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WHEN AWAY FROM FOMRE The Bee is the Paper you ask for; if you o b uh.n-mnu.mlm Bhave The Bes mailed to you. 3 BRITISH PLANES BROUGHTDOWN IN SCHLESWIG RAID Two German Patrol Boats Sunk and English Destroyer Believed to Have Been Lost as Result of Big Air Attack. STRIKE AT ZEPPELIN SHEDS Crews Are Taken Prisoners, Accord- ing to Official Statement from Berlin. GREAT SEA BATTLE IS RUMOR LONDON, March 26.—Three Brit- ish aeroplanes, which took part in a raid on German alrship sheds in Schleswig-Holstein yesterday, are missing. Two German patrol vessels were sunk and a British destroyer is believed to have heen lost Dispatches from Bsbjerg, mark, to the Berlingske Tidende, Reuter's Copenhagen corres- pondent, reparts a great naval bat- tle between the German and British fleets some three miles off the Graady lightship at midday today. The dispatch adds that Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein, has been bombed by five aeroplanes. Den says in Three Planes Brought Down. BERLIN, March 26.—(By Wire- less to Sayville, N. Y.)—Not less | than three British hydroaeroplanes | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. IF CARRANZISTAS SHOULD JOIN VILLA AGAINST AMERICANS-All along the border great alarm prevails over the belief that the Carranzistas will join Villa. These Mexican soldiers have just arrived at Agua Prieta from the Yaqui River country, enroute to the passes in Eastern Sonora, which they are supposed to guard against Villa. The troops are commanded by General Calles, the Mexican military governor of Sonora, and Colonel Fierros. figure in white at the extreme left. S DNDER. D'S LABOR PEAGE CONGRESS| | Call for Delegates from All Coun- tries to Meet at Time Nations Make Treaty. | CARRAN ZISTAS WORL among the fighting aeroplanes were brought down today by German guns on and about the Island of Sylt, dur- | ing an air raid on Northern Schles- wig, according to a German official communication issued tonight. The crews were taken prisoner. Bombs dropped in the district of the Hoyer water gate did no dam- age, says the statement. The statement follows: “From two ships, which were accom- panied by a cruiser squadron and a flo- tilla of destroyers, five English hydro- aeroplanes started yesterday morning for an attack against the German aeronautic establishments in Northern Schleswig. “Not less than three of them, among which was a fighting aeroplane, were forced down by the defensive service on and about the Island of Sylt. The in- mates of the machines, who were made prisoners, are four English officers and one non-commissioned officer. “Bombs were only thrown in the dis- trict of the Hoyer water gate. No dam- age way, done. ' R Y Baldheaded Men Are Not Wanted in Army To Hunt Down Villa CHICAGO, March 2%.—Baldheaded men are not wanted In the pursuit of Villa. It is warm down along the border and they might become affected by the heat. So announced Lieutenant ¥. R, Kenny of the recruiting office today in refusing to enlist Stanley Twooney of Syracuse, N. Y. Twooney sought enlistment re- cently and was vefused because of his baldness. He returned wearing a wig and was accepted. While awaiting transsportation today to Jefferson Barracks, the decep- tion was discovered and again he was rejected. Lieutenant Kenny saild army regulations will not permit his acceptane~ of baldheaded men on first call for re- cruits, Austrians Announce_ Victory in Galicia BERLIN, March (By Wireless to Sayville, Y.)—Victory for Austro- Hungarian forces in an engagement in western Galicia is reported in the official Austrian statement of yesterday, which aays Northwest of Burkanow, on the Stripa | detachments entered Russian stopped successfully a ing the defensive Ionved, entrenchments, Russian attack and tak positions of the enemy British Ship Fenny Bridge Reported Sunk LONDON, March that the Britisl been sunk ~Lloyds reports teamship, Fenny Bridge, The crew has been Fetny Bridge, 3,838 tons, 336 feet long, was built in Sunderland in 1910, and owned in London. It sailed from Phila delphia on March 18 for Hull A'I‘Ei\filgather Temperatures at Omaha Yesterday, 5 | dom. Comparative 1916 1917 1914 48 3 5 H» 1B . 3 00 00 T Srecipitation depar- lighest yesterday Lowest yesterday Mean temperature. Precipitation Temperature and jures from the norm - | temperature riency for the 9ay...... ... 1o I excess March 1 Al precipitation 1913 2 ity i " 06 inch ine' i ineh % inch 9 in 85 inch pertod, 191 or cor. period, 1911 ace of precipitation W ELSH, Local Forecaster \ |recognized that organizat |AMERICAN FEDERATION LEADS | WASHINGTON, March 26.