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BITS OF NEWS
TAFT CHALLENGED
TO DEBATE BY SHAW.
New York, March 14. William
H. Taft has been challenged by
Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary
of the treasury, to debate the pro
posed constitution of the league of
nations in any city of the east or
, west, it was announced here to
night by Hanry A, Wise wood, who
said he had been authorized. by Mr.
Shaw to issue the, challenge. 1
MICHAELIS DEPRIVED
OP OFFICIAL POSITION
Berlin, Majch 14. Dr. George
Mirhaelis, the former imperial chan
eolioi, is the latMl Germait slates
jinn shted to join the ranks-of the
t'ffi'- ally unemployed. The Pru.s
vir ministry of the interior has re-
quested his resignation from the
post of over-pr evident of the prov
ince of Pomera'iia, to which he was
aupo.nted after his retirement from
. the rhnncellorship.
PACKERS FAVOR PLACING
LIMIT TO PRICE OF HOGS
Chicago, March 14. It waS re
ported today that the consensus of
packers and representatives of the
food administration ir, conference
here was in fa-oi of fixing a maxi
mum price f not more than $18, and
more probably $17.50, for hogs. It
uas said nat no official announce
ment would be made until the ques
tion had been subiritwl to Wash
Kpton. v
DANIELS AND BAKER
APPROVE WELFARE WORK;
New York. March 14. Secretaries
Baker and Daniels of the War and
Navy departments united iu a state
ment made public here tonight by
John R. Mott, director general of
he United War Work campaign,,
approving the expenditure of $205,
138,381 iu after-the-war. -welfare
work among the fighting men of the
"American and allTed nations.
Regarding the budgets, which will
finance the activities of the 'seven
organizations represented in the
campaign from October 1 last to
December 31, 1918, the secretaries
- declared that reports from over
seas confirmed the necessity of.
"maintaining, and in some of its
aspects, augmenting this work."
"In our. judgment," the statement
continued, "the full sum subscribed
in the campaign will be required, if
these societies are to do what the
American people desire to have1
, them do in serving the soldiers and
t sailors and the other classes includ-
' ed in the original appeal."
TEN-YEAR SENTENCE
GIVEN DRAFT EVADER.
Los Angeles, March 14. Robert
Livingston of Los Angeles, comSct
. d by court-martial for desertion
and evading the draft, was sentenc
ed to 10 years in military prison and
his sentence has been approved by?
the proper authorities, according to
information here today by Lieut.
Roy Meacham, judge advocate of
' the" court-martial.
Robert Livingston is one of three
sons of Nathan Livingston charged
with evading military service.
George W. Livingston fled from
Camp Lewis and has never been
apprehended.
Ben Livingston was also tried
here-by court-martial after his cap
ture in Venezeula, but the finding of
1 the court has not been divulgel.
; ANTl-CIGARET 1 ' ,
BILL PASSES IN UTAH. .
, Salt Lake City,- March 14. The
house of the Utah legislature today
passed the anti-cigaret bill, 2s to 18,
and the measure now goes to the
governor. The senate passed the
bill several days ago." The bill is
very drastic and prohibits manu
facture or sale of cigarets or pos
session by dealers of them or the
"makings" for sale within the" state.
DELUGE DESTROYS '
FLORIDA TOMATO CROP.
Miami, Fla., March 14. Damage
estimated at between $5,000,000 and
$6,000,000 was caused by heavy raits
in Dide and Broward counties to
day which practically wiped out the
. entire winter tomato crop. At the
Miami weather bureau, eight inches
of. rain had been reaorded up to
10:15 p. m.'
IRON CROSSES ON SALE
CONFISCATED AT TREVES.
Treves, March l.-The police
authorities here took a hand today
in the business otselling iron cross
es which had been brought to
Treves by Germans despite an or
der against their sale. .
The shops in Treves have been
doing a good business irr iron cross
es for many weeks as Treves is the
first stopping place for Americans
entering the area, of occupation.
Iron crosses remain on. sale in
most other towns' in the area of oc
cupation, but they are no longer dis
played in windows.
CONGRESSMEN SEE
THRILLING RESCUE.
San Diego, Cal., March 14.
' Members of the house 'committee on
naval affairs here on an inspection
' trip were witnesses at close range
today of one of the most thrilling
rescues in the history of American
naval aviation.
