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Omaha
Daily
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Albany, N. Y., May 8. Governor
Smith fnHatf rifrA h trivi1rrja
of citizenship to Edward ("Monk")
r I i t
ainin, iui mvi gang KUI Vl
New York City, who hid 'served a
prison term. ...
': , The governorsaid that his action
; was influenced by the reccmmenda-
tions e-f ,Col. franklin W. Ward
' and Lieut. Joseph A. Kerrigan of
the 106th infantry regiment of the
27th division, v with which Eastman
served in the war. Colonel Ward
calle attention to. the fact that
Eastman had enlisted and that "his
record throughout the war has been
exceptional, and his service has been
honest and faithful."
During the attack on . Vierstaat
ridge, Eastman was wounded nd
sent o a casualty clearing hospital
statiohr-where he remained only
three days. Upon hearing that his
rtfiment'vwas vtertiit f n . on into
. . - -v - ---r - - - 0w -----
v the line again, he escaped from the
hospital, equipped himsplf from a
salvage dump, rejoined n company
and was in action throughout the
entire HindehbtJrg line assault.
KINGSLEY .WAITS SEVEN
NIGHTS FOR THIEF.
S'ay V. Kingslcy, . Nebraska's
crack marksman, after bavin? iain
in wait seven, nights for the man
who stole a tire and several tools
from his car, heard a npfse at his
garage at midnight last night. While
Mrs. Kingsley called the police, her
husband leveled his 'rusty scatter
gun at the garage door. When po
lice' arrived they found him "walk
ing post." v , (
Investigation proved that two
shingles loose on the roof of the
garage had given rise to the excite
ment. ; - y -
FRANCE LOSES OVER HALF
us iuuih in inii wk.
Pari. May 8. Ca'pt. Andre Tar
dteu, head of the general commis
sion for Franco-American wir mat-
rt rrtit1v aniiniini0r1 fliaf h llaH
made an investigation into the num
ber of French soldiers killed be
tween the ages of 20 and 31. He
found that 58 per cent had lost heir
lives. That is, over-half of FranceW
youth had disappeared.
U. sf MAY BECOME-
ARMENIA MANDATORY,
Paris, May 8. It is expected that
the United States will be asked to
become the mandatory for Armenia.
Th indications are that President
Wilson will submit the matter to
. congress. t '
Mew York, May 8. 5eten,ty-five
bishops of the Episcopal church"" in
America have urged upon President
Wilson acceptance by fhe United
States of a mandate under the league
of nations for Armenia, and have
received from the president a "sym
pathetic" reply, the'Armenian press
bureau announced tonight.
The clergymen's cablegram to Mr.
Wilson Was ' signed by Bi?hops
David H.' Greer and Philip N. Rhein
lander. The president replied:
"You may be, sure I share the
ueep interest in vine iaie oi vr
menia." '-,
WILSON ATTENDS
RACES AT LONGCHAMPS.
Paris, May 8. President Wilson
went to Longchamps this afternoon
to attend the . races there. Mrs.
"Wilson accompanied him.
If , was the ' opening; day of the
Longchamps frack after a closure
. of five years.
CHICAGO WELCOMES
HOME REILLY'S BUCKS.
Chicago. May 8. The 149th field
artillery O'Reilly's Bucks") Forty
second (Rainbow) division, was wel-
corned home from war today, by
thousands of Illinoisans. The regi
ment, formerly the old Illinois Na
tional guaM batteries, had been
away months and had taken part in
most of the greatest battles fought
s;nce America went into the world
war. With the men came Some 200
Tllttmte mn ifth ti7th infantrv
AUTOGRAPHED BASE BALLS
BRING $1,000,000 APIECE.
New York, May 8. -Baseballs sold
for $1,000,000 apiece in Wall street
' today. Campaigning for the Victory
loan, "Christyw Mathewson, Arthur
, Fletcher and Larryi Doyle of the
'New Ysrk Giants invaded "the
iH - . . re ...
strew na auctioned on a score oi
nut ac iitucs ucaiiiij liiv 1 t Auiuia-jus.
Purchasers who paid $1,000,000
apiece for balls were J. D. Rocke
feller. T. P. Morsran and T. W. Har-
riman. ,
The otheri were jold for smaller
sums. - ,
MEETING IN NEW YORK
TAKES $125,000,000 BONDS.
