Moore ruled in district court today, in throwing out the election content suit brought by Royal R. Graham, do feateu candidate for the office. Too many cooks spoil the boss. a \ paramount \ * i future j RICARDO CORTEZ I™ JETTA GOUDAL NO man can make me love 1 him," says the beautiful | society heiress. And then she f meets “The Spaniard,” and when they clash— l there’s ACTION. For tha laugh*, JIMMY ADAMS in LOVE GOOFY 11 Starts I TOMORROW New Law Bin \id v to Maimed \ots . Jtidpr Dineen Explain* W ork inp of RepH-Johnson \mnnlni»Mit. —— "Eleven thousand former service men In the Nebraska department of the American Region have applied to the 1'nited States veterans' bu reau fur compensation.” declared Judge Frank M. Dlneen, liaison of ficer of the American Region, at the Kiwanls club meeting at Hotel Home, Friday. “Of this number,” the Judge said, “only about 3.tint) have been granted relief. Recent passage of the amend ment to the Reed Johnson bill by the senate will relieve much distress." Paralysis Case t iled. Dlneen cited the case of Ressie Thompson, Meadow drove, N'eb., who entered the service January 3R RUG, and served with the 127th field artil lery In France and was discharged January 20, 1919. “After he was discharged he was suddenly stricken with paralysis from the waist down. He tried to help his brother with farm work, even beg ging hint to tie him to a cultivator so that he wojild not fall off, in order to help cultivate the fields,” said the judge. He was found by an Omaha man and removed to an Omaha hos pital. where he stayed while his case was reviewed. Doctors hi ({iiandui'.v. "lie had stated in his application for compensation that lie had been treated for a disease before he en tered the army, but neither legion clinic doctors nor bureau doctors could agree that his ailment before entering service was the cause of his permanent disability. The case went on for two years and still would be going on If the recent amendment had not been passed.” Judge Dineen explained that the amendment provided compensation to veterans who were totally permanent ly disabled, whether their disability was from Injury or disease con tracted in the line of duty or not, if application had been made within n year after discharge front the army. FATHER AND SON BOTH EXECUTED Raleigh. N. C.. April 1T.—Charles W. Stewart, 51, and Ehner Stewart, 2.1. his son. paid with their lives in the electric chair today for a double mur der perpetrated In Brunswick county last year. The father was led to the chair first and was pronounced dead after three shocks. Two shocks were required to execute the son. Summer complaint iimoti( breast fed babies is comparatively rare. I Ask Your i Grocer I I About I PuriTanI Bohemian fj Hop-Flavored 1 Malt I Choicest f Materials Is why. *5 r ^HAYDEN' Srj “After Easter” Reductions Through All Apparel Section _ - ■ — I--— | Summer Demands Two-Trouser Suits I Kvery man knows that his Clothes get a lot of rough usage ' during the hot weather season and for that rea son the extra ro users eoine in good stead. In a Special Sell ing we are featuring these Suits at a price hat makes a visit to this Store imperative. 2-Pants Suits and Topcoats Omaha Made We Set Out Deliberately to Create Wonder ful Values for This Occasion, and We Are Taking Much Less Than Our Us ual Margin of Profit in Order to Sell This Clothing at How Your New Spring Suit Should Look Square shoulders, shorter roata, snug at the hlpa: trousers hanging straight and wide from rIntel7 fil led nalit. Coat pocket* lower, wide sweeping la pels. D aa J,»t All the New Ready: Spring Models Capps’ 100% Pure Wool One and Two - Pant Suits and Top Coats Black Top Coats For Clerical Wear Black all wool C ravenette Coats, double breasted, V* Belts; made in Omaha; Spec ial Saturday Slow (or Men I After Easter CTAT sale *35= to *39 COATS I Reduced to The swagger lines o£ these sinait coats make them particular!' adaptable for the youthful miss 01 the mature woman. Large range cf styles to make a happy selection glorious new fabrics; brilliant col ors as well as conservative tones side tie effects, flare and straight I lines, some with neat fur trim mings. Complete sizes for wotne misses and matrons. Second floor ] After Easter I Dress Sale i _ »■ «. A Thousand New Spring A big special lot o£ laities' and misses’ high class dresses, in the finest "flat crepes, crepe sntins. failles, heavy print ed crepes, and combinations of crepe and georgette, in all the latest models, including n v y copies of the imports. All the lovely Spring shades, including navy and black. Chic styles in Misses’ sixes and very good styles for women. With elbow and three-quarter sleeves. dy Second Floor “After-Easter" Reductions Girls’ Coats 500 New Coats to Sell Saturday Adorable now styles, beautiful ^ coats that eauie in too late for Master, selling at a great price concession Saturday. The ma terials are all wool velour, po lair. poiret sheen and other new weaves, fully lined. The colors include rust, green, tan, rose. __ _ henna and powder blue tsires “**- ^ are 7 to IS years 1 \ I other lots at itlo.00 to *19 7."> for sires to lt> years . Second Floor