The Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1921.
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Arbuckle
Provisions
Ak Festival
Sweetheart of Dead Film
Beauty Scores Arbuckle
Cartoons of the Day
Is Held As
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Besins At
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1:30 Today
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Murderer
Formal Complaint Against
Film Star Signed ly Woman
Friend of Dead
. ActreM.
To Be Arraigned Friday
San Francisco. Sept 12. A for
mat complaint charging murder was
'aworn to before Police Judge Daniel
O'Brien today against Rotcoe C
' (Fatty) Arbuckle, In connection with
the death of Mitt Virginia Rappe,
a motion picture actress. The com
plaint wat signed by Mr a. Batubina
Maude Dclmont, a friend of the
dead actress.
It was the second murder com
plaint againxt Arbuckle, the first hav
ing been made Saturday night by
the investigating detective for the
purpose of holding him until the
formal charge could be filed.
Mr. Dehnont. in aigned and
aworn ttatemcnt. gave the police
many detail of the party in Ar
buckle' rooms vi the St. Francis
hotel here a week ago today, at
which time Miss Rappe was sub
jected to an alleged attack by Ar
buckle. She died four days later.
Arraignment Put Off.
Mrs. Oelmont attended the party
and assisted Mis Rappe after the
alleged attack. She appeared per
sonally in court to swear to the
complaint Arbuckle was not in court
when the complaint was filed.
Arbuckle appeared in court to bei
arraigned on the charge sworn to iy
Mrs. Oelmont. At the request of the
district attorney the case was. con
tinued until Friday morning and Ar-
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uuckie was lateen DacK 10 ns ixii.
Arbuckle consented later to sec a
group of newspapermen, but refused
to discuss the Rappe case with them.
He appeared dejected but said he
was receiving good treatment in the
jail. r
District Attorney Brady through
Deputy Milton T. U'Rcn said? "We
have a complete case against Ar
buckle. s
Film Star is "Mugged."
Arbuckle's appearance n police
court was delayed until his Bertillon
measurements could be taken and
he could be photographed tor the
rogue's gallery. ,.
The Bertillon record showed that
his weight is 266 pounds and his
height 5 feet 8 3-8 inches. lie gave
his birth place as Kansas and his
"age 'as 34. . - -
The arraignment was conducted
in a ihazi , of .fhwUltglit s'mokel ' the
ashltghts. popping with machine
gun regularity.' The arrival of Ar
buckle in court was so long delayed
that Judge O Bnen adjourned the
session and said he would wait five
minutes until the prisoner could be
produced. -
Arbuckle la Dejected. .
Arbuckle appeared through a side
door within the five minutes, flanked
hv his attorney and the notice guard.
He appeared greatly dejected and
heaved many sighs. '.,,
Following the court session and
before he was taken back to his
celL, he was given an opportunity to
go into the judge's chambers to
, make and smoke a cigaret while the
arraignment papers were being made
out' " - v ' ' ' !-. ' ":
TU 1,1a OAMft mA.v. ...no miaI-aI
ijv iuiiv tuui , ivuiii auiv.u,
t!:e spectators rising in their chairs
v. hen Arbuckle appeared and re--.
niaining in that, position during the
brief session. ' '
There were few women present.
."vruucKie toia newspaper men in
., c:,urt that he was born in Smith
Center, Kan. .. ,
'i Girl Accued Him. .
Almost with her dying breath Vir
ginia Rappe, accused 'the film actor
of having been the cause of her in
juries. . ''... ' i .
This is the assertion made to the
police by Mrs. Jean Jameson, the
nurse who attended her at the Wake
. field sanitorium, and who was at her
side during her last moments, r
- Mrs. Jameson repeated the tragic
denunciation of Arbuckle, made to
' her by the dying woman. She de
clared that Virginia Rappe had told
her that Arbuckle had been waiting
for five years to "get her." Mrs.
Jameson would not be certain that
' the actress had said that she had
, been dragged by Arbuckle into the
' room, but she declared unhesitating
. ly that Virginia Rappe had accused
him of having caused the bruises and
the other injuries that resulted later
in her death, t. .
Hoffir Ilpfertivee flriffltVi Ven.
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nedy and Henry McGrath, the nurse
told her story, quietly and with an
assurance that impressed the police.