The party, accompanied by a large
reception committee, was crossing
San Diego Bay in an excursion
steamer when a flying boat piloted
bv Ensign Frank. Chase with En-
sign S. L. Kerr in the observer
cockpit, dropped from a height of
about 100 feet to th water. The
accident was caused" by the terrific
"backwash" of a high-powered sea
plane which was passing. The.sea-
- r1tn. foil urithin fill feet of the
steamer, hitting he water with a
jmash. - .. . ' -
Ensign Kerr, although' his left
jrm had been broken in two places
mil tiio far haillv nit. dived to the
"" rescue of Eiuign Chase, wild was
strapped -in the cockpit. R.err was
so weak, however. tha,t he could do
but little, although he was cheered
in his efforts by the congressional
party. He was still struggling to
fr ftiaco whn a khfpH hnat from
the navy air station raced up and
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Coroner Declares Mrs. Blaz
ka's Body Worst Mutilated .
of Any Seen Within His
Experience.
Ellsworth, Neb.. March 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Coroner Wigent of
MullehKwho embalmed at Hyannis
today the body of Mrs. Joseph
Blazka, who from all appearancei
and evidence wasv brutally murder
ed the early part of the week, says
the body was the worst mutilated of
any within his experience. ' , -
two wounds on the breast and
one just fcithin the hair border of
the forehead clearly indicate the use
of a pocket knife that was found
near the Blazka home.
The, coroner also claims the evi
dences perceptible, verify the state
ment made by Blazka that he beat
her Sunday and that she died Tues
day, for every indication 'points to
continued 'life after the severe pun
ishment. - '
Washed Blood From Body.
When neighbors first arrived they
ound Blazka boiling his wife's
bloody ciotning in a Doner, iney
also found he had made a good ef
fort at washing the blood from the
body. From this it was argued
that his plan was to have the body
in condition to prove ' his first
claim that she had died from influ
enza as 'all brutal evidences of her
death would have been xoncealed.
His reluctance to permit investiga
tion, also supports this theory.
Thinks His Act Justified.
Blazka's confidence in the iusti-
fiableness-of any act he performs on
his own place was illustrated in his
order to his sons to return to the
home place and look after the stock
as he wottld be home -in a tew days.
MIe staunchly believed as his wite
belonged to hint he had the right
to beat her at his will.
Blazka displays stoical indiffer
ence as to his act.
Owinir to inability to obtain suffi
cient medical experts at Hyannis it
was decided to take the prisoner, the
three boys and the body to Valen-
tine.xNeb.. which was done today.
The inquest and preliminary trial
will be held there Sunday or Mon
day.-
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Britain Would Rule
League as Planned,
"Says -Senator " Fall
Albuquerque, N. M., March 14.
"If the present league of nations
plan. is adopted, Great Britain will
rule the league and 1 object to
America's .becoming a subsidiary
country to flje Britisn isles," declar
ed United States Senator Fallof
New Mexico today in addressing
the Chamber of Commerce here.
"If the league of nations had ex
isted in 1774 there wculd be no
United States now," continued the
senator. "Other nations would have
jumped iu and nipped in the bud
the revolution that .gave us our in
dependence. "The charter of the league pro
vides for every self-supporting na
tion or province to haveNa voice in
the league. This brings in Canada,
Australia, India, Ireland and the
other English provinces. Through
their vote England "" will run the
world and use us to keep the prov
inces forever subjected, to their
mother counjtry."
Street Car Skip-Stop
to End With Beginning
of Next Month, Order
N City Coramissiontr "Butle, return
ing from Lincolrt, announced that he
received information that the street
car skip-stop system will be-suspended
in Omaha, April 1, by the
State Railway commission.
"I was told that the .commission
ordered the skip-stop system to be
established for a period of six
months ending April 1, and I under
stand that the Street Railway com
pany will observe the order ol the
commission," Butler said.
, Officials ol the company were to
meet thi street car committee of the
city council today on the' skip-stop
questioVi. ' , r
During the wek the Street Rail
way company announced that it was
revising the plan with a view of
modifying the present arrangement,
but not to abolish all of the "skip
stops. '
' New Credit Given Italy.
