Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 25, 1915, Page 1

— —— Wanta swap something for something else more useful to you? Use the Swappers' |jcolumn of The Bee. e VOl. XLIV—-NO. X HATCHET HURDER | STILL BAFFLING | THE DETECTIVES Various Clues Are Run Down, but as Yet No Definite Results Have | Been Obtained by the I Authorities. I LOVER THEORY IS DOUBTFUL Several of the Young Men Acauaint- | ances Have Been Able to Prove Alibis. | - | II0TE RECEIVED BY THE POLICEI “I am believe Mr. Gaynor, Painter ' do that crim on Ada Swanson,” was the contents of an anonymous letter addressed to “'Police Court, Eleventh and Dodge Streets,” which was re- ceived by the local department Mon- day morning. The letter bore a Im;(vl stamp showing that {t had umvnl mailed at 7:30 a. m. | The police are at a loss whether to regard the missive seriously, as many times similar have| been sent the department by individ-/ uals with a peculiar sense of joking. Nevertheless i s certain that the theory that a lover of the girl committed the crime is rapidly dwindling, as a thorough grilling of the men who are known to have been attentive to Miss Swanson has resulted in their establish ing complete alibis. Questions Her Friends. | I have questioned all of the men whom Ave have learned knew the girl intimately and we have found nothing that would warrant our placing anyone under arrest, ®0 far,” remarked Chief Maloney at noon. “All have apparently proven that they | were at work during the period in which the crime occurred and my men up till this time have been unable to uncover any ovidence contradictory to their state- ments." Earl Effermann, a painter, whom, it was learned, had sought Miss Swanson's hand in marriage, was absolved by in- | formation given the chief by Mrs. Frank Shotwell, who declared the man had been working at her home Friday throughout | the day. missives Asked to Call. Albert Rehen, who had called on the girl Thursday evening and who knew her exceedingly well, told Chief Maloney that he had been asked to call Friday night eand was the man who telephoned the Sykes home that evening. The call had been made by arrange- ment between Rehen and the Swanson girl Thursday and his evident innocence of any connection with the affair and his testimony-.ageiawhis wheresbouts Friday afterneen resulted in his quick dismisal. His statements, however, were veritied before he left the station. 4 | 1t was asserted by him that the Swan- #on girl had told him that Efiermann had wanted to marry her, and had promised that they would go to Sweden for ths-lr! Toneymoon. This gave the police a hope | that they were on the right track, until} Mrs. Shotwell's statement was recelved. | Has an Alibi Axel Lofgreen, whose appearance and dress tally somewhat with the man who Mrs. A. M. Dennis, #17 Spencer street, | tow - enter the Sykes residence, has| seemingly convinced the authorities that | he wae working on a cement job at the | time Miss Swanson 1s supposed to have | been struck down. | @hlef of Detectives Maloney received | word through the t ny on ! phone com {(Continued on Page Two, Column Two. Allies Land More | Troops Along the ! Dardanelles’ CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2.—By wire- | lesa to Berlin and London, May 2.—(8:43 | a. m.)—The number of British and Fren: troops landed along the Dardanelles has | been increased to 9,00 by additional debarkations. Of the troops on shore about 4,90 are said to be incapicatedi by illness. The original landing forze wa estimated at 60,000 | | The Weqther | For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity —Cloudy tonight and Tuesday n im- portant change in temperature. Temperature Yeaterdny. Comparative Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mepn temperature Precipitatior 20 .14 .00 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal Normal temperature ® Excess for the day 1! Total excess since March 1 51 Normal precipitation iciency for the day 1 >tal rainfall since March 1....4.17) Deficiency e ch i Deficlenc or period, 1914.2.63 inches Excess for cor. period 3 inches st ooy at T P M mp. High- Rair m fall Davenport 7 0 fDenver, clouc ® Des Moines 1y T Dodge City, clear % o4 i o Iy T 70 0 o 0 » 0 B " Bioux iy y » I Valentine 4 T indicates trace of precipitation | L. A. WELSH. Local Forccaster, | WILSON SPEAKS T0 { Intimates in Address to Conference | ! dent Wilson, speaking at the opening of the good for nations. iheld personally THE OMAHA DAILY BE MORNING, MAY 19 15~TWELVE PAGES PAN-AMERICANS Governments May Have to Open New Trade Routes. | DIGNITARIES ATTEND WASHINGTON, May MANY 24 Presi- BOILING WATER IS USED ON TEUTONS | German White Book Charges Bel- te | gianCivilians Maimed Wounded | and Assasinated Officers. Pan-American financial con- here expressed hope that the Americans might show the world the path to peace. The presi- dent was loudly applauded by delegates as he entered the hall of the Americas in the Pan-American Unjon building, where the meetings are being held. On the platform were members of the cabinet, while the BERLIN, May 24.