Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 25, 1915, Page 2

‘COME BACK, JOLIET | FELONS TELL CHIEF| Convicts Implore Warden to R,emrn! and Aid in Building Real Honor Bystem WOMAN'S PURSE JOLIET, Ill., June 24 —Finding | of Mrs. Edmund M. Allen’s pocket hook cuntaining several hundred dol Iavs and valuable jewelry caused the penitentiary officials to abandon a| theory that robbery might have been | the motive for the murder of the| prison wurden's wife last Sunday | moraing. It was not learned until| todey that the vietim's purse was| missing and a search for it was be- gun witk the result that the black leather pccketbook was found among the debris of the charred bedroom where Mre. Allen's body was discov- | ered ] Motives for Murder. The penitentiary officials expressed | the opinion tonight that Mrs. Allen was | killed ecither for revenge or as the sult of an assault. An armed guard patrolled outside the prison gates today for the first time in several years. Warden Allen was deeply when he recelved a letter of aympathy from the 1,70 convicts in the peniten- | tiary. After reading the letter, Warden | Allen declared that he would not re- | sign his position and that the honor sys- tem at the penitentiary would be con- | tinued: “My oconfidence in the boys has not heen shaken. They have stood by me and U'll stand by them." Conviets' Letter. The letter, in part, follows “At this hour of deepest grief, we wend you this message of our love and sym- pathy. “Caesar had his Brutus; Rome its Nero and Jesus, the Just, His Judas, yet the remnants of His disciples remained steadfast and true. 8o, in spite of the dreadful blow that has fallen upon us, | must the work of yourself and your wife g0 on. “The eyes of the world are upon us and we must succeed. Come back to us and we will bulld together a real honor system as a fitting memorial to your dear departed wife, that will be more lasting and enduring than marble or bronze. We will build men in whom honor s not dead and will not die. , (Signed) “YOUR BOYS." CZAR'S TROOP § NEARLY ALL ON THEIR OWN S0IL (Continued from Page One.) nited some petroleum and bensine tanks, the raliroad station and several factories. The city apparently had not been touched by the artillery fire of the Russians and 1hé Austriane. Captured dfficers declare that even untll very recently the fall of Lemberg 1iad not been regarded a. poseibility by the Rudsiang. The fort/fi- ations of the city had been modernized in every way. The loss of Lemberg deprives the Rus- sians of their last strong supporting point on Galiclan soll. The mora] effect of the occupation also will be considerable. It is now being recalled in Berlin that three months ago Emperor Nicholas declared that the fall of Przemysl, In connection with the occupation of Lemberg, consti- tuted an overpowering victory for the Blave. French Officlal Report. . PARIS, June M.~The Frengh war of- ‘s afterncon statement today sald: North of Arras last night has been rather calm, if we except the territory to the morth of Souchez, where the cannon- wding never ceased. The enemy bom- barded Arras, the Hospital of the Holy Sacrament being hit, Some sisters and #ome nurses were killed. “In front of Domplerre, west of Per- onne, the explosion of a German mine was followed by a violent bombardment of our trenches. An attack executed by & Lot numerous German force was easily checked. On the heights of the Meuse at the Calonne trench there has been no Change. “In Lorraine. not far from Leintrey, the enemy delivered a counter attack. After & rather spirited engagement they were re) “On the rest of the front last nizht passed quietly. “The prisomers made since June 14 in the region of the Fecht river total t . ty-five officers, fifty-three under officers and 68 men." Masons Dedicate , Hall at Columbus| 18 FOUND te. affectea | | COLUMBUS, Neb, June M.—(Special Telegram.)~The Free Masons' hall was dedicated here today, about 30 members attended the ceremonies. Grand Master Mason Samuel 8. Whiting, assisted by officers and members of the grand lodge, performed the ceremonies and the fol- lowiag program was rendered . Assembling of the brethren. Ertry of l'l"ld lodge in cesmion with music Mvhl of grand honors th N of the opening od Invocation, Grand (‘h.pllln Charles M Shepa Music. 7 of the temple by the grand music march. rst cireumambulation on the gr Jodge around the symbal followed by second and third and four circumambu lation and grand honors 11 ~ocation, Grand ¢ aplain Churies M grand pro- three times [ Tod WHAT THE RAIN DID IN FRANKLIN COUNTY LAST FRIDAY-—8ome notion of the havoc wrought when the Republican river and the creeks that feed it responded to '.he deluge. “No 99" bridge F!'anklln. afler Loaking West up Bu.rlmgfan track fram Zranklin depaf UPLAND, Neb. June 24.