- Washington, ' March . 14. Italy's
loans from the United States were
increased today to $1,421,500,000 by
a new credit of $16,500,000. This
made total credits to all allies
8,857.
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Howell and Electrjc Light
Company Reach'Compromise
On Mooted Omah Measure
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Douglas County Senators, Together With Leaders in
Municipal Controversy Come to Terras on Bills by
Which City-May Acquire .Both Gas and' Light
- Plants; Council to Take the Initiative.'
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, March 14. A battle royal, which has been go
ing on since the starting of the legislative session, was ended
today,by a peace treaty dgned by R. Beecher Howell, man
ager of the Metropolitan Water-District of Omaha, and J. E.
Davidson, manager of the Omaha Electric Light company,
when the two agreed to pool their strength, for the indefinite k
postponement of House Roll 450 and endeavor to secure the
passage of Senate Files 129 and 131. "
The action of the two officials was ratified tonight in a
meeting of the senatorial delegation -from Douglas county,
which agreed to the provisions of the compromise.
House Roll 450 was introduced at
the instance of Howell to enable the
Metropolitan Water board to build
a competing municipal electric!
lighting plant in Omaha, which
forces of the electric lighting com
pany have been fighting all through
the session, with prospects of suc
cess in the tiouse.
Senate File 129 is the measure
which gives to the Metropolitan
Water board the right to fill vacan
cies in the directorate for the full
term instead of until election; en
ables' the? mtoVgive employes gra
tutous insurance, provides for in
crease in salary of the general
manager and gives the water dis
trict the right of eminent domain
by naming appraisers in condemna
tion proceedings.
Senate, File 131 provides for" the
Metropolitan Water board taking
Realtors Plan
Own Private
Charge That Building Material
Sold at Exorbitant Price
and Action Taken Jor
Self-Protection.
Twenty Omaha, realtors met Fri
day to. form an organization to op
erate a private lumber and building
materials yards. This action is in self
defense, real estate men say, to com
bat the present prices exacted for
building materials, .especially lum
ber. No one will attempt building,
thougtj the housing problem has
reached serious proportions, .because
of the high prices of lumber. The
realtors ay at least 5U per cent is
the profit exacted by lumbermen.
It is out of all proportion to the in
crease in the cost of labor, those
behind Ithe movement claim.
"If the lumbermen would bi con
tent with a smaller'margin of profit,
Omaha would enter into an unpre
cedented period of -buijding activi
ties," said one of the realtors behind
the movement.' "Three thousand
dwellings are needed at once to care
for the influx of new families,, but
the lumbermen .exact a price of $45
per. 1,000 feet at retail, whereas lum
ber cantbe laid down in Omaha at
$30. -
"We have no desire to go into
competition with lumbermen but will
operate the yard for our own bene
fit. We resent the exorbitant prices
they "exact." s
tacn ot tnousiness men inter
ested is pledged to invest $4,000 to
$5,000 in the new business. Def
inite announcement pf the company's
plans will be madenext week.
Two realtors, C G. Carlberg and
Norris & Norris now operate inde
pendent yards. 1 '
C. F. Harrison at a meeting of
the Real Estate board Wednesday
in the Chamber of Commerce, stated
that lack of housing facilities' would
seriously impede Omaha's progress,
unless the "problem was solved very
shortly.
"No one wants to build while
prices are so high," he said. ,
Real estate men interested in' the
new venture believe their project
will give the desired impetut to
kuilding activities and will relieve
the house shortage.!
Anarchist Who Shot
Premier Clemenceau
Sentenced to Death
Paris,' March 14. Emile Cottin,
the anarchist who recvently made
an attempt upon the life of Premier
George Clemenceau, was today, sen
tenced, to death by the court-martial
, which tried- him. " The verdict
was unanimous. . '
.In his examination today, Cottin
declared that, if he had escaped af
ter 'his attack on the premier he
would again-Jbave tried take Mr.
Clemenceau's life if he thought he
might succeed.
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Burned to Death fcy Mob.
Pensacola, Fla.. March' 14. Judge
Johnson, a negro, was taken from
county, officers- near Castleberry
early today and burned to death by
a mob. Johnson had confessed, the
officers taid,v to attacking; a white
Omaha
" OMAHA, SATURDAY,
over the gas plant which the city
of Omaha may acquire and amend
ing it so that it can also take over
the electric, light plant, under the
same methods of condemnation.