—(Wireless to audience included many high govern-| Sayville, N. Y.)—Included in the in- ment officials, in addition to tha|formation given out today by the representatives of South and Centrni|Overseas News agency is the follow- American countries. ling Helping One Another. | “The German government has The president declared the people of | published a white book concerning the Americas were not trying to make, the warfare of the civilian popula- :zenrlv!“mw'nnnnwr. but were tryinz to|tjon of Belgium, which included the se to one another. He N ¥ the handsome rivalry (wl\lrh 'l'u- :::lk‘w::‘“""'""x 0% CropBli LHN AREIR NG 0° The lack of the prysi- | boiling water, the maiming of the cal means of communication between the | wounded and the assassination of Americas, he said, stood somewhat in the | officers in their quarters last night. way of the development of commerce and | Nine of these occurrences and the friendship. In advocating more ships in pan-American trade and the opening of | PAMes of witnesses are given. new routes the president sald trat it| ‘‘All classes of the population, in- private cabital cannot soon establisl. such | cluding clergymen, women and means of communication the governnent children, participated in this aggres- ng the - conclusion of the president's StonC e TatERAT (5F, T DT acdress he was applauded again. He re. | Often was given by church bells. All reatned In the hall while representatives the German measures at Louvain of the different nations responded to his and other Belgian towns were only for the purpose of suppressing these attacks, welcome. “The white book declares that Russian Soldiers ( e : . he Belgian ficial report the Drive Besiegers soeailed Gorteas Somitiie: M Na- from City of Van trustworthy because the government of Belgium was unable to examine TIFLUS, Transcaucla, | tthe evidence.” Petrogram, May 24.—A' detachmen of Rusa. yar iy T s "o | Goethals Comes to relief to the Armenians who are being | Testi_fy in Burke Conspiracy Trials besieged there by the Turks, Upon the advent of the Russlans, the Turks re- treated in the direction of Bitlis NEW YORK, May 24.—General George W. Goethals, chalrman of the Panama Canal commission, was one of the most important witnesses summoned to testify today at the beginning of a series of trials growing out of the transactions of John Burke of Indlanapolis, deposed manager of the commissary department of the Panama Canal zone. The trials were set for hearing in federal court be- fore Judge Pollock. The first case on the calendar was that of Jacob Salas, a tobacco merchant of | this city, charged with conspiring with | Burke to obtain the contract for fur- nishing tobacco used in the canal zone In ference today, NAMES OF WITNESSES ARE GIVEN May 23.—Via ‘an, In Turkish Armcnia, and Urumia, in Persia, have been the scenes of per- secution and attack upon Armenians by Turks und Kurds for several months. The situation became so serious that the powers of Europe protested to Turkey, saying that Turkish officlals would be responsible. Wilson Will Issue Proclamation .of Neutrality Soon which Salas Is alleged to have paid WASHINGTON, May 24.—Count Di Cel- | Burke $8,200. [lere. the Italian ambassador, formally| Other merchants indicted with Burke notified the State department today on|Are Isaac Brandon of New York, who behalf of his government of & state of |18 alleged to have pald Burke $2.500 for | war between Italy and Austria. Presi-|the contract to supply "‘““" and Robert o o Plbprepsian gl " | Wilcox,.a commission merchant operat- ‘_"'I"”"m\,\.“‘;'l'v‘v'"““"‘:' —_— ther neutrality | ' in Panama, accused of paying $400 for The ambassador expects to receive )llu\ll"“p privilege of supplying kerosene ol a full statement of the reasons for Italy’'s e e e e It e nar ana semieer i No [inllIganiad fop instructions with reference to contraband s i He expressed confidence that there would Ttalian Reservists t no difficultie, between the LUnited ey and ltaly over commercial aues| \u yoRk May A large crowd | of Italian reservists gathered in the & . A | rain today at the door of the Itallan con BOdleS Of Lu81tanla sulate gencraj here, euger to learu It {they were needed for the colors at home. Victims in New Yol‘k"‘“’“"’“" drenched by the downpour their fervor i undamzened end the war -— ‘\(wrl' ran | NEW YORK, May 2.