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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 4, lVUf. POLICE BENDING EVERY ENERGY TO FIND TERRORISTS Each of Eight Cities Visited by Destructive Bomb Agents ' Combed for Suspects by ; Government Men. . (C ontinued From Pace One.) i very energy tonight toward the rapture of the anarchist or anar chists responsible for the bomb ex plosion early this morning at the home of Judge Charles C. Nott, ir of the court of general sessions. Discovery during the day of in cendiary pamphlets near he scene of the crime, similar to those found in Washington and other cities re moved all possibility for doubt that the New York explosion, which re sulted in the death of a night watch man, was a part of the organized Dlot to spread terrorism through Dut the nation. It was intimated that as was the :ase in the attempt in, Washington ;o blow up Attorney General Pal iner.'the trail of the outlaws led to Philadelphia. There was no gen eral roundup of known anarchistic radicals today, but a number were under surveillance and known haunts were being carefully watched. Find Circulars in Patterson. Paterson, N. J., June 3. Copies of the circular signed by the "anar 'chist fighters" found in various oth er cities where bomb explosions occurred last night were discovered today here, where explosions wrecked two buildings. ' Pieces of the posters were found near the scene of the explosion. Evidence indicating , the bomb may have been intended for John J. Fitzgerald, secretary of the local chamber of commerce, led the po lice to believe the bomb may have been planted by some of he radical element involved in the recent silk strike here, who were said to have Seen dissatisfied with the attitude of :he chamber. Police Fail to Find Clue. Philadelphia, June 3. A 24-hour Investigation by agents of the De partment of Justice and the police failed to develop a clue to the iden tity of the perpetrators of the bomb outrages here last night when the rectory of a Catholic church and the house of a private citizen were bad ly damaged. Neither was there ad vanced any tangible reason why these places were selected for de struction. Several men were ar ested on suspicion, but all were re leased. Most of those working on the case eemed to agree that one gang was responsible for the outrages in Phil idtlphia and seven other cities, the omb explosions here last Decem er and the mailing of infernal ma ;hines in New York in April. Jt also has been established with i fair degree of definiteness, ac rording to the police, that Philadel phia is the headquarters of the vio lent radicals of the east and that heir missionary who blew himself o atoms in front of Attorney Gen ;ral Palmer's home in Washington vas sent from this city. Although every effort was made to establish this man's identity nothing definite was learned. The proprietors of a hat store located in the Italian quarter of the city whose tag the bomb-thrower's hat bore, said they had sold a large number of hats answering the de scription and that they could not re member the sale of such a hat to any particular person. Every meeting place of radical " societies of all nationalities is under close surveillance and par ticular attention ' is being paid to those in the Italian section. There was a gathering here last Sunday of a score of radical agi tators from other cities, according to Superingtendent of Police Rob inson, but none of them could be found today. One theory is that final plans for the widespread bomb explosions were made at this meet ing. 1 The police department today is sued orders for the arrest of per sons posting red lettered notices of a general strike , throughout the city. The call is for a "general strike to free all political prison ers" and it is the opinion of the police that the agitators aim to in augurate here a strike similar to the one that is sweeping Canada. Offers Reward of $1,000. Boston, June 3. A reward of $1,000 was offered today by District Attorney Nathan A. Tufts of Middlesex county for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the bomb explosion at the home of State Representative Powers in Newton last night. The police of Boston and Newton made an active search today for clues to the per petrators of this explosion and of that at the home of Police Judge Albert F. Hayden, in the Roxbury district. . Ernest Graudet was arrested as a esuli of the Roxbury investigation. The police asserted that he was concerned in the Roxbury May day riot for which Judge Hayden subse quently sentenced many persons to imprisonment. The police are ex amining printed matter in foreign languages which was found in his . home. Agents of the Federal Depart ment of Justice have turned over to the police information concerning the activities of Graudet and of var ious other persons with alleged an archistic tendencies. According to the federal agents. Graudet has at tended manv I. W. W. meetings in his city. They have begun an in vestigation to ascertain whether he is an alien. The Brookline police were noti fied tonight that a threat there had been made over the telephone that the residence in that town of an as sociate justice of the Boston muni cipal court would be blown up to night. Pittsburgh, June 3. Arrest of the man who