The effect of the bill will be to
provide the initiative proceedings
by which the city may acquire the
electric light plant through, the city
commission, though it will be op
erated by the water district as part
of the huge utilities plant which
Howell and. his associates seek to
create. t , .
The Electric Light company will
benefit by the compromise throuph
the provision of the Dill which will
compel the city, rathr than the
water board to sfart proceedings and
this also eliminates the possibility of
the water district installing, a cotti
peting service electric lighting and
power plant. .
to Organize ;
Lumber Yard
M. G. Colpetzer Declares Prof
its Only One-Third and
. That Accusations
Are Unjust.
Realtors' charges that prohibitive
lumber prices are impeding Omaha's
building progress are refuted by
Moshier G. Colpetzer, president of
the Chicago Lumber company and
spokesman for local lumber dealers.
"Our profits are 33 1-3 per cent,
not 50, as stated by the real es-
Jate men: Any charge of exorbitant
or unfair prices made against Omaha
lumber dealers - is unfair to the
trade. While our'retail price for
common boards or' dimension in
Omaha today is about $45 per thou
sand, the home builder who buys
$500 worth' or more of lumber re
ceives a 10 per cent discount" so
that the average price , for' lumber
.u: j t . . . T . A
uiuusanu. n was siaiea mac com
mon dimension lumber could be
bought for $30 per thousand f. o.
b, cars Omaha. Thirty-two dollars
per thousand is more nearly the
market. This is true of cheaper
grades only. Omaha real estate
men uniformly demand the best
grades of lumber, which fs,$3 or $4
higher." -
Scouts New Plan.
. Colpetzer scouts the new lumber
and building material yard which
the- realtors contemplate. "This is
a free country and I can't prevent
them but it is common knewledge
the city cannot support at a profit
those now doing business. Two
yards were offered to us for sale in
side of the last three months Mon
day oL this week our company
closed a contract -with C. G. Carl
berg, who owns a trackage yard, at
Thirty-fourth and Vin-ton, for lum
ber for the erection of 200 houses.
We sold him lumber cheaper than
he could operatehis own lumber
yard. This ig, the best proof we
can offer that it is unnecessary for
any builder' or group of builders to
operate their own yard in order to
obtain a fair price for their mater
ials." '
Local Congress Suggested.- 1
A local "readjustment congress"
made up of representatives of all
building industries, is the solution
offered by Colpetzer. ' i
"I agree. with the realtors that
building materials are too higft and
for the past month hsve been ad
vocating a meeting of all dealers,
whcre--we could discuss the best way
to start Omaha's extensive building
program" and what would be a fair
profit for our material- and what
would be affair, price -for us to
charge the home builder," he said. ,
'It is just as much to the lumber
men's interest as it is to the home
builder that more construction go
on so that we could sell more lum
ber. While I have no. authority to
I speak for the rest of the Omaha
luuiuer dealers, i am comment tnai
they would meet public demands
more than half way. In fact in a
discussion which several of , the
lumber dealers' of the city had re
cently, the idea was. advanced that
possibly it would be a good thing
for Omaha's bonding" program1 if all
dealers in products which( go into
the building of a home would sell
their products at cost, or practically
at cost, for a short period, in order
to. stimulate the industry" v
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MARCH 15, 1919.
One Woman Killed, Several
Persons Injured by Twister
Near Colon; Babe Car
, ried 500 Feet.
A tornado half a mile wide swept
across a portion of Saunders county
yesterday afternoon at. 5 o'clock
traveling from southeast to north-
peast, causing the death of 'one per
son and injuries to at least three
others. Several farms were denuded
of their buildings and a large
amount of property destroyed by
the twister which laid waste an area
of seven jiles long. The dead:
MRS. ALVIN BOCKWEILER
Injured: -'
Alvin Bockweiler. i
John Schultz.
-.Eaverson, son of the.-pastor
of the German Lutheran church.
Forms Near Malmo.
Residents of Colort, near the center
f Saunders county, noticed a whirl
ng, balloon-shaped cloud form in
the vicinity, of Malmo, five 'miles
to the southwest- shortly before 5
o'clock. Almost instantly it com
menced to move toward .Colon, but
when a couple of miles, away, it
veered to the west and passed north
of thd town, traveling northeast.
