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THREE CENTS
Bee
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Wife Tells
olHiisband
Being Shot
Mrs. Sophie Luekeu Turns
Stae' Evidence in Trial of
Omona Contractor in
Fremont.
Tells
of -Double Life
Fremont, ,Xel'., Sept. 9. (Special
Telegram.) In testimony replete
with sensation, Mrs. Sophie Lueken,
o7, turning state's evidence in' the
trial of John Olson. Omaha contrac
tor, for the alleged attempted mur
der in'Fremont May 12 of her Tius
band, 78. recounted an intimacy with
Olson exterrding over lour years and
told of the incidents which occurred
in her .home the morning of the
shooting. -I ' - '
Mrs,, Luckeo said that she had inet
Olson seven times, the last of which
had been at her honle Mav 11. She
had left the door to her house open
i.nrt fnntirt tiitn rit rr.ntll iinctairc
when she returned home as she hadi
exwectcd. she said. '
Olson stayed until 4 a. m.,
she said. He asked her for $2,000
anrl cliA tnA lri Viot c!ii alt Ir! nt
nuvi i'iiv. iuiu 1 1 1 1 inn a. 0111. v v i i v
Five it to him as she did not have it,
she said, ' ' . --,
, ' Left for Omaha.
-"I arose at 4 o'clock and went
, downstairs, Where I made a cup of
coftec and gave it to him. Then I
left the t house and started for
Omaha , ;
Mrs. Luekeu testified that she
knew nothing o( the shooting until
.he reachea Omaha and- was in-
tormea or it.
Mr' Lueken testified that she had
Vvould tell all she knew of the case.
Children Hear Story.
l0 children with heads bowed
down, listened to' herconfession. The
aged husband was notSh the coiyt
room. ,
His children" have spared him -the
pain of listening to his wife of 40
j ears tell of the partthe second man
played in her Hfe. V v
The witness first told of goingxup
.i.:.. .i ... 11 .in i rx
ctUVUl ll.JU ttJIU JIICCUUK v-iovjii
in a bedroom smoking a cigar:
Asked for Money. ,
"Did he aslcyou for money?"
asked County Attorney Cook.
- "Yes, sir, he did." f '
"Mow much did he want?"
"I think he said $2,000 and some
more." , ' , : ,
'What did you tell him?" ;
"T anlrt him that T haH'nmir llmt
(-tS&utctn't give hint ny as we itrst
had enoutrh to live upon."
"Do you know where the defend
ant Olson, was when you left your
house? - : t
"No, sir."' f J x -.
"Did you know where or when
he was going?"
"No, I did telj. him that night I
.-was going to Umaha.
Did Not See Olson. .
"You did not see Otson. a4iywhcrcit0 what mighabe expected,
mat ciay aner jou leit.miu ai yom
it your
. (v.
i
house?" '
"No. sir."
Mrs. "Duck on dtnicd seeing Olson
at the Omaha i station on the eleva
tor. -. . ' i ' ' .
"Vou Jcft your house that morn
ing about "5:15.. did you not??,;,: -'
. "No; sir." I . U' e
'"Isn't it a fact that after this
shooting you stated to nic on tjvo
( enttnard r Two, Column t'w'o.)
Mail Plane From -.
New York Arrives
First "Ship" In Transconti
irrental Service- Reaches
Omaha Thursday Noon.
The fust transcontinental aerial
mail plane' from New York 1o San
1'rancisco arrived . in Omaha at
12:55" Thursday from Iowa Ckv.
Rudolph G.Page, who left Mhf--ith jacSwiney going 'to. his
cola Held.' New- Vorkl at 6:30 o clock ,t,ti, vms
Wednesday for San Francisco, latid-J
ea in lnicago at p. in., vteuiies-
lay, but fiec.ause of illness was re
lieve4 hv Pilot J. P. Murray, who
wili fly the "shij to the west coast.
Because of-thc heavy, fog between
Iowa Ctty and Omaha, Pilot Mur-
li . i tu
ray was unable to lake the air at the
former city on scheduled time this
morning. The delay in leaving
Jowa City ruade Murray five hours
late, iu laiidine at tht local field. He
expected to reach North- Platte at
.-30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
and complete, the second, leg' of liTs
journey before' darkness hy flying
over Cheyenne' about 6:30 o'clocl:
Iaf niffllt. . .