manufactured the bombs which exploded late last night near the homes of federal judge W. H. S. Thompson and W. WJ Sibray, chief inspector of the bureau of im migration, is expected soon by authorities who are investigating the outrages. Police officials said to- Registration of Women For Road Bond Election in Douglas Commissioner Moorhead Estimates Total Number at 1,500; Few Hesitate to Tell Ages, But Question of Weight Causes Hesitation; Noticeable Chatter Ac companies Ceremonies in Nearly Every Instance. Less than 1,500 women registered in Douglas county yesterday, acording to an estimate made by Election Com missioner Moorhead last night after returns had been re ceived from 10 out of 57 registration places. It was the first opportunity women have had in the county's history to register for an election, namely the special election to be held June 24, to vote on the proposal to issue $3,000,000 bonds to pay for paving 115 miles of Douglas county roads. Only286 women registered at 10 places, including the court house, where an extraordinarily big regis tration was expected. "Evidently, judging by these re turns, the women don't care much about the franchise," said Mr. Moor head. "The registration is a great disappointment. Of course, the weather had something to do with the result, but it doesn't explain an Apparent registration of 1,500, where we had expected from 5,000 to 10,000." Registrations At 10 Places. The registrations at the 10 places from which returns were received last night, were as follows: Court house ti Columbian school. Thirty-eighth and Jones streets 69 Corrigan school, Thirty-ninth and X streets 8 Fluid club school 23 South Lincoln school. South Side 40 Dupont school. Twenty-ninth and Du- pont streets Highland school, South Side 10 Oarfleld school, Sixteenth and H , streets M Kelom school. Twenty-first and Paul f streets 18 Pacitlo school, Twelfth and Paclflo streets 12 "They reported from th High land school that there are few side walks and it was very muddy," said Mr. Moorhead. "That would seem to explain why there were but 10 registrations there, were it not for the fact that only 12 registered at the Pacific school, where there are plenty of sidewalks and all streets are paved." Mr. Moorhead points out that any woman can still register on any day between now and June 13 by coming to his office on the first floor of the court house. Enthusiasm, not the sombre, matter-of-fact mechanical registration that marks the male of the species when he is exercising the sovereign right of suffrage was evident at the registration places, when a woman was going through the novel process. night that they had secured he name of the homb maker from John Johnson here of the I. W. W. . - n:n.i i .1 . organization in nusuurgn, wnu was arrested today after a fight with officers. Authorities refused to di vulge the name of the bomb maker. A score of alleged radical agita tors were arrested today and are being held for investigation. John son, according to the police, told the name of the bombmaker after he had been confronted by evidence furnished by Miss Florence Becker, who gave the police a description of two men who, she says, placed a package on the porch of a house across from Inspector Sibray's home. Miss Becker described John: son as one of the men, according to police. Police Follow New Clues. Cleveland, June 3. Police tonight began to follow up new clues in connection with the dynamiting of the home of Mayor Harry L. Davis last night. Positive information, detectives say, has been received that two nationally known I. W. W. agitators, one from Philadelphia and the other from New York, arrived here yesterday. These are two of the men for whom the police say they are searching. About 45 men were arrested to night in several raids. Letter Found Is Real Clue. Cincinnati, June 3. The accidental discovery ot a letter addressed to a man in Cincinnati suspected of be ing a pro-German and an anarchist started an inquiry, late today, which federal officials say may lead to a connection with the bpmb plots in the east. The letter contained a single sheet of paper on which was printed the calendar for the morvth of June. A red line was drawn around Wednes day, the 11th, and extended to the margin, where the word prepare was written. The letter was sent to Cincinnati from Chicago and bears no other identification marks. The belief was expressed by fed eral officials that the bomb plot may have been arranged in weekly cycle with the first series this week, the second, in. the middlewest, next week, and a third in the far. west the following week. Chicago-Denver Flight Delayed Owing to Fog Denver, June 3. Harry Johnson, flying to Denver from Chicago, was forced to alight at Creston, Iowa, ac cording to a message received by his father tonight. A heavy fog caused the landing. The message from the aviator re.d : "Detained by fog. Going, good now. One hundred seventy-five miles first stop. Resume trip early tomorrow morning." No other details were received. Johnson lift Ashburne field, at 8:45 o'clock this morning in a Cana-dian-Curtiss airplane with the inten tion of flying to Denver. He pur chased the machine yesterday. Johnson carried two passengers. Majority of Troops Hurt in Wreck Resume Journey All but six of the 276 officers