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Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Find Mother Of Three
Hanging Dead in the
Presence of Children
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Beloit, Wis, March 7.-Hearing
the cries of the children, neighbors
Sunday morning entered the home
Of Frank Jacobs to find the mother
hanging by her neck dead and three
children, one a baby .of three
months, almost frozen. Mrs. Jacobs,
who was 80 years old, had evidently
committed suicide Saturday evening
because the children had been crying
most all the night.
When the neighbors entered the
house little boy was clinging to the
dead body and begging piteously for
mamma to come and care for them.
On the bed in the room adjoining
that in which the body hung was the
baby, uncovered, and 3-year-old
girl was in her night clothes. The
temperature in the house was below
freezing.
Fred Jacobs, husband of the dead
woman, left the city yesterday,
taking an Older child, against the
remonstrances of his wife, who had
complained to neighbors of their
poverty and said that the money to
be used in the journey should go for
the use. of herself and the children.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Mrs. Gait Predicts -
Full Ratification Of
Suffrage by April |

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
: New York, March 7.-Ratihcation
of the woman suffrage amendment
bv April / or a short time later is
predicted by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the National
Woman Suffrage association. Thirty
three states have already ratified.
Washington, where Governor Hart
has called special session of the
legislature, is considered certain to
ratify. Mrs. Gait said that the SEN
ate of West Virginia would ratify
as soon as Senator Jesse Bloch, who
is in favor of suffrage, returns from
California She declared that Dela-
wafd wsrkd dsbc tire tinrtySsistlf statc.s
Mrs. Gait said she was sure that
neither West Virginia nor Della
ware would fail. If either or both
she said, the suffrage lead
ers have other plans which they do
not wish to disclose at this time.
Miss Mary G. Kilbreth, president
of the National Association OPP
posed to Woman Suffrage, asserted
that the result of the last few weeks
indicated that the amendment would
not be ratified.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Germans Paying
$3.50 For Suit and
60 Cents For Egg

Chicago Tribune-Omahs Bee Leased Wire.
Washington, March 1.-The in
creased cost of living in the
United States is mild compared
with the problem which confronts
the average citizen in Germany,
according to a confidential report
received through official channels.
A suit of clothes which in 1914
cost 80 marks (normally about
S20) now cannot be had for less
than 1000 marks, or about $3.50.
Shoes have increased more than
1000 per cent and mems shirts
have jumped l,l66 per cent. The
price OF eggs has risen 4,066 per
cent, one egg now costing 2H
marks, almost 90 cents. Rice,
cereals. butter and bacon have in
creased in price more than 1000
per cent.
The report shows that sugar
has increased less than any other
essential food product, but even it
shows a jump of 3l6 per cent.
Milk has increased 800 per cent.
Statistical reports from London
show that, with the exception of
milk and sugar, the increase in
prices in Germany greatly ex-
ceeds those in allied countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Tenants Proceed on
Own Hook When Owner
Refuses to Raise Rent

New York. March z. - When
George c. Kelly, owner of the four
story apartment house at 66 West
One Hundred and Sixth street, re-
fused to enroll as a prohteering
landlord and raise his rents, his
eight tenant families decided to do
it themselves.
Misses Alice and Lillian Koth and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee, who have
lived in the house II years, called 4
tenants meeting and new rent
scale was drawn up. Instead of
paying $50 month, they decided
the apartments were worth $35 and
S37. An ultimatum to this effect was
served on the landlord.
MIR. Kelly was fabbergasted. He
reluctantly accepted the increase.
but retaliated by engaging men TO
install electricity.
Il have no love for prohteers.
said Mr.. Kelly. Il believe in live
and let life as life policy. I'm glad
nv tenants are COntented "
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Concentrate Germans.
Tell of Stacks of Naked
Bodies in Irkutsk Reuion

London, March IA party of
British officers arriving at Harbin
from Omsk and Chita declare that
their experiences west of Irkutsk
excelled all other previous horrors,
says the London Times Harbin.
Manchuria, correspondent in COM
munication dated February 10.
piles of naked. frozen and gnawed
bodies of men, women and children
were stacked at every station" the
correspondent quotes the officers as
saying. "The Czechs took the en-
gines from the hospital trains,
leaving the sick to perish from cold
and hunger"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Trio Of Arrests Net
Police Men Wanted
For Burglaies Here

