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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1922)
Mail Fleeced of $50 by Con Men Posing as Agents C7 L A i< tim Pays Bribe for Release W hen Shown Badges, Stamp ed Paper and Other Pseudo-Evidence. An Omaha patrolman served un tv iltingly AVedncailay night as an ac complice to two confidence men who fleered Angelo Sterglus, 2209 Dougins street, out of $30 as a bribe f£r not irrestlng him in an alleged war draft m vestigutlon, Sterglus, who operated a pop corn stand at Thirty-second street ami Dewey avpnue last pumnter, was drinking coffee in a cafe at 522 South Thirteenth street at 10 AVednesday night. A patrolman entered with a man nd called Sterglus from his table. Then the patrolman walked out. "I'm a government agent." said th? stranger. "Come with me." t Meet Con No. 2. lie started to take Stergius osten sibly to the Fort Omaha prison, but met Confidence Man No. 2 at Fif teenth and Howard streets. "The prison's clo&ed for the night, ’ No\ 2 told No. 1 for Stergius' bene fit. "We'd better go to the Carlton hotel." lit a room at the hotel they ques tioned Sterglns about his failure to serve in the army" during the war. lie explained he was in class 5 and was not called. They said they must hold him for investigation and show ed him a badge and papers in proof of their claim to be government agents. / Wrote Check. He was convyiced and wrote out a < heck on his balance at the First Na tional bank for $60. He usually signed his name in a Spencerian style Ik- told officers, hut this time he wrote the check backhand. One of the men took the check to 'lie bank, and In a little while re turned with the money. They gave him back $10, told him he'd better get out of town 10 days to give them time to square hint, with their "chiefs" and took him to the Union station yesterduy afternoon and raw him board the truin. But when the train staited, Stergius leaped out the other side of the coach and went at once to the sheriff's of fice and the police headquarters to put officers on the trail of the pseudo agents. Governor Considered for Supreme Court , UuviTnor Nathan 1>. Miller of New York state, heaten for re-election by Alfred E. Smith, is being considered for a place on the United States su preme court by President Harding, ao cording to messages from Washing ton. Common Sense Tlic lleiiefit of Careful Self-Analysis. You know your own weaknesses. Do not pity yourself on account of them and simply sigh and wish you were like others who are strong where you are weak. Strengthen your own weak spots. It will do you no good to wish your self different. You must he willing to make an effort, a sufficient effort, to become as proficient as others. Knowing your own weakness gives you an outline of what you must do to get along better—to make good wh»rc you have failed. Some persons are always saying they "<k> not know why" they cannot excel like some of their friends and acquaintances. Lack of honest personal analysis is the secret of not being able to over come weaknesses. In making an analysis of your weak spots try to look at yourself as a per son apart from yourself—standing opposite you and of whom you know as much as you do about yourself. This unbiased analysis of yourself is bound to locate the cause of your trouble and suggest a way to make an improvement. He honest in analysis and as honest in applying the remedy. (Copyright, 1922.) Woman Testifies Against Stepsons in Will Dispute Mr?. Martha De France Denie? Nonsupport Charge—Says She Bought Clothe? and Nursed Them. Mrs. Martha l>e France, wife of the late Wesley De France, prominent Omaha attorney, took the witness stand in District Judge Goss' court I yesterday afternoon and for two 