OTHER LOVER IS
SOUGHT IN FATAL
BLAST AT HOME
Police Hunt ; Jealous pival'jn
Connection With Explosion
Which Killed South
Omaha Man.
Interne mystery suAounds . the
' rath 6f Frank Zolen, 33 year old,
who -was killed at 2:45 Thursday
morning in an explosion, when his
, . home. 5213 South Thirtythird street,
was demolished by an unknown ex
plosive.,
Ten minutes after the explosion.
Peter Kakowsky, living in a 'small
house on the same lot as the Zolen
V home, turned in, an alaun, when he
said he saw flame leaping into the
air from Zolen's house.
The blaie soon was extinguished
and a search made for Zolen, whose
body was found m the yard buried
beneath a part of the rear of the
crumpled house, by Fire Chief Coyle.
An examaination of the body, which
first was sent to the Brewer under
taking parlors and later to Larkin's
undertaking parlors, showed that
Zolen was fully dressed, but his
right leg and foot were badly burned
as were his hands and face.
From the position of the body
when found it is the theory of of fl
eets investigating that Zolen had just
arrived home and was'abput to enter
his hftuse, when -the exAlosion oc
curred. His body had bfln pinned
under the rear walls of the five-room
house,
Windows Shattered.
Investigation disclosed that some
powerful explosive possessing the at
tributes of dynamite, TNT or nitro
glycerin evidently had exploded
' while, in the cellar of the house as
"fell the walls showed that they had
been blown from the inside outward,
while there was no debris in the cel
lar.' i Large hollow cement blocks
used in the foundation were hurled
across the street and bricks, from the
chimney were carried to tfte corner
of Thirty-second and Q streets and
v.indows in several houses in the
neighborhood wire shattered by the
force of the explosion.
Police Officer Dewey Thurman,
who was on the cornet of Thirty
second and 0 streets, said he heard
the explosion and that the streets
seemed to rock. He said the explo
sion was quick and of a roaring
sound, which is said to be a pecu
liarity of dynamite or nitroglycerin..
, Gas Not Connected. '
County Investigator Joe Heil and'
.State Fife Warden Joseph Wilson
made an investigation and expressed
the Opinion that the explosive un
doubtedly was planted in tfte cellar
of the home. There were no indi
x catiojis of gas as- f?as Tng-in 4he
house was connected with the gas
mains.
1 The blast awafeened all the people
in the neighborhood, who quickly
gathered at the scene of the wreck.
At the home of Henry Murdock,
3222 R street, a block away, several
"rocmeri were thrown from their
beds.. ..
Zelon, for the past three months
has conducted a garage at Thirtieth
and Q streets in partnership with
Peter-Murphy. The last time he wal
een alive was at the garage about
1 :45 in the morning, an hour before
the explosion, wlien he bid Pete
Marchinsky, night man at the ga
rage, good-night, saying he guessed
lie would go home and go to bed.
The dead man formerly conducted
a saloon at Thirty-third and Q
streets, before the state went dry,
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Home Leveled in Mystery
Which Buries1 Man's Body
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Ruins of the little home on the
ground by the mysterious explosion which hurled bricks from the pave
ment in the alley for nearly a block and shattered windows in homes withi.i
a radius ot several diocks. -
Below is the picture of ran Z oien, wnose cnarrea ooay was xouna
35 feet from the house, near the small garage, buried under the debris
from the rear of the house.
after vhich, for a,time, he conduct
ed a son annic panor.
Several Police Theories.
He is said to have been mixed up
with the police several times, having
been arrested on various charges.