She declared that she was speaking
voluntarily, without fear of punish
ment or hope ot reward.
, ' Statement of Nurse.
Here is her statement:
"About 3 r. m.. Tuesday, Scptem
tie I rallcrl hv Mrs. Delmont
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(Tara raja Taa. Column Six.)
. Man Held in California
Admits Slaying Officer
- Oakland. Cal..' Sept. 12. Mike
McCoy, alias E. W. Brown, confess
ed to the police here to the murder
c . i n v-n mm
OI a patrolman in x ausuua, v
August 13, 1919. McCoy has been
employed until recently in a lumber
camp at Standard, Cal He says in
his confession, according to the po
, lice, that he fired on the officer while
resisting arrest -
Unip Firm PasRM Dividend
Boston. Sept 12. Directors of the
United Drus comoany passed the
current 2 per cent quarterly dividend
on common shares, ine i J- per
cent quarterly dividends on the first
preferred and 1 1-2 per cent on the
second preferred - were declared as
"sual
Virginia Rappe. whose death in San Francisco hotel hat resulted in
the holding of "Fatty" Arbuckle, film comedian, and Henry Lehrman,
motion picture director, Mist Rappe't "first and last tacred love.
By LOUIS FEHR,
1'hIiwmI Htaff CcrrmpoiMlrat.
right. 111, by laltmal artf.
New York. Sent. 12. "I co'ild not
face Arbuckle. I would kill him. If
he wants to live he had better be
punished."
1 hat is the statement made here
by Henry Lehrman. motion picture
director and "first and last sacred
love" of pretty Virginia Rappe, film
star, whose death in San Francisco
f-)llowing an orgy in Roscoe "Fatty"
Arbuckle's rooms has resulted in
Arbuckle's arrest on a charge of
murder.
Lehrman is at present directing
Owen Moore, former husband of
Mary Pickford, in Selznick produc
tions. During the interview ' tie
nervously fingered a pair of plan
I'lim cuff buttons given him by the
actress who, in her dying breath, ac
cused Arbuckle of . her injuries.
Asks Only Justice.
Inscribed on these buttons were
the words:
"To Henrv. my first and last sa
cred love. Virginia."
Lehrman raised his hollow, weary
a t e .1
eyes to a large pnoiograpn oi uic
dead film player. It showed her
girlish face silhouetted against a big
picture hat hanging from two velvet
cords about her neck.
"My prayer is that justice be
done," he said in a voice vibrating
"Buddies" to Pay Final.
; Tribute to ZR-2 Victims
British Cruiser With Bodies of American Dead
Due to Arrive at New York Navy
" Yard on Friday Cere-
- monies Saturday. ; f
By The Associated Pra.
York. "Sent 12AComrades
in arms today were preparing to.
pay their last tribute to the Ameri
ran officers and men who perished
in the ZR-2 disaster. Tht British
cruiser Dauntless will bring the
bodies of the 16 Americans to the
New York navy yard from England
Friday. There American bluejack
ets will receive their own rteaa ana
the following afternoon will accord
them full naval honors.!.
A fleet of destroyers, aircratt ana
possibly several battleships will
escort the Dauntless into port.
A special chapel is being built to
receive the flag-shrouded caskets
There two guards of honor; picked
from marines ."and .-.seamen, will
watch over the dead.
The victims will come hone as a
unit, fit originally was planned mat
the Dauntless should pause to con
sign to the deep the body of Lieu
tenant . Commander Emery- ,Coil, in
accordance with his wish. It was
decided, however, that his body
should first rest on native soil. When
the burial later is made in the At
lantic, it will he from the deck of
an American warship. ; , ' Y
Services to. Be Public. '
Plans for thu memorial service as
announced today, called for services
Two Probes Under Way
"Of Collapse of Bridge
Chester, Pa., Sept. 12. Two in
quiries into the collapse of a foot
bridge across the Chester river, caus
ing the loss of 24 lives Saturday
nighty were under way here today
witji county and city officers in con
troversy over the condition of the
bridge. v
County Commissioner Thomas
Feeley, while admitting the collapse
was due to the unusual weight
thrust upon a badly rusted and
broken supporting arm, declared the
county engineer had pronounced the
bridge safe 10 months ago. .
Police Chief Davenport asserted
the bridge had been condemned sev
eral years ago and that only one of
five bolts in the supporting ami was
capable of withstanding pressure.