—The American Federation of Labor's call for Labor's World Peace congress, to be assembled at the same time and place the belligerents meet to make the terms which end the world war, was sent out today to the organized | labor movement of all countries. Proposed first by the executive | council of the American federation, | and approved at the national conven- {tion in San Francisco last year, |leor‘s World Peace congress would | be an assembly of workers to de- mand that the peace delegates of the warring nations determine nothing touching the lives of the workers without taking counsel with them. Such ap assembly of representatives of wage earners close by the delib- erations of the peace delegates is ex- | i i | —_—— OMAHA, MO NDAY SO A AR GEN. @RLLES. Near 1000 Mexicans | AERICANS SIGHT |Noted Politioian of bt it Massed on Boundary| yip 13 STRAGGLERS DEL RIO, uneasiness w when it was | Tex March 2 —Increaséd feit in this section today ed positively that nearly 1,000 Mexican soldiers have congregated at a dozen places within thirty the border. Three hundred soldiers of the Twenty-fourth infantry arrived here to- | day for a permanent patrol. 'FIVE PERSONS BURN T0 DEATH IN TEXAS Several Missing and Believed to Have Perished as Result of San Antonio Blaze. HALF MILLION FIRE IN HOUSTON SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 26.— Five persons are missing and be- lleved to have been burned to death in the dustruction by fire early today of the San Antonio Country club, All of the guests in the club had been accounted for tonight except Judge J. B. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. James D, Waltham and Homer Jones of Sam Antonto and Mri, Maco Stewart or ‘to have a large effect on ‘the and determination of the latter. Text of Call. The call for the congress follows: “To the organized labor movement of all countries: “Friends and Brothers: Will you send a representative to attend a Labor's ‘Weorld Peace congress? This congress to be held at the same time and in the same clty as the representatives from the dif- ferent countries will meet to determine the terms of peas ‘“The American Federation of Labor convention, held November, 1914, four {months after the war began, adopted |- yesolution which provided for the call ing of & labor congress for the same time and place that the general peace congress shall be held, which will determine condi- tions and terms of peace at the close of the war. This action was officially com- municated to all national trade union centers. “The proposal to hold a labor congress was generally discussed by the varlous | national labor movements during the last | year and some of them have officially | approvea the plan. ] “In other countries, thought is con- { centrated on the immediate and compell- ing problems of daily life—problems so urgent that all else must wait upon the future, We appreciate the intense strain with which our fellow-workers of Europe awalt the outcome of the day’'s struggle n the battlefield and the ultimate do- cision of the war. “We are not unmindful of the issues in {volved for Which men are shedding thelr | {blood. and giving their lives. We, too, {have been confronted by national prob !Iemn which have grown out of war con- ditions, and now our great concern Is that out of the horrors, the suffering, | the destruction of war, there shall com= | greater oportunity, freedom and protec- Inm for those who do the world's work— the toflers of all countries. Burden Falls on Workers. Everywhere the wage-earners by service have broved their loyalty to concepts of homor, their patriotism, their valué as men and women In the past they have borne mot only the burdeps of fighting during the war, but have been welighted down by the war debts and readjustments attending a return to peace conditions. “The workers can refuse to be the | victims, of the' biunders, the evil plans, |the ambitions of those responsible for ithis war. In their struggle against op | pression have heen bom yearnings for | human ‘freedom, for better opportunities |for justice in Jife and work. During |the centuries they have made progress | —sometimes slow, it Is true, but always | iprogress. It has been a long fight from | slavery the present degree of free- to in the im- | for democracy and free- dom. A century ago the feudal system died in the Napoleonfc wars that vulsed Europe, and the third estate ostablished their right to freedom and | participation irf the affairs of govern- | ment ana society “Slowly but surely the workers have been making demands for recognition of their rights as human beings and as members of society and have established many of them “There is great opportunity mediate future con Galveston. Big Fire in Houston. HOUSTON, Tex., March 26.