—(Special)— | Franklin county is just beginning to | realize that last Friday's rain and hall storm was the most disastrous in the his- tory of the country. | Not a township in the county escaped the ravages of the hailstones. It is esti- mated that at least %5 per cent of all wheat in the country has been destroyed. In many places a total loss occurred. This means a loss of hundreds of thou- eanda of dollars. Nearly every bridge and many of the culverts in the county were ‘washed away or damaged by the resulting floods. 1t 1a expected that the county will have | to vote from $100,000 to $150,000 in bonds | to replace these bridges and get the roads In shape. Thompsen creek, which drains from the north end of the county to Riverton, took out every bridge but three and caused imimense damage in Riverton, tdking the raflroad bridge and hundreds of feet of the right-of-way and demolishing one Bellevue Graduates | Married in Open Air In Unique Ceremony A wedding of unusual Interest in Pres- byterian missionary circles in this part of the country took place in Bellevue on Wednesday evening when Miss Edna Pindley of Bellevue was united in mar- riage with Glen Rice of Plerte, Neb. Miss Findley is the daughter of Mrs, W. H. Findley, whose husband, Rev. W. H. Findley, was for years a misslonary among the Omaha Indians. The younk | woman is a graduate of Bellevue college in the class of 1912. The two years after her graduation she spent as a missionary in the Sheldon-Jackson school in Alaska. During the last year she has been teach- ing in the Bellevue public school and has been active in local missionary circles. Mr. Rice is also a Bellevue graduate in the class of 911 and while in school he was a star athlete and debater. He won first place as Bellevue representative in the state peace contest in 1911 over the Creighton man. This year Mr. Rice completed his four-year course at Mc- Cornrick Theological seminary, Chicago, and after his wedding journey he and his bride expect to enter upon a pastorate in western Nebraska. { The ceremony Wednesday evening was performed at 7:46 on the lawn of the Findley home in Bellevue by Dr. Stephen THE BEE: UMAH4A, FRIDAY, JUNE ye on Burlington, East of water had’ receded cement house and numerous smaller bufldings. Dozens of head of cattle and horses were drowned in this creek. River- ton has been cut off from the surround- Telephone and telegraph lines were destroyed. The roads in all directions were impassable. Center creek, draining the country from Wilcox to Franklin, caused a like amount of damage along its course, At Franklin the water backed us at the tracks and flooded the surrounding country, including the depot, until the rallway grade gave away. When this went it took a mile of track Thousands of acres of Republican bot- tom corn and alfalfa land are still under water and all crops destroyed. The big fron bridge at Franklin over the Repub- lican was partly washed away. The cen- ter span was carrfed a mile down the river. Tracks were carried a quarter of a mike . “Ninety-nine” Franklin, ing country since Friday creek, emptying east of over forty feet deep be- fore it carried the rallroad embankment and bridee away. All trains over the Burlington from Red Cloud to Bloomington have been an- nulleq and it is not thought possible to fix the tracks in less than another week. | The town of Macon suffered severaly from the hail. Roofs were punched full of holes and hundreds of windows were broken. The road supervisors have hundreds of men working on the roads and bridges | and today it is possible to get from the | north part of the county to all the towns except Riverton. It is not possibl to drive from any south town in the county to gny other, and boats are car- rying food and provisions to the people south of the river. Thirteen hundred acres of land are under water just south of Macon with no way to drain It The destruction at Franklin is fierce. No mal hes gone out or into Franklin since Friday. All freight is now being | hauled to Upland, nineteen miles after which a sumpuous banquet given to the members and visitors. Elght Hundred Austrian Troops Killed by Italians ROME, June 23.—(Via Parls, June 34.)