THE BEE: OMAHA; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26. 1919. .
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jan carlo co.
Ringers give
TIME. BUTTERFLY
Week of Opera Opens at Boyd
Before Large Audience
.With Appealing Master
'('" piece of Puccini.
"The San Carlo Grand Opera com
pany was welcomed to Omaha last
night by an audience which tilled
the Boyd theater, and which mani
fested its approval of the excellent
production of "Madame Butterfly"
in no uncertain manner.
Much has already been, said it)
praise of the San Carlo company
in the years in which it has almost
become a part of us. j
Every year it excels itself and
raises its own standards. The or
chestra, the scenery and the singers
improve constantly, and the new
singers who are introduced more
than justify their selection.
More Intimate Touch.
" The annual ' visit of the San
Carlo company is always an im-
' portant event in the musical life of
Omaha. The change from the
Auditorium to the Boyd 'theater
necessitates a somewhat smaller
stage, but it lends a touch of inti
macy and makes one feel more en
rapport with the actoVs than was
possible in the larger hall. The
orchestra, too, ' filled the Boyd
theater much more successfully than
it did the larger, building, and-altogether
the change meant added en
joyment and comfort for the listen
ers. This is the first time that the San
Carlo company has presented
' Madame Butterfly" in Omaha. The
production more than justified the
enthusiastic reception accorded it,
and proved again the reason for the
great popularity and success, of the
company. When one considers the
(ugh grade of production and the
moderate cost of the seats, one can
hot but be impressed anew with the
Akill in management which makes
it possible. In the meantime the
feasts of music are on, and well
worth the patronage of those who
will enjoy them.
Onuki Captivates.
i"Madame Butterfly" last evening
marked the Omaha debut of Haru
Onuki, a Japanese prima donna so
: altogether charming, petite and so
naive in her portrayal, of the title
role as to completely captivate her
hearers, and give a personal appeal
to the character over and above the
wonderful music of the kifted Puc
cini. There is a little touch of real
ism, and an indefinable grace and
daintiness which is not found in the
interpretation of this character by
"foreginers." The presentation by
Onuki is marked by restraint rather
than by over-acting, yet she wins
'and holds the sympathy from the
very first. Her voice is sweet and
of especial beauty in the high tones,
and she sang the taxing music witii
excellent eftect
The company was well selected
to suooort the charming tfuttertly
Agostini is an old friend who has
won his Omaha audiences by many
a deserved success in the past. He
made a convincing Pinkerton, both
vocally and histrionically, in spite
of the ungratful character of the role.
Suzuki was well sung by Doria Fer
nanda, and Sharpless by Rodolfo
Fornari, both newcomers to Omaha,
and the smaller parts by Biasi, Ros
sini and others were well taken.
Orchestra Appeals.
Tli chorus cave a cood account
ing of itself when occasion demand
ed. The orchestra under uaetano
Merola 'gave able support through
out the opera. The beautiful orches
tral interlude between acts I and II
was one of the fine moments of the
entire evening. The music of "Ma
dame Butterfly"- with its melodic
beauty, its contrasts of oriental and
occidental staging, its broad sweep
and poignant emotional appeal, all
serves to idealize the story. It is
Some of the great music of the world
and this opera is considered Puc
cini's masterpiece. Last night's pro
duction was a distinct success, and
it awakens enthusiasm for the other
operas which are to come. H. M. R.
New York Motorman Stabbed
20 Times by Mob of Negroes
New York, March 25. Angered
by ejection tonight of a colored sol
dier from a surface car on the
Lenox-Lexington avenue line, a
mob of 300 negroes waylaid the car,
on its return trip and in a 'fight
with the motorman and the police
who trie'd to protect him stabbed
the carman 20 times, so seriously
that he may die, and injured two po-
l.-..n ThrQte tn asillt white
residents of the district resulted in
establishment of a heavy police
guard for the night.
