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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 19, 1918. MEXICAN FLEES OMAHA POLICE; GIRL IS SEIZED Lieut. Ballestrino, Wanted as f Alien Enemy, Sprints Away, While Waitress is Held as Accomplice. The crafty escape of a lieutenant in the Mexican army, Manuel Balles trino, who is wanted by federal au thorities on an unnamed charge, and the detention of Miss Clara Clark, waitress in the Sophia cafe, 1104 North Sixteenth street, occurred late Saturday afternoon in a north Six teenth street rooming house. - The lieutenant, who is a registered enemy alien, has been sought by fed eral authorities throughout the . country for some time, and when it was learned that he was in a rooming house here, local police were detailed to the place. The detention of the girl followed her alleged assistance in the escape of Ballestrino. who was upstairs in pit room -when a motorcycle officer questioned her concerning the lieu- , Itnant. Obtaining no definite information tfrom the waitress, the policeman left the place. ' & t Seen in Attempted Flight RjHe had gone but a short distance t-Irom the rooming house when he caught sight of the bare-headed of ficer attempting to escape. The last seen of him, he was going across the Nicholas street viaduct in double time. Motoscvcle Policeman Trapp took after Ballestrino in vain. The Mexi can officer disappeared somewhere in the railroad yards. Miss Clark was then brought to the police station and given over to fed ' eral authorities. Federal agents say a charsre of aiding an enemy alien will be made against her. She said - she lives at 807 North Eighteenth street. DIVORCE SUIT 0N LEE HEEDMAN CHARGES CRUELTY Kathryn Herdman yesterday filed pplication for divorce from Lee Hprrtman Omaha lawver and one 'time clerk of the Nebraska supreme court, active in democratic pontics. She alleges extreme cruelty for the last four years. This suit is the culmination of fam ily troubles that had previously led to separation and reconciliation. The last separation took place more than a year ago, since which time Mrs. Herman has been with relatives in California, between visits to Omaha. It is said that the divorce will be contested with countercharges by Mr. iierdman. Tn tir nftiti'nn Mrs T-Tprrlmnn He- elares Herdman is worth $35,000. She asks temporary alimony pending the nit and nermanent alimnnv and the custody of two children; Katheryn, 14 years old, and Virginia, 12 years la. Mrs. Herdman gives her address as trie iiiackstone hotel. PROCLAMATION ' ?0R RED CROSS IS f ISSUED BY MAYOR To the- Citizens of Omaha! "President Wilson has designated he week commencing May 20 'as Red Cross week. During that week II people throughout the United States will be asked to again show their devotion to our institutions and their love for our fighting forces by Contributing to the work of , the olendid army of Red Cross workers who are relieving the sick and bind ing up the wounds of our boys in for- ign lands, as well as in the camps at home. The people of Omaha have done themselves proud in all war ac tivities. and I urge them to give lib erally of their means toward this splendid work. Let every citizen as- ume a part of the work the burdens will then be light and the results most gratifying. "Over the Top" Graphically Reveals Hun Intrigue in Film Thrilling war scenes and graphic revelations of German intrigue, inter woven into a clever plot combine to make "Over the Top," now playing at the Auditorium, a feature movie drama of unusually high merit. Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey is seen in the role of Garry Owen, an American, who joins the allies be fore our declaration of war and, after service in the trenches, is wounded and discharged for physical disability. He returns to the United States Just at America's entrance into the war. A pretty love theme runs through the drama, and the support ing cast is well chosen. Tames Morrison as Hardld Lloyd, gives a convincing characterization of a young man, reared in delicate and refined surroundings, who finds him self in the front rank trenches. His abject fear, and crazed flight are rare bits of acting. Music is furnished by an orchestra ot u under the direction of Emil Hofmann. 'John 0. Ryan Retires AsSt. Paul Executive - New York, May 18. John D. Ryan, a member of the executive committee ot the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway company, retired from that DOSltion at the annual mpitintr today on account of his duties in connection with the wary' and was suc ceeded by Hdward S. Harkness. Omaha Doctors, Friends for 20 Years Enter U. S. Service 1 Ifeft 5 !