— The official statoment issued tonight at the headquarters of the general staff of the Itallan army was as follows: “Along the entire front there has been an artillery duel between pleces of medium and larger caliber. The emy endeavored last night to attack particu- larly Monteplano, Val Grande, Val Ple~ colo, Cremaverse, (situated between Piz- rocollins and Zelllenkofel), and Cresta- verde, which had been occupled by our troops yesterday. “During the night of June 21-2 and continuing the following day, the enemy made three desperate attacks against our position at Frelkofel. All these attacks were repulsed successfully by the splen- did fire of our artillery and the use of hand grenades. The enemy left 80 bodies on the battlefield. “In the bay of Plezzo preparations are being made by the Austrians for the in- stallation of heavy artillery, and along the nelghboring helghts convoys have been seen golng 'rom Plezzo toward the upper Tsonso “In the Monte Nero reglon and along . game wi three-base hit by Mead of the visitors with the "ba ull. Bat- R e etan, Vion fow. Van Law and Carson; Milligan, Gruber, Havelika and Mead, BUICK DEALERS HOLDING CONVENTION AT LINCOLN (From a Staff Corespondent.) LINCOLN, June 34.—(Special)—~Three | hundred and fifty Buick automoblle deal- ers representing Jowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are in Lincoln today for, their fifth annual convention. This 18| about half of the actual number in the | three states. The thing interesting most of them is the exhibit of the nek six-' cylinder 1916 Buick. This evening & ban- quet was held at the Lincoln hotel with Lee Huff of Omaha as toastmaster. An Award that Speaks Volumes. Golden State, Extra Dry Champagne, was awarded the ““Grand Prix” at the Panama-Pacifio International exposition. This makes the fourth “‘Grand Prix" for this famous Champagne. produced by the Ttallan Swiss Colony, Asti, California. Revenue Agent and ' Distiller Indicted FORT SMITH, Ark, Jume .—Knox | Booth, former chief of the government internal revenue district of Tennessee | Phelps. Prof, B. M. Jones of Omaha, [the Isonzo the day of June 22 passed |and Alabama, with headquarters at | under whom Miss Findley studied music while in Bellevue college, played the wed- ding march, The wedding procession moved across the lawn down a white carpeted. aisle formed of daisy chains to & bank of oaks and under m bell of daisies the nuptial knot was tled. Little Irmabelle Cum- mings, cousin of the bride, carried the ring In & lily chalice. Miss Mildred Stepp sang “'1 Love You Truly” just before the ceremony and following it Miss Hazel Wilcox rendered two violin numbers, ac- companied by Miss Ruth Flynn The bride was beautiful in & gown of white crepe de chine with chantilly lace and pearis, her long tulle vell being held with lilies of the valley and smilax. She carried a shower bouguet of lilies of the valley and whito roses. Her cousin, Miss Irene Dean, as brides- mald, was gowned in pink and carried pink sweet Deas Mr. Velmy Rice. was beat man After the ceremony a reception {heid on the lawn to all the guests. One the groom's brother, by O==tion by M Benediction, Grand Cbaplain M 3 Tableau & tribute to the flag of our fifteen young Wwomen and ts Templar, accompanied Spangied Banner.” Robert A. French, grand custodian, took active part In the ceremonies. At § p. m., the lodge met in closed w-rk, among them some from her friends in Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Rice left Thursday evening for Chicago, from where they will go to Jake Geneva, Wis. for the summer. Master Workman Willlam W. Wililam A, Debord, Charles l'- Trounced. "Ilh .l.:m\ |n.hq chal )~ el Qn» -n--—-—_—-——-—,.—_.....“ hundred and ten friends and relatives of the bride and groom were present. Out of-town guests were Mr. and Mrs. M Rice of Pierce, Nel., parents of the Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Rice of Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. A, B. Walker, Mr. and Mrs, D, W, Otis and Rev ®¢ 8. Rice of Councll Bluffs, erald and Velman Rice of Flagler, Colo. of. and Mrs. E. M. Jones of Omaha, Dr. and Mrs, Wilcox and daughter, Hase!, Dr. and Mrs. Walter N. Hulsey of Omaha, Miss Mary E. Rice and Miss Eieanor M. Milman of Logan, la.; Misses Christine Jensen of South Omahs, Mar- saret Nunn of Walthill, Florence Stevens of Minnesots. Cleo Scott of Chadron, Neb.: Miss Brown of Cooksville, TIL.; Mrs. and Miss Irene Dean of Valley Walls, Kan; Mrs, W. J. Cummings and ehiidren, Irmabelle and Billle, of Lawrence, Kan.; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Halderman and son, Ge: was | quietly. tern. Tune 24.—(Special.)