and men, members of the 557th Ho boken casual company, who were forced to remain in the city when the special train bearing them to their destination was wrecked near Ashland. Neb., resumed their jour ney to Presidio, San Francisco, at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. They left the Burlington station at 5 o'clock. The six remaining men will stay at the Fort Omaha hospital until fully recovered . i County Light Man registers usually in silence. Not so his helpmate. There was a noticeable chatter wherever a reg istration was going on. A man inspector was at each vot ing place but he was thrown ''into shade" by the two more lively wo men who did the actual work at each place. The first woman to register at Election Commissioner Moorhead's office in the court house was Mrs. Jessie DeForrest Woodruff Hub bard, wife of Charles J. Hubbard. She registered precisely at 9 o'clock. She is a well-known welfare worker and was a leader in the women's section of the Liberty bond drives. The registration blanks require also a physical description, includ ing "apparent weight." This ques tion was the source of more trouble than that of "age." A large woman at one of the school houses hesi tated at the question. "Well, put it down at lu," sne said finally.with a frown. "I don't see why on earth they have to ask all these silly questions. Whose business is it what I weigh? I guess I could vote just as intelligently if I weighed 300 as I tan, being woman of medium weight, like 170." Questions "Heavy Weight." "My dearl I'd never dream you weighed that much. I should say about 145 or 150 at the most. Mme. Avoir du Pois smiled sweetly. "Most people think I don't weigh more than about 150," she cooed. "And I can easily reduce. In fact, in the winter I always weigh a little more. If you d see me a month from now you'd hardly know me. Thank you, so much, dear. Uood by." "Hundred and seventy! Huhl' breathed the registrar after she had gone. "If she weighed an ounce under 210. I hope never to vote. And so, politeness and diplomacy pervaded the registering places- FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILROADS IS URGED BY HINES Would Consolidate All Lines Into From Twelve to Twenty Great Systems; Compe tition Necessary. Washington, June 3. Director General Hines outlined to the Amer- ican Short Line railroad associa tion convention here today his plan y his of the for a permanent solution of the rail- road problem under which the rail roads would be consolidated into from 12 to 20 great systems under government regulation sufficiently definite as to attract private capital and affording protection to the weaker roads. The only alternative to such regulation, he declared, would be public ownership, for un der any other plan private manage ment would be doomed to ultimate failure. ' x The director general said each system must be made up of some of some of the stronger roads and the stronger roads and some of the weaker ones, to be of highly com petitive character, and have govern ment representation on its direc torate. A workable basis on what proper return on the .valuation of the rail road properties could be ascertained was essential, Mr. Hines declared, adding that excess earnings should be divided between the railroads and the government. Prompt action by congress in pro viding for the future of the railroads was necessary in Mr. Hines' view, as the present situation causes the public to suffer. Father of W.H.Burns, Former Omahan, Dies at Home in Annapolis Word has been received in Omaha of the death of W. T. Burns, former well-known resident of this city and father of W. H. Burns, at his home in Annapolis, Md., last evening. Mr. Burns was formerly chief clerk of the Union Pacific railroad in Omaha and later' was general agent for the same railroad, being promoted from this position to su perintendent of the Nebraska divi sion. About 20 years ago he severed his connection with the Union Pa cific to become general manager of the Montana Union railway. He re tired from active life several years ago and moved to Annapolis, Md., where he died. He was 75 years old. W. H. Burns left for Annapolis last night. Bank Wrecker Given Sentence of Ten Years Minneapolis, June 3. William H. Schafer, owner of a strinf of 14 state banks, closed by the state superintendent of banks shortly be fore Scbafer's arrest on a charge of grand larceny, to which he pleaded guilty, was sentenced to from -one to 10 years in state prison today. Schafer was also connected with the Mortgage Security company, through which he engineered the manipulations which resulted in the insolvepcy of the string of banks. CHARGE MOTHER WITH MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE Complaint Filed Against the Woman Who Killed Babe With" Butcher Knife; May Be Insane. Hastings, Neb., June 3. (Special). Complaint charging first degree murder today was filed by the county attorney against Minnie Owens, said to be a former resident of Douglas, Wyo., who yesterday killed her two months old baby by slashing its throat with a butcher knife. The woman is being held pending an investigation as to her sanity. She came to Hastings last April. Sitting stolidly in her cell in the Adams county jail,. Mrs. Owens re fuses to give any information re garding herself