-koJ$ IvST iiltel pi via CAPTAIN JOHN R. NILSSON. Captain Edward A. Van Fleet and Captain John R. Nilsson will leave Monday to join -base hospital units. Captain Van Fleet will join base hos pital No. 1 at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., and Captain Nilsson will go to Fort Des Moines, where he will join the Nebraska base hosiptal, No. 49. These two surgeons have been friends for 20 years, graduating from CAPTAIN E. A. VAN FLEET. . the Omaha Medical college in the same class. Captain Van Fleet has been practicing in Omaha for the last 20 years. Captain Nilsson has been in Omaha for about 25 years. He practiced in the Black Hills coun try following his graduation. These two friends of long standing received their commissions at the same time and are entering their country's serv ice together. Soldiers' Home Notes Grand Island, Neb., May 18. (Special.) '' at present a lonesoms placa, dua to th absane of so many member on fur lough. With tha approach of Decoration lay, however, a good number may return. Four of the members of Burkett were la attendance at the state encampment at lewara. Mrs. Donald Bmlth ha bought the prop erty of Mr. . Crole, who soon will leave for Sioux City. Mr. and Mr. Roush also MPeet to live In that eltjr for the present. New from St Francis hospital, at Grand Island, tell of the birth of a son to Ad- ROMANOFFS IN HUMBLE LIFE SINCE THE FALL Amsterdam, May 18. The humble circumstances in which the Romanoff family has been living in seclusion on a small Crimean estate are described in a newspaper published in Kiev, a copy of which has been received here, The party consists of Nicholas Nicholaievitch, dowager empress Maria Feodorovna, her two daughters, Xenie Alexandrovna and Olga Alek- androvna, and their two children with 14 other persons. During the February revolution they were frequently attacked by mobs, which were especially hostile to Grand Duke Nicholas. The farm house in which the dowager empress lived was shelled three times. The grand duchesses, Xenie, and Olga, did the family washing and Grand Duke Nicholas taught the chil dren who, owing to perpetual fright, became nervous wrecks. Only rough soldiers' fare was al lowed, meat and sugar being unattain able luxuries. The only amusement the prisoners enjoyed were gardening and reading, but books are scarce. The Grand Duchess Olga sold part of her wardrobe to buy books, credit be ing refused to her. Lutheran Minister Given Term in Jail by Munger Lincoln, Neb., May 18. Rev. H. M. Henricksen, a German Lutheran min ister of Gresham, Neb., and J. W. Augustine, of Yutan, Neb., both of whom were recently convicted in fed eral court here on a charge of vio lating the espionage act by making remarks tending to obstruct recruit ing in the enlistment services, were today sentenced by Federal Judge T. C. Munger to serve four months in jail. Both men appealed their cases to the United States circuit court of appeals. Frank Peterson Files For Congress in First Lincoln. May 18. (Special.) Frank Peterson, county attorney of Lancaster county, has filed for the democratic nomination for congress in the First congressional district Mr. retrson was electd county at torney at the last election when Lan caster county joined the Wilson land slide and elected nearly every candi date on the democratic ticket, giving this county its first democratic ad ministration in the court house. I G.O. P. LEADERS PLAN FIGHT ATN0RF0LK S. R. McKelvie, Candidate for Governor, One of Speakers at Conference Held in Northeast City. Norfolk, Neb., May 18. (Special Telegram.) No surrender was the keynote of a conference of republican leaders of the state and Third con gressional district, which adjourned here at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Representatives from all but three counties in the district were in at tendance. State Chairman Beach of Lincoln outlined a plan of organization and addresses by prominent republican leaders indicated that the republican issue would be fought on the previous records for what was claimed to be good vision and accomplishments. Phrases like "constructive criti cism," "constructive legislation' 'and "financial construction" were promi nent in the addresses. S. R. McKelvie of Lincoln, who stated that he was in the race for the gubrnatorial nomination, was among those who made addresses. Burt Mapes of Norfolk was elected chairman of the Third district organi zation. Plans are under way by the republicans to put a strong candidate in the field against Dan V. Stephens, who will be up for the democratic re nomination. HAYWARDWRITES OF HIS REGIMENT ON FRONT LINE (Continued From Page One.) where the rest of the regiment is, about 50 French instructors giving us our finishing touches and specialis ts training. It is all so wonderful, esoeciallv following the monotonous tour of duty during our first two months in France, I hardly know how to write about it. The last few days of Decem ber we landed at a port in France and were taken 16 hours by rail to a great base, where for two months we did everything under the sun engi neering, provost, patroline. euard duty, labor, horse and motor transport. HUN PRINCES IN SCRAMBLE FOR THRONES Amsterdam, May 18. The Ber lin newspapers give indications that the prospect of new thrones in the east for German princes has stirred German court circles as seldom if ever before. The so cialist newspaper Vorwaerts says that agents from the court are traveling hither and thither in ef forts to make propaganda for or against the various families to which the honors might fall. This scramble for thrones, the Vorwaerts fears, may endanger German unity. It therefore urges, probably in a spirit of irony, that a compromise be effected by fill ing the thrones with Turkish princes. "If Russia is enlarged," it com ments, "something must also be found for Bavaria, while Saxony, Wuerttemberg and other states will also want something, and there are only six thrones to dis tribute among 22 dynasties." m r red cross l m 2VWtrUND, w M $ I I PR J i working on the line of communica tions. I realized what a wise selec tion I made in my officers, and what a competent list especially when they began to take them away from