— n base hall team defeated the Weostern team here Tuesday by score of 10 to 6 The feature of the {Nashville: John L. Casper, a Kansas | | City atstilier, and ten other men, were | indicted by & federal grand jury this | |afternoon n connection with an alleged od | conspiracy to defraud the lmtmmam( | {by illegal operation of distilleries. OUR SPECIAL CO With all the new improvements, including the new automatic stop, record fil. ing system and larger tone chamber, at floor. We have gone to Frank, of Pawnee City, Neb.: Mrs. Frauk Riddle of lola, Ka The bride received many beautiful gitts, g | A SMALL PAYMENT DOWR SENDS ONE TO YOUR HOME Visit our newly remodeled Talking Machine Department on the Main expense ' Schmnllnrunollor PIANO CO. 1811-18 FARNAM STREKT. MBINATION OFFER This VICTROLA COMPLETE WITH TWELVE SELECTIONS VICTROLA XiI Oak or Mahogany { the night and kept people {st Yuma. telegravhed: | kowski of the California National Guard NEW QUAKE IN EL CENTRO| Another Slight Earth Shock Felt in City Recently Visited by Disturbance. | TOLL AT MEXICALI IS SIX EL CENTRO, Cal, June 4.—Another slight earthquake shock wos felt here at 8:90 a. m. today. It shook bricks from the Masonjc temple and various other buildings were ruined or damaged by the serfes of shocks Tuesday night Several alight tremors were felt during of the valley in a state of excitement According to those who have taken stock of the damage the losses caused by the earthauake will not exceed $500,000 Business men are enthusiastically joining in & movement to obliterate all traces of havee “In two weeks we will not know we had anything like this sald Mayor Swanson. Offers of financial assistance received today by the mayor were declined. WASHINGTON, June 24.—Becretary Lane of the Interfor department received reassuring messages today from Yuma Ariz., and El Centro, Cal, R. M. Priest, acting manager of the government work “No damage at Yuma; two slight shocks last night and nine at ElI Centro, Cal. Bulldings extensively damaged by fire at Calexico. Irrigation system not dam- aged anywhers, No immediate relief can | be given from Washington. Yuma has offered assistance to Imperial Valley.” C. R. Rockwood at EI Centro tele- graphed: “Neither levee nor canals injured. EI Centro and Calexico badly damaged, but we have begun to rebuild better. The people of Imperial Valley desire to ex- press through me their gratitude for your quick sympathy.” Secretary Lane had instructed Priest to offer any aid he could to El Centro and sald to Rockwood In part: ‘A people that has done what your people has done cannot be daunted by either earthquake or fire.” Six Kl at Mexie CALEXICO, Cal, June 3.—The number of earthquake victims killed at Mexicall Tuesday was definitely fixed today at six. Several American women were in- jured. Brigadier General Robert Wan- arrived here to oonfer with city offi. clals on measures for relief. Fifty men were put to work clearing sites for re- building, Slight shocks were felt here again today. 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Wash Goods Specials Friday in Basement 10e and 1272¢c May Bud and Lace Dress Crepes, 27 inches wide, all the wanted summer shades and designs, | MM IS i e Sl/zcaynrd 120 and 1 Jress (nnglmms, ull this season’s patterns, Bates’ Toil-du-Nords and Amoskeag brand - - 10c a yard Tissues and Voiles, 27 inches wide, neat stripes, checks, and fanoy floral patterns - - - - - - - 12l4cayard Boys' Union Suits 39¢ Each Our regular 50c grade of Boy's Suits, short sleeves, knee lengtl, -39¢ cach Knit Union Friday - - - Basement Ready-to~wear 50c Table Friday we will place on this table a miscellaneous assort- ment of lawn kimonas, gingham aprons, white dresses, percale dresses, sateen and gingham petticoats, choice each - - - - - - - - b0c The Store for Shirtwaists Friday’s paper will carry an announcement of an important sale of fine blouses. Watch for it. Sale of Silk Remnants Detail of sale will be ammounced soon. Wateh for it. Remnants of silks of every grade in fashion’s list will be included. VERY Person Who Invested in Home Builders’ Preferred Shares Last December at $1.12 per share, received the benefit of the extra surplus profit of 2¢ per share January 1st, in addition to the regular guaranteed 7%, which raised the value of his shares to $1.14. Those who invest now, before July 1st, will share in the extra surplus profits of the last six months. Home Builders’ shaves have advanced in value every January and July according to the surplus act- ually shown on its books. This advance, plus the 7% cash dividends, has earned over 10% for present stock- holders. Does your money earn more? Ask for our booklet, the ‘‘New Way’’. AMERICAN SECURITY COMPANY, Fiscal Agents, HOME BUILDERS, Inc. 202 South 17th Street. Omaha, Neb. to one of the largest practices in We tell you on firet and exactly what cost of same will be. PAINLESS mono' BY VITALIEED AIR. Taft’s Dental Rooms 1517 DOUGLAS STRERT. 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