Harding Congratulates
Man Ncaring Century Mark
-Unntintrtnn. ' W.- Ya.i SpD. 12.
John T. Gibson, a retired army man,
who will ccieorate on next saiuraay
the 100th anniversary of his birth
day, yesterday received a congratu
latory message from President Hard
ing. -'- ' " . - ' "
"I have to congratulate you on
having lived a full centuiy, the
most eventful and important, I am
. ;n ,V. wrlrtV hictftrv? and T
hope' you will have many more years
vouchsafed to you in wnat i oeiieve
will be a yet more important and
fruitful time," 'the president wrote.
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with sorrow. "I don't want to go to
the coast now. I would kill him.
"Virginia said she blamed Ar
buckle for her injuries. That is
just like her. She would rise from"
the dead to defend her dignity. Ar
buckle is a beast. I directed him for
a year and a half. I finally had to
tell him that if he didn't keep out of
the women's dressing rooms I
would see he was through.
Bitterly Scores Him.
"That's what comes of taking vul
garians from the gutter and giving
them enormous salaries and making
idols of them. Arbuckle- came into
the pictures nine years ago. He was
a bar-room boy in a San Francisco
saloon. Not a, bartender, a bar-boy
who washed glasses and cleaned spit
toons. "Such people don't know how to
get a kick out of life except in a
beastly way. They are the ones who
resort to cocaine" and the opium
needle and who participate in orgies
that surpass the orgies of degener
ate Rome. ' They should be swept
out of the motion picture business.
"I'm no saint, but I have never
been on one of those parties. Vir
ginia wouldn't associate with any
one she knew was vile like that. Her
friends were people like Charlie
Chaplin and other decent men, and
women."
in which high government officials,
headed by the secretary of the navy,
will participate. Gates to the navy
yard will -be open to the public.
Joining with sorrowing Ameri
cans will be representatives of for
eign governments..
Officers and men Of the Dauntless
will attend, while Capt, S. R. Bailey
and Air Commander L." E. O.
Charleston, attaches of the British
embassy, and Consul General Arm
strong will be guests.
Moreover, . the French cruiser
Ville-d'Ys, now in American waters,
will be moored in the yard, so that
her crew, may attend the ceremony;
The yard's athletic field has been
chosen for the ceremony. Near the
caskets will beplaced ISO chairs for
relatives, . . ':
Ceremony to Be Brief.
The ; ceremonies, it was stated,
will -be brief, comprising the Cath
olic and Protestant ritual.;. It is
expected Secretary Denby will de
liver the address.
After the ceremony, taps will be
sounded and marines and bluejack
ets will fire the final volley.
Commander L. H. Maxfield.
Lieut Valentine M. Bicg nnd Chief
Machinist's Mate George Welch will
be buried at Arlington. The others
will be sent to their homes.
White Russia Revolts
Against Red Regime
London, Sept. 12. White Russia
is the scene of an insurrection
against the soviet authorities, says a
Warsaw dispatch to the Dailv Mail.
The trouble began, it is said, as a
result of forcible food levies by the
bolsheviki. The inhabitants of this
section of Russia fought to protect
their supplies and the insurrection is
declared to be spreading. '
Bolshevik commissairs are being
constantly murdered, the d'spatch
declares and the soviet authorities
are fighting the insurrection by all
possible means, there being a num
ber ot mass executions reptrted.
Colorado Miners Resume
Work at Old Scale of Wages
Trinidad, Colo., Sept 12. In pur
suance of an order issued by' the
state industrial commission late Sat
urday restoring the wagejscale in
effect in Colorado - Fuel and Iron
company mines priori to September
1, when a reduction in wages in some
mines was- to become effective min
ers returned to their places when the
whistle , blew this morning. All the
company mines operating at the time
the controversy arose are working
full shift h
Bandits Rob Bank .
Sioux City, la., Sept ' 12. Two
bank robbers held up thev Greenville
State bank at Greenville today, se
cured $300, and escaped in an au
tomobile, .- t -
Senate Finance .Committee
Adopts Proposal to Increase
Exemption on Personal
Incomes Under $3,000.
Surtax Rate Decreased
By Th AxwxUtrd Pr.