Legislature in Iowa
Favors Equal Suffrage
Des Moines. Ia., March 25. With
only one dissenting Vote the Iowa
house of representatives today pass
ed the senate measure proposing full
woman suffrage in this state through
constitutional amendment. The
measure must pass again in both
houses of the next legislature before
it can be submitted to a popular
vote.
DETECTIVE WHO
SHOT SOLDIER
BOY SUSPENDED
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there are no witnesses to substan
tiate my claim or Miss Scheer's.
However, I want to say that she is
mistaken iwhen she says I tried to
get her to repudiate any : fomer
statement she may have made, or to
misrepresent the facts."
Detectives Toland and Haves
were in the office of Edwin F. Bails
man, 715 Brandeis building, who
also was a witness to the shooting.
Mr. Bausman previously made a
strong statement condemning
Knudtson for his attack on the sol
dier. A , '
Wouldn't Change Statement.
"They did not try to intimidate
me," said Mr. Bausman, "but they
attempted to tell me what . I saw.
I could tell , plainly that they were
not. trying to arrive at the facts in
tin case, but simply were attempt
ing to cover up for Knudtson. Ire
fused to change my statement in a
single detail."
Asked if he had succeeded :n get
ting any witnesses to say that the
detective was justified in his attack
on Coleman, Toland refused . to
state. "My report is for the. super
intendent and the ity commission,
he said, "and I am not allowed to
give any part of it to the public.
F. R. Flinn, the soldier's uncle,
declares that Mr. Ringer's belated
action in suspending the detective
and asking the city commission to
begin an investigation will not deter
him in demanding prosecution of
the detective.
Talks to Witnesses.
"I know the methods these inves
tigators for Ringer have been us
ing, he said. I have been busy
talking to witnesses myself, and I
have run into persons who have
told me the detectives representing
Mr. Ringer have , tried their level
best to get them to make affidavits
warranting Knudtson's attack on
my nephew. Ringer absolutely fail
ed. His men, with all of thjir raw
dealings, were unable to make a re
port on which Ringer was not
afraind to base a refusal to act.
The police commissioner was too
busy dictating to his stenographer
yesterday to issue an explanation
to the public. A reporter for The
Bee called at his office and asked to
see the commissioner. "Mr. Ringer
is busy dictating now," was the re
sponse which met the request for an
interview. At the expirationXof an
hour he still was "busy dictating."
Some one dictated an account of
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the shooting for Detective Knudt
son, which was released by Mr.
Ringer. It was said this statement
was to fake the place xf the de
tective's previous accounts of his at
tack on Coleman.
Chief of Detectives Dunn gave out
a statement several days ago for
Knudtson, saying he had been struck
twice and knocked down by Cole
man before the shot was fired. In
still another statement, dictated by
some one else, it was not claimed
the detective was knocked down, but
the .soldier was trying to escape
when the shot was fired, was the
claim. In the following statement it
is "declared Coleman was trying to
escape after he had abused and at
tac'.cd the officer. ,
Detective Knudtson's Statement.
Detective Knudtson's latest state
nient, given out by the police com
missioner. follows:
"On March 19, 1919, about 6 p. m
Detective Lhanes Jensen and my
self were instructed by Chief of De
tcctives Dunn to go to 1919 Dodge
street and arrest one Charles T
Coleman, a deserter from the army.
"I was standing at the corner of
lwentteth and Dodge streets wai
ing for Coleman, when I saw him
coming down the street to the
southwest corner of Twentieth-and
Dodge streets. He looked aroun
as tiiougrt lie tuougut tnere was
something wrong and then cut
across the street to the northwest
corner. I called to Jensen, 'There
he is now. Coleman saw me run
ning behind him and I was calling
to him to halt, which he did not do
He ran to the middle of the block
between Dodge and Capitol avenue
on the cast side of the street, an
then in between some buildings an
came out on Capitol avenue, about
the middle of the block, between
Jineteenth and .twentieth streets. I
fired over Coleman's head and h
stopped, and I then put him under
arrest, and was walking, him back
to the box at Twentieth and Dodge
streets. wnen we got nait way
along the block, he kept calling me
names and asked why I did not put
the handcuffs on htm. He said if
someone by the name of George
was there they would kill me and
would never take him. He then
started, to fight with and pull away
from me, but I held on to him as
long as I could. I asked a by.
stander to help me hold him, but he
shook his head, 'No,' and laughed at
me. Coleman said he was a soldier
and that no dam civilian could ar4
rest him or put hands on him. I
tried to make him come along with
me and behave like a man; he made
a pass at me and I then pulled the
gun from my pocket and kept hold
of him. He struck me in the neck
and then broke and ran, I called to
him to halt, but he did not do so. I
then pulled the gun down on him
aiming to hit in the leg, but the shot
went too high. Coleman fell to the
ground and said, 'I'm shot.' He
then rolled over on the sidewalk. I
then took off my coat and placed it
uncler his head and called to Jensen
to get the wagon and a doctor.
When the wagon arrived we took
Coleman to the Lister hospital.
Mr. Jfiinn declared that he had
instructed his counsel to file a civil
suit against Knudtson. "I do not
know just what amount of damages
will be asked," he said. "However,
a petition will be hied against his
bondsmen. . It is my information his
bond only amounts to $1,000.
Robbers Overlook
$50,000 in Cash and
Take Liberty Bonds
Los Angeles, Cal., March 25.
Two men who burned their wav in
to the vault' of the First National
bank of Artesia, 12 miles southeast
of here, last night, escaped with
$3,000 in war savings stamps and
$25,000 in Liberty bonds. They used
a gas torcn and opened J5 safe de
posit boxes. Fifty thousand dollars
ij cash in an inner safe was not
taken. 1
While the men were in the bank
a deputy sheriff saw an automobile
parked in an unusual manner and
watched it. When the robbers re-4
turned from the bank they fled
from the deputy's inquiries, stole
another automobile and escaped
The machine the deputy watched
was claimed by a Los Angeles man
Second Martial Law
Order Is Proclaimed
In Madrid in Month
Madrid, March 25. Martial law
was proclaimed yesterday and con
stitutional guarantees have been
suspended throughout Spain.
A general strike has broken out
at Barcelona.
Premier Romanones, who had in
tended to resign, has declared that
he considers it his duty to remain
in office.
The action of the Spanish govern
ment Monday was the second time
it had proclaimed martial law in
Madrid this month. ,
Boy Found Dead Under Culvert
Took His Own Life, Jury Finds
Lincoln, Neb., March 25. Morris
Cashner, ; Denver boy, who was
found dead under a culvert near
here, took his own life, according to
the verdict returned by a coroner's
jury tonight. The jury was but a
few momenls in returning the ver
dict. ' Bundy's Defense Alibi.
St. Louis. March 25. The defense
of Leroy H. Btindy, East St. Louis
negro dentist, will be an alibi to the
effect that he was automobile rid
ing with a oartv of friends when
j Detectives Samuel Coppedge and
Frank Wodley were murdered, ac
cording to statements made by
Bundy's attorneys today. Bundy is
on trial at Waterloo, 111., on a
charge of murder in connection with
the detectives' death in July, 1916,
which it is said incited the massacre
of negroes.
Ask French Held
Paris, March 25. (Havas.) The
Russian soviet government, accord
ing to the Matin, has sent a message
to Budapest asking the new soviet
government there to detain mem
bers of the French mUitary mis
sion. The Russian authorities, it
was added, desired this action with
a view to bringing about the ex
change of this French mission for a
soviet mission which the Russian
soviet authorities alleged had been
held by the French at Salonikl
MILLIONS CHEER
VICTORIOUS MEN
BACK FROM WAR
(Continued From Face One.)
Just below the Arch of Victory
which spans the avenue at Madi
son Sjuarj the procession was
halted by the spectators who plung
ed into the street. It was with
difficulty that the police forced a
way for the troops to pass, in
column of squads.
1 Every State Deposits Wreath.
As the head of the division went
past the pylons of a Roman forum,
leading tip to the arch, Sergeant
Reidar Waaler of the One Hundred
and Fifth machine gun battalion,
decorated with the congressional
medal of honor and the Distin
guished Service Cross, severed
with a trench knife the silken cord
which barred the way and the van
guard of the division passed
through.
Under the arch the division moved
on through a narrow lane between
the ciowds to the court of
the victorious dead at the public
library. The roll of honor and the
records of their heroic deeds were
in the center of a cluster of trees,
surmounted by crossed spears and
golden eagles, from which hung
golden shields emblazoned with the
divisional insignia.
Here the caisson lnemoralizing
the dead was halted. Eight men,
all wearing the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross, who had been leading
the horses, lifted the wreath of the
Twenty-seventh off the catafalque
and laid it reverently at the foot of
the honor roll. By nightfall a
wreath from every state in the
union had Jeen placed beside that
of New York.
On up the avenue moved the divi
sion to the Court of Jewels which
spanned the street where the, park
begins. Once through the arch,
which glittered like a brilliant bau
ble as the sunlight flashed from the
swaying prisms, the marchers came
abreast of the great stand on which
sat their relatives..
Cheers Continuous Roar.
ihe volleys ot cheers became a
continuous roar as the head of the
line came into sight of the stands.
Back of the doughboys came the
divisional machine gun corps. J. hey
were the men whose orders were, in
the face of an impending drive:
If the gun teams cannot remain
here alive, they will remain here
dead. Should any man, through shell
shock or other cause, attempt to
surrender, he will remain here
dead." f
As the caisson of the dead reached
the official reviewing stand in front
of the Metropolitan museum a bugl
er sounded "taps" while West Point
cadets, standing rigidly at attention,
dipped their colors, officers saluted
and the army of dignitaries and offi
cials' with Governor Smith bared
their heads.
Another mile and a Tialf past the
packed stands and the parade was
over. Here it was that O'Ryan, sur
rounded by his staff, reviewed his
men for the last time.
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MUSLIN
- UNDERWEAR -
SALE
At the
Union Outfitting
Company
16th and Jackson Sts.
One Pay Only,
Saturday, March 29
Beautiful
Snow White
Undergarments,
Camisoles, NigKt
Gowns, Teddy
Bears, Bloomers
At a Savin? of About
ONE -HALF
Included in this bie ourchase
are scores of beautiful under
garments that are unusually at
tractive All are cut very full,
fashioned of fine, durable mate
rials and trimmed with nifty
Laces, Embroideries and Rib
bons. There are positively no
samples or shop worn garments
included in this bie sale : all are
fresh, crisp and new. This big
purchase is another demonstra
tion .of our big buying power,
combined with our inexpensive
location and careful organiza
tion, which enables us to make
lower prices. Come expecting
big values and, as always, you
make your own terms.
M'AULEY TO QUIT
PLACE AT HEAD
GENEVA SCHOOL
Superintendent of Girls' Re
formatory Hands Resigna
tion to Board; Successor
Likely to Be Woman.
Lincoln, Neb., March 25. (Spe
cial.) Faul S. McAuley, superiii'
tendent of the State Girls' school at
Geneva, tendered his resignation to
the Nebraska Board of Control to
day following 'an investigation of
alleged whippings of inmates, and
mismanagement of the school. The
investigation was conducted by a
legislative assembly upon complaint
that strapping, whipping and punish
ing 01 gins was oeing practiced oy
the superintendent.
The board of control accepted
McAuley s resignation and a woman
will succeed the superintendent, ac
cording to H. C. Gerdes and E. O.