San FraTfcfco, Sept. 9. Efforts)
to bring the ijiaij airplane which left
, Cheyenne, Wyo.. yesterday into its
destinatioH-vhcrc tonight are hving
made by Col. John L. Jordan. U. S.
A., who is' in chr.rge of airpliflic
mail 'Opcratioii' between San Fran
1 ciscor and Salt Lake. ' , J
33 Cases to Be Heard at .
"V Supreme Court Session
Lincoln, Sept. 9. TSpeciST).
yThirty-thrce cases have been As
signed for argument before the Ne
braska supreme court and commis
" sion at its first fall sitting,, the week
- oS September 20. One of .these, is
the old referendum suit on the pan
tial suffrage law,' in which the only
issue remaining to be decided is
who shall pay the costs. This will
be heard Tuesday. 1
On the vopening day the supreme
. court will devote an hour or two
to eulogies pronounced tipon t the
late Judges Silas A. Hojcomb and
Albert. J. Cornish and resolutions
to be rported by committees, com
memorating their . lives and careers,
citizens and ivttMn ' -
Omaha Contractor . ;
On Trial for Shooting
: H'i '-PL'
At
Hunger Strikers ;
Are Under Guard
Of Machine Guns
Correspondent' Refused Per
mission to Interview Prison
' era 'in' Cork- Jail Mac
Swiriey JVch Weaker.
Cork, Sqpt. 9. (By The Asso
ciatcd Presl.)--The correspondent
ofThe
Associated' Press called at
the 'jail this Vnornitrg, but he was re
fused permission" see the Irish
prisoners now oil' hunger trike, or
even to intervlewihe prison aulhori-;
tids. The warden at the-gate, which
he opened sufficiently wide to reveal
soldiers and rifies am! machine guns"
inside, explained that onh relatives
of the prisoners were permitted" to
enter. , . v .
Cork jail is an ancient stotje pile.
A machine gun peejprd through the
window commandirirs the entrance.
On the tower, rising from the mid
dle of the prison was a soldier with
a rifle, bayonet fixed, pacing up and
down. Other soldiers on guard out
side watch 'ihc groups of relatives
ancr friends of the hunger strikers
waiting to, enter. - ,
Fear Eventual Results.
These precautions seemiygTy1 Sig
nified tjje uneasiness of the authori
se." asno what may happeu if Lord
Mayor MacSwiney "in Brixtpn
prist, or anyv of the rrien. incar
cerated here, .'should" die. ' Cork!
swerms-with troops, , afoot and in
lorries or 'armored cars;. -Th bar
racks' yards contain tanks, and not
far distant there is a military air
drome, where ; considerable activity
prevails. - 1 : '
J Just what form any
attempted
reprisals will take should theU;aid MrTaeeart. "Next .March I
hunger strikers die is avmattfcr.for1
conjecture only. .-.
'ine' corresponuent
todav-? aues-
ti&ned a urouo of vounp Sinh Fein
adherents in .front of the prison as
Ihov
winked and laoJced at each other.
Finally, . one of them tossed -a.
cigaret ftway, Scrambled down from
a tenre and sa: ell. Tlyou want
to know, it will be' 'up boys andat
t ;(;" i -r
,"?",-;.ir
MacSwiner,. of Cork,, whd is incar
ccratfed in Brixton prison and' lias
been tm a hunger strike .since Au
gu6t 12. passed a very bad night and
complained again this, mormngv or
dizzincss.'accordiug to a bulletin is
sued early today by the Irish Self
determination league. A physician
who attended him considered him
mtfch weaker than he if as, yesterday.
'- The lord mayor was visited last
Kiiight by father Patrick MacSwinfy
la cousin, who1 sai5 he was-surprised
to find the prisoner so well. He ex-
not come for three or'four davs. 1
The noon -bulletin issued by the
lciguc stated '.that signs of atrophy
of the skin had appeared and that
as a conscquence.the 'mayor's arms
were being massaged and bandaged.