A trio of arrests last night, police
assert, netted the men who have
been responsible for number of
recent burglaries here. The men are
known in police circles as "con"
men and are said to have come to
Omaha from Sioux City to work
the auto show.
When arrested the three gave
their names as Elmer Hawkins, alias
Roy o.. Davis Harry Harvey and Ed
Police say Hawkins registered at
a hotel under the name of Davis and
was assigned to a room occupied by
a number of other guests and looted
their clothing of all valuables.
Police say Hawkins is a dope
hend' and furnished information
that led to the arrest of his COM
panions. An American Express
company money order book with all
the checks used except number Is
was said to have been found in his
possesSion,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Unionists' Leader Urges
Acceptance of Irish Bill

London. March Sin addressing
the Ulster unionist council last Fri
day, Sir Edward Carson. the Ulster
unionist leader, recommended that
Ulster abandon its opposition to the
Irish home rule bill and accept the
bill now before parliament, says the
Daily Mail.
The newspaper describes this as
the most important development III
the Irish situation in many years
and says it is bound to have pro-
found and far-reaching effect.
After the meeting Sir Edward and
the other delegates returned to their
respective district to consult the local
associations on the decision which is
to be taken at another meeting of
the council, to be held at Belfast
next Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Children Are Taken
From Smoke-Fined
Church by Teachers

Fire was discovered in St. Marks
Lutheran church, Twentieth and
Burdette streets. yesterday morning
while the Sunday school was in ses-
sion. Nearly 200 children were in
two rooms of the church basement
and in the main auditorium.
Miss Louise Raabe, superintend-
ent of the primary department,
passed the word quietly and quickly
to the various teachers and within a
minute they had the 20 youngsters,
ranging from 2 to 7 years, out OF
the smoke-filled rooms.
Charles Pulls. superintendent Of
the main school, assisted, Byrthc
teachers, led the other children OUT
side while the alarm was being
turned in.
The flames were extinguished be-
fore much damage had been done.
The fire was caused by an overhead
ed hue.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
HAYS WILL ELECT
AND NOT SELECT 1
G. O. P. NOMINEE
Republican National Commit
tee to Hold Meeting in
Chicago Today.

Chicago. March 7.-Members of
the republican national committee,
including Will H. Hayes, chairman,
have arrived in Chicago for meet
ing Monday at republican head
quarters. The committee will also
meet to complete reports of the re-
publican gathering here in June.
Mr.. Hays said he would make the
following report:
Il have repeatedly stated my be-
lief that the duty of the chairman
of the national committee is to elect
the candidate and not select him.
shall square my performance with
my promise.
Worst Influence Result.
There shall be no word nor act
OF mine which will directly or in
directly influence in any way the re-
suit of any contest in any state for
delegates to the republican national
convention, nor the choice by the
delegates in the convention.
TT makes no difference what may
be said by any person for any rea-
son at any time in any place in the
country indicating any other wish
Of mine. 1t simply is not true. I
am sure that any one who would
suggest another course will on re-
Election approve my irrevocable po-
sition in this regard"
Convention Committee.
Members of the convention COM
mittee are: I. A. Hert. Kentucky,
chairman; John T. Adams, Iowa,
Jacob L. Babler, Missouri; Willis
c. Cook, South Dakota; James A.
Hemenway, Indiana; V. L. High
land, West Virginia; Earle S. Kins-
ley. Vermont; James ]. McGaw,
Oklahoma; T. A. NARROW, Montana;
H. l.. Rommel, Arkansas; Fred
Stanley, Kansas; Patrick Sullivan,
Wyoming; William Hale Thomp-
son, Illinois; Charles B. Warren,
Michigan; Ralph f. Williams, Ore
pOtl.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
miracle MAN"
AGAIN IN TOILSOF
OMAHA POLICE
Wife Exposes Wonder Work
er." Charging He Disturbed
the Peace!