NewA'ork-, May 8. Subscriptions
totalling $125,000,000 were taken at
a Victory loan mass meeting at the
Metropolitan opera house here to
night, establishing a new record for
amounts pledged at a single meet
ing. William H. Taft was the prin-
cipal speaker.
So exciting did proceedings beI
come Jhat the clerk operating the
adding machine in the recording of
fice Hmihtfd on manv fitrures in the
face of so many millions and it was
at one time announced that $175,-
000,000 had been subscribed. --This
total was corrected later, however.
A group in a box in which was
Deputy Commissioner Frederick 'A.
Wallace subscribed $13,000,000 for a
picture of King Albert of Belgium.
A captured German field piete
brought total subscriptions to $25,
ennnnn u. ....., (.. lmj..
jw,wv, ikc auucaaiui uiuun se
curing the gun with an offer of $5,
500.000. He was A. M. Anderson of
, J. P. Morgan & Co.
BERGER APPEALS FOR
SEAT IN THE HOUSE.
, Washington, May 8. Victor, Be
arer. socialist representative-elec
from Wisconsin, and under jail sen
tence for wirtime wofation of the
espionage law, hassent a personal
appeal to every member of the
' housm that he be seated whileon
bail pending appeal to the supreme
court ,
Representative Giltee, the com-
ing "Speaker, declared" today - that
Berger could not be seated under
any circumstances
IOWA iJIAN
HELD FOR
IHIURDEBuF
ill OTHER
Special Session of Grand Jury
Returns Indictment-Against
Roy Enierson of Creston;
Feelinb Is' High.
Creston;Ia., May 8. Rov Emer
son was arrested here at noo today
on a bench warrant issued by Judge
Fuller in the district court charging
him with Jhe murder of his mother.
The warrant was served during the
coroner's inquest, feeling is run
ning high as his mother, Mrs. Kate
Ev.ietrson, was prominent locally.
A special session of the grand
jury was called at 1:30 p. m. to in
vestigate Mrs. Emerson's death. Her
body was found lying at the bottom
of the elevator shaft in the Emer
son undertaking establishment, of
which she was the owner, at 5:15
Tuesday . night. Both ! legs were
broken between the knee and ankle,
and her skull fractured in three
places.
The coroner's jury after a two
days' investigation returned a ver
dict that she came to her death by
being struck with a blunt instru
ment in the hands of a, person un
known to" them. The evidence at
the inquest pointed strongly toward
the implication of the son.
Testimony of Physician,
Dr. J. W. Cohaley's testimony was
the most damaging toward the son.
He testified that Roy Emerson re
quested him . to testify that his,
mother's pulsewas still beating at
the time the body' was found. -The
reason given by the son for this re
quest, he said, was to prevent a post
mortem being held. The doctor
said he refused to so testify, as the
woman had undoubtedly been dead
from two to three hours when found.
Dr. Cohaley testified that he was
present when the body was found
by the son at the bottom"of the ele
vator shaft. In his testimony he
said that the other employes were
out of the building shortly before,
attending a funeal, and tha he be
lieved the mother and son were the
only people in the building at the
time of her death. 1
In describing the finding of the
body he said the son opened the
door to the1 shaft and exclaimed,
"My God, there's mother." He
stated that the shaft was darkTrnd
fhcother persons present were" una
ble to see the body until their atten
tion was called to it.
Taking the stand in his own de
fense before the -coroner's jury
Emersontestified that his Smother
had been despondent at times and
that she was despondent -on the
afternoon of her death. His testi
mony failed to reveal ny new in
formation as to the cause of her
death. Other witnesses summoned
refuted his statements about his
mother being of a defpondent.
nature.
, Witnesses testified that a .win
dow weight covered with blood was
found in a waste paper basket cov
ered with paper on the fecond floor
where the body fell down the
shaft. V .
A towel, blood-'soakcd and show
ing evSdence of having been used
to wipe up blood from the floor,
was also fourtS1. Spots on the floor,
witnesses said, were made by blood
which had been, wiped up. The
floor, witnesses said, showed that
a body had been draggeLacross Ht.
Disagreed Over Money.