British- May Weaken,
a greater arousing of British and
world sentiment in his behalf than
had been" believed possible, the
British government today gai-e an
other sign of weakening in its re
solv to carry out the death sentence.
j. ilia aaci is suarujy icuisicrcu
kvhh the cabiRet? an through the
tl:. x i i.. .
logic of Premierviloyd George's
statement:. If you 1st the mayor
and the othen hunger strikers out
you cannot govern Ireland," is rec
ognized the",0ther side of the, shield
also the view, "That you cannot gov
ern Ireland if you let themie i.
starvation in prison." ' 1 ,
A continued militaj-y occuoaucv.
demanding z largd number of
troops, is all that can be looked for
ward to.' Out of this occupancy
things Would - occur which, it is
f?ar'ed: oul.l prejudice GreaT-Brit-ain
with the liljpral element of many
sections of thc'world.
Irish Officers Killed J
Tullow, County Carlow,
Ifelafci
Uepfc y. rmed and tnaKcd njA
attacked four police officers here last
evening. Two qf the constables
vere shot dead and another serious
ly wounded.
Oregon Passes Maine
As 34th Largest State
Washington, Sept. 9.130, 34th
state in population iu years ago, nas
been outgrown in the, last decade byj
Oregon, which was 3oth states
Maine s population, announced to
day bythe census bureau, is 767,996,
an increase 'of 25,625, or 3.5 per cent
over 19101. The growth of the .state
was the smallest since the decad
ending 1890. .Oregon, which had al
most 70,000 people less than Maine
in 1V1
had an increase of 110,520
during tjje 10 yearV
Suffs
'Now
Hope
League
Democratic Leaders Look to
"Women Voters to Elect
Cox and Save Covenant N
From Repudiation.
1 . "
Refuse toSAdmit Defeat f
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
a
Cblrato Tribune-Omaha, Bm lased Wire.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 9. The
newly enfranchised women voters
of the countryare looked to by the
fdemocratic managers to elect Gov
ernor Cox.and save the league of
nations covenant from repudiation.
Administration officials refuse to
concede that the sentiment in the
country is running strongly against
the league in any torm, as indicated
by ,l!hei results of the democratic
priijiay in Georgia yesterday, and
the. republican primary, in New
Hampshire Tuesday.
' They pronounce the renoniination
r i. rr n..;. r , xt u .,.,
OI cnaior iviobcs m : icw Hamp
shire, '3i) irreconcilable opponent of
the Sovenant, inconclusive, because
it is only the republican attitudeon
a state carried by Wilson in 1916
and predict that the women will
save the league in New Hampshire
m the election.
These, officials. 'were startled by
the overwhelming- victory of Tom
Watson in Georgia, running in the
democratic primary for the senate
on a platform of opposition to the
league, with or without reservations,
but they attributed the unfortunate
result to the fact that the women
of Georgia were not v allowed to
vote.' because they were n6t regis
tered. , V . ' ' ,
Appeal, to Women. r
In Wisconsin the democratic man
agers intend to appeal specially tc
the women to indorse the league Dy
voting for Cox afud for Dr. Reinsch,
the democratic candidate for senator,
in preference for .Lenroot, who
voted for the league with reserva
tions. . . -v' . J I
Indiana is another state expected
to fa.vor Cox on the I league -issue.
The fighting iu , Indiana is waxing
warm, as the state generally is close
"in elections, and was carried" by
Hughes in 1916 by only 6,942 plu
rality, many republicans class In
diana as doubtful. ''' ; '
.Thomas T. Taggart, tb.e ..demo
cratic boss of Indiana,, and a can
didate ftr th senate against Sena
tor aWtson, the republian nominee,
ame through Washington today en
route from his summer home in
MassaKusetts to . Indiana. to begin
his artpaign. Hei called at the White
house and assured Secretary Tumul
ty that Cox will carry Indiana. ,v-
"l our vears aeo, you Know, i
loaned mv seat to -Jim Watson,
am coming back to iWashington to
resume possession. ! ' .
' A Indiana for Cos y
"1 am confident that-Governor.
Ctx wijl carry Indiana, and I havj
no -doubt whatever of my own elec
tion to the senate tt succeed Sen
at,cr Watson. Cox made a big hit
in Indiana. ' ' " ' -
"Fully70 per cent of the -women
of Indiana, irrespective of party, are
for the league ojf nations, and, were
tlicre no other jirfsue'. in , thiscai
Wand -I would
carry the state on that issue alone.