B. C.. Cooley, who has been ad-
vertising himself for the last two
weeks in Omaha as the Miracle
Man. was arrested last night on
complaint of his wife and charged
with disturbing the peace. She also
complained to police that he had
deserted her and their three chill
dren, ranging in age from | to s
years.
The climax of the Miracle Mans"
marital differences came at the
Union station when, his, wife alleges,
he attempted to prevent her daugh-
ter by former marriage, Miss Hor-
tenze Harding, from going to St.
Louis to visit her uncle.
Sell Daughter, Charge.
Poliee assert they received letter
yesterday from her uncle, ]. Stanley
Marie, superintendent of schools in
St. Louis, requesting them to inves-
tigate Gooley's actions here, charg-
ing that he was attempting to sell
his stepdaughter.
Mrs. Cooley was bitter in her ar
raignment of her husband at the
police station and charged that his
miraculous powers" were all
"fakes." She asserted that he had
been ordered out of every town in
which he had visited and had used
dozen aliases. Among the aliases
used, she said, was Prof. ]. H. White.
Requested to Leave Hotel.
She said he had been requested to
leave the hotel at which he was
stopping in Omaha and that yester-
day he moved his belongings to
another hostelry. Since her arrival
in the city she charages she has been
constantly abused by her husband,
whom she characterized as "a brute
in human flesh"
Mr.. Cooley was arrested about a
week ago on a vagrancy charge, but
released the next day in police court.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
VILLA IN CHARGE
OF BANDITS WHO
TAKE AMERICAN
Thirty-three Killed and Several
Held for Ransom in Hold
- up of Train.

FL Paso, Tex. March 7.-Francisco
Villa commanded the bandits who
held up and robbed the northbound
Mexico City passenger train near
Corralitos last Thursday, when 33
persons were killed and several held
for ransom, including one American,
according to passengers who
reached Chihuahua City Sunday.
According to passengers, the train
was stopped by an explosive placed
on the track, which derailed the
locomotive. A pitched battle ensued
between 50 Yaqui soldiers of the
train guard and Villa followers to
the number of 800, commanded by
Francisco Villa in person. Nineteen
soldiers, 4 civilians and 10 of the
bandits were killed when the fight
ing ended with the retirement of a
and six Yaquis, all OF
the train guard who remained un-
wounded.
Threatens to Kill Passengers.
Villa then herded the passengers
to a nearby hill, threatening them
with death.
An American, Joseph Williams,
an employe of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining company, and M.
Nassar. an Arabian passenger, were
held for ransom, while another
American, R. w. Black, was not de-
tanned.
After vainly attempting to break
open the express car safe the BAN
dts set fire to the train. Before
leaving Villa harangued the pas
sengers, telling them he was not a
bandit, but that he was fighting for
civil liberty and to avenge the death
of Gen. Felipe Angeles. In the
course of his talk he said trains
would not he nernoitfed fo rim
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
REDS SOPENHEAVY
ATTACK AGAINST
POLES AT PRIPET
Bolsheviki, Repulsed With
Heavy Losses, Says Dis !
patch From Berlin.

London, March Large forces
of bolsheviki have opened an
offensive against the Poles on both
sides of the Pripet region, says d
dispatch to the Central News from
Berlin.
The dispatch adds that the Poles
report the enemy was repulsed with
heavy losses.
Helsingsfors, March 6.-The Fin
nish general staff has received news
that the White troops in the MUIR
man region have penetrated the
siires vf-tf1e rbofsfreviK forces and arE
now approaching the town Of
Repola.
Advices from He1singfors re-
ceived Sunday reported that the boil
sheviki had begun a new attack on
Finland, attacking the Finnish posi-
tions at, Sutjervi after heavy
artillery bombardment on Wednes-
day.
Concentrate Germans.
Warsaw, March 1.-The allega-
tions of Germano-bolshevik in
trigue for an invasion Of Lithuania,
primarily in the German interests,
published by Slovo- Russian Ian
guage newspapers here, include the
charge that $4,000 Germans have
been concentrated in east Prussia,
prepared to invade Lithuania. 1t is
intended to claim necessity for this
action because of the recent revolt
of Lithuanian soldiers in the Kovno
region, it is declared in one of the
dispatches printed by these news
papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Impress Upon Turks
That World Will Not
Stand for Massacres

London, March 7.-The proposed
military control OF Constantinople is
not to be an occupation in the sense
which that term usually implies, ac-
cording to the peace conference
plans, which, however. have not as
yet been fully matured
CA London dispatch filed later
than this message, but passing it in
transmission and received Saturday
night, announced the dispatch of
note by the allies to the Turkish
government, the terms of which
were understood to be drastic and
to be followed by drastic action.
should that prove necessarily
The idea of the conference, il is
indicated, is to impress upon the
Turks that the world will not
tolerate massacres, such as those of
the Armenians in Cilcia last month.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Nine State Conventions
Of Bankers Announced