Evidence at' the inquest fevealed
thatythe mother and son had dis
agreed on money mattersand that
Mrs. Emerson had stopped payment
on checks issued by her son a few
days previous to her death.
Witnesses testified that Mrs.
Ic - merson Had toia tnem .sne was
airaia oi an auempi ueniK nuuc on
her life by her son
-. Mrs. Emerson was, the widow of
Charles Emerson, former secretary
treasurer'of the lowa State Funeral
Directors' association.' She was 60
yeaivold. The son. is 35 years old,
an only 'child and partner in the
business. 1 .:-
Bavarian Soldiers
Force Way Jnto7 Jail
an&Kill 21 Prisoners
-Copenhagen, May 8. A Munich
dispatcbreceived here states that
after the arrest of som 30 citizens
there for holding a prohibited' meet-
-tjing Bavarian soldiers' broke into the
"TjaiJ, last night and killed 21 of the
prisoners, . believing . them to be
Spartacans. A court-martial has been
ordered, v .. r -
Munich, May 8. (By Associated
Press.) Munich is quieting after
four weeks of turmoil.
The Hoffman government an
nounces that it will introduce the
council form of government -in Ba
varia minus the communist features.
Ff f nrt in T) sprerlir Re A
Made Ridiculous "by Way
Drug Ring's "Victim Died
Death of Addict, After ISeing Found ynconscious at
, . Home of Ruth Clark, Declared by Physician to Be
Due to Overdose of Narcotic; Woman Figured in
Sensational Expose o
Joseph Bradford, 35 years old, negro porter at the
Bloomfield hotel, Ninth and Douglas streets, who Wednes
day afternoon was found iying in ail unconscious condition
on the back doorstep at 2fi6 North Thirteenth street, died a
few hours later at Lord Lister hospital. . "
Death was due to an overdose of narcotic drug, ac
cording to Dr. Chester H. Waters', vie attending physician.
. lhe house at 216 North ihir-ithe
teenth street is the home of Beatrice
Wilhelnl, alias Ruth Clark, the girl
who recently made the sensational
expose of the Omaha dope ring
through The Bee.
Her.Home Address.
Beatrice Wilhelm lives at this ad
dress with Curley Stinson, known to
the police 4s the "King of Dope
Peddlers."
Beatrice Wilhelm is the girl who.
after making her -statement to -The
Bee, repudiated her charges after
visiting the office of Chief of Detec-,
tives John T. Duniv, and after being
threatened by policemen that if she
did not stop talking she would be
driven' out of Omaha.
She is the same "girl who later
signed two offidavits at the instance
of Chief of Police Marshal Eberstein
denying that she made -any charges
against the Omaha police depart
ment. Beatrice Wilhelm is the girl
whom Dr. Jennie Callfas interviewed
and whom she defends against the
charges of being a dope peddler and
addict.
Beatrice Wilhelm is the same girl
who confessed a short while ago in
the county jail to "Mother" Johns,
Woman Takes Poison When
Her Lover. Fails Jo Appear
Rosa Lotz Attempts to End Life After James Denton
Neglected to Keep Tryst ; Man Fell Asleep, on
Bed and Did Not Wake Up In Time. .
"Goodbye Jim, I love you and
always will," wrote Rosa Lotz, in
her room at 605 North Eighteenth
street, last night. y
Then the young woman drank
half an ounce of poison. Her con
dition isconsidered serious. ,Her
lover, James Denton, 603 South
Eighteenth street, had failed to ap
pear at the time set for a tryst.
I was asleep, expiaineoDenton.
"Darline Tin!" the note reads,
r'Goodbye and God bless you. I
have always said that 1 wouldn t
live without vou and as you said
you were coming over ttfhight and
didn t, 1 guess yftu dont want me.
Goodbye, Jim, I love you and always
will, s Your loving Rosa."v
Mrs. A. L. Humphuey, with whom
the girl boarded,-found her at 7:30
o'clock, semi-conscious, and called
Fraud in Handling
Gould Estate Alleged
by Two of the Heirs
New York, v May 8. George J.
Gould, executornd trustee of the
estate of his father, Jay Gould, was
require! under a supreme court
order today to show cause why he
should not be removed from office.
The application for the order,
made on behalf of Frank J. Gould,
another, son, charges the executor
with frauds and violations of the
law, resulting in loss 4o the estate
of -$25,000,000.