Zolen came to the United States
about loyears ago and upon his ar
rival was employed for a number
of years in the boiler room o( the
Cudahy packing plant. v
Several theories have been ad
vanced -as to the cause of the explo
sion and it is said Zolen had several
enemies who would be glad to see
him put out of the way. One story
is to the effect that Zolen was in
strumental in sending a young man
to the penitentiary abouj two years
ago and that the man was seen in
the South Side two weeks ago, hav
ing finished his prison term.-Another
theory is that he had a rival for the
aflVetions of a vouncr woman em
ployed in the Armour packing plant
and that Zolen, being successful, the
enemy had sought revenge by blow
ing him up, while another theory has
been advanced that Zolen had been
warned not to rent a two-story house
he owned near his home to colored
peop'.e and that he had said he would
rent to wnom ne pieascu. .
Owned. Much Property.
Zolen was a Lithuanian and had
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no relatives in umana, out is
brother, Peter, who is a resident of
Chicago, and trom wnom a teiegram
wn received Thursday evening,
stating- that he was on -his way tsl
rtirre of his brother's affairs.
The victim of the explosion was saia
to have been well-nxed in woriaiy
possessions and' during his residence
siderably property, owning several
houses on the South Side.
Detectives Farrand and Knutdson
of the South Side were assigned to
investigate the case. They are
searching tor a ispman wno may
throw light on the affair as to a
motive for killing Zolen. ,
Old Feud Scouted.
A torv that Zolen had killed the
daughter of a fellow countryman be
fore coming to the United States
and that the father had followed
Zolen to Omaha with the intention
of killing him, has been scouted by
officers investigating, as it is pointed
out that the interval of time has
been too long since Zolen left his
native land to bear out any reason
ableness of that theory.
. According to G. H. Brtwer, who
examined the body, there were no
marks of violence on the head and
the torso of the body was free from
burns, being protected by two overall-jumpers
and underwear worn by
Zolen.
Broderdorp Elected Head
Of Printers' Union Here
E. Cy Broderdorp was elected
president of Omaha Typographical
union No. 190. at the annual meeting
held in the Crounse block Wednes
day. Fred Sullivan was 'elected vice
president and W. J. Hunter '.secretary-treasurer.
Frank Hart and J. A. McDonald
were elected members of the exec
utive committee. Roy G. Hinman
and "Major" Vickers were elected
delegates to the international con
ventipn. i
These were eleoted unanimously,
having no opposition: William H.
Kellogg, i recording secretary; Oscar
Anderson, Walter Krelle and Henry
Vandercreek, members of board of
trustees; J. H. Collins, sergeant-at-arms.'
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favorable Report on Bill v
To Boost Tariff on Beans
' Washington, May 21. Increase of
the tariff on beans from 25 cents to
$1.2& a bushel is provided by a' bill,
ordered reported favorably by the
house ways and means committee.
Democratic committeemen declared
the measurs would increase the cost
of living. Western bean growers,
particularly those of California, have
urged the enactment of the bill, de
claring they were unable to, compete
with, Japanese growers, ...
South Side which was razed to ths
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BENEFIT WORKER
IS WELCOMED TO
ANNUAL SESSION
Mrs. Frances D. Partridge, Su
preme Record Keeper, Speaks
To Women . delegates. .
A school of instruction in the de
gree wojk of the Woman's Benefit
association of the Maccabees will bo
conducted at the Hotel Fontenelle
at 10 this morning. Mrs. Frances D.
Partridge of Port Huron, Mich., su
preme record keeper of the organi
zatiorf, will be in charge.
About 150 women of the, associa
tion attending the twenty-Nfburth an
nual rally of the eastern division of
this state welcomed ..'Mrs, Partridge
at 7 Jast night. ' Speaking from the
court houhe steps she asked that the
women try to increase the member
ship in Nebraska from 3,000 to 4,000.
Mrs: Hester B. Copper, an Omaha
newspaper woman, delivered the ad
dress of welcome' at the banquet in
the HotelFontenelle last night: Mrs.
Agnes T. Boycr of North Platte,
state commander, and Mrs. Ella
Marks 'Lee, state comnrander and
supreme isergeant of Iowa, re
sponded. V '
Tracing the history of the benefit
associatipti from its beginning 28
years ago to the present day, Mrs.