Washington, Sept. 12. Two of the
four major provisions of the house
tax bill were approved today by the
senate finance committee. One gives
the minimum income surtax Mte of
12 per cent, as compared with the
present 65 per cent and the other
increases by $500 the exemption al
lowed heads of families giving net
incomes of $5,000 or less and by $200,
the exemption allowed for each de
pendent. Chairman Penrose announced that
the committee would vote tomorrow
on the effective date of the repeal of
the excess profits tax. Even those
senators favoring Secretary Mellon'a
proposal to make the repeal retro
active to January 1, were ot the
opinion that the committee would
accept the house provision for repeal
as of next January 1.
Many Approve Plans.
Should the house date be approved,
it was said that the committee prob
ably would approve repeal of trans
portation taxes as of next Jauuary
1, and most of the other tax repeals
provided for in the house bill. Sec
retary Mcllon's proposal for reten
tion of the transportation levies next
year at half the present rates and the
restoration of a tax on cosmetics,
perfumery and proprietary medicines
were predicated upon retroactive re
peal of the profits tax.
' In voting to reject Secreta.y Mcl
lon's proposal that the maximum in
come surtax rate be reduced to 25
per cent, the committee took under
consideration a treasury plan to re
duce the rate in each income surtax
bracket by 1 per cent to lighten the
taxes on those having incomes of
tcss than $68,000, as well as those
whose incomes exceed that amount.
. . New Proposals Up.
Several new tax proposals are to
be presented, but Chairman Penrose
said it had been decided to have a
final vote on the bill Friday, to give
draftsmen and experts time to put
the measure in shape for presentation
to the senate September 21. -
The question of the amount of the
increase to be made in the corpora
tion -income, tax- as n offset to the
repeal of the excess profits tax has
not been reached. The house bill
fixes the total at 12 1-2 per cent in
stead of the 15 per cent recommend
ed by Air. Mellon.
Train Hits Motor Car
Caught in Cattle Guard
Grand Island. Neb-. Sept. 12.
(Special.) William Pickery and
wife, lost their touring car here this
monung when it was struck by
union , racinc train No. 19 at a
crossing west of the city. On their
return from Denver, where they had
taken a daughter, they had camped
west of the city during the night. A
cold rain setting in : thev decided
about 4 o'clock this morning to
break camp and come to the city.
At me crossing vickery became
confused, ran off the . roadway
and; into the cattle guard.; and
there the front wheels -lodged. Mr.
Vickery tried to. flag, the train ap
proaching at some distance but
failed. Mr. Vickery got out in time.
The car , 'was almost completely
wrecked. . .- :;; , -, , .
Tecumseh Pioneer ;
Commits Suicdie
Tecumseh, Neb., -Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) Hpnry . Bartels, a retired
farmer living in. Tecumseh, com
mitted suicide today by cutting his
throat. He had been despondent for
some time. . ' , - ;
Mr, Bartels was bom in Illinois
and was 73 years old. He is sur
vived by his . widow and seven
grown children, all' living in this
section'' with .the exception of one.
son, Chris Bartels, who lives at
Dshlcr. Mr. Bartels had lived in
Johnson county for 47 years and
had been prosperous. .
..The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made. : ;
Man Refuses to Pay
$1,000 Ransom for Wife;
Kidnaper Can Keep Her
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, Sept. 12. The question
of what a really good wife is worth
has been brought up by the action
of William Demetropoulous. who re
fused to pay $1,000 ransom to gel
his wife back from her abductors.
William appeared in Judge Jacobs'
court and asked a warrant for Gus
Granapoulos. . William said Gus ap
proached him Sunday night snd put
the proposition up to him. "I have
your wife," said Gus. "If you will
come across with $1,000, I'll give
her back. Otherwise I'll keep her
myself."
"What? $1,000 for a wife?" Wil
liam responded, "I don't want her.
You can keep her."
After some further argument, Gus
beat William over the bead with a
revelover and then ran away.
'"You want a warrant because he
stole your wife?" asked Judge
Jacobs.
"No, because lie threatened me
and . struck me," said the husband.
"I will not pay anything to get my
wife back. Let them have her.
Witt fmpromin on 1m?
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Over 100 Bodies
Of Texas Flood
Victims Found
More Than Score, of Families
In Brazos Bottom Reported
Lo6t Most of Dead ,
Mexicans. .