The tornado struck the ground
first on the farm of Alvin Bock
weiler, four miles from- Colon.
There the buildings were com
pletely destroyed. The body of Mrs.
Bockweiler was in the wreckage of
the house. Apparently she had been
instantly killed.
Carried Five Hundred Feet.
Alvin bockweiler was found lying
in a cornfield, . 300 feet from" his
house. He was unconscious, ' cut
and bruised, but will recover. : In
his arms was clasped an infant child,
uninjured.
Mr. Bockweiler regained con
sciousness later, but was unable to
give any details concerning the ap
proach of the tornado.
The German Lutheran church and
school house Just opposite, about
four miles northeast of Colon, was
totally destroyed. Young Eaverson,
son of the pastor' of the church, was
injured, but will recover. No other
members of the family were injured,
Farm Building Destroyed.
Practically all the buildings on the
farms of John JurgeTis, five smiles
cast of Colon; Harry v Johns, "four
milts -northeast and John Schultz,
were either totaly destroyed, or bad
ly wrecked! -
Farther northeast and toward the
village of Woodcliffe, outbuildings
on a number of farms were wrecked,
but no 'homes were destroyed, or
persons injured. - V
The tornado passed over one of
the richest portions- of Saunders
county and the damage done will
run into thousands of- dollars. It
was followed by one of the heaviest
kains in years. During, its progress
it was accompanied by hail.
, Some Storm in Omaha.
In Omaha 'the rain was general
during the entire afternoon. Late
in tht day storm conditions, devel
oped and for a time therewas a
stiff wind, but it passed without
any damage, other than the blow
ing in of numerous windows. The
Strand thpater suffered particularly.
Several Farnam street glass store
fronts were shattered by the fierce
wind. , . '
The hail in Omaha continued but
a few minutes, but in some locali
ties, the pellets of ice were as large
as small sized eggs.
Youthful Bandits
Stage Two Holdups .
in Rapid Succession
Two youths, one armed with a
nickel-plated, pearl-handled revol
ver, staged two bold holdups -in
rapid succession last night.
Chester Bevine, 1704 South Twenty-fifth
street, was stopped at the'
"point of a gun and robbed of 85
cents oi Twenty-fifth street between
Poppleton avenue and Woolworth
street. ;
Fred B. Walrath, 3350 Burt street,
was robbed at Thirty-third and
Webster street of $15 cash at 11:30
Both victims described the ban
dits as ' youthful., One . wore a
sweater pulled up over his face, the
other had his overcoat collar turn
ed up to cover his face. ; Only
short time elapsed between the two
holdups.
Pas? Norfnal School Bill.
- Lincoln, March 14. (Special.)
A bill providing for the support and
maintenance of the state normal
sehools was passed "by the house
Friday afternoon with the senate
amendments. The senate amended
the original house roll 57, so that
a tax levy of 1 milh instead of .85
will be levied for the support of the
f ormal scnoois,
moss
SECTION EACH
B Mall l' ur). O.llr. I4.W! (uadiv. t .Mt TWO f!ENTS.
Dally and Sua.. M.M: iUl4 Nrt. (Mtaaa lra vui'iw.
Representative Dy ball to Wed
Miss Pearl Woodyard Who
Nursed Him Back to Health
Romance Begun Eight Weeks Ago in Lincoln, Culmi
nates Here Sunday When Member, of Legisla
ture From Douglas County Will Lead1 To Altar
Woman Who Was His Guardian Angel' During
Attack of Fit ' ; -
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Representative Dyball.
A romance that proves that even
the flu may have its compensations,
culminates Sunday in the wedding of
George B. Dyball, Douglas county
representative at" Lincoln and Miss
Peat ,Woodyard, an Omaha nurse.
-Eight weeks ago the story had its
beginning a story in swift romance
rivaling he '"Once Upon a Time"
tales of love at first sight and magic
rescue.