—Loss estimated at more than $500,000 was caused here today by fire which started in the cotton sheds of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway and spread to nearly a dozen other buildings and forty freight cars, Sleet Storm Over Southeastern Part 0f State Does Havoc LINCOLN, Neb., March 26.—The heavy sleet storm which spread over southeast- ern Nebraska today and tonight caused heavy loss to the Nebraska Telephone and Telegraph company, The toll and long- distance lines of the company were to- night declared to be paralyzed over a greater part of the territory, with condl- tions growing worse as the weather be- came colder. Company officlals said more than a thousand poles were down in ter- ritory not far outside of Lincoln. The Burlington and Union Pacific Railroad Telegraph companies were able to main- tain service with only occasional trouble. Madison Retains County Seat After Fight with Norfolk NORFOLK, Neb., Although the March 26.—(Speclal Telegram.) Norfolk got a ma- jority of cast in the county seat remoyal contest, the county seat will remain at Madison for another two years at least. Norfolk polled 2,57 votes, Madi son 2564, giving Norfolk 53 per.cent of the total of the 7.4 votes. Sixty per cent was required by law to make the change The largest vote cast In Madison county prior to this was less than 4,300 Norfolk cast 2,250 votes, 2,224 for Nor- folk and thirty-five for Madison. Madi- son cast 67 votes; of which Norfolk got nine. Newman Grove, in the south half of the county, gave Madison 428 and Nor- folkk twenty-four. Tilden and Battle Creek, in the novthern half of the county gave Madison eubstantial majorities Meadow Grove and Warnerville gave ma- | jorities to Norfolk, but Interior rural dis- | tricts nearly all gave Madison a heavy lead Madison's campaign was made upon the issue that removal would increase taxes Norfolk urged its raflroad center and the | votes ever miles of | ———— THE WEATHER. Taip Faii V\I ARCH MORNING S | | Punitive American Force Glimpses Small Band, but No Engage- i ment Results. 1916 'o- Trains, at Hotel PERSHING INTIMATES HUNTING DOWN VILLA MAY TAKE MONTHS Field Commander of American Puni- tive Forces Tells People of United States Not to Ex- pect Quick Job Colonel Fierros is the T SRR “ e ¥ 3 - HARD TO SURROUND BANDIT Late Report from Front Says Out- law Has Escaped from Mexican Troops. PURSUED BY FUNSTON'S MEN SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March Franeisco Villa has escaped from the Mexican that had checked him Namiquipa and (hree cavalry 26 troops near of pursuing him columng American The American troops mi'es south the are are almost °50 of border tained This information was by con in a detalled Pershing that Funston here today COLUMBUS, N. M speedy report Gen eral reached General Q/N7L FIer? SERYICE., March American A term‘nation of the for by General J. J. Pershing, com- CorPY TWO CE \'>’]‘\‘ UNION JACK SHIP MINNEAPOLIS 1S SUNK BY SUBSEA Liner Reported Sent m in Mediterranean by Last Wednes- day to narine SUSSEX IS GIVEN NO WARNING French Government Issues State- ment Asserting Vessel Torpe- doed Without Notice. BASED ON SURVIVORS' STORIES MARSEILLES, March 26.-—The British liner Minneapolia was sunk in the Mediterranean last Wednes- a submarine, according to Captain Bibby of the British steamer cestershire, which has arrived here from Rangoon day by WASHINGTON, explosion which March 26.—The damaged the Eng- lish channel steamer Sussex, upon which twenty-five American citizens had taken passage, occurred ‘“‘with out the slightest warning,” accord- Ca,lifornia IS Dea,d manding the forces in tho field, ac- {ing to stories told by American sur- NEW YORK, March Eugene J egory, former mayor of Sacramento, Cal, and once prominent polities on the Pacific , died at th home of his son, Jullus FGregory He had been an invalid fo years, 2. in republican today last five | cording to advices received here to- day vivors to consular representatives in | kngland and cabled today to the ¢ |State department 1t a staff | Survivors also declared one of six Al Pershing announced | 1igq pogts, launched after the ex- f the Uniled S8teq ) ogion, had capsized, throwing the Not n Rush Job, It was assert t conference, that the peopl | should not place at, following too much confidence in Mr. Gregory was born in San Franc | reports that Francisco Villa, the factional companies also suffered some damage, [ €Nt has expressed the assumption that | " but both the Western Unfon and Postal| fM8lly Carranza will authorize the use|scholarships must have the recommenda- | cated also that with moderating weather | Erfeson fact that it 1s the metropolis of the county as a reason for changing MANN SPEAKS AGAINST LITERACY TEST CLAUSE| . WASHINGTON, March Debate on | the literacy test section of the Burnett immigration bill was