—The bodies of| Extra policemen were detailed to keep nine persons who perished when the |the crod hine Lusitania sank, first of the dead to be; G # Forni, the Italian consul gen- brought to New York, were landed here|eral hcre, sald no call had been issued today from the American line steasner for reservists There are approximately New York, which safled from Liverpool 4,000 naw of reservists on the consul's gl Muy 16, olght days after |books and it is estimeted that there are the (Lusitani was torpedoed. The dead | 123,000 Itallans® of military age in New aboard the New York were | York ¢ Charles Frohman, New York: Mr. and = - Mrs. Charies A. Plamondon, Chicago: T.| YANKTCN WILL DEDICATE B. King, N york; C. T. Brodrich, Bos- iy ton; 1. F. Thumbull, Bridgeport, Conn.;| FINE NEW HOSPITAL A. ‘R, Voley, Trenton, N. J.i Miss H.| yiverox ¢ i re g g = Ont.; Miss McBright | mp, fine new Sacred Heart hospital - ’ f | erected at a cost of & will be dedi- '(Il“d here by Bishop T as O Gorman Battles Under Way | of Sloux Falls tomorrow. The hospital, A 2 | erected by the Benedictine sisters, citi- on Itahan Border-um of Yankton and outside heipers, stands complete, modern and up to date, e without a pecr L iddle west in all VIENNA trin, May 2.—(Vis Lon-|its departments from iangnificent operat don)—The Austiian war ffice announced | Ing Toon L te rooins f pa nts, today that fighting ¥ sun along the wards and splendid rower plant ded) Italian horder, where 4 number of small| catlon service, held in the morning, will battes are under way. Italian cavalry|be followed by receptions and inspectiow has arpesaved on the coast near the| of the bulldin with banquets in & two trontier Guys’ celebration. RUSS SHIP LOST 1,400 ABOARD DIE Overseas News Agency at Berlin An- nounces Slav Battle Craft Sunk in Black Sea. DISPATCH IS FROM BUCHAREST BERLIN, May 24.—(By Wireless {to Sayville.)—The Overseas News Agency today gave out the follow- ing: “‘According to a Bucharest dis- petech the Russian armored man-of- | war Winteleimon has been sunk with 1,400 men in the Black Sea.” | The foregoing evidently refers to the l Russian battleship Panteleimon. This | warship fs put down in naval reference books as having a complement of about 70 men. In times of war, however, this number might be increased considerably. ‘Fhe Pantelelmon was bullt in 1897 Its Qisplacement’ was 12,582 tons. It carried four 12-inch guns, sixteen 6-inch, ‘four 3 inch, sixX three-pounders and five tor- pedo tyhes. Mexican Factions Celebrate Victory on Each Other WASHINGTON, May 24-—-Official dis- jpatches to the State department today [describe (he Carranta forces ‘at Vera | Cruz and the Villa forces at Chlhuahua | celebrating victory over each other. { American Consul Sulliman reported |bells ringing at Vera Cruz over a vic- {tory of General Obregon aguinst General Angeles. Consular Agent Carothers at | Chihvahua telegraphed that !burdo, the Villa secretary of state, of- fictally announced e victory over Obre- gon. | From the dispatches officiuls here con- icluded that the fighting could not he | considered decisive and that there had been heavy losses on both sides. It appeared that while Villa troops had swept southward from Leon, Obregon and the main bulk of his army was well entrenched and fortified at Celaya, where {the real contest should ensue, | BROWNSVILLE, Tex., May M.—The Carranza consul here today announced it was unofficially reported that General Luls Caballero had captured General Al- berta Carrera Torres, a Villa comman- {der, near Lineras, Nuevo Leon | \Blows His Head Off | With Dynamite | BASIN, Wyo, May 2(.—(Spectal Tele- gram.)