Wisconsin is believed by rejjublic
?.ns to have been removed from the
doiibtfuj list by the refusal of. La
Follette to, lead a third party. The
attitude of the Nonpartisan league,
sr. far not disclosed, is the'diily rea
son fof republican uncertainty in
Minnesota ad North Dakota. I. On
the other hand, there is every pros
pect that the .farmer-labor party will
dray enough votea. from Cox to as
sure republic! success in Utah.
i homOS W OtSOll W inner
, lit Contest s for Senate
, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. ?r Incom
plete and unofficial returns compiled
by the Atlanta Journal today on the
senatorial race in yesterday's demo
cratic prirtjary indicated that
Thomas E. Watson won -flie sen
atorial nomination with 197. county
unit votes, or . more than the neces
sary majority of 195. I
, Incomplete returns from 120 coun
ties in the gubernatorial race indi
cated ' that former ; United States
Senator Hard wick Jiad 172 votes,
Clifford Walker 138. John N. Holder
2, and W. R. Erowh none. -
The New Constitution
(The Bee conttnuta tortav Itn explana
tions of the various ainendmonta to the
state constitution,' proposed by the etai.
constitutional convention m.J aubmlttea
to a vote of the ueople at n special elec
Hon to be held September 31. This' eleo
tton H in many respecta the most im
portant held In Nebraska In a, generation.
An intelligent' ballot can .be cast only
after a clear understanding- of the various
proposals submitted. There are 41 pro
posals and each ia submitted for separate
vote. I ......
PROPOSITION NO. 33. '
Pcnnits the city of Omaha, by ma
jority vote, lo adopt if present char
ter as a'homc rule charter. The ores1
ent lay requires at least three -elec
tions to accomplish this result.
PROPOSITION NO.' 34.
Amends "Sections 1. 5 and 6 of
SVrticle Xlb.
Givesthe legislature coniblete con
trot ov
er the organization, regulation
and supervision of all corporations.
Of
mutual and co-operative 'companies7Vc5raj.a a( Wyoming -
nun accnnatinns. Provides that rnr. 1 . . P
porations organized outside of -Ne
braska shall have no greater right!
than Nebraska corporations. Pro
viues lurther tnat any, mutual co
operative company or association
may limit the number of shares of
stock that any individual may own
d may limit each stockholder to
one vote, regardless of the amount
of stock he mav own. Prohibits is
Lsuc of corporation stock of bonds
except lor an equivalent tn money
pai4 or labor dona
Russian Refugee at
Detention Camp Is
Shot While Drilling
New' York, Sept. 9. Pavel
' Nikolaeff, 14, and one of 800 Rus
sian refugee children being moth
ered by the Red Cross at Fort
Wadsworth, Staten -Island, on
their long journey from Siberia to
their Petrograd homes, was shot
and killed early today while be
ing instructed in the army's manu
al of arms by a frienflly soldie
.041 guard - duty. This announce
ment was made, at noom by Red
.Cross officials.' '
Italian Towns x
Rocked ; Again
By Earth-Quake
Violent
Shocks 'Thursday
Causes Loss of Life and
EUmage Casualties
Remajn Unknown.
C ' -
A By The Associated Pvetw.
Rome, Sept. 9. 'Another violent
earthquake occufrl in the Emilia
district at 2sJ3 o'clock this morning,
causing, loss of lives and important
damage.
The communities suffering the'
most were Regg'io, Ospedaletti, Bus
sanna. Toano, atwl Cavola. ; This
morning's shock was more, violent
than that of Tuesday.
More than 300 persons perished in
the earthquake disaster which shat
tered cities and villages north of
Florence on Tuesday morning. Re
lief work is being done under dif-
fjculty- in the ruined mountain
towns. V - ,
, .v -More Shocks Felt. n
New shocks, but none of them of
the intensity of the one which
caused the widespread destruction
early Tuesday, ,have been felt in
Florence and 'surrounding country.
These have shaken down tottering
structures, however, and still further
delayed 'the work of rescuers. Massa
Carrara. in the center of the earth
quake zone, was cut oif trom com
munication with tne. outside worm
last night, but it is not believed a
new catastrophe has occurred there.