San Antonio, Tev., Sept. . 12.
More than 100 bodies of flood and
storm victims in the low(lands aloag
the San Gabriel river in William
son and Milam counties have been
recovered, according to the corre
spondent of the 'San Antonio Ex
press at Taylor. "
The correspondent telephoned the
following: - ;
"One hundred and nine. bodies
have been recovered : from flooded
low . lands along the , San
river in ; Williamson ' and
Gabriel
Milam
counties as a result of more than
20 incses of rain between last Fri
day and Saturday morning.. Most
of tne dead are Mexican farm labor
ers." - -: -.
.Another., dispatch - to the Express
from Rockdale, Milam county, says:
"More . than 20 families in' the
B'razosbottom are reported lost.
Five persons are known to have
drowned on the Ed Green farm ..in
the San Gabriel bottoms." i ' ."
Death lists from the different
towns arid communities, reported
here, follow: V : :
Thorndale, 65 bodies recovered, all
Mexicans. '.- -'
Laneport, 23 bodies recovered, all
Mexicans. " ' " t '
San Gabriel,. eight Mexicans
Alligator creek, five Mexicans.
Roy Bland farm, near Taylor, four
Mexicans. ,'; - -
i Elm Grove, 29 Mexicans on Jake
Bower's, place, seven 'miles southeast
of Taylor. - :
Two' unidentified American chil
dren, drowned in Brushy creek, near
Taylor. ..
Sleeve Most Important
Thing in Style for 1921
Chicago, Sept i 12. Women will
be interested ' in knowing that the
sleeve is the most important thing
in the 1921;.styles. Sometimes they
are tight at the elbow, but at that
poin they begin to flare and at the
bottom are nearly as Wide as 'the
skirt. Sometimes they are whole,
sometimes split and the-dips and
cuffs resemble a pelican's bill, v
"A boat line neck and sleeves, that
flow like a gentle river from shoul
der to wrist." is the description given
by Miss Esther Winkler, a dress
maker from Shamokin, Pa., who is
attending the convention of the fash
ion art league of America, which op
ened today.' More, than 3,000 de
signers, modistes and buyers are here
from all parts of the country.
Court Holds California .
. Alien Poll Tax Law Illegal
San Francisco, Sept. 12. The state'
alien poll tax law was declared un
constitutional by the 6tate supreme
court in a unanimous decision which
held that the measure was in viola
tion of the 14th amendment to the
United States constitution and to the
treaty between the United States and
Japan. - " "
Snow Stops Threshing
Lethbridge, Alberta, Sept ' 12.
Wheat threshing operations' were
checked throughout this region today
by a snowfall of five inches. Cut
ting of the wheat crop had been
completed within the storm area.
government iheuld panith the holdup
Congress Scored
By Cuban Paper
Crowder Praised for Work
Throw Country to ;
-. . 1. ... . Lions. '
Havana, Sept 12. Orestes Fcrrara,
one of the leaders of the liberal
party in congress, today in his news
paper, El Heraldo de Cuba,, prints
an open letter in which he praise3
Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder for his
work in Cuba, but criticizes adverse
ly -the American, congress for its at
titude toward Cuba.
"While you preach good govern
ment to Us in Havana," says the let
ter in part, "in Washington, they
are throwing us to the lions'. You
tell how we must readjust our budg
et and establish new taxes and what
precepts : we must follow - to con
summate a loan, but there is an enor
mous contradiction. . The reason we
must reduce our budget, impose new
taxes and secure credit lies in the
legislation enacted by the congress
of the country you represent, which
imposes a tax of 100 per cent on our
sugar." , , - '
The letter says the Cuban mission
sent recently to Washington was re
ceived coldly. .'. ., If it had been suc
cessful and the Frdney traffic hill
had been modified, the Cuban finan
cial and economical readjustment
would have been realized." It adds
thaf the members of-the mission who
remain are devoting themselves to
securing; a. loan to liquidate -debts
owed by Cuba to foreign countries.
Sarpy Court House
v : J Bond Issue Carries
-! Papillion, Neb., Sept. 12.-(Spe-cial.(
The proposal for the issuance
of $150,000 ..bonds for the erection
of a new. Sarpy county cohrt house
was" carried by! a vote oi 1,626 to 551
at the -sepcial election today. Pre
cincts which 'favored annexation of
Sarpy to. Douglas- county piled up
big mapormes: for the bond issue. .