—William wville, father of Sam | Scoville, former champion broncho | {buster of the world, :ommitted sulcide on his ranch on Norwood this morning The deed was performed by means of dynamite, the explosion tearing off the whole of his head and part of his cheat Mr. Scoville had been threatening to commit sulcide for the last three years and on leaving Basin yesterday had told {a friend that perhaps he would never see him again. This morring at $ o'clock, when his son called him to breakfast, he eald that he was going into the field for a few minutes Afier proceeding for | nearly a mile the father apparentl laid down and placed a stick of dyna- mite beneath his K, touching off the fuse as he did wso. The report shook bouses over a mile distant The body was found rix feet from the hole caused by the exploslon. One arm was blown off at the shoulder and bits of the body were found scattered about the corpse. Although by the census forty-f{irst in population among Omaba i American cities, sixteenth in vol- Only fif- ahcad of us as business centers. busines e Diaz Lom- | ITALY AGREES NOT | - T0 MAKE SEPARATE | ' PEACE WITH ENEMY {Rome Gives Its Adhesion to Act Ex- | | cept in Concert With Allies and | Signing of Formal Docu- { ment Imminent i |TEUTONS MASSED ON BORDER, The Hague Hears Germans and Aus- ‘ { trians Have 680,000 Men Already 1 at Frontier. | { ikt |0CCUPY STRATEGIC POSITIONS| | | LoNDON. | given already signed by the powers not to| concede The sig May 24 Italy has fts adhesion to the agreement a separate peace natvre of a formal document to this effect is imminent | Teutons linve Large Army. | | THE HAGUE, May %.~(Via London .} From information reaching The Hague it understood the Germana and Austrians have concentrated 50,000 approximately {men on the Italian frontier. They have occupled strategic positions in order to | to attempt to strike | ‘n\'l‘l and attack or | [the first heavy flow in an endeavor to | dishearten the new combatants at the | ! beginning of the campalgn | The Germans constitute the larger| {part of this force, which is made up of | | thirty-four divisions of approximately | [20,00 men each. Only ten of these divi-| | slons are Austrians. | Attitude of Balkans. ! There {s much intercst among diplomats {here in regard to the attitude of Roum anla and the other Balkan states. The | general opinion of these men s that | Roumania wil not join the war for some !time, but that eventually it will take up larma with the allles, together with Bul- garfa. This view is strengthened by the understanding that Austria and Germany | are not inclined to satisfy the territorial | aspirations of these nations. Turkey Announces Allies Beaten With | ! Loss of 2,000 Men| CONSTANTINOPLE, May 2. —(Via Amsterdam and London, 24 p. m.)— Official announcement was made here to- day that an attack by the French and British forces yesterday on the Turkish | positions vear Seddul Behr, on the| southern end of Gallipoll peninsula, tpd besn repulsed. Tt s stated the allles left 2,000 dead on.the field, The statement tollows: ““The enemy on Birday atthcked near Seddul Bahr under the protection of his batteries and fleet, but notwithstanding ithe fact that he had reinforcements, we repulsed the attack. The enemy left 2,000 deaq on the fleld and we captured a machine gun. “During the fight our fire caused u hostile aeroplane to fall into the sea. We | lost only 210 wounded and forty-three killed. “Our batteries along the shores of the Dardanelles caused much damage to the encmy's ships and batteries near Seddul | Bahr. Ome of our batteries on the Arfatic | side hit an enemy ship four times, the ship subsequently leaving the straits. A | warship of the \'engeance type nlso wns | | hit by two of our shells, Our men work- | ing the guns had only six wounded." German Financiers i Withdraw Money r Invested in Italy GENEVA, Switzerland ( Via Paris), May M.—German financial interests, in antictpation of the war with Ttaly, began s early as May 1 to withdraw capital trom Italy. This was accomplished evan in cases which entalled considerable saoc- rifices, 80 that sequestriation of German property might be avoided It is estimated that German interests lin Itallan industries amounted to fully $300,000,00. Some estimates run as high as $2,000,000,000 { A large volume of shares in Itallan | companies has been exchanged for Amer fcan stocks and securities | 'Kaiser Will Answer Note About Frye WASHI ON, May 24.—Ambassador Gerard at Berlin in a cablegram received at the State department today sald the { German Forelgn office shortly would | end a formal reply to the American note | | asking reparation without reference to | | prize court proceedings for the owners | of the American ship Willlam P. Frye, #unk by the commerce raider Prinz Eitel | Friedrich The ambassadcr had been Instructed to inquire whether the sending of the | Frye to a prise court was to be regarded answer to the note from the [United | | Btates suggesting that such a pr WA UNDOCcessary Germany agreed in | the first place to pay for the ship under | the 0ld Prussian-American treaty. fana edure Charges Tampering With Chqrch Faithl ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 2.