A tragic scene was enacted at Ma
rina, near Carrara, when the earth
quake shattered a church where
mass was being' celebrated. .- Father
Friggotti, the pastor, had just raised
the chalice in the roost solemn mo
ment of the service when the ceiling
of the edifice fell upon the congre
gation, kiUingmany of those who
wereAvorshiping; The priest, though
slightly injured; reverently finished
the service before 'attending to the
injuries of those about him. ;
Pope Sends Succor, ,
Les fortunate was Father Ric
cardo Bruscoletti at - Caetanzalvo,
wha was killed while ctelebrating
mass.
Pope Benedict sent a telegram to
Cardinal Peer Maffi, archbishop of
Pisa, asking him to g into the
earthquake zone and administer aid
and moral support and distribute
supplies. ., -
London, Sept. 9. Fifty dead vic
tims of the Italian earthquake have
been taken from the ruins of the
town of Barga, says a dispatch from
Lucca to the Exchange Telegraph
company, the messageadding that
many more are buried in the debris
of their honies The village of
Grafagnana is a. heap of ruins "and
the survivors have left. Vignet has
been xdestroved and thousands are
homeless at Tassajdo, Cattellctto,
Mpntecuto and Ceserano,,- the dis
patch stato.C iV ...
Former Army Officers
"Completely Fooled''
. By Grover Bergdoll
New, York, Sept. 9. Samuel T,
Ansell, former acting jduge advocate
general of the army, admitted that
he had been completey hoodwinked"
by Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader,
who escaped from his guards several
weeks ago while in Philadelphia on
hi way to Maryland to recover his
"buried treasure."
General Ansell was the first wit
ness at the court-martial of Seret.
guards, chargpi with allowing him
to get away. He said that when, as
Bergdoll's counsel, he personally
had asked the War department to
permit him to make the trip to Marjrr
land, he had the "strongest belief in
the man's good faith."
""Bergdoll's assruances and his own
feeling that Bergdoll would not jeop
ardize his chances of successful ap
peal led him to vouch f orhim to the
War department, he explained. Gen
eral Ansell said he thought then nn
thinl-s now, Inst ' BergdoU "jiad a
good case" in )(,s contemplated np
cal irorohii yentcye. "
Clain O. Henry Stole
Best Work From Egyptians
Paris, Sept. x9. "Roads of Des
tiiiy," thought of by many as the
master stroke of the late O. Henry,
was plagiarized from an ancient
Kgyptian papynjs", according to
Paul Louis i Hcrvier, the famous
critic of the Nouevelle' Revue, r
Jicrvier declares thi:t an Egyptian
papyrus more than 4,000 3-ears' old
contains the e't story of "Roads
of Bestiny," and that O. Henry did
nothing more than 'give the plt a
inodefn.- setting. The papyrus he
credits with the' orignial plot was
recently brought here from Cairo.
Rail Bodies WilhMeet
Lincoln; Sept. 9. (Special). At
the request of the Interstate Com
merce commission, the state railway
commissions of Nebraska and Wyo
ming wjll sit jointly and hear the
application of file Union Pacific rail
road for authority to extend its line
up the Torth Platte river valley,
terminating at Haig. Neb. into
Goshen county,. ..Woming. The hear
liijr mav be 'hield aftoift Seotcwiber 21.
cither at Lincoln or at .Cheyenne.--
v V The Smoke screen
. - V -. - IV, ' ' ' . ',..'.
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' kiS-'V1! VX. A'' '
Louise Dinning; Is
v Named in Jingle
For Fete Oueen
Vera Freeman Winner of To
day's Prize in The Bee
'Ak-Sar-Ben Con-"
-est;, '''"j.
Louise Ditniing. for queen is the
first 'selection- of a prize-winning
jinglcr" in The Bee's, AktSar-Bcn'
jingle contest Vera Freeman, 1741
South Twenty-ninth street', , won
Wednesday's prize with this jingle:
f'hyly and meekly tbh maids did try
To gain the crown of hunor,
And in dl come the clever ,maid
Louise UlnnriTg, with 1 it on her. ,
Two tickets to the Ak-SarlBon
carnival and shows? is-, the prize fof
the best daily jingle on whovill be
Ak-Sar-ficn king and who will be;
queen, 1 '
Make a jingle iiivolving the name
ofksome man -or'-woiftan ho may
betome a king or queen of Ak-Sar-
Ben. Send it to "Contest Editor
of The Bee.'V' You will not only
oualiy for the" daily prize, but also
for the granfd prizes to be awarded
at the'closc of the contest. ' ; .