St. Louis, Mo-, March Z
State conventions of the American
Bankers association were announced
here as follows:
May 5 and E, Little Rock, Ark;
May II and IL. Memphis, Tenn; !;
May l3 and IA, Oklahoma City,
Okla; May 18 and 1o, Kansas City,
Mo-; May 20 and q, Wichita, Kan;
June II and Is, Bedford Springs,
Pa; June p and %, Galesburg, ILL.,;
June % and so, Des Moines, Iowa;
July IA and Is, Cedar Point. Ohio.
President Richard S. Hawes of this
city. president of the American
Bankers association. announced that
he would probably attend the state
meetings.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
ONLY REALD. A. R.
IN STATE DIES
AT NIECE'S HOME
Mrs. Elvira Caroline Tewks-
bury Succumbs at Age Of
SO Years.

Plattsmouth, Neb.. March .
Especial Telegram. )-Mrs.\ Elvira
Caroline Tewksbury, 80 years OF age,
the only real Daughter of the
American Revolution" in Nebraska.
died at the home of her niece, Mrs.
Anna May Wooley, here Sunday.
Had she lived until May q she
would have been 90 years old.
She was the daughter of James
Walker and was born in Antrim, N.
H., May p, 1880. Her father served
in Colonel Chase's regiment in the
Revolutionary war and under the
command of Maj. Francis Smith he
was one of the New Hampshire mil
itiamen that marched from Cornish,
n. H.. to reinforce the garrison at
Fort Ticonderoga.
She was married in 1889 to John S.
Tewksbury and one year later
moved to Weeping Water, Neb..
with her husband, Her husband be-
came wealthy in business in Weep
ing Water and other Nebraska
towns, but later reverses impaired
his fortune. He died IN 1905 in
Arkansas.
Mrs. Tewksbury and her husband
moved to Omaha in the early COS,
but several years ago she moved to
Plattsmouth, where she made her
home with niece
Funeral services will be held in
Plattsmouth Tuesday and the
funeral cortege, in automobiles. will
leave at 1:50 for Omaha, where
burial will be made in the family
plot at Laurel Hill cemetery, South
Side.
A delegation from Omaha Chap
ter, D. A. R., will attend the funeral
as we'll as delegations from other
chapters in the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Supreme Court Hears
Arguments Against
Prohibition Today

Washington, March THE con-
stitutionality of the prohibition
amendment and portions OF the en-
forcemen. act will be argued Mon
dav before the supreme court.
The question is involved in un-
usual proceedings brought by Rhode
Island to have the amendment de-
clated invalid and its enforcement
cnjoined. as we'll as in appeals from
Kentucky and Massachusetts,, where
federal courts have sustained consti-
tional prohibition.
Immediately after the court con.
yenes ATTORNEY General McCran of
New Jersey will formally ask for
permission to bring proceedings
similar to those of Rhode Island
and to participate in the arguments.
Such permission is customarily
granted.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
BY HENRY WALES.

New York Times-ChcagO Tribune Cabr Copyright 1870
Paris, March 7.-Appearance of British
squadron in the Golden Horn has aroused
the fears of the French that Great Britain
is about to spring a surprise and seize Con-
stantinople like D'Annunzio grabbed Fiume.
Carefully worded dispatches uttering warn
ings of riots and troubles which may develop
in Constantinople following the overthrow
of the Turkish cabinet have been sent to
London by the admiral commanding the
squadron. These, it is believed, may be in
tended to camoufage occupation of the city
under the mask of protection to foreigners.
The French and Italian governments are
contemplating sending battle squadrons to
Constantinople.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
"P::g, Strapping Fellow
Gives Blood to Save Girl

Chicago, March Tim big,
strapping fellow and can well afford
to give the girl all the blood she
needs. Pm mighty glad | could be
of aid in saving Miss Berman's
life"
Sol Friedman rolled down his
sleeve after the surgeons had taken
three pints of his blood for trans
fusion in a final resort to restore
Miss Anita Berman, who had been
very seriously injured in an autom'o-
bile accident. He was trifie pale,
but game to the core and was able
to drive his car back to the hotel
where he is stopping.
Miss Berman was injured when a
cab in which she was riding plunged
over viaduct to the railroad tracks
l6 feet below.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Federal Raids on Radical
Hangouts Net 27O Prisoners