Partridge said that the organization
had helped many hundreds of fami
lies in .the United States. She told
ot her trip through the west and her
welcome in every 'city" she visited.
A number of juvenile dancers and
singers were the entertainers.
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Republicans Feel
Liquor Issue Is Dead
(Continued From First Pace.)
that it would have no wires running
jnto the convention hall. "
Superintendent Hall notified the
company that the Building Trades
Council had threatened to call out all
workmen employed at the Coliseum
if nonunion telegraph companies at
tempted to place wires in-the build
ing, xne rostai xeiegrapn company
said it had not heard of the trouble
and expected to install an office.
Discard Historic Gavel."
L. W. Henly, secretary of the con
vention committee, placed an order
for a. new gavel oday and the his
toric mallet used in 1912 and 1916
will be discarded. "It has gone
through two defeats," Mr. Henley
commented, "and because of the as
sociations connected with it I think
we would better laj( it aside and buy
a less dangerous weapon."
There will be plenty of rooms in
Chicago at reasonable prjees, to care
for the 40,000 convention visitors,
according. to the information bureau
of the association of commerce. First
class hotels in the loop have 13,000
rooms available, and outlying hotels
21,000. Scores of apartments, where
.owners have listed them at fancy
prices are going begging.
Women leaders here are conferring
with committeemen in an effort to
draft a plan 'for participation of the
newly enfranchised voters in the di
rection of the republican party. The
plan will be presented to the con
vention, it is understood,- with the
recommendation of Chairman Hays
and ;the national committee that it
be adopted. ' . x ,
Expects Farnam Repaying .
To Be Finished This Year
When the street railway" company
lets its contract for repaving be
tween the car rails on Farnam street,
Tenth to Eighteenth streets, it will
also let a contract ' in connection
with the dty for repaving the nine
foot strips between outer rails and
the granite gutter spaces. Iji this
,manhe"r,' City'C6nimissioner Roy N.
Towl feels assured the work will be
completed this summer
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THE BEE: OMAHA,
Explosion
in Its Debris
Boy Scout Fund of
$1,1 73 Is Subscribed
On Trade Excursion
McCook, Neb.; May 27. (Spe
cial.) Homefolks were not forgot
ten by Omaha Trade Excursionists
cn the fourth day of their trip, which
ended in McCook.' In response to a
telegraphic request from A. B. Cur
rie,,.presidentTof the Omaha Rotary
club, Joseph Redfield and Guy
Ligett raised a fund of $1,033 for
the Omaha Boy Scouts, The sub
scription list was a plank fix feet
high. A sackw sugaT donated by
David Larson was raffled off and
realized $142.50 additional to the
fund. B. M. Anderson 'of the Car
penter Paper Co. won the sugar. "
Schools were dismissed in Ot;is,
Coles and Parks, Neb., to permit
the children to greet the Omaha
main. The Parks children appeared
in iancy costume. ai oeiiKeiinan,
Miss Lizzie McVoy served refresh
ments to C. M. Wilhelm and a
party of friends.
Dan .Desdunes and his negro jazz
band are the talk of Denver after
being loaned by the Omaha trade
excursion to the Denver civic center,
for whom they played in the Greek
theater. Over 4,000 people heard
their concert.
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coffee is of tervharm-
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of the dru "caffeine"
which it contains.
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FRIDAY, MAY 28, liKiU.
PALMER AGAIN
UNDER FIRE IN
CAMPAIGN PROBE
Dse of . Altai Property Cus
todian's, Office as Political
Plum in Attorney Gen-y
eral's Boom Charged.
Chlriiga Trlhun-Oinalii Bee leased Wire.
