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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1920)
i ''I"T" 1 i ) THE BKK! UMAHA, SATUKIJAY, MAY 15V 1920. EXPECT BODIES OF SOLDIERS TO REACH U.S. SOON Ship Bearing 153. Corpses FronV France to Dock Mon i day or Tuesday. Washington, May 14. Bearing the bodies of 135 officers and en listed men of the navy and marine corps, the U. S. S. Nereus is expect ed to arrive at New York next Mon day or Tuesday from Brest. Ar rangements have been made for ap propriate services Wednesday aft ernoon on the pier, with Secretary Daniels as the principal speaker. The Nereus is bearing the first bodies of American sailors to be re moved from France.. On board also are 15 bodies of officers and men who died while on duty in Mediter ranean and Adriatic waters. . With the arrival of the Nereus, the navy will have completed the return of its dead from all European coun tries except France. Twent-six of the bodies will be brought to Wash ington for interment in Arlington cemetery, while the remainder will be forwarded to their homes. I.. WOMAN SHOOTS AT BURGLAR IN PRIEST'S HOME A Housekeeper Who Never Be fore Had Gun In Hand Fires . Twice at Burglar of 1 Parish House. Disappointed in her first effort as a markswoman, Miss Anna Dun ning,', 4513 Souh -Thirty-second ' street, yesterday declared her inten tion oflarget shooting with an auto . . matic revolver , until she becomes expert. ! .And one lone burglar is respon- sible for Miss Dunning's blood ' thirsty attitude. Miss Dunning is the housekeeper in the parish home of Father Mich ael F. Gluba', pastor of St. Francis church, Thirty-second and K streets. She is 35 years old, : Hears Noise In House. About 2:30 a.' nv yesterday, she ' heard a noise in the parish home . 1 She sleeps upstairs over the library. When Miss Dunning was awak f ened by the noise of some one walk ing around in the house, she list ened intently and heard Father Gluba snoring. " , At once she. thought of burglars. When Father Gluba' was in the " Jiospital, he gave her a .32 calibre if. " "Revolver and told her to protect her- self should anyone enter the house. . Since Uhen . she had kept the re- volver Within easy reach on a table ' at the head of her bed. ., . ' j. ' . Seises Revolver. . Seizing this, Miss Dunning arose, hastily dressed and crept out to the Head of the stairs. Looking down, ' she saw a dark form moving about now and then flashinga pocket searchlight. '... . "What do you want down there?" she cried out. ' . . . The form flashed the light in her face, turned around, and began run ning; .toward the rear of the house. 5 Fires First Shot. ' v Sburred only bv anger at the au dacity oi a burglar robbing a priest's parish; house, Miss Dunning said she ran downstairs, and 'just saw the man going through the- dining room steward the kitchen. Miss Dunning had never fired a shot in all her life before, but this time she pulled the ' trigger. The man kept running. Again she fired. The man kept running and before she could pull the trigger again, he had leaped over the rear fence, and escaped. r- JV . 's ' ; y .. , Bullets Hit Ceiling. ! Investigation showed that Miss Dunning' bullets had penetrated the ceiling of the dining room. Fa ther Gluba's clothing was found in the street with the pockets rifled of a watch and a few personal trinkets. Miss Dunning said the burglar Starts to Practice v With Gun So She 11 Hit Nept Biirglai ' I KVf"" y j, J , A Miss Anna Dunning. was a small man and wore a black mask. ' i ' Father Glubo went down town yesterday and purchased an auto matic revolver: for Miss Dunning, with which she is going to practice target shooting, to be prepared to "shoot to kill"jf another burglar ever enters the St. Francis parish house while Miss Dunning is house keeper. -. Texas Man Files Suits for $150,000 for Alleged Libel ; Eastland, Texi, May 14. Luther Nickels, campaign manager for for mer United States Senator Joseph W. Bailev. democratic candidate for governor ofTexas, filed two suits- in district ourt here tor- alleged libel.. The action were against R. P. Shuler. of Lamar countv. and A. C Baldwin i & ; Sons," a corporation of Travis county.v- ' . Plaintiff demands in each case damages "for defamation of charac ter by reason ot libel," in the sum of $100,000 and $50,000.punitive damages.- :"'. ' . Sure Relief BlLLANS Hot4wMer Sure Relief flE LL-AWS LFOR INDIGESTION - ; 1417 Douglas Street Buy Quality Clothes Oft Payments It's the one modern way of apparel buy ing, and in this partic ular store you enjoy positively as good val- : ues as you'll encoun terjn any cash store And you, get the benefit of our Liberal Credit Policy. S3 -' V- A IS Unbeatable Values in Men's StylisK Suits 29?;34. 