Waterbury, Conn, March Fed
eral agents seized much literature
and locked up 204 persons in radical
raids in this city Sunday. The
raids were in the quarters of the
communist party, the Union Russian
workers and the Union Russian
citizens.
Akron, O., March 7.-Sixty-six al
legged radicals were taken in raids
on meeting places here by federal
operatives, city police, deputy sher-
ifs and industrial police, headed by
H. w. Rage of the Department OF
Justice The men were members OF
the Industrial Workers of the
World. communist party, Russian
union, Workmen's international In
dustrial union and bolsheviki, Chief
Kage said
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Man Wounded by Accidental
Shot Fired From Next Room

Adolph Duchek, s. years old, was
accidentally wounded while in his
room at the St. James hotel, Thir-
teenth and Harvey streets, last night
when J. H. Shelley, in an adjoining
room, attempted to demonstrate his
gun to- a prospective buyer. The
bullet passed through the partition,
over the body of Duchek's brother,
who was sleeping with him, and into
his arm.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Tourist Resort on Government
Reservation at Old Point
Comfort, Virginia, Is Totally
Destroyed by Fire.
MANAGEMENT BELIEVES
ALL GUESTS ARE SAFE
Several Women Place Them
selves in Peril by Attempting
to Save Va|uabIes Left in
Their Rooms.
By Associated Press.

Old Point Comfort. Va, March I,
The Chamberlin hotel, a famous
tourist resort, erected by permission
of congress, on the government res
ervation at Fortress Monroe, was
destroyed by fire late today.
1t was impossible tonight for the
police to ascertain definitely whether
there had been loss of life. A fire
man reported that in the early
struggle with the flames while he
was directing stream Of water into
an upper story window, he heard
screams from within.
Another fireman said he saw an
elderly man and woman appear at a
window which was almost instantly
obscured by smoke. and that he did
not see them again.
Unable to Find Register.
In the confusion and sudden
alarm the hotel register either was
forgotten and burned, or was locked
in the hotel safe. ..
Army officers at the fort and the
hotel management declared that SO
far as they had been able to
ascertain, there was no loss of life.
There were about 200 guests at the
Chamberlin, which had in all 10
employees.
In addition to the Chamberlin. a
large general store adjacent and the
Adams Express company's building
were destroyed.
During the excitement several
women put themselves in peril in
their efforts to return to their rooms
to save belongings. Several of these
were rescued by fremen who took
them down the fire escapes when
they were cut off from the halls by
fame and smoke.
Built in Early COS.
The Chamberlin was built in the
early 90's. A seven-story frame
structure, it stood ON the water
front, close to the fort, and in late
years there was talk of razing it to
'ssaaaee-ssUsN eiSprtfent -vf~sisr'
army post. But the hotel had be-
come such vital part of army and
navy life at Old Point that it re-
manned.
Before the war when the fleet
sailed in and out of Hampton Roads
the Chamberlain generally was filled
with officers wives, and the greatest
naval assemblage came here to wit
ness the departure of the American
fleet on its voyage around the world.
No time was lost in finding quar-
ters for guests of the hotel, most of
whom lost everything except the
clothes they were wearing at the
time.
Army officers opened their homes
for the women.
The personal loss was heavy, one
woman, it was said. having lost
diamonds valued at S100 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Asks "AII Honest Citizens"
to HeIp Catch Tax DODGERS

Washington, March 7-Commis-
sioner OF Internal Revenue Roper.
has called on "all honest citizens"
to aid in bringing to justice the tax
dodgers-the man who deliberately
falsiles his income return or at
tempts tax evasion.
"In justice to the man who honest
ly and promptly meets his income
tax obligation, the heavy penalty
provided by the revenue act for
failure or refusal must be strictly
enforced" said the commissioner,
pointing out that only six days re-
mained for filing returns. "Ignor-
ance of the law cannot be consist
emily offered as an excuse by the
man who fails to file his income
tax return on time"
Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-08
Has Bill to LegaIize Beer
and Wine With Kick in 1t

Albany. N. Y, March 7.7-Col. Ram
som H. Gillett, republican assembly,
man from Columbia county, who
served with the Twenty-Seventh
division abroad, will introduce i bill
in the legislature permitting the sale
of three and one-half per cent beer
and wines containing up to 10 per
cent alcohol under regulations ad-
opted by the American Expedition
ary force in France.
The bill will eliminate the saloon.