Here are the rules of the contest:
1. No governor of Ak-Sar-Ben
or any member of hi& family is
eligible to compete, nor any em
ploye of The Bee or relative.
Anyone else- may contribute one
or jmore jingles.
2. The mess must be eiSbodied
Lin a jingle, either a "KingiJingle"
or a Queen s Jingle." .It" must
be written plainly and enclosed iu "
an envelope -addressed to the Ak- .
Sar-Ben Jingle Editor of The Bee.
3. Each jingle must be on a
separate sheet of paper, the
"King's Jingle" on one and the
r. ii i- .1 i
4. The author of the best iin- n
trie, each da v will receive two'
tickets to Con T. Kennedy's Ak-vl
oar-uen carnival snows.
5. The person who guesses
correctly the name of the king will
receive any $10 article in any
-----f. r i
guesses correctly the name of the ft
queen will,receive a second order,
for $10 worth of merchandise in
any Omaha store. .
6. In 'case two or more perspns
make the same winning guesses,
the author of the' best jingle will
receive the first prize and the au
thor of the second best- jingle a
separate $5 prize.
7. The contest will close Sep
tember 22.
Trade Unions Move to '
' Prevent Unemployment
Portsmouth, England, Sept. 9.
The trades union congress, in "ses
sion here, adopted a resolution to
day declaring responsibility for un
employment shall be borne by in?
dustr'and that in no case shou,ld
the level of income fall below 8a
per cent of " wages' earned when in
full employment. Power, should be
obtained to force a lew 'on indus
try-to raise the necessary fund, the
resolution added, and the . parlia
mentary committee was instrilcted to
take necessary action to this end." v
By a large majority the congress
decided to replace the parliamentary
committee, which had, hitherto man
aged national' labor affairs, by a
labor general staff or "general coun-s
cil representing every distinct In
dustry affiliated with the congress."
. ','... -
Lincoln Hotel
Man Ws Life
Frank
J. Richard former
Commercial Club President,'
Til --'i T
xuimies iiiuuuuauiig iras .
. Lincoln, 'Neb., Sept. 9 (Special.)
Frank J: Richards! manager of tne
cafeteria in the Rnudge & Guenzel
department store, was found dead
in the kitchen of his home, 1017,
South Seventeenth street, where fie
had stopped up all crevices and turn
ed on the gas. He formerly was
manager of the Lincoln hotel and a
president of the commercial club, n
1 He. had been ill for a month' with
rheumatism' whicfh is Dclieved to be
the cause, for his act. His business
was in ; a flourishing condition. '
The act was deliberately- planned.
A. typewritten letter contained min
ute directions for the pergon find
ing his body and fdrthe'conduct
of ' his funeral'-but no reason for
taking his life.-' The letter specified
that, his funeral should not cost
over $150.
The note cautioned the - person
finding- the body not to get excited.
Letters addressed v to his son and
mother and three telegrams to other
relatives were left. ,
1 Mr. - Richards was popular as a
business man and social leader. He
came to Lincoln 20 years ago from
Omaha and previously had lived in
Chicago. , . , ' ,
Two years ago he had Nbusiness
differences with D. E. Thompson,
then owner of " the Lincoln hotel,
which resulted in' his being found
guilty by a jury in Port Angeles,
Wasto., of attempting-- extort $24,-
niHl fr-,nci liic. wnnlni-pr TIlA rnc(
was latter settled arid Richards re
turned to take tip his business life
in Lincoln. '
He s survived by a son, Hume
Richards, traveling for the Bur
roughs Adding Machine Co., a
daughter, Mrsi, Hugo Birkner of
Kent. 0 and his mother. Mrs.
the "ast
Elizabeth Richards, nowv,visiting in
fl.,. S. Armored Cruiser .
Aground in Baltic bea
Washington, Sept. 9. The ar
mored cruiser Pittsburgh aground
in , the Baltic sea three miles off
Mbau, on the coast of Courland.'A
report received at the Navy depart
ment from Vice. Admiral Huse, on
board the Pittsburgh, did not indi
cate whether the vessel was in se
rious danger.