The ways of Cupid, are mys
terious! He declared thatMr. Dy
ball should be dangerously ill of theJ
nu sa ill that -a nurse wasi re-
MftYBELLE GOES
WITH PA AND MAr
TO AUTO SHOW
Wishing to Seem Familiar
With Subject of Cars, She
Refers to a Beautiful
s Model as a'. ."Boat.",:
Everybody in Omaha was at the
automobile .show last night. At
least Maybelle -said she; saw every
body there. She was accompanied
by her mother, and, her father also
attended to help his wife and May
belle ask questions. ' '
The weather man -staged a show
of his owrr early in the evening, andfV'ice after his trip to the United
then there was a grand rush for the
Auditorium which was crowded to
the doors. An occasionel sprinkling
of khaki fn the moving lanes of
conventional black and dashes of
femhnijjf show clothes, reminded the
visitor that it was military night. V
Army officers took a lively 'in
terest in the many models von dis
play and when doubtful as to the
car that best suited their needs or
inclinations, they were .readily as
sisted dy their escorts who showed
more than an academic knowledge
of ignition, crankshafts, valves, radi
ators, carburetors and other features
of the automobile.
Buyers Take Femfnine Advice.
,An automobile show would not be
a success without the women, and
that fact has been demonstrated in
Omaha this week. " With few ex
ceptions, every male ' prospective
automobile buyer talces "his wife,
sweetheart, sister, aunt or some
other female accomplice with him
when looking over the new models.
Whether -he is only "thinking" o"f
buying a car, or has his hand on
his money, it matters not; he usually
has some woman confidant with
him. ,
Maybelle's father made up his
mind several months ago to buy a
car this season for his family. At
first hh boasted that he could go to
the automobile show , alone and
pick out the car he wanted with
his eyes covered and his hands tied
behind his back. . At the last mo
ment, however, he was stricken with
cold feet.-whereupoir he invited the
"missus" and the daughter.
Maybelle did her best to show
that she knew something about
cars. She made so bold at one of
the booths to refer to a beautiful
model as a. "boat" Shdiad heard
her brother use that expression in
connection with a neighbor's ihvver.
Continued oq rg rUUm, Columa
SUNDAY)
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Misi Ptarl Woodyard. '
quired. He was in Lincoln at the
time. .
The nurse appeared in the person
of Miss Pearl Woodyard of Omaha,
who nursed him back to complete
health.' '
' That is the first of the story which
is to have its finis Sunday, in. the
wedding at the. First Presbyterian
church by Rev; Edwin Hart Jenks,
pastor. ' '
.- Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Dyball will
return to Lincoln, but at the closje
af the legislature they will be at
home in Omaha, aV 2514 Poppleton
avenue. - i
WARM WELCOME
GIVEN PRESIDENT
ViLSONAT PARIS
Begins Conferences at "Once
With AllieaVStatesmen With
View io Winding Up
War Promptly.
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- Paris, March 14. The1 supreme
war council will meet tomorrow
at 3 p.- m. to consider the definite!
military and naval conditions to
be imposed 'on Germany.
.Paris March 14. President Wil
son, returning, to the teaceconfer-
States, arrived m Paris shortly after
noon toaay. ,
Th"e president's train, which had
been delayed on the way from Brest,
reached the.Invalides station at 12:07
o'clock. .. ,, '
The demonstration attending the
president's arrival lacked the magni
tude of that upon the occasion of
his initial appearance last Decem
ber. Nevertheless, it was spontane
ous and cordial. ' '
The people had been kept in ig
norance as to which railroad station
his train Would enter. The presi
dent had requested this, as -he de
sired to come into the capital this
time merely as a private citizen.
Nevertheless, the population heard
early in the day that the station se
lected was the Ihvalides and they
had assembled there in great num
bers by the time his train was due.
Congratulates Clemenceau.
The presidential party was met at
the station by President Poincare
and Madame Poincare, Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pich
on, Andre Tardieu, General Ber
doulat, the military governor of
Paris; - Major General Mordacq,
head of . the military cabinet of the
ministry of war; Secretary of State
Lansing, Gen. Tasker H. Bliss,
Henry White, of the peace commis
sion; Ambassador Sharp' and Ad
miral Benson.
President Poincare gave President
Wilsotf a cordial greeting during a
brief conversation. Wit) Premier
Clemenceau the American executive
spoke for some time, congratulating
the French statesman on his escape
from death in the recent attempt to
assassinate him. f
"My hide is too thick for a little
piece Of lead to do ms-any harm,"
Clemenceau smilinglyresponded.