Dail Eireanii Courier May
Be One of Sinn Fein Members
Dublin, Sept. 12. Robert C. Bar
ton, who was the official Dail courier
in the last exchange of notes with.
Mr. Lloyd George, did not make the
journey this Jtime, This was con
sidered to strengthen the .rumor that
he would he one of the plenipoten
tairies for the proposed pea :c nego
tiations. :'j.' ; , ' ..-.".
(Dublin messages Sunday 'night
stated it Was believed the Dail Eir
can cabinet had completed the draft
of the reply to.the. latest note from
Premier Lloyd George regarding a
settlement of the Irish question).
Patrons of Nevada Owl Club
Robbed by Pair of Bandits
Reno, Jev., Sept. 12. Sheriff,
constables, deputies and citizens are
searching through the hills for two
bandits who held up the Owl club
at Gold Hill on the Comstock Sat
urday night. . Sixteen men" in the
gaming rooms were lined up by the
masked men and all the money on
the card tables and in the safe was
taken, said . to be $1,600. ; Officers
declare it is the first holdup in Vir
ginia City for-40 years. ,,
j Bavarian Cabinet Quits
' Munich. Bavaria. .Sent. 12. CBv
The Associated Press.) The entire
Bavarian cabinet resigned today.
man.
Man Refuses to
Drink Beer; Is
Kicked to Death
Fellow Lodger Offers Bever
age, Resents Refusal--Wife
, Of Victim Also Attacked by
" Slayer, Who Escapes.
"A week ago William Ernest Bles
sic, 41, car repairer for the Missouri
Pacific railroad, was married. Mon
day afternoon he was kicked to
death and his alleged murderer,
Oscr.r "Whitie" Gabriel, employed
at the Dold Packing company, es
caped. Blessie and his bride and Gabriel
and his wife occupied apartments in
the same -house at 4610 South Forty-seventh
street. .
Blessie came home from working
at 5 yesterday afternoon and went
into his apartment where he picked
up a paper and started reading. -Refuses
Invitation.
Gabriel, so police say, Went into
Blessie's apartments and invited him
into his' apartment to drink beer.
Blessie "refused and an .argument en
sued. Gabriel then invited Blessie
outside to fight. Blessie' and Gabriel
went outside and during the en
counter Blessie was knocked down.
Police say. that Gabriel then kicked
Blessie to death. Mrs. Blessie in
terfered and attempted to save her
husbrnd and Gabriel, knocked her
down, according to witnesses.
Gabriel escaped in an automobile.
He had not been caught early this
morning.
Dr. William Melchior was called
and declared Blessie had been kicked
to death. - There were bruises on
the left side of his face and a bruise
on his forehead. Several teeth were
knocked out and there was severe
cut on Blessie's mouth.
The body was removed to Brew
er's mortuary after the coroner had
been notified.' Mrs. Blessie was re
moved to the home of friends at
2016 P street where she is in a crit
ical , ; condition. --' . ' .
. Held As Witnesses.
Mack Luckey. 4035 L street, and
Frank.Jessie, 4414 South .. Thirty
fourth street, who were drinking
beer at Gabriel's home and who wit
nessed the alleged murder, are held
as witnesses. Luckey, police say.
is a former city fireman, stationed
on the South , Side.
' The . new ' ordinance - requires
physician to make reports of . all
cases they . attend in which violence
has been done went into effect Mon
day. Dr. Melchoir, according to po
lice, wss the first Omaha physician
to make such a report. After he
had examined : Blessie's body : he
called police and notified them of
the murder. " .
" The Weather
' Nebraska Showers Tuesday and
possibly Wednesday; colder Wednes
day and in west portion Tuesday. '
Iowa Showers probably Tuesday
and Wednesday; not much change
in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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12-Day ietU to Open to
Blare of Mumc at Carnival
And Thud of Fleet Hoofs
At Race Track.
Entertainments Abound
With a blare of music from the
new Ak-Sar-Ucn arch at Fifteenth
itnd Capitol avenue, the champing of
bits and the tltuil of fleet lioois at
Ak-Sar-Bcn race track, the Ak-Sar
Ben fall festival will open at rJU
p. m. today for i days oi coioriui,
mirthful, tlirillful entertainment.
