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TiaaUty SHorare Tu Co. Boat.
W. Zb elby S Some, g-anera! tnmrnc
keot rrlnt It New Beacon Preaa
arf-aea-Oraadaa, Co. Ughtlni tl
turea. VuM-Choice real eatate loana. Vf.
H'. Thumaa, S2 State Bank Bid.
rrloamaa'a SJtore BoUaft-1. FrleJ
mana irtora at UM I'odae atreet was
visited by thieves, who carried away con
siderable apparel.
"Toaay'B Complete Merle Frorram"
claeeiried section today, and appears In
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY, find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer.
anson to Btpeaa 8errptnry Theodore
Hanson of the national welfare work will
peak Thursday nlg-ht at the Swedish Ml
sion church. Twenly-thir.1 and Davenport
stieet". aecordlna; to announcement by
Rev. Frederick K. Pomi. the pastor.
Prof. Bamsay to Talk Prof. Franklin
B. Ramsay of the I nlverslty of Omaha
will addrefs the members of the Menorah
society this evening; at the Metropolitan
Mh rooms. His subject will bo "The
Value of the Pt'idy of Hebrew Litera
ti, re."
Xoonomlo Xiaagne Meete Whether or
not the Economic lePfcue should Join
other organlxatlons In backing a political
slate for the elty comrMecloner race this
spring wUl be dlscuase.l at the league's
regular meeting Tuesdny night st the
court house.
Saaee CHra Ball 'The Danish associa
tion will hold Its annual masquerade at
Washington hall Saturday evening.
Dancers on the floor will be required to
be In full masquerade costume until the
masks fall. The committee expects a
large attendance.
Zeppelin Departs
After Air Battle
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 15.-A
thrilling aerial battle between a Zeppelin
dirigible balloon and three French aero
plane was witnessed yesterday by thou
fands of Germsn and French troops in
the trenches, a little south of Muelhausen,
In Upper Alsace.
The Zeppelin came from the Black
forest and was sailing toward Belfort
when It met the aeroplanes, which were
' flying much lower. A battle ensued and
the conflict lasted about forty minutes,
both sides keeping up a continuous fire.
The aeroplanes struggled to reach a
higher level which would place them
above the dirigible, and had almost suc
ceeded when the Zeppelin retired to the
north at great speed.
Murphy is Held for
Wife Abandonment
Dennis Murphy, 1621 Pinkney, was
bound over to the district court on a
charge of wife abandonment. Bonds were
fixed at SflOO. HU 16-year-old wife stated
that they were married at the court
house In October and after living with
her one day, he left her and haa not
contributed to her aupport since.
YEGGMEN NOT UP TO DATE I
Contention Will Have to Coniider
Snag Put in the Way by the
Latest Bank Devices.
U. S. NATIONAL A SAMPLE
When the Brotherhood of Bank
Burglars and United Veggmen of the
World hold their annual convention this
rar one of the subjects dtocussed. no
doubt, will be the growing difficulties of
the profession.
".Nitroglycerin Nat" insy, perchance,
read paper on this topic, pointing out
the piactical Impossibility of making an
honest living robbing banks nowadays
and deploring t lie slowness of the "pro
fesh" In keeping ur with the Improve
ments made In modern bank vaults.
In this connection Nat will probably
call his pals' attention to the vault now
belna Inwtalled la the new United Ftates
National Bank building. Omaha.
Here Is a vault built of steel and con
crete of such thickness and strength as
to dls'-ourage the most optimistic burglar.
The vault room has walls of concrete,
heinforccd with steel in meshes, ihf walls
being eighteen Inches thick. Inside this
ore steel plates several Inches thick In
three layers, the middle layer being
nianganese steel, which cannot be bored
by any tool known today.
tttatht Mn" Safes,
The vault is divided into two parts by
a row of vertical ateel bars. In the Inner
ran of the vault behind these bars will
stand eight, safes, made of manganese
steel. Each of these weighs four tons.
They will be used to contain the ctir
rency. Presuming the very unlikely thing that
any member of the United Yeggmen
should ever penetrate thus fsr, he would
be confronted with the important but un
solvable question. "Which of these safes
contains the Ms and fiOs. and which Is
Just cluttered up with Is or Is."
In this part of the vault will be nlso
the boxes for storing silver and gold.