Washington, May 27. Use of the
alien property custodian's office as
a political plum tree for, A. Mitchell
falmers pemocratic presidential
boom and Jeports of enormous ex
penditures in the recent primaries in
Chicago were the chief "subjects of
inquiry by the senate committee on
campaign Expenditures today. v
Eugene K. Pike of Chicago, a
Thompson lieutenant, estimated that
the last primary had cost the various
iaciions aooui qoou,uiA in uni-
cago, most ot which was spent by
the Thompson machine and the
Wood managers. The Lowden work
ers, he said.pent little in compari
son to the Wood boomers. The
campaign was probably the most
costly the Thompson "machine has
ever gone through," he said.
J. Harry Covington, tormer chief
justice of the District of Columbia
supreme couYt, now acting as treas
urer for the Palmer campaign, ad
mitted that at least nine of Palmer's
principal "angels' 'were democratic
politicians who drew fat fees from
the alien property custodian's office
under appointoint by Mr: Palmer.
Mr. Covington acknowledged him
self to be one of these.
Kenyon Reads List
Senator Kenyon, chairman of the
committee, read into the record a
long list of names x of "deserving
democrats" who had received fees
from the alien property custodian's
office. There were literally hun
dieds of them. Nine of them had
given substantial amounts to the'
"Palmer campaign fund, but there
was nothing to show whether the
test were doing anything in behalf
respective communities. This will be
gene into more carefully when Cov
ington resumes the sta'nd next week.
It developed that Covington 'is
counsel for the Revere Sugar Re
fining company, which was indicted
yesterday at Boston for profiteering.
He admitted having discussed the
sugar question with Mr. Palmer re
cently. He also represents the
American Dye Institution, which is
ttying to get congress to pass dye-
stuff tariff legislation. He, has dis
cussed the dyes'tuffs situation with
various manufacturers? among them
Aaron. A. Du Pont, he said.
Among those who drew fees or
salaries through the alien property
custodian's office ,and who also con
tributed to the -Palmer 5 campaign,
were Frank L. Crocker, New York
attorney; Walter Denegre of New
Orleans, William G. Fitzpatrick of
Detroit, Francis P. Garvin, the pres
ent alien property; custodian; Joseph
Guffy of Pittsburgh, the oil mag
nate; Fred Lynch, democratic na
tional committeeman from Minne
sota, and Gilbert S. McClintock of
Wilkesbarre.
1 Thompson Good Spender.
The expenditures by various fac
tions, except the Lowden workers,
were somewhat larger than usual,
according to Eugene- Pike. The
Thompson machine, he said, spent
more money than it ever had before
in getting out literature. A series
of 10 letters was gotten out by the
Thompson machine, he said, and this
cost considerable' money.
Urged to make an estimate, s Pike
gave .it as his best judgment that
all expenditures in Chicago amount
ed to about $350,000. This did not
include the value of much volunter
work. In this connection he told
.of the use of 3,000 automobiles do
hated for use in carrying Thompson
voters to the polls.
Pike denfd that Thompson was
spending a money to beat Senator
Sherman as national committeeman
from Illinois.
Harry M Daugherty, Senator
Harding's rrianager, testified that
Harding's campaign has cost $107
000: He said the Wood expenditures
in Ohio were extensive, but was re
luctant to make any estimate.
Omaha Pastor Speaks.
Central City,..May 27. (Special.)
Commencement - exercises of the
Central City High school were held
Thursday. . Rev. Edward Hart
Jenks, D. D., of Omaha addressed
the class of 31 graduates.
lest were aomg anyimng in Denau ttj.. "j r 7 , r, , ; .
df Mr. Palmer's candidacy in thejrlXa!rd,of Ensland, then 'prince of
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JTMVfMOK
Wilson Exchanges r
Blows With Congress
Over Knox Pleace Plan
(ConUnurd From Flrat Pm )
freedom of the seas is curious in
view of the. fact that the president
himself entirely surrendered the de
mand for the freedom of the seas,
said Republican -Leader Mondell.
"The peace resolution is not more
lacking in this regard than is the
treaty of Versailles. The president
fa:ls to give any logical reason for
vetoing'rhe resolution."
Flood Approves Message. -
Representative Flood of Virginia,
linking democratic member of the
committee on foreign- affairs, 'ap
proved the veeto message.