President Wilson appeared to be
in excellent liealth, and spirits.
President Wilson got to work
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Mrs. J. H. Glassman, Sick,
Struggles With Negro In
truder to Protect Her
Seven Children.
Mrs. f. H. Classman, aged. 44, 2607
Bristol street, mother of seven chil
dren, was the victim of attempted as
sault by a negro of huge stature in
her home last night. - f
Her oldest -son, Earl, found' her
lying on the floor at midnight in an
unconscious condition, with a chlor
oformed handkerchief gag in her
mouth.
A purse containing $j5t all -the
money the woman had, which she
kept inside her corset, was taken
from her by the asailant.
Wages Terrific Battle.
The woman, whose youngest child
is six ionths old, gave terrifiq bat
tle to' the intruder, for nearly half
an hourr then fell on the flooru an
unconscious condition. Torn dott
ing and hanks of her hair were
flung about the floor amid the up-,
timed , furniture and dining room i
table, evidence of her fierce strug
gle. A' negro partner of the assailant
was posted at the front door of the N
house as a lookout" and-held her
imprisoned.' in the house while her
assailant committed his attack upon
the frail woman. Six children,
ranging in age from six months to
10 years old, were asleep during the
mother's struggle.
"Don't KU1 My Baby."
"Oh my baby, my baby, don't kill
my baby. Ge away from me, you
brute. That's all the money
got," she kept frying in delirium
during the night. At an early hour
this morning', the hysterical woman
was still in a serious condition, at
home under the care of a physician.
Incoherently, she told her story
to detectives who later scoured the
city in an effort to catch the two
desperadoes. ' '
"I heard somebody, at the win
dow in the rear room. I telephoned
to my brother, Alfred Pape who
visited me early is the evening.
While Iwas at the phone I saw
a-flashlight in the kitchen, I ran
to the front door to escape but was
confronted bf another negro who
stood; on the porch. When I turn
ed around to go to my babies. I
was struck by a club.
"I'll kill your babies if you don't
come across" with some money," the
brute said. -
Pursued Her in House,
i Here, the woman fell into a sec
ond faint and it was several minutes
before she was revived. As best
she could, she continued her story.
"I tried toget out of, the dining
room -window b,ut he jumped over
the chairs and table after me. He
caught me and demanded money
again. T pleaded with him to let
me alone. 'That's all' the money ' I
got. Please .dotv't kill my babie
I cried to. ljim. when he raised a1
sap ready 'is kill me. But he tore
my hair and clothes, then put a gap
in my mouth that smelled of chloro
form, and I knew no more.'.'
Buttons and bits of the woman s
clothing were strewn about the floor.
Found By Son.
, The oldest son, Earl, 18 years old,
employed at the Drexel Pharmacy,
found his mother lying in the door
way of the dining room at midnight.
He entered thehouse through the
back 'door and stumbled over the
Unconscious body of his mother, ly
ing in the doorway of the dining
room. Mr. GlassYnan was at Lin
coin attending the legislative meet
ings. , The . little ' girls were still
asleep when the oldest son entered
the house. '
Neighbor Hears Noise.
Miss Mary O'neil, living next
door, said she heard a peculiar noise
in the Glassman home about 11
o'clock but paid no particular atten
tion to it.
.The bureaus in two of the bed
rooms vvere ransacked, and a blue
steel revolver stolen out of one of
the drawers. . The window through
which the assailant entered was cov
ered with mud and footprints. The
unmasked negro used a barrel W
climb to the window. ,
Screams Over Phone,
t Alfred Pane, 3031 Emmet .strec.t.
brother of Mrs. Glassman, sped to
the Glassman home when he heard
the screams of the woman over the
telephone. Jle told police he saw
two . negroes running north on
Twenty-eighth street on his way to
to the Glassman home, The Glass
man children, James IS. Robert 1-'
Ruth 10, Bessie 6, Florence 2, and
Eleanor 6 mouths old, were asleep
in a ffedrooni set off from the room
wherein the mother waged tier ter
rific struggle.
Mr. Glassman is employed at th
court house.
Negroes Visit House. '
The telephone was Jylng on the
floor when the, son arrived home,
caused by the negro's lunge at the..
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