The report safd the transport
Frederick, now at Antwerp. - had
beei ordered ttf proceed to -the as
sistance of .the, Pittsburgh.- , after
Iransferring to" another v transport
her passengers, consisting chiefly
of the navy Olympic team.
Made Millions in Oil
"Fields, Dies a Pauper
CaspeT, Wyo., Sept. 9. Simon
(Old Sol)-oloman, 80; whose spec
tacular career and extensile? opera
tions in the coal fields of Pennsyl
vania half a ceptury ago brought him
into national 'prominence, is dead
here, a pauper. .
Soloman died-in a local hospital
after a brief illness, and was buried
in potters' field. .
. Ther was no music, no flowers,
no mourners just a few kindly
words and a prayer asv the casket
of the aged man, who was reputed
to have won millions iiidie oil game,
and lost it all, was lowered to its
last resting ptace, -
Greek Ship T)wner
Who Broke.Bank at
DeauviUte Is Hero
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BaccWat" Buys Air-
plane. Limousine With Win
ningsOthers Even
. More Fortunate. ' ' .
Paris, Sept. 9. With his pockets
and suitcases bulgmg with xbank
notes, Maurice Vagliano, the Greek
ship owner and called King' Bit
carat," because he broke the bank
at Deauville last night, immediately
started for Biarritz by his private
airplane" limousine for which he paid
300.00l!Krancs. s .. .
He .announced that'lic "would live
at Biarritz,-fiyhig daily,, to Saft'Se-
fcastian, Spain, wherejhe lid is.com-
pletely ott. Gambling is gom& on
day and night. So many society
people are following the example of
VragIiano that a premium, has been
placed on private airplanes. Eight
seaplanes taken to Biarritz on the
chance that they would-find a mar
ket were ; snapped up. eagerly by
gamblers who wanted to bring the
-Spanish - Monte Carlo within an
hour's ride.
Vagliano, who won '$1,000,000,
and the Syrian, who is reported
to have won even, mope at a single
sitting, are the leading spenders at'
Biarritz,' but 'Americans, including
a dozen new. war millionaires' from
the middle west and Texas, are close
behind in the race to unload their
superfluous shekels.
The star visitor '.of the week at
Biarritz is "Mamie" Jones, who sold
a tiny Oklahoma farm for $200,000
when oil' was. discovered on it. She
has taken a village on the sea front
and, attired in the most gorgeous
creations is surrounded by a dozen
or more ebonv admirers from all
points of the coSnpass eager to claim
relationship.
Mamie spent the first nighPhere in
the baccarat rooms at the Casino
and lost "a few.; thousand dollars.
Thereafter she declared, "Ah prefers j
craps," and has remained away from
the Casino. , , :
Lenine Pleased With
O i f n li
Spread or Bolshevism
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H-ondon, Sept. -9. Premier N
sausnea wirn - tne progress ot bol
snevism all over the world exceot
in England , and the United States.
where-he feels that it growth is, too
slow,, he wrote to a friend jn Gen
eva, according to a dispatli to the
London Express.
The premier, in the letter admits,
tliBt the. bolshevist military invasion
of the west failed, . but has nigh
hows tor, a i great 'success in -the
east, relying on .military action with
the aid of Envor Pasha, the amirs
of Afghanistan arid Baluchistan ad
propaganda. V i-
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Factpry is
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Fierce Fire
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General Alarm Is Sounded
For Blaze' at Omaha
Body Comflny
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Plant. x
Damage Is '$200,000
Fire of nduetermined origin, vjjicl
attracted tfousands of persons, com
letejr destroyed the three-storj
building . occupied by the Omalu .
tody company, 1529 North Sixteenth
ilrcet, between 5:30 and 8 o'clock
jiftal damage is estimated at $200,- '
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Kfamcs and sparks shot skyward
and burning embers were scattered
by ihe wind on housetops for blockf -around.
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The alarm was -.truncd in by a pe
destrian, who ran four block: to Firf "
Station No. 4 aC.Sixteenth and Ixarfl
streets. Just as the first hose com
pany arrived the entire building burs',
into, flames. V
s General Alarm.
Chief Safer said 'that when his
roadster reached Sixteenth and Ginn
ing streets, he coud see that the
whoc buiding and adjoining houses
were in fames. Arriving at the fire, .