completed by the house in committee of the whole late to- Economic Importunce of Labor. ‘Since the outbreak jeconomic importance, their nilitary power have often officially recognized of war, thelr political and | been tacitly and Statesmen have ns of wage (Continued on Page Twoe, Column Two.) | day, and a will be taken Monday to decide wh the provision, which has been responsible presidentia) of three previous retained in the measure wder Mann s ether ors bill immigration shall be ke today that mer 1 ) read vl rt | Jersey cow, | Thomas P. CHIEF NOT AMbNG THE PARTY HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN PUNITIVE EXPEDI- TION, COLONJIA DUBLAN, Chihua- | hua, Mexico (Via Wirelesa to Co- | lumbug, N. M.), March 26 A strag-: gling band of Villistas was fllnhled‘ about fifty miles south of here to day by American forces engaged in the punitive expedition into Mexico | to capture Francisco “Villa, the out lawed Mexican bandit. It was evi-| dent, however, that Villa himsell was not in the party, which consisted only of a few men and no engage- | ment resulted. s Reports of a battle between Carranz: troops and Villistas at Namiquipa, ap proximately seventy-five miles south of here, were received today. The reports asserted that the battie took DIIEI‘YQ.- | torday, bo¥ there was fno Iridiestlon” of | the number of wmen engaged nor of the result, Villa's Force Small, Villa 18 belleved to have only a few with him, some reports indicating that his total force approximates only about | %0 men. Army men have expressed their gratification today at the manner In which troops under the direction of Car- ranza are co-operating with the Ameri- ¢an column. Sand storms, which have caused In-| creasing discomfort to the Americans for the last few days, continued today with no signs of abatement. The greatest in- convenience has been caused the sol- diers, the sand creeping Into their ears, their eyes, their noses, their clothing and even under the saddle blankets of the horses. Despite the handica however, | both men and animals are bearing up well, Because of the heavy demand upon the wireless for army business or- ders were issued here today greatly lim- iting press dispatches, Officlals Impatient, Carranza's delay in permitting the movement Into Mexico over the North- western railroad of supplies for the Amer- | fcan troops has created an impatience at army headquarters that today was hardly disguised. The quartermaster's depart | Californin fruit growers to ship fruit SOME SCHOLARSHIPS | of which are not yet determined. lleader, whose command attacked this town several weeks been battled u, either by the Ame by | | Mexican troops. The nature of the coun {try in the vicinity of Namiquipa Villa is supposed to be, it was pointed out, renders it difficult for any force to surround effectually a small band, in the mountain tralls offering a sixty years , and wns mayor of Sab amento in 1887. He was one of the first to the east and was a former president of the California State Board of Trade and of the California Mid-Winter exposition A widow and son survive WOMAN'S CLUB HAS ) jean forces or wher passes and means of escape. May Take Months, While {t was understood that General Pershing does not attempt to predict the {length of time American troops maybe Conditions Vary Under Which They | occupying Mexican territory, it was in- 2 |timated that the period may extend into Are to Be Given Out to the ' months, Contestants. { Other reports also recelved today from {unofficlal sources indicated that with MEN m_ b (deleted) troops in the field, American wo T RECOMMEND ‘mlllllry authorities belleved n sufficlent The Nebraska Federation {number of men of all arms of the service Of [hiave been concentrated at La Ascension, Women's Clubs {8 just now calling |Casas Grandes, Colonia Dublan and other the attention of pupils in the high |American field points to meet the exi- -8chools. Loy 88 scholas - ., Kepoles of any emergency that may arise. Womsn’s ol b";“' Y “::M".nr:}unnl thousand negro Infanteyemen wid LR S SR D T URARr liwo mquadrons of cavalry, who arrived certain conditions. here from Forts D. A. Russell, Wyo. Mrs. . H. Cole, chairman of the |Leavenworth, Kan., and Sheridan, Chi- scholarship committee of the Ne- Ao, Tl during the last few days, are braska Federation of Women's Clubs, | !0 fomain on station here, it was as- A ! |serted. says that the Mary D. Stoddard |y, | The cavalrymen will assist in the bor- scholarship is open only to girls, (der patrol and the infantry will garrison residents of Omaha, and graduates 'Columbus of the Omaha High school. { ind Villa. The awarde which are made by this! oopiuin Richmond Smith, In command comniittee, are based on health, scholar- |, “Bocy” Grandes, reported