An affidavit signed by Frank J.
Gould's attorney, charged that, the
executor had perpetrated frauds
"even upon his own brothers arid
sisters." 1
The allegations of Frank J. Gould
were supported by attorneys for the
Duchess De Talleyrand, formerly
Anna Gould, and by counsel for the
children of the ' duchess, these
parties joining in the petition for
removal of the executor. "
An affidavit filed on behalf of Mrs.
HVIAflmiM 5hnarr! a crwtrtistee.
fqrmerV Miss Helen Miller Gould,
declares - the allegations against
George Gould. are "inaccurate and
distinctly misleading" and that the
actual facts will be brought out in
the suit now pending for the ac
counting of the executors , and
trustees of the estate,, , '
Liquor Dealers Mobolize
Against "Dry" Amendment
Atlantic City.- Afay 8. George
Carroll of Elizabeth, N. J., head of
the New Jersey Liquor Dealers' as
sociation, was elected president of
the National Liquor Dealers' asso
ciation' in annual convention, here
today. J. J. Doherty, Boston, was
chosen vice president; Robert J.
Halle of Chicago was re-elected sec
retary and Thomas Hayes, Newark,
N. J., treasurer. . : ,
The convention decided to mobi
lise the 85,000 license holders in the
country in the battle against the en
forcement of the i constitutional
"dry" amendment '
Dope Traffic.
matron, that she was a dope
fiend.
The Same Ciirl. ,
Shej .is the same girl whom three
prisoners and companions now in
the , county jail declare - they have
seen sell and use dope. '
J She is the same girl who is seen
every night now walking the streets
in the vicinity of Sixteenth- and Cal
iforniaStreets until the early morn
ing hours.
Beatrice Wilhelm is the same girl
whom Dr. Jennie Callfac succeeded
in convincing two Omaha newspa
pers was not a street walker, dope
peddler and drug addict.
Beatrice Wilhelm is the same girl
Chief Eberstein has volunteered to
defend himself and on, whose behalt
he enlisted the support of Dr. Jennie
Callfas in a vain attempt to discredit
The Omaha Bee.
' She is the same girl who was seen
several nights agotake a shot in the
arm in a house at Seventeenth and
Cass streets. She is the same girl
whom Dr. Jennie Callfas examined
and announced positively was not a
dope fiend "because there- were no
needle marks on the" poor child's
body."
the police.-- Police Surgeon Follman
responded,
"She was happy as a lark an hour
before," said Mrs. Humphrey, try
ing to account for the girl's act.
"She was operated on three weeks
ago and just got.-out of the hosj
pital last week."
Denton seemed little moved. "I
didn't intend to marry her. , We
never talked about marrying. I
don't think I ever will marry her.
I've known her since January and
have been visiting her pretty regu
larly. I was going to come over
tonight and I fell asleep on my
bed." ,
According to Denton, the. girl
was divorced from her soldier hus
band last fall. Police have aot yet
located her former husband". The
girl, was left irf her home. Her con
dition is serious, but Dr. Follman
holds out hope for her recovery.
Gives Stranger $100 '
Bill and Waits Three '
, Hours for His Change
. '
Albert Jones gave a stranger a
$100 bill yesterday afternoonjit the
Union station and waited three
hours for the man to bring back the
change. i ' ..
Albert is fresh from the little burg
of Chicago, 111. While waiting to
change trains yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock he met a man who said his
name was Wilson. Wilson explained
that he was on his way to-Ogden,
Utah.
"Loan ,me 25 cents," he asked
Jones. v
"You see, I'm good-hearted," ex
plained Jones to Offi&er Sinclair.
"Father used to say I was too good
hearted. 1 Father must have been
right. 1 thought I gave Wilson a
$1 bill 'and told him to bring back
the . 75 of nts. I waited until-" 5
o'clock and then I discovered that I
had given him a $100 billjnstead of
a $1 bill. Yes, father was right'V
Jones gave his address as 122 Fifth
street.