other than that she formerly kept a rooming house at Doucrlas. Wvo. . Her husband has been dead for several years and she asserts that the father of the child was one of the roomers at her home in Doug Ins. She says that she does not even know the name of the man and the only thing that she knew about him was that he had formerly been employed as a farm hand in Adams county. Searched for Man. Before her child came she went to Denver in hope of finding the man who she says is the parent of the babe that she killed. She searched every part of the city in an effort to meet him face to face and after several weeks of haunting the postoffice and all of the public downtown places she finally spent all of the money she had, with the exception of 45 cents, and came to Hastings, thinking the man whose name she did not know, and who she could only identify by his features, had returned to the place where he formerly lived. Sheriff Cole said that before Mrs. Owens came to Hastings she wrote to him making inquiries as to the whereabouts of the man. After ar riving in town she went to the sheriff and made inquiries in person. On May 26, Mrs. Owens made inquiries of Chief St. John, concerning the S3irte man, who was employed on a farm near Prosser. In an interview with St. John, she said that she had talked with the man she claims to be the father of the child. Inquiries made by the officers lead them to believe that the man has ap plied for enlistment in the army. Mrs. Owens claims he left for Omaha, Sunday night. She rented a squalid cottage in the city and did odd jobs. Her con dition became such that in despera tion she attempted to kill her child, whom she considered an incum brance, by drowning it on Sunday morning. Her attempt was frustrat ed by a man who happened along, and although he reported the matter to the police, nothing was done. The woman, who is about 40 years, of age, discusses her first attempt, at murdering the child without ap parent feeling. She says that the babe previous to the murderous im pulse at infanticide, was in posses sion of all of its faculties and there was nothing apparently wrong with its sight, yet, after it had been rescued from a watery grave by a casual passerby, it had completely lost its sight. When the babe was restored to her arms she wok it to her squalid home where on Monday morning she slashed its throat and wrists with a butcher knife. She refuses to tell where her native home is or to give any in formation regarding her husband. Civil and Spauish War Veterans Want Farms Washington, June ,3. Veterans of the civil and Spanish-American wars asked today that they be included in Secretary Lane's project for farms for soldiers and sailors. When the subject was broached informally last week Secretary Lane told the house public lands committee, con ducting the hearing, that to take in veterans of other wars would invite opposition. There was no estimate of the number of civil war veterans who might seeks farms, but Daniel B. C'hisholm, representing the Spanish war veterans, estimated that about 20 per cent of the 390,000 members might apply for homestead privi leges. Members of the committee, however, said this was too high. Uheir estimates running around 1 and 2 per cent. Twelve Prominent Men Die Following Banquet Dawson, Y. T.. June 3. Of the 36 prominent men of the north who sat down to dinner at the Yukon Gold company's plant of Hunker Creek May 22 in what proved to be a veri table lottery of death, 12 have died from ptomaine poisoning and four are still ill. Among those who died were Wil liam Cyrus Lawson, 39, Fort Scott, Kan., of the Yukon Gold comoanv. and John Grant, 53, twenty years prominent in silver mining. He lives in Ashen, Colo. Police Find Door Broken in; Hold Two on Investigation Fred Sledge, 32022 South Twenty-fourth street, and Tony Pasha, 1426 South Eleventh street, were arrested at midnigrt, last night, by Officer Brigham, at Thirteenth and Jackson streets and are held for investigation. According. to the officer, a pas serby told him they were acting sus piciously in front of the Italian Mer cantile Comoanv. Thirteenth and Jackson streets, and when arrested they were just leaving the building. The door had been kicked in. Gen. George H. Harries in Consultation at Paris Gen. George H. Harries, the ch:ef of the American military advisers, regarding German at fairs, arrived in Paris today from Berlin. It is believed that his visit is tor consultation regarding the military measures to be taken in the event of a German refusal to sign the peace treaty. IOWA BOY TELLS FIENDISH TALE OF HIGH SEAS Continued from )( One. peared, looked over the stern of the fcark where Hansen was cling ititf to a logline, and then turned to the helmsman, demanding to know who ordered him to swing the ship around." "There is a man overboard and the second mate told me to swing the wheel . about," Campbell said lack Joe, answered. "To hell with the man overboard," Campbell declared the skipper yelled. Saw Seaman Struggling. "Then," the witness continued, "he ordered Jack Joe to turn the boat back into its course and picking up a tiller pin, ordered both Riley and myself to go below. As I started forward I looked back in the sea and saw Hansen struggling at the end of the logline and I heard him shriek