by wireless ship, general merit, and several other g his men had found and buried the polnits, together with the primary ve-|poay of Cook O'Nelll, who was murdered quirements that the girl be a resident of |,y Viila's company on its way to attack Omaha, and a graduate of the Omaha |Columbus. High school. O'Nelll was one of the (hree ranch The Mary D. Stoddard acholarship does |hands of the Palomas Land and Cattle not actually donate money to the stu- |company, murdered at the same time, dent, It provides only for a loan of $ |Captain Smith gave no detalls in his r to the student each year without interest. |port as to the discovery of the body, It is designed to pay only a part of the |which was the second of the three to be expenses of @ worthy student who Is will- [found. That of H. J. McKinney was ing to make up the rest some other way. |found several days ago, horribly muti- lated, and hanging from & cottonwood tree. 7 Reports received here today from ranchmen that an American aeroplane Other Scholarships. The ciub also has at its disposal two | scholarships for the Omaha university, cirrying free tultion: one scholarship for 'had fallen near Janos, injuring the avi the Nebraska Military academy, carrying ator and wrecking the plane, were r one-half rate board and tultion; one for 'futed by the report of an investigation the Kearney Milltary academy, conditions by Licutenant H. A. Sprague of the aero corps. of the rallroad and has seht to El Paso| wire | ® auantity of stores for immediate ship-|the Nebraska Federation ment Further reference to difficulties having in getting his supplies was tained in messages from Genera ing to General Funston late today con- Brought by The messages were brought aero plane to Columbus for transmission hy wire to headquarters here. General Persh- Ing said that the roads were heavy along his line of communication that only a small percentage of the volume of supplies the auto trucks should carry was being moved The communications from General Pershing were said not to have contained any Information regarding abouts of Villa or against him Aeroplane. by the where operations directed \Sell if You Must the Flivver and Pupils to be eligible for any of these | Reports recelved from the front indi today throughout Chihuahua, American troops are not suffering so greatly from cold, for which they were not tion of a woman who is a member of of Women's Clubs; they must have a recommendation ! from the clergyman whose church they attend; they must have recommendations representative business man recommendation from the last teacher under whom they attended school, with credit giving the credentialy the high school from some and a together a alip | n way of credits | Avgnt | NORTH BEND, After an flines pneumonia the death of Augustus Spi urred Friday evening. His wife | 18 vecovering ‘slowly a | tack survives him | two sons and George. J"daughters Lizzie Adams and i Nettie Sples. . March 2. —(Rpe- clal.) one wer who s from a sev at ere of pneumonia Charles Mrs also and two Mrs, k with ipped Officers in Conference. Efforts of the to co-operate the New Mexico authorities with the regu troops in of of towns in {the mtate was discimsed at a confer |ence betw Major W. R ple. ! mandant o base here, Herring, general Mexico Guard Labor with Mexican employe has caused policing a number com- D, New of t adjutant National H of | s in mines appeal for are Deming, con A al ong sburg and Morenci Herring Ing a personal {tions in these he finds that | fours, which stato has avaflable towns to these protection Hachita Santa Rita General Lor | City, that Investigation he of sald is town and thut in the ¢ any expressed, there s basis for t full re of fo 1 | r duty a ment battery of militla and a ar titlery Geese, but Save Golden Gracefu‘Six Americans of olden Graceful” shall not be sold claration rings in tones from the bankruptcy petiti in federal court by Thomas P hardware and Wheeler ¥ Who or what isd'Golen (irac misht be a gold mir itomobile out v v filed Hardesty fmplement dealer of Nebraska ful 1t or r Pullman burlesque show or a moving pict It might be, but it isn't “Golden Graceful” Is And amid the and Implement v tea room or a car o re a theroughbred crash of his hardware business, Hardesty rushes loyally in te save her. He rises above the fell cluteh of circumstance. He lifts his head from under the bludgeoning of fate and ho re members “Golden Graceful’ sleek hide and her big trustful her gentle ways Into his bulky yer with her eyes And petition he has the law of write her name and claim a stay the ity remorseless hands of eredit and bed, he my ‘Golden Grac sald He doesn't even claim exemption alued nt $200, twenty-two geese, and about forty-five Ford automobile i