"If the republican party .desires
to make aN campaign issue of the
resolution the democratic party will
be glad to accept the challenge,"
said Mr. Flood. "The history of the
ie solution as it passed the house and
senate and the changes the senate
forced the honse to accept thorough
ly illustrate the incompetency and
inefficiency of the republican house.
The' veto of the resolution saved
many American interests, which the
resolution sacrificed. The housKwill
sustain the veto."
Representative Fess of Ohio, re
publican, severely criticized the pres
ident. ' i
"The president still clings to his
boasted purpose and ability to force
upon the country the acceptance of
his unmodified league', which is an
abandonment of an American policy
announceji by the founders of the
republic and supported by every
statesman of recognition of ' what
ever political party, and now takes
the last step to invoke the 'solemn
referendum,' which will enable him.
to continue the wah and the war
powers, although war hasbeen
actually ended for more than a' year
and a half," said Representative
Fess.
Man Who Had Fist Fight
With king Edward Is Dead
Vancouver, B. C, May 27. The
death of Capt. John Tohncox, who
had the distinction of having once
attempted to chastise the late .King
Wales, was reported here.
During the regatta at Cowes, in
1880, Johncox was crossing the
yachtmen's green after dark when
some one sitting on a bench thrust
forth a foot, an tripped him. ,The
captain started after the tripper with
both fists and a hot fieht was in
progress when the prince's identity
was discovered and the battle ended.
THOMPSON-BELDEN
Confidence Grows
. In direct proportion to the well di
' rected efforts spent in deserving it.
There is nothing spectacular about
such a growth. It is not to be hurried -
nor is it influenced by Hurries and ,
, fancies. ; -
A Misplaced Confidence
Is Soon Discovered 'y
and. the work of years can be
quickly jpst.
Our efforts cover thirty-four yeais
in Omaha, during which time we
have always aimed to conduct our
.business in a manner, to deserve
confidence.
$5.75 Japanese
Tble Cloths
for $8.75 each
Seventy-two inch cloths
' made fronV the best A
quality of Japanese cot
ton wilL be placed on sale ,
Friday for $3.75 each.
Linens Main Floor.
Almost Any
Corset
will look well and feel
cpmfortable, when it is
new, but -.
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prove their superiority
by the way they look and
feel after you have given
them several months of
hard wear.
Divide the moderate cost
of your Warner's by the
number of days you can
wear it and you will see
how remarkably inexpen
sive it is! .
Every Corset Guaranteed
not to rust, break, or tear
Corset Second Floor.
SIMS CHARGES
' DANIELS WITH
HOLDING BACK
Kept Craft Needed in War
Zone Patrcling Coast 3,000
jMiles From Enemy. ,
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Chlrkgo Tribune-Omaha Br Lafd Wlr.
Washiugtau,: May Z.-'-Nqt only
were everyone of his charges con
firmed by the Navy department's
own witnesses, but their testimony
revealed a condition within the
Navy department aurlng the early
months of the war,, "even more1 dis
tressing" than he had imagined,
Admiral William Sims told .the sen
ate, investigating committee in be
ginning his rebuttal testimony.
The statement of Secretary Dan
iels Admiral Simms characterized
as "remarkable alike for its mis
takes and misinterpretations," and
for its "unrestrained assault" upon
himself. To the latter he made no
reply, remarking that his personal
opinions and private character,
''however interesting, had nothing to
do with the conduct of the war," but
to other points in the secretary's
statement he replied pointedly and
in detail.
The secretary's own testimony,
he said, "revealed a policy to hold
back craft needed in th war zone
in order to patrol the Atlantic coast
3,000 miles from the enemy," carry
ing this defensive policy to such, an
extent that "to cite only one ex
ample, naval vessels were set to
patrolling the North Carolina sound
in waters; impregnable by sub
marines," and that at the time the
president sent his dispatch to the
admiral, Jqly 4, 1917, the policy
v.hich he announced therein and in
his address to the fleet in August
had not only not been followed, but
had actually been violated."