—At the | twenty-seventh general assembly of the | Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. George | B. Stewart, preside of the Auburn | seminary, on behalf of the Capugn Pres- | bytery, criticiseq the overture of the ex- | ecutive commission in resard to the enunciation of the essential principles of the Protestunt r nation and declared that the commission had “‘tampered with | the faith of the chur an action beyvond the powers glven by the constitution of h itland Alexander, former mod sly defended the action of mission and the assembly Ly M vocs vote supported its action | THE WEATHER Cloudy On Traing and at Hotel News Stand SING LE COPY TWO CENTS AUSTRIANS STRIKE FIRST BLOW OF WAR, Aeroplanes Drop Bombs Into Venice, Porto Corsini, Ancona, Barletta and Other East Coast Cities DAMAGE IS SAID TO BE SLIGHT ROME, May 24.—(Via Officlal announcement was here today that Austrian aeroplanes have attacked the arsenal Venice. The aeroplanes | were driven off. Porto Corsini, An- conn, Barletta and Gelst wera also attacked Paris.) made government at ! KAISER BACKS AUSTRIA IN ITS WAR WITH ITALY Unofficial Report from Berlin S that Germany Has Made a For- mal Declaration of War, |ITALIAN ARMY IS MOBILIZED Demonstrations Indicate War is Popular in All Parts of Both Monorchies. Tt 1s apparent from the forelgn dis pateh that Austrian aeroplanes have awept virtually the entire eastern const | of Italy. From Venice, at the head of Adriatic, they have made thelr way as far south as Barletta, a distance of &0 miles, committing acts of hostility during thelr progress Austrinn Warships Make Ratd. PARIS, May 24.—An attack by Austrian | warships on the eastern coast of Italy, | along the Adriatie, is announced fn an | official communicafion from the Ttallan | war transmitted to Parls by the correspo nt of the Havas Agency. It s said the Austrian warships were forced to withdraw after & short eannonade. The statement follows It was foreseen that tion of war, offensive office, on the declara- actions would oe- cur against our Adriatic const with the purpose of seeking moral effect rather than attaining a military purpose. But we were able to prepare for these and render thelr duration short Small naval units of the enemy, es pecially destroyers and torpedo boats, | fired their guns upon our Adriatic coast | on May 24, between the morning At planes attempted at Venice. The enemy's ships, after a very short | cannonade, were forced by our torpedo| boats to withdraw. The enemy's aero-| planes were fired upon by our anti-air- craft artillery and attacked by our mero- planes and by a dirigible flying over the | Adriatle. The meroplanes attacked Porto Cor-| sinl, which replied immediately and ob-| llked the enemy to quickly retire. At| Ancona, where the attack was directed eapecially against the rallway lines in | the Intention of interruption of communi- | cation, slight damage was inflicted, which | can be repaired easily. At Barletta an attac was made by l‘ scout steamer and destroyers which were | put to flight by one of our ships, which | was escorted by torpedo boats. Finally | at Gesl, the enemy’s aeroplanes attempted | to throw bombs upon the hangar, but| without reaching the mark. “All others news of operations last night has no foundation." Italipns Flee. trom. Treatino, VENIGE (Via London), May M~The Italian population of the Trentino, ae- cording to dispatches from Verona, is fleeing to the country from towns and cities. They are compelled to walk along the rafirond tracks because all highways have been barricaded with planks, tree trunks and plles of stones. Gendarmes are reported to be using force to compel compliance with the proclamations calllng to the colors all classes of resorvists between the ages of 17 and 5. Troops visit houses chiefly at night, it s said, and carry off by force all the men within the prescribed ages. The Austrian authorities are reported to be making an effort to direct public wrath against Ttaly by posting manifestos affirming that the levy has been made | necessary only by the treachery of Italy. | The order from the Italian Kovernment | calling for a general mobilization was | greeted with intense enthusiasm in | Venice. 