The outer part of the vault will con
tain 2.100 safety deposit boxes to be
rented to the public.
The total weight of steel In the vault
will be 339,000 pounds. The door alone
(which was standing on the street several
clays last week), weighs TO.OOO pounds.
Vet this enromous weight (about equal
to the weight of 6o0 men) will be so per
fectly balanced upon Its hinges that one
man will be able to open or close it
easily.
This door Is controlled by a time lock.
At the back of the vault will be a small
"emergency door," Just big enough to
admit the body of a man. This small
j door will weigh 8.000 pounds.
i And so, "Nitroglycerin Nat-' may well
nddress the despondent gathering of his
fellows and mourn the happy days gone
by when bank safes flew open In easy
response to a bit of "soup" poured In
the crack of the door.
He may well mourn the Injustice of the
woild wi.lch I s tlevi.t siirh lnipeneir.t
Me safes. And the convention may vll
aa resolutions to retire from the pro
fession and eek m other m. ana of
earning an honest living.
would hf nothing to do with
One Person Killed,
Forty-five Injured
PANAMA, Feb. - ,meMl Investi
gation by the Panama police and the
American military authorities reveals
that only one Pannman civilian wa1
killed In the rioting here caily today, but
four pereons were ilaiiKerously wounded
and It is believed that the total number
of wounded will reach forty-five
This list or casualties resulted from an
encounter between I'snaman police Amcr-.
lean soldiers and Psnnnian und Amerl'i
civilians In Cocoa grove known as the J
tenderloin district. Twenty-seven of tho
wounded were taken to Santa Thomas
snd Ancon hospitals. Among thee were
four, who It Is reported may die. Other
wounded persons were sent to tholr
homes.
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iiiiiiif nil n iiiiiiiiri.il iiiilii iiui d,..i.M
. . The police ssv that Colombo was not
c. l . T.f:- . , . r, "snlti h" but on the contrarv would i
oaivaior iiaiuiiu nrrcsiru in vvn
nection with Killing of
Joseph Colombo.
Frenchmen on Skis
Charge Germans
GENEVA. Feb. What Is said to lie
the first bayonet charge on skis during
the present wsr was made yesterday In
the Vosges mountains near Col-Du-Tnn-homme.
Forty Alpine chasscura with two
officers were cut off by the Germans and
were ordered to surrender. They refuged
and chargod down the snow-covered slope
on their skts Into the German trenches,
where a terlble stmcgle took place he
fore the Frem h soldiers were overcome.
Germans to Assume
Offensive in Alsace
ANSWERS DESCRIPTION
Salvstor Nanfito. set.: vests, living I
st 1310 Pa.ifie street, was aireetrd esrly i
Snndiiy inornlijg en suspicion o bavins; J
shot and killed Joseph Colombo, aged s
years at Ninth and Pnetflc streets, sljeiutj
; o'clock lust Thursday morning.
Hcr slme the binding of Colombo's
body, the police hsve been looking for a j
short stocky Italian wearing a blue cap
with small red stiines. This man had
been a constant frequenter of a ceitalni
IKiolhall In the Italian quarter up to the
day of the shooting. Fince then no t'S e
of blni could be discovered by the polii e,
until Sunday morning when they re
ceived information of his whereabouts.
Going to l1' Pacific street, they found
Nanfito, who answers the description of
the man wanted. The police are confident
that Nanfito ia Colombo's slayer, but
have no positive proof. When arrested
by Officers Hell. Emery. Ihey ant
Hulllvan. Nanfito spoke to them in
Rngllsh. but before Chief of Detectives
Maloney and Chief of Police Dunn he
said he Could talk only in his native
tongue.
Italians, whom the police insist can give
Information about the affair, refuse to
talk of the matter, except to say that
they fear Nanfito.
Colombo was slain to seal hie lips about
systematic pillaging of merchandise cars,
the police say It has been hinted. Ills
friends declsre that several days before
the killing he epoke of being afraid that
certain Italians would "get" him, be-
never tell anything about his countrymen (
a hen p'essed by officers on numerous
-iccaslnns. Tiny believe th.it another,
' moth e actuated the killing, an t It . j
, to learn this that detectives are srourlng
WELL i the ltsisn neighborhoods.