for help three times. The vessel continued on its course and Hansen was left to perish in the sea. The Puako left Campbell at Cape Town while he was ill in a hospital, he explained and he went to the American consul and made a state ment similar in detail to his testi mony today. During the trip to Cape Town, he declared, every man on board with the exception of himself and the ships carpenter, were taken below and after being placed in irons, were beaten until their bodies were cov ered wifh welts. A heavy piece of wire and a razor strop, he testified. were employed by the skipper and his son to administer the punish ment. They also kicked the prison ers with their heavy boots, he de clared. Advocates No Fleets for Great Powers as Preventive, of War Tokio, June 3. That it was prob lematical how far the stipulation of the league of nations would be ef fective in maintaining the peace of the world and that, therefore, Japan would be on the safej side in keeping her military strength in a state of preparedness, was the opinion ex pressed recently at a meeting of military and naval men, by Marquis Shigenobou Okuma, statesman and former prime minister. The marquis said that the best and only means for the assurance of a lasting world peace was the com plete destruction of the fleets of the great power's. Army Aviator Killed. San Diego, Cal., June 3.' Second Lieut. Arthur O. Kent, Pinebrook. N. J., army aviator, was killed at Rockwell field late today when his airplane went into a tail spin and fell 400 feet. Immediately after falling, the gasoline tank of the air plane burst and the fluid was ig nited, virtually destroying the plane before assistance-could arrivje. Kent was pinned under the machine and badly burned... Woodrow Felicitates George. Paris, June 3. President Wilson today sent a telegram of congratu-1 lations to King George on the occa sion of the king's birthday. Money Saving Event In House Dresses at The Union Outfitting Co. Next Saturday Special Purchase and Sale Two Dresses at About the Price of One. See Friday Evening's Paper For Full Particulars. Hundreds of Pretty Pat terns and Styles to Se lect From. There will certainly be no ex cuse after next Saturday for any woman in this vicinity to be with out one or several beautiful and most up-to-date house dresses. It is a rare opportunity for women, both large and small, to make se lection from hundreds of pretty Porch and House Dresses made of fine Ginghams, Percales and Chambrays, in plaids, stripes and chacks, at about half their regu lar price. Every dress is cut full and the workmanship throughout is per fect. It is merely another phe nomenal purchase of the Union Outfitting Company and forcibly emphasizes the magnitude of their buying power. Remember this company is lo cated just outside the high rent district. No transaction is con sidered complete until the custo mer is thoroughly satisfied. HEARTBURN or heaviness after meals are most an noying manifestations of acid-dyspepsia. KMioiDS pleasant to take, neutralize acidity and help restore normal digestion. MADE BT SCOTT & BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION 1M ThompsoivBeldeii &Co. J Established 76 S 6 The JSume Cleaimwayoo Wednesday The Men's Shop Nainsook union , suits, all sizes, made knee length with no sleeves. $1.50 quality, Wednes day, $1.25. $2 Night Shirts, $1.65. This includes a variety of materials in Fault less, Universal and Brighton makes. Any $2 shirt in our stock, $1.65. LINENS $3 Pillow Cases, $2.50. Excellent material, hand hemstitched and embroi dered, $2.50 a pair. $1.75 Huck Towels, $1.25. A fine quality of hem stitched linen. $1 Huck guest towels, 75c. Plain hemstitched towels of good linen. 75c Huck guest towels 50c. Fine hemstitched towels of figured Huck, 50c each. " Exquisite Embroidery Finished pieces which were used as models in the Art Needlework Depart ment. Pillow cover, $5. Pillow, $7; and Scarf to match, $9. Table cover, $12.50. Centerpiece, $5. Pillow cover, $2.50. Dresser scarf. $6. Lunch cloth, $3. White centerpiece, $1.50. White centerpiece, $4. Numerous other pieces will be included at re duced prices. Third Floor. UNDERWEAR reduced Women's lisle union suits with the fitted or wide knee. Regularly $1.25, Wednesday, 98c. Ribbed Lisle Suits $1.50 quality for $1.29 $1.65 quality for $1.39 Chicago, ? Wilmington & Franklin Coal Company 522 Keelinc Building. OMAHA Telephone Douglas 3405 McKnight Building, MINSEAPOUS Main Office, McCormick BuildinL CHICAGO , Why ? do take their KODAK FINISHING to KODAK Headquarters Wednesday's Sale of Apparel Features Coats and Capes A Charge for Alterations All Saks Final. 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A very lim ited number re mains to be shown, but they all are desirable models and are priced at such a reduction that you will be sure to take advantage of this sale. $19.50, $25, $31.50, $39.50, $49.50 Sizes 16 to 44 SILK GLOVES A splendid quality of silk in black, white, brown and navy. $1 and $1.20 Gloves Wednesday, 69c Silk Lisle Hose Black or white silk lisle hose with garter top and double sole; 65c quality, priced 39c. Corsets for $2.75 Four of our Wenona models will be offered at a reduction Wednesday. They are from our regu lar stock and can be had in all sizes. Third Floor Kodak 0 SoJ5 St