Siter immediatey sent in a' general
alarm and all fire fighting apparatus
in the downown district and score
of firemen and equipment from Otu
lying Stations answered the call.-
The body company does a big
business in building and painting
automobile bodies? More than thres
carloads of bodies painted and ready
for shipmrnt were in the building.. -
A few minutes after the Firemen ari
rived the back wall. caved aitd about
20 minutes later parts of' the soutli
and north walls fell, endangering the
lives of firement fighting he bla'ze
on houses to "the north.
Other Fires Started.,
Fifteen streams of water were
poured into the building. The heat
was so intense that the throng of
onlookers were forced to kep mov-,
;ing. , -r .
.Burning embers started fires on the
homes of Mike Galariel, 1536 North
Sixteenth street; Frank Sandau and
Rose Boscoe, 1541 North Sixteenth i
street; Mabel Donaldson, 1543 North
Sixteenth street, and Nellie Hanna,
1539 North Cixtcenth streej.
' The fire started from an undeter
mined origin. It threatened the eh
tira block, including the Updike Mill- '
iug company and the Henry Trans
fer company.
Elliot B. Smoak, owner of the
body company, said ihat the total
damages would reach $200,000, part
ly covered by insurance. ..
Smoak stated that he left'ths" -
building about 5:10 o'clock. The
alarm was turned in 15 minutes later.
He suggested that the fire started
eitherfrom sparks from an engine
in the back of the building orjjrom 1
spontaneous combustion. r
Automobiles belonging Jlo ' the
Standard Oil company, Reeds's
bakery. Carpenter. Paper company..
affd Mr. Smoak's were destroyed.
Numerous Explosions. '
Several explosions 'were caused
by hundred of gallons of paints
which, .were stored in the building.
Chief Salter warned his men to keep ,
several feet from .the building, fear- "
ing tha the front wallvpuld col
lapse.' ' . '
"This is one" of the worst fires"
of the year," said Salter. - "A strong v
southwest .wind" fanned the blaze -which,
with paint, made fire-fighting ,
difficult." v - '
' The' fire' was under cjontrol by
7-.i0. Scopes of automobiles' from
all parts of the city were parked on
all side streets near the fire. Po
lice had great difficulty in keeping
the crowd back from the danger ,
zone, which was established by Po
lice Sergeants Coffey and Russell. -
S. Smoak bought the Omaha Body'
company three months ago. The
I company was first organized by lo
cal siocKiioiaers aoout two years
agr. . ' , -
Furniture of' nearby houses was
carried a block away by occupants.
Mrs. Hanna--rushcd into her building
while the fire was raging to rescue
her pet canary, "Nan," Mrs. Don- y
aldson, despite warnings from fire
men and police, ran into her house
to save two of her dogs.
Fires originating from flying em
bers on the roofs of Mike GaTarie's
and W. Peters' homes were exjiiiw
guished by buckets of water.
Smoak stated that he would imme
diately seek a temporary location J
for his business. He contemplates
erecting a new building. The struc
ture occupied by the body company
was owned by M. Kulakofsky-pro-prietor
of the Central market.,
Police -were ordered to rnain
over night to guaril the V burning
I'uuciing. n en
be,,mad ,to. tea'
vvall, which is sti
uuiiciiiig. An ettort will orobablv
r - down the
front
ill standing.
Tells of Big Deficit
Lincoln, Sept. 9. (Special). W.
H. Burns, general auditor of the
Rock Island railroad, has filed an
affidavit in federal court here sup. .
pBrting tKc allegations of the com
ment ;oHhe 2-cent passenger rate in
NebrasVa.
Mr. Burns sets out extensive figr
ures to show that the company has
held a general deficit in Nebraska
anVver its entire system. He shows
that the deficit injthis state for in
trastate fares, is $35,883.93 for 1919
and that if the 2-cent fare had been
in effect it, would have been $166,- -538.68.
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Troops Leave Denver-
Ee"hvr, Colo..;Sept. 9. Two pro
visional companies of infantry, de
tachments of signal corps and artil
lery troops shortly before noon to
day began entrajning to leave the
city onl a second section of Union
Pacific train No. 102 this afternoon.
Seventeen officers and 250 men will
leave. The troops were Sent here
following street car strike rioft .
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