1t was greeted with a great popu- | lar demonstration, crowds marching the streets for many hours. Ten Deputy Sheriffs | on Trial for Murder at Roosevelt, N. J. NEW BRUNSWIOK, N. J., May 24— Ten of the twenty-six deputy sheriffs of Middlesex county under Indictment for murder in connectiagn with the shooting at Roosevelt, N. J, last January, in which two strikers were killed and nineteen others wounded, were placed on trial here tod All were charged with the murder of one man, Alexandro Tessitore. An indictment charging them | with the murder of Kalman Batlyl was| held in nbeyance, pending the outcome of 4 and 6 o'clock in the same time aero- to attack the arsenal the present trial. The sixteen other| deputies charged with murder, now locked | up {u the county jall here, will be tried separately Only half an hour was required to se- lect the jury and Prosecutor Florance then outlined the case for the state. IHe reviewed the strike at Roosevelt and said there was no reason for the deputies shooting. e claimed that the status | of the men on trial was nothing but | that of ordinary citizens, even though they had been given guns and badges | and said morover that the men shot | down were not riotous, than mildly disorderly. The men on trial are Robert J. Wal- lace, James D. Williams, Frank Rick, Frederick Mullln, Michael Manning, Harry Tone, John O’'Mata, James Be- vier, William &hlin and John C. Moran. All were employes of a private detective agency, which furnished guards to the Aux lean company its plants at Roosevelt, | when ) workers employed there went on strike. Joseph Lang, Old Time Minstrel, Dead nor even more for Agricultural Chemical | MARTIAL LAW ON IN TRENTINO The Day’s War News nu EN 1y wau 1y this morning land and ratd on the Adriatic coust of Italy. An offie ent from Rome says Austrian ryers and torpedo boats fired on several points along the coast simultaneously with an oplanes. It in kers were driven off after a brief « AN OFFICIAL m Wer In says the R battieship Panteletmon has been sunk in the Black Sea, with a loss of 1,400 men. ITALY'S DECLARATION OF WAR 100k effect today, but an unusually rigld censorship, established by royal decree, restricts the trans- mission of Information concerning military movements MESSAGE FROM GERMANY by o round-about way states t semi-officlal Wolff agency has an- nounced that Germany has de. clared war on Italy. AUSTRIA AND ITALY have the Adriatic from Alban OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT made in Petrograd that the Aus- tro-German forces, after sweeping noross the weatern half of Gallein, have been cheoked. They now sald to have assumed the de- fensive, their efforts to compel a weneral of the Russians from the LONDON, May 24.-—After being \vlrtud!y in a state of war for several days with its former partners in tho triple alliance, ratifies this condltion by tion of hostilities directed at Austria- Hungary, with all the usual formali- ties. Furthermore Germany is re- ported to have indicated 1ts support of Austria-Hungary by a formal declaration of war against Italy. The general mobilization of the Italian army and navy is said to have been completed and a state of war has been declared throughout the northern provinces of Italy. On the Austrian side of the line martial law has been declared in the Trentino; the age limit for military mervice has been ralsed to 60 years and stringent measures have been taken to control the Italian population of the dual monarchy. Demonstrations enthusiastically ap- ProvIng War are reported from Taria of Italy, while on the other hand Vienna has offered the warmest support of the people to the government in the opera- tions against the new enemy. ‘The latest officlal announcement at Petrograd s the most optimistic {ssued for a fortnight past. Tt not only indi- cates a pause In the Austro-German ad- vance along the Bam river, but claima that the Russians have adopted counter offensive operations with some measuro of success. Although not confirmed from any of- ficlal source, reports are published hero that Germany faced with Italy as a new foe in the south, will have to shorten its westorn line, and that consequently it is preparing to withdraw its men from the advanced line in Flanders. The reported evacuation of Bruges is said to be a part of this movement. Aeroplane Drops Bombs Into Paris PARIS, May 2. —Another German wero- plans of the Taube type flew over the northern suburb of Paris this morning and in its flight dropped several bombs. No persons were injured by these pro- Jectfles. THE WANT-AD. WAY CHICAGO, May 24-—Joscph Lang, one of the last of old-time minstrels, is dead at his nome here today after an iliness last more than three years. 06" Lang, as he was known to theater-goers throughout the hud been identified with the management f theaters in Chicago since 1884, Lang crvated the part of “'Si Prime” in the first production of the “Old Homestead." 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