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Commerce Students Will
Hold Annual Picnic Today
The annual picnic and interclass
meet of the High Schor1 of Com
merce will be held today at Elm
wood park. More than 2,000 stu
dents and teachers are expected to
attend.
A May day pageant will be pre
sented by the girls of the1 hygiene
class. In conjunction with the picnic,
the annual athletic interclass meet
will be held. A silver cup will be
presented by Principal Porter to the
class winning the meet. A silver
medal will be given to the student
who receives the highest points in
the meet. " .
Friday's Shoe, Sale
Above the Average- -
$10 a pair -r
Is the Low Price
Our new pumps
selection of the
, .:
, Reduced to
Friday Only y
A Saving in
Wash Goods
Printed batistes in the
daintiest of patterns antL
colorings; 27 inches wide,
are to be hadin blouse
and dress lengths (3 to 8
yard nieces) and are sne-
f cially priced for Friday
20c a yard
NEW REGIME-
SENDING FORCE W
TO TAKE VILLA
Bandit Chieftain Scheduled to
0o Lively Dodging If He Is
To Retain His "
' Freedom. (
El Paso, May 27. The, defacto
government of Mexico has begun its
threatened campaign against Fran
cisco Villa.
Advices received here today indi
cated that at least three commands
hive been sent into the mountains
of the Parral district to. hunt down
the bandit and that Villa has ahead
of him some of the fastest 'dodging
of his career if -lie -is to escape the
cordon of troops- dosing in on his
bands.
With forces under Gens. Icnacto
Enriquez and Marcelo Caraveo al
ready it the field, it is reported that
Gen. J. Conzalo Escobar, newly ap
pointed military commander of the
state of ' Chihuahua, started toward
El Valle from liminez last night
with 1,000 men. At last report Villa
was waiting at El Valle for final
word from Gen. Plutarco Elias Cal
les on his demand that he be ap
pointed to replace Escobar. f
Between Escobar and Villa the
bitterest enmity exists. The former
was one of the jury which passed 'a
sentence of death on Gen. Felipe An-
seles. Villas military idol, and th
bandit has sworn he must pay with
his own life.
In a dispatch to the de facto gov
ernment, disclaiming knowledge of
the reported kidnaping by .Villa
forces of Homer Carr, examining
engineer for the American Smelting
& Refining Co., who was supposed
to have been taken off a train at
Jiminez Tuesday, General Enrique?
said"he had concluded an unsatis
factory telegraphic conference with.
Villa and was convinced the govern
ment had no cMoice but to fignt him.
Friends of Carr were reassured at
ttie same time by a wire from W. M.
Drury, manager of the American
Smelting & Refining' Co.'s mining
department, " who said there was
"nothing to" the kidnapjng report.
flowers have taken a drop and
can now say it with blooms if
one has the necessary 10 bucks
around loose.
Silk Boot Hose
- $2:25-
Pure thread silk boot hose
wjth double tops and
double soles of silk lisle
have a Way-new foot that
insures excellent service.
To be had in black, white,
navy, gray and seal brown
for only $2.25 a pair.
Cards for All
Occasions
iThe Art department is dis
playing a very interesting
. assortment of tarda for
commencement, ; gradua
tion and confirmation as
well as for all other occa
sions that require an ex
pression of 'greeting' or
congratulation. -. ;
- . Art. Dept. Second Floor,
and oxfords. A splendid
best footwear at this price.
Pumps of kid, patent
leather and suede.
1 All with Louis heels.
Oxfords of dull kid
and patent leather
with Louis heels, also
street oxfords of kid
with welt soles and
' Cuban heels
$10 a pair
All Sales Final
Cotton Crepe
Gowns $2.69
Slipover, nightgowns of
white. or colored cotton
crepe, which sold for
merly for $3.50 are of
fered Friday for
$2.69
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