Owens Finishes Jail Term;
- to Marry Divorced Wife
Fremont, Neb., May 8. (Special
Telegram)-3ack Owens,, federal
prisoner who attempted suicide by
shooting himself, in his cell jn the
county jail 10 days ago, finished his
term of five months and was re
leased from custody today. Owens
went to Omaha, where he said he
was to marry Miss Mae Pilkens, his
divorced wife. Despondency over
his vife obtaininga divorce after
she had promised to drop the suit
is said to have been responsible for
the act. The girl visited Owens sev
eral times after the shooting.
"Pay as You Enter" Car
K -Inventor Passes Away
Montreal, May 8. Duncan Mc
Donald, inventor of the "pay-as-Orou-enter','
street car, and formerly
general manager of the Montreal
Street Railway company, died 'of tu
berculosis a St. Agathe today, aged
60. Mj McDonald's career dated
from the old horse car days.
mm
NO OFFICE
IN LEGION
OoloneJ Roosevelt Declares
He's No Politician, So Re
fuses Honor Offered
During Long Ovation.
St. Louis, May 8. Determined ef
forts by the delegates to the na
tional caucus of the American Le
gion which opened here today to
force the chairmanship of the or
ganization on Lieut. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt faifed and Col. Henry D.
Lindsley .of Dallas, Tex., was elect
ed chairman.
For nearly three hours the dele
gates urged the nomination on Col
onel Roosevelt, who steadfastly de
clined, saying he "had no desire to
hold office in the organization," but
wanted to be simply a booster.
After several speeches, in which he
urged the caucus, to 'itake him at
his word" and nominate some one
else, hevshouted: v.
"I'll tell you just why I can't oc
cept this nomination. They say I
am a politician, and that I formed
this organization to make a grand
stand play and "
"We Want Teddy," ry Delegates.
Shouts of "No, no" drowned him
out and after trying for 30 minutes
to establish order, Colonel Roose
velt finally sank exhausted into his
chair. The pandemonium continued
for nearly an hour, shouts of "We
want Teddy" and "Make him take
it," predominating. The session
took on the appearance of a wild
college mass meeting, various 'col
lege yells filling the air and always
with "We want Teddy" at the end.
Col. Bennett Clark, son of Speaker
Champ Clark, then temporarily took
the chair anil told the convention
that it must force Colonel Rooseyelt
to accept the nomination and re
quested that some one make a mo
tion to that etfect. A motion was
made, but Colonel Roosevelt again
insisted that he. could not hold office
and the. delegates finally yielded to
his wishes though the men running
against him offered to withdraw and
make his nomination unanimous.
Choice Made Unanimous.
Running against Colonel Lindsley,
who was accepted 4y Colonel Roose
velt, was Sergeant Jack Sullivan of
Seattle, Wash., the candidate of the
buck privates. Sullivan's name was
withdrawn when the state of Wash
ington was reached in the voting and
at his request Colonel Lindsley's
election made unanimous. The vote
at the time was: Lindsley, 630; Sul
livan, 209.
Colonel Lindsley, who was deco
rated with the distinguished service
medal, was formerly mayor of Dal
las, Tex. He will hold office only
until the niext convention, which
probably will be in November'.
Sergeant Sullivan was unani
mously electad first vice chairman
and Seaman Fred B. Humphreys of
Rosewell, N. M., was chosen second
vice chairman ove- Chief Petty Of
ficer J. F. Goerks of New York.- A
third vice chairman, a member of
the marines, will be elected tomor
row. Lt. Col. Erick Wood of Washing
ton was elected secretary.
Sergeant Sullivan presened a reso
lutton which will be acted upon to
morrow, v requesting that a petition
bs sent to congress urging drastic
lavs to curb I.W. W. activities.
The caucus has received notice
from the George Washington Na
tional Memorial association of wo
men's clubs that it is willing to turn
over one floor of its building in
Washington, including" an audi
totium seating 1,000 persons to the
.American Legion for its. permanent
usre.j '
Alienists Disagree
in Casef Girl Who
v; Poisoned Her Rival
Seattle, May 8. Testimony tak
ing in the trial of Ruth Garrison,
18 years old, for the murder of
Mrs. Grace G. Storrs, her rival for
the love, of DA M. Storrs, was com
pleted today, and it is expected the
Case will go to the jury tomorrow
afternoon".
Witnesses for the 'defense have
testified -that the mental condition
of the young defendant is abnor
mal. The state's witnesses have
sought to show that Miss Garrison
was in oerfect control nf her men
tal faculties' at the time she is aPl
leged to have planned the death of
Mrs. Storrs.