And from the opening this after
noon to the last glitter of the coro-
nation ball the evening ot Friday,
.September 2J. every hour h filled
with a continuous prognm of events
Six Races a Day.
At Ak-Sar-Ucn field, Stirling thit
afternoon and continuing Wedncs
day. Thursday and Iriduy alter
noons, will be Great Western cir
cuit harness and running races. Si
races are scheduled for etch after
noon. To add to the lure of Elisteninrf
horses, the bright colors of tha
jockeys and the excitement of pick
ing the winners Ruth Law and her
flying circus will perform a new
auto-airplane change act every aft-
ernoon at the field.
Pyrotechnic Display
Nor will the great grandstand at .
Ak-Snr-Bcn be given a rest at night,
for on the evenings of Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and'
Saturday the thrilling pyrotechnic
display, known as "Montenuma," or
the "Last Days of the Aztecs," is
scheduled. Ruth Law will make il
luminated airplane flights each of
these evenings, and as an added but
nonc-the-less important attraction is
scheduled the musical production.
"Smiles of 1921." A concert band
has been obtained to play at the,
field both afternoons and evenings.
The roar of high-powered motors
which will hurtle veteran dirt track
drivers about the Ak-Sar-P.cn track
will lure crowds to the field the aft
ernoon of Saturday, September 17.
34th Division Reunion.
On Sunday is scheduled the atli- .
letic exhibition of the Nebraska
state Tel Jed Sokol society at the
City auditorium. Monday will be a
day of comparative calm. The jazzy
strains of music from Ak-Sar-Ben
arch and the 20 Siegrist & Silbon
Wonder shows within, the chant of
spielers,' the roar of the wild man
and the swish of confetti is ex
pected to lure thousands through
the arch's gates on this day, and
on every other day, for thit matter,
It is on Monday, too, thit :
first grand reunion of the 34th
"Sandstorm" division of the A. E.
F. starts its three-day session. Ar
rangements for the free billeting of
these men have been made.
Floral Parade.
The floral parade, which will wend
its gorgeous way through downtown
Omaha Tuesday afternoon, promises
to be one of the most successful ever
held here. Fifty floats have already
been entered and 25 more are ex
pected. J
Almost.every type of industry will'
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Soviets Declare War 1
Against Bessarabia
Riga, Sept. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Russian soviet
government has declared a state 06
war in Bessarabia, the Roumanian
frontier zone. ,
According to the Rosta News
agency. Leon Trotzky, bolshevik min-
istcr of war,, has gone to the Uk
raine, apparently i connection with
reported mobilization of Roumanian,
or anti-bolshevik troops recruited in
Roumania.
At hitomir, according to the Rosta,
Trotzy said: - - ,
"We want peace, but those who
want to penetrate Russia forcibly will
collide with the armed red fighters.'
Famous Physician Here ,
For Phi Rho Meeting
Delegates and visitors to the 12th
biennial IConventinn of Phi Rtin Si'cr-
ma medical fraternity in Omaha will J
attend the horse' races at Ak-Sar-
ten track today.
1 he convention opened yesterdav.
at the Hotel Fontepelle. Among
the prominent men who registered
attendance from various parts of the.
country was Dr. Richard Cabot, fa
mous diagnostician and author of
standard text books in medical col
leges throughout the country.
Proposed establishment of a fund
for research fellowships in medical
schools will be discussed at the con
ference, according to Dr. Stuart Wil
son of Detroit, president of the Phi
Rho Sigma. - , .
Root Definitely Declines
Place on Court of League
Geneva. Sent 12. (Rir Tli Ae.
ciated Press.) Elihu Root has
definitely, declined to be considered
for election as judge of the internal
tionat court of fustier. Tn a rahl.
gram to Dr. Manley O. Hudson, who
a iicic in me tapacuy 01 American
observer, Mr. Root declares he will,
be unable to serve on the court be
cause of his age.
The refusal of Mr. Root is said to
increase the chance of either John
Bassett Moore( or Prof. Roscoe.
Pound, two other Americans nomii
atcd tor the court to be elected. '
Spanish War Vets Meet
Minneapolis, Sept 12. Business
session of the 21st national encamp
ment of the United Spanish War '
Veterans, began here today. Na
tional auxiliaries also are meeting -here,