Is willing to let ko ducks chicke He makes no effort to stay ur other cows which he has besides lden Graceful.” AlL ttels But of child or w Graceful exempted y are mere goods and eful It ife to sell ch like r the family would selling her, * “Golden and legally ceurt! May May chewing may by honorable you remain te comfort your you Jive a long and useful the cud of contentment old age. May the flles and may you always of molst green time you be master lite, happy bother to never vou have plenty grass and winte alfalfa and a v arm sl Ana help it we ‘Golden can do anythi Just out Graceful " t tende hearted reporier as he read over the peti tion nd we'll do muttered ° execution | duly | Seventy Survivors Who Land at Dover LONDON Miarch among the There seventy ssex who reached D British de were survivors ry v day on |of the of the | was torpedoed by The Fra Edward |George 1 {tield. G. 1 in & hospital The | Mra. Danie troyer. The majority | with the that the a4 submarine. Americans landed & s E. Drak Mars} Cro \vors agree opinion | French admiralty Sussex Dover H. Huxley T. Crocker ker and Wilber G. Pen ker and Mr. Penfield are with fractured skulls. American survivors reported that | W. Hiiton, T. W. Culbertson ana | Sergeant had bee Dis- | Boulogne safe of John ana Bemis. abeth Edward | D. & n rescued t the He | patehes from repor H arrival tl | Bamuel 8 Miss 11 was killed hy the explosion, according to those arriving at Dover, who state also that Miss Edna Hilton is mis ere rley Baldwin | haa occupants into the sea. List is Incomplete. None of the five bodies left on the Sussekx was that of an Amerl; |can. Two survivors, Drake and Hux- ley, sald so far as they knew, only three Americans reached iift boats. Fifteen passengers, Drake and Hux- ley also sald, were severely injured. They believed several Americans to be lost. PARIS, March 20.—Ah officlal list of survivors of the Sussex, prepared at Boulogne does not contain the names of a number of Americans, who were on board. Some of these are known to have been landed in England. It ia sa1d wll the Americans who were brought to Boulogne are included, but the list apparently Is incomplete, as it does not contain the names of some Americans who aigned the deposition indicating that the Sussex was torpedoed. List of Survivors. The officlal list of American survivors follows: 4 L GNP Kdna 8. Harde, IAll . B. Harde, Miss Gertrude Barnes, h’f‘l Dorothy h‘u- ton, Miss Fdna Hilton, Henry Beer and Ida Beer of New York. Mrs. Gertrude W, Danlel Sargent, Welles Mass. Joha H, Hearley, Albany, N. Y. Samuel 8. Bemis, Medford, aas. Tingley W. Culbertson, Lewisburg, Pa. Alice Ruiz, Lyon, Colo. ““There is no matter of doubt whatever that the thannel steamship Sussex was torpedoed without warning,” says an offi- cial statement issued here tonight based upon affidavits made by American sur- vivors. Doubt Accuracy of Report. LONDON, March 26.—-A telegram from Boulogne to the owners of the Sussex says that Miss Elizsabeth Baldwin was among the Ameri®ans who arrived there, but there is belleved to be some doubt of the accuracy of this report. The records of the American embassy up to 6 o'clock tonight show, in addition to Miss Baldwin, only Prof, M. J, Mark Baldwin, Joshua D. Armitage, Calliop Fennell and Bdna Hale still unae- counted for, the other Americans having arrived in France or England, Sl Unconselo) George Crocker has not recovered con- sclousneas, but shows some signs of im- provement. Wilber Penfield, in the same hospital at "Dover, has regained con- sclousness and ls much better. He fs suffering from a fractured leg and in- Jurles to the head, A dispatch giving an Paris interview | with Edna Hale indicates that she is safe, although her name is not in the French |Mst of American survivors, FREMONTER THOUGHT DEAD SEEN BY WOLZ IN OMAHA FREMONT, Neb., March 2.—(Speecial.) While walking on the streets of Omaha Friday evening, George F. Wolz says he met Frank 12 Davis, a Fremonter, who disappeared from sight ten years ago and had managed to keep his wheres abouts unknown to his relatives and fri In the meantime his ess| tate had been settled up, Mre. Davis had | secured a divorce and remarried and two months ago had been given a judgment | in distriet cour( for $3,000, the amount of | a policy Mr. Davis carried in the Modern | Wood of Amerlea lodge Davie told Mr. Wolz in Omaha that he | pent eight of the ten years in Kane | sas City and two in Omaha. s For About “Thirty Cents” You can have the ser- of a little Bee Want-Ad salesman to carry your message to 50,000 people every day—people vices over who are in all proba- bility looking for things you have for sale. Use the Plone, 1t’s just as cheap, , 1 J

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