Russ Surprised;
General Ends Life
HKIU.1N. Feb. l.V-By Wireless to Sav-vlll.i-Accoidtng
to the Budapest dally,
newspaper. A seat, the A istrlan llungarlsn
troops entered the toan of Ha auts. In
Bikowina. so unexpectedly that all the
members of the Ituss'an staff were cap
tured. The i' omnia tiding Hiisslau Retinal, the
newspaper adds, committed suicide.
MONEY MAY BE SENT
DIRECT TO BELGIANS
NEW YORK. Feb. t.'.. Arrs nsements
fiave been made with the Heigisn banks
whereby It Is now possible to send money
direct from the United Ptatea to Indi
viduals In Helglum. according to an
nouncement made today by Llndnn W.
Bates, vice chairman of the commission
for relief In Helglum. Food, however,
ran not be transmitted to specific persons.
PARKS, Feb. 18. Refugees who have
been expelled from Alsace-Ixirralne de
clare that the Germans are making
extraordinary preparations to resume the
offensive In that region.
JEFFERY OMAHA COMPANY
SIGNS NEBRASKA AGENTS
V. S. Conrad of the Jeffery-Omnha
company arrived In the city from a trip
up the Northwestern main line Sunday.
A contract and order for fifteen Empires
and six Jeffery cars from Bassett, Neb.,
given by Conrad & Son, and a twelve
ear order for Fnplrea from Nellgh, given
by Marcellus 4. Son, was added to the
long list of the already acquired dealers
and sales for the company.
The Jeffery-Omaha company Is having
a largo twelve by twenty-foot palntlnr
exhibited on some of tho prominent bill
board I.
THREE I0WANS KILLED
IN AN EXPLOSION
MKNIO, la., Feb. IS. Three men were
Instantly killed here tonight by a boiler
explosion In tha electric light plant. The
desd are Erma YVIlley, M. A. Rcaman and
Frank Fay. Wllley was the engineer.
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HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
FOR LATEFANNY CROSBY
A memorial aervlce for the late Fanny
Orosjr, noted hymn writer, who died last
week, will be held next Sunday morning
at tho Uraco United Evangelical church,
Twenty-seventh and Camden avenue.
Only ,lj nns . written by Mrs. Crosby will
be sting. Re v. : Thomas Evans, the pas
tor, has also suggested to other minister
of the city, through the Ministerial union,
that similar memorial services be jicld
In all the churches.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATES OATS
BERLIN Va Xondon), Feb. 13. The
Bundesrath today doclded to appropriate
all the domestic stock of oats, with the
exception of seed oats, and the grain
necessary for fodder for horses. The or
der becomes effective February 1.
The Bundesrath also raised the maxi
mum price of oats by 60 marks (H2.50) per
metric ton.
CHILD LABOR WORKER
TALKS T0CLUB WOMEN
Miss J. J. Eschbrenner, national repre
sentative of tho Child Iabor committee,
arrived lr Omaha Sunday evening from
Lincoln. Miss Eschbrenner addressed the
Omaha Woman's club this afternoon. She
is on her way to Kansas City, but will
rtturu In March to give a display of the
work of the committee.
COMMERCIAL CLUB GLEE
CLUB RESUMES PRACTICE
Frequent and regular meetings of the
Commercial Club Oleo club are to be
held from now on at the Commercial club
rooms In the effort to round the club out
Into workable shape as fast aa possible.
The first of these meetings since the
holidays Is to be held Thursday evening
of this week.
WATER IN WELL AT SHERMAN
SCHOOL IS UNFIT FOR USE
Health Commissioner ft. W. Council
haa notified the school authorities that
water In the well at .Sherman school Is
unfit for use. Several tests have been
made by the city bacteriologist. Arrange
ments have been made to have water
carried to the school.
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ALBANIANS BEGIN
TO ENTER SERBIA
IjUXDON, Feb. 15. A large force al Al
banian has crossed the Serbian frontier
Into the department of Prlarcnd, forcing
the Serbian troop and local authorities
to withdraw, according to a dispatch from
Nlsh, Serbia, to Beutrs Telegram com
pany. The Albanians, the message adds,
are continuing to advance.
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German-Americans Are
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United States who and what the organizers and the organ
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article clearly reflects public opinion regarding this very
grave and newest development of the war and is of great
interest to the American public, who will want to know:
Whether this movement will influence America's neutrality attitude;
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candidates for office;
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