me. We furnished the entire person nel for one general court, which sat for weeks; the entire personnel, ex cept three, of another general court; two special courts, and an efficiency board for officers of other organiza tions. I furnished aides for generals, assistant chiefs of staffs for head quarters and an inspector general, intelligence officer (secret service), acting quartermasters, lecturers for teaching the French the American insignia and army organizations. "We made wonderful maps of the whole country for headquarters, in cidentally discovering a wonderful new range finder which Colonel Pick ering has dubbed Trls-mll-ranging. He worked it out with two prismatic compasses the Brown .Parker fire control rule for converting degrees into mils, and the old mil scale and formula. It is simple and wonder- tuny accurate. Carries State Colors. "We furnished orderlies and strik ers for the American headquarters from top to bottom; made range cards and position sketches, and when we marched away from that base, it was with the commendation of the base and camp commanders we had served under, and I believe to the sincere regret of every officer and man we had come in contact with. Then came the message from the A. E. F. Heaven. I loaded the wandering, sa luting, laughing, Fifteenth New York, the only unit ever in France with a state name, on about a million of these little French cars, still carrying our state colors, and under scaled orders for the second half of the jour ney, puffed away into the night on a strange mission-the most wonder ful adventure which ever befell a reg iment in our army or any other army since the war began. "The French army moved us and we were well taken care of. They evidently believe in the comfort of their colonels, for I had the bridal suite on a sort of private car, and everything that went with it except the bride. We went on and on for two days; passed the phoney destina tion which had been announced as our destination through great supply de pots, passed acres and acres of piled up munitions, passed wonderfully camouflaged armored-, trains of big guns the "long Toms" pointing up into the air; passed aviation centers where the airplanes looked like great flocks of birds through miles of barbed wire entanglements, and fin ally stopped at a n ace I had nevpr heard of before, and when I stepped eff the train, the first thing I heard was tne ooom-boom ot the big guns a few mites awav. The Name in French. A French staff officers came up and asked me if I was the "Trois cent soixante neuvieme Regiment d' In fanterie, Americaine," audi allowed I was. We had heard unofficially of our change to the new number, but this was the nature of the passing of the old Fifteenth New York. So vou see, we carried the name and coiors through seven states, across the At lantic, through the submarine zone, 111 two great bases in France and clear to the tiring line. Of course the French know onlv thp new nom in our division we are the 369th R. I. v. . Its a good thing we are not artillery, for 1 would bat tn ci.Kct;. tute an "A" for the "I" in this desig nation. "The regiment is billeted in a irrniin of three villages a few kilometers apart one battalion in each. I would not be allowed to tell their names, but nobody ever heard of them anyhow, so we named them after the three majors. Regimental headquarters is at Daytonia, and the other two bat talions are at Snencerville and Mor-i ristow-Sur-Mont. It is al very in teresting, being lulled to sleep every night by the distant boom of the guns, and at night it looks like some one was continuously taking flashlight pictures. Sees Fine Air Fight One morning since we have been here, we saw a peach of an air fight or shall I say bird of an air fight, in which large forces were engaged, and in which our crowd had none the worse of it. There are no American troops anywhere near us, that I can find out, and we are "les enfants perdu" and glad of it. Our great American general simply put the black orphan in a basket, set it on the doorstep of the French, pulled the bell and went away. I said this to a French colonel with an "England JlL!lsign on hjm,.andhe said "Weelcome leetle babbie." I think my official interpreter, detailed to me from the French army, expressed the sentiment of the whole outft when we discovered where we were going, when he said "Gorl trrarintis w en to the front lines." The French are wonderful, wr.n. derful. I have never been more pro foundly impressed with a feeling of certainty and security, an.d efficient i direction, supply and management than here. Incredible, as it may seem, there is no red tape here. You should see and talk with our division general. What a man what a soldier "lie is. And when he says "attendez, mon colonel," you should see me click my spurs together and "attendez" in mj best pidgin French." Extraordinary Piano Announcement New 1918 Styles of Steinway Grands and Uprights at Prices That Cannot Be Duplicated After 11 June 1 THE REASON We are advised by Steinway & Sons of New York, that owing to the increased cost of material and labor, the prices of Steinway pianos will advance $100 and upwards June 1. So if you are thinking of purchasing a Steinway, the world's best piano, at the old prices, here is your opportunity to save money. Make your selection at once and we will hold the instrument for future delivery If desired. 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