49S' Men! . Look where you will, compare values to the limitit's the surest way for you to - learn the real strength of these extraordi- " nary offerings. Styles to suit every taste. ' Every1 size. Come early. v Here's the Biggest Suit Special in Omaha Today All Wool Blue Serge Suits '.'.,:.. ":' " -'' :' . ' '. . Fast colors. Several jaunty styles for the young man as well as '' tHe conservative , j dresser. Try to duplicate ' these suits for less than $50 elsewhere. '. $(0)50 Qj) qJ young Men's Suits A . special group of smart styled Suits for the young man ' and the ' High - School youth. All the new 'colors. Easily worth $10 to $15 more money. Our Saturday price FARMER ADMITS MURDER OF EIGHT AT TURTLE LAKE . M - North Dakota Man Confesses To Killing of Jacob Wolf, His'Wife, Five Children And Chore Boy. Washburn, N. D., May 14.- Henry Layer, a farmer, has con fessed to the killing of Jacob Wolf, Ins wife and five children and a chore boy, Jake Hofer, on the Wolf farm, three : miles west of ' Turtle Lake,.,N. D., on April 22, it was an nounced here yesterday by J. E. Williams, states attorney for Mc Lean county. . v 111 feeling of long standing, cul minating in a quarrel over injuries administered to Layer's cattle by Wolfs dog, 'Was responsible for the crime, according, to Mr. Williams' version of the confession. Layer, who is married and has six children and who owns a farm, one and a half miles from the Wolf home, was arrested Tuesday night at his home. V ' -r . , : Sentenced, to Life. 'Thursday he was arraigned before Judge W. L, Nuesssle in district court here and sentenced to life im prisonment in the state penitentiary at Bismarck. ; He' was taken at once to Bismarck to begin -serving sen tence. ' ". ' According to Layer's alleged con fession to State's Attorney Will iams, Layer said he went to the Wolf farm shortly i before noon Thursday, April 22. ' An- argument followed and-Wolf-demanded that Layer leave the place at once. Layer refused, according to the alleged confession, and Wolf went into the house and returned with a dcuble-barreled shotgun. Laver de clared he grasped the gun and at tempted to" wrest it away from Wolf; The struggle, it is said, took place in the entrance to the kitchen and. the weapon was dis charged twice. Mrs. Wolf Killed 1 , One of the shots killed Mrs. Wolf and the other Hofer, lyearold chore boy. By this time Layer Ihad taken 'the gun away from Wolf and he went into the sitting room, ob tained a handful of shells from, a bureau drawer and hurried outside. Wolf was running toward the barn, and Layer fired, the charge striking Wolf in the back. Layer then shot Wolf in the back as he lay on the ground. : .' Layer said he then ran to a barn and shot two of the girls while they pleaded for mercy. . ' ' - Attracted by the screams ot the little -girls in the house, Layer, ac cording to his' alleged confession., shot two of them and killed the third with a hatchet. r s "More tharf 20,000 miners employed in the mines of the Delaware, Lack awanna & Western railroad have signified their intention of refusing to work the daylight-saving hours lif once more established. ,' MURDER CLEARED BY CONFESSION OF INSANE MAN "Tried to -Crowd' Him Off Sidewalk," Reason Given For Killing Retired Shelton Banker. Los Angeles, May 14. George Goldbach, 28 years old. sad to have been at one time -an inmate of a hospital for the insane, confessed today, the police announced yester day that he had killed H. J. Rob bins, retired banker of Shelton, Neb.; here the night of May 3, be cause Robbins "tried to crowd him off the sidewalk." Goldbach was arrested two days ago, the police said, when they found Itim with a ham sandwich in one 'hand and a long knife in the other, wandering around in the vi cinity of the Robbins residence and asserting he "was looking for some one." ' Goldbach, accdrding to the police, told of meeting Robbins, who was 68 years old, early the night of May 3. ; , . . , :.; :- "He seemed to want to crowd me off the sidewalk," Goldbach was quoted. "That made memad. I htt him three tunes. When he fell, I took a rope from around my waist and started to tie his hands with it. The rope slipped and went around his neck. Then I drew it tight and choked him to death. 1 did rtot in tend to kill him when I started." , Bee Want Ads Are Eest Business Boosters. ' - v Seek Seward Lad " , Omaha police have been, asked t 1 look for Jackey Welch, 13 years ohL j who came to Omaha from Seward, I Neb., . last fall , to live with his " mother, Mrs. L. W. Reno, and go , to school. 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