Mayfic!d,v,niembers of the board. It
was stated that the present superin
tendent will retain his position until
his successor Is named. It is de
nied by Commissioner Mayfield that
supterintendent McAuley was re
quested to resign.
It is said that friends of -Miss
Lena E. Ward, superintendent of
the Milford Industrial home for
Women, are urging that she be ar
pointed to the place and there are
others who are urging the appoint
ment of Dr. Hallie h.wing, a Lin
coin woman physician and - social
worker. The latter is not an appli
cant for the place and her interests
are being pushed by friends without
her knowledge.
Mr. McAuley was custodian of the
South Central school in south Oma
ha before appointed by the old
south Omaha Board ot education
as attendance officer for that dis
trict, wnen soutn umana was
taken into Omaha under the merger
act he was given an appointment as
assistant attendance ' officer of the
Omaha school district, with jurisdic
tion in the South Side. ,
A I Boston
By The Weigh
The Boston Garter is
surprisingly light. On in a
jiffy in Ae morning and
you forget it until night.
But the neat appearance
of your ankles all day
shows it is on the job.
Boston Garter
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J St famished 76 8 6 4
TheTksJiion Qenter or Whmeffr '
Women's Outer Apparel
' of Particular Distinction
An assemblage of Springtime Fash
ions which is, above all else, far re
moved from the commonplace in ap
pearance and workmanship.
Such an assemblage leaves little to
be desired it has Anticipated Mi
lady's desires to an extent seldom
equalled., '
Tailleurs Frocks Gowns
Wraps .Coats Skirts
and Blouses '
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Priced in moderation.
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FOR
WHO INVENTED
SERVICE?
It is not half as important
as it is to find who actually
gives it.
OSHKOSH trunks are the
most serviceable equipage
known. They'll save their cost
on a trip or two in pressing
bills alone. May we not show
them to you?
' $45 and Up. ,
OMAHA TRUNK
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Reckless People
Take Warning!
Don't Cut or Pare Your Corns
Every Spring hundreds of people cut
their corns and invite lockjaw and blood
poison. Don't do it again. Join the suicide
club if you wish, but never cut a corn.
Here's a simple, safe and reliable way to
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won't hurt a bit. From your Druggist got
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with the fingers root and all. There is no
pain and not one bit ot soreness while ap
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ven irritate the surrounding skin. It makes
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and is greatly appreciated by women who
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It costs little yet one jar is sufficient to
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your foot troubles for good. Why wait!
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Experience Is a
Dear Teacher
Other men have paid all kinds
of money to find out that the
small Tractor is the only Tractor
the average farmer should buy.
Other men have paid all kinds of money to learn that the Fordton
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Dr. Ferdinand King, "New York
Physician and Medical Author, says
iphysieiant should prescribe more
organic iron Nuxated Iron for
heir cillents Ssts anemia Iron
deficiency it the greatest curse to the
health, strength, vitality and beauty of
the modern American Woman. Sounds
warning against use of metallic iron
which may injur the teeth, corrode the
stomach and rn some cases thereby do
more harm than good; advise use of
only nuxated iron, taken three timet per
day after meals. . It will increase the
strength and endurance of weak, nerv
ous, run-down folks in two weeks'
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Conditions Still Abnormal
in the Telephone Business
s During the war we were all affected by the unusual prices and
often by the scarcity of the goods we needed.
As we all know, in the year and a half the war lasted, prices
rose rapidly and are still very high.
And while prices kept going up, because of war conditions it
became more and more difficult to obtain materials and capable
employees.
The telephone companies, like most other industries, were hit
hard by increased expenses and by the scarcity of labor and
equipment.
And things are not yet back on a normal basis and probably
will not be for some time.
While we hope it will not be long before our former employ
ees are out of the army and on the job again; and we expect soon
to be able to get promptly all the equipment we need "
Still, the high price of materials and the generally high oper
ating expenses are problems that we shall no doubt have to meet
for several years.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
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