" Mrs. Storrs died March 18, a few
minutes after she had partaken of
a fruit cocktail as the guest in a
department store lunch room of
Miss Garrison. An inquest devel
oped that the woman had been pois
oned and the arrest of the Garri
son girl followed The prosecuting
attorney said she made a complete
FOR YOUNG
"TEDDY"
confession. Storrs, husband of the
dead woman, is an automobile me
chanic, , V
!
fiig Bulge in Victory Loan
SubscriptiQns Relieves
Anxiety Felt at Treasury
"Total Now Near Three Billion Mark and Last-Minute
Salesw ith LargeuApplications From Financial In
stitutions Are' Expected to Exceed Quota Set;
y Small Orders Still Desired, Howyer. , -
1 Washington, AJay 8. The Victory Liberty loan sub
scriptions have now reached $2,818,561,000, with an in
crease of $359,877,000 in the last 24 hours. . ,
These figures, a announced tonight by the treasury,
show that 62.63 per cent of the $4,500,000,000 quota has
been subscribed. .
Today's results went far toward
removing the anxiety felt heretofore
by treasury officials over the prog
ress of the loan toward the total
needed. With the speed shown by
subscriptions in the last two days
continued tomorrow and Saturday,
the recorded subscriptions by Satur
day night should be between $3,000,
000.000 and $3,500,000,000, . officials
believe. ' That will leave a billion or
more to come in as a result of the
final count of last-minute sales and
in previous loans the amount of
these belatedysubscriptions has run
usually much higher than a billion.
Large Subscriptions Expected.
Another'- factor which probably
will tend to swell the late figures is
that big corporations may enter
ldrger subscriptions than they really
desire in the belief 'that in the final
allotments their purchases will be
pared down. This would result from
the r treasury's announced intention
of accepting no more than $4,50,000,
000 subscriptions unless the purchas
es of $10,000 or less. of Victory notes
should push the total beyond that
figure. No subscriptions-of $10,000
or less are to be rejected. P
The feeling of relief apparent
about the treasury is not to b in
terpreted, however, as indicating any
reason why all " the subscriptions
possible should not be rolled in dur
ing the remaining two days Small
orders still are as much desired as
ever, it was explained, because the
financial soundness- of the loan de
pends so strongly on""a Tvide distri
bution of the securities.
A race for the highest standing in
percentage of quota it the close oi
the records SaturQay has developed
SENATORS FOR
TERMS GIVEN
TO THE GERMANS
Opinion Divided on Wisdom of
Assuming Obligations Im
posed by League, of
Nations Covenant.
Washington May 8. As they
completed their study bf the official
summary of the treaty of Versailles
today, senators began to give . ex
pression to their views on the mo
mentous document now in the hands
of the German plenipotentiaries. A
few senators, however, still with
held ' comment, preferring to ex
amine the complete text before
reaching a 'definite conclusion.
These included Senators Lodge of
Missachusetts and Smoot of Utah.
Sharp opposition to the proposal
fliat the United States in consort
with Great Britain commit itself to
gc to France's aid in the event that
"Country were attacked was voiced
by Senators Borah of Idaho and
Curtis of Kansas, while Senators
Sherman of Illinois and Moses of
Nw Hampshire criticised the league
pX.nations covenant in the treaty.
Opinions of Nebraskans.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska,
retiring chairman of the1 semateNr
eign relations committee, .approved
.the treaty as,a whole and said that
in his judgment the crowning
glory of this great document is the
fact that there is embdied in it
the great constitution of the league
of nations
The senator declareCkJieadley, who had been alarmed by
the- treaty was a "monumental
work" and measured up "to the
highest moral standards of the
world," with justice, as the basis of
organization. . 1
Senator Norris of Nebraska made
this statement: '
"One thing that I like particularly
about the .peace treaty is the dis
continued on Page Two, Column Fonr.)
Boy Playing Ball
Discover 8 Alamito
Barn Fire at Start
When a base ball ' thrown by
Thomas Machalvy about 7 o'clock
Wednesday evening escaped him
and rolled down an alley near,
Twenty-sixth and Leavenworth
streets, John Copy, 823 South
Twenty-fifth street, ran after it
and in so doing discovered a fire
in the Alamito Dairy company
barn which harbored 52 horses at
the time.
As the lad stooped to pick up
the ball he noticed a dense volume
of smoke pouring from one of the
windows and immediately gave
ti e alarm. The fire was put out
before great damage was done.
. Officials believe a passerby
tossed a burning cigaret into the
manger.'"-
rir
betweet the St. Louis district, which
still heads the percentage, with
80.54; the Minneapolis district, with
78.91, and the New York district,
with 71.85. New York in the figures
tabulated , tonight at the treasury
was within $30,000,000 of a billion
dollars. .
A telegram from St. - Louis, to
night indicated that district expects
to go over the top tomorrow.
- Tribute Paid tt Women,
J Secretary Glass todav sent the fol
lowing message broadcast through
Pthe Woman's Liberty loan commit
tee to the men ot America:
"The women of the United States
havejjjade instant and magnificent
response to evtfy call which the
government has made to them.
Through the five Liberty loans they
have served with devotion, with zeal
and with self-sacrificing .patriotism.
They have bought bonds to the limit
of their purchasing power, and sold
bonds to the limit of human endur-'
ance, of persuasion and of stead
fastness in purpose. Even with the
armistice "signen, they have never
ceased in their unswerving devotion
to duty. In this Victory Liberty
loan they have been pillars of power
and towers of strength in the selling
organization. Undaunted by ob-"
A I J J . '.I
siacies ana aiscouragsmenrs, xnry
have held their posts. At this crisis
of the loan the government of the
United 'States again sounds the bugle
of further advance. In keen realiza
tion of what women, have already
done in thts and other -campaigns,
the treasury 'calls to them in these
closing days of'the loan for service
in a final rush upon the field that
-will tke the loan pvtt the last
trench' , -
OMAIIAN KILLS
RIVAL AND SELF:
WOUNDS WOMAN
Jeff Foland, Smelter Worker,
Murders Man Who Mar
ried Housekeeper; Blows
Own Brains Out.
i .
Jeff Foland, 42 years old, an Om
aha smelter worker, shot and killed
Sim Headley, 45, at Waverly, Neb.,
yesterday. ,and seriously wounded
Mrs. Headley, 34, an Omaha woman,
an ' the third wife of Heidley. Fo-
landaccused Mrs., Headley of jilt
ing him. ' '
Foland then ended his own life.
Headley, who was a widower
with 13 children, eight by his first
wife and five by his second, was
married to Mrs. Headley May 5.
She' formerly was Mrs. Maggie
Hamer Lebs, a divorcee.
Foland is said to have arrived- at
Waverly Wednesday morning, and
yesterday went ,to the Headley
home. He met Headley just as the
latter was coming out' of the house,
and , without uttering a word, shot
him, in the head. Headley ran
around the house . and into a
plouwed field, 1 where he dropped
dead. . 4
Kills Woman.
Mrs. Charles Headley, a daughter-in-law'
of the murdered man, and
five children were in' the kitchen.
Foland passed through this toom
without a word, going into the din
inir room, where he fnnnd Mrs.
me snoi. ne snoi ine woman twce,
one shot striking her left arm and
lodging in her left side ,and the
Other striking her right arm.
Foland then passed up the stair
way to Headley's room, where he
shot himself in the htad, dying al
most instantly- Poland fired 11 shots
while in-the house, six of which
went wild. , '
Mrs. Headley was rushed to a
hospital and operated upon at once.
Physicians say she will recover.
Had Been Housekeeper. vi
1) Uts- ?ead'ev ha , house-
Keeper lor roiana in uraanj ana
had refused. to marry him. He told
her he would kill her if she married
anybody else, and it was for this
purpose that he went to Waverly.'
Mrs. Headley's parentslive at
Benson, while Foland's people live
at Almena, Kan. Headley had lived
in Waverly about a month. -
J Barnes to Bring Canadian
wheat to American Mills
New York, May 8. Julius Barnes,
United States' wheat director, an
nounced tonfght on his return from
Chicago that he had completed ne
gotiations to bring 4,000,000 bushels
of Canadian wheat into the United
States for distribution to the mills.
FIRSt LEG
OF OCEAN
TRIP MADE
i 9 MOUilG
Destroyers Searching for
Third Airship 'Which. Re- ,
ported Engine Trouble AJ-.
' ter Starting Flight.
Halifax May 8. Two of ' the ,
American navy seaplanes, the NC-1
and the NC-3, arrived here at 8 :
o'clock tonight (7 o'clock New York
time) thus finishing successfully the
first leg of their Transatlantic, flight
in ninehours. '"
The tv6 planes were sighted first"
at 7:44 p. ntv The NC-3 took' the
water at Eastern Passage at 7:55 -and
the NC-1 10 minutes later. '
No reports have been received
heft regarding the NC-4, which de
velopeo trouble with one of its en
gines not long after "leaving Rocka
way Point.
' Expect to Resume Flight Today.
Commander. John H. Towers, who
brought the. two giant seaplanes
safely to port after a flight' of 540 1
miles from Rockawav Point in 'nine '
Uiours announced that he expected
to get away tomorrow morning on
.U- 1 I . t -1
uic aciunu ICR oi ioc journey
which will take the seaplanes to
Trepassey, a distance of 460 mils:
Commander Towers based his ex
pc"nuM uii at icpori oi .rroi. Alex
ander McAdie, the meteorological
expert at Harvard university. Pro
fessor McAdie said tonight that the
present favorable atmospheric con
ditions were likely to, continue for
another 24 hours at least.
Strong Head Winds Encountered.
AH the aviators agree that the
first leg of the Transatlantic jour
ney called for the most severe test,
and all are delighted with the way
in which the two hydroplanes per
formed. Strong head winds were
encountered, throwing the planes
30 degrees off their course, accord
ing to Lieut. Com. R. E. Byrd, ra
dio operate in. the NC-3, the first
to arrive in Halifax harbor, and
the apparatus recorded perfectly
these divergences, enabling the air
ships to hold to their course with
the greatest ease.
The two planes flew at various
altitudes during the trip, the NC-1,
ascending at one point to 3,500 feet,
the highest attitude recorded dur
ing the journey.
At times the two-planes got out
of sight of each other, but they ad
hered closely to the schedule fixed
before the start and flew up the)
harbor within 10 minutes of each
other; ' ; . v. i 1 -
Search for Missing Plane.
wasmngton, way . Witn two
of the three navy seaplanes which,
started from Rockawajr, Long Is-
it n 1 V. I r. . . - ,1.. -..& I.a
iauu, iiiio mui mug uil uic lll&l leg Oi
the Transatlantic . flight arrived
safely at Halifax, navy officials were
bending every energy tonight to
locating the third, missing since
early in the afternoon.
No report, of the missing ma
chine, the NC-4, 'commanded by
Lt. Com. A. C. .Read, had been re
ceived after the machine passed the
destroyer McDermot, first ' station
ship, located more than 60 miles
. .. ..
norm or i.anf i.rai ann than. .
half way to-Halifax.
Carders were issued at once send
fngthe McDermot. and the next
ship beyond, the- Kimberly, in
search of the missing"'- seaplane.
Commander Read had repdrted just
before- reaching the McDermot that
th oil pump on one of his motors
(Continued on Pa Two, Column Three.)
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Tornado in Lower
Rio Grande Vafley v ,
., Kills 15 rersons
Corpus Christi," Tex., May 8. Fif
teen persons-were killed last night
when one of the worst tornadoes
ever experienced in southwest Tex
as swept the lower Rio Grande val-
ley, demolishing farm houses ' and
doing great damage to growing
crops, according to telegrams re
ceived here tonight from the storm
area. , ..
The storm tnnlr it h9vicVnn.a
toll of life at Mission, where a shed
in which Mr. Vick, his wife and four
children and a number of Mexicans
had taken refuge from the storm
collapsed. Mr. Vick and two of his
children were killed when the struc
ture crumpled up from' the wind, .
while Mrs. Vick was seriously in
jured. t -
The wind was accompanied by a.
heavy hail storm which caused great
damage, the reports said. ; .
'Daniels Starts Home.
Davenport, England. May 8. Th
secretary of the United State
navy, Josephus Daniels, and party
left here today for Brest aboard tht'
Corsair.V Secretary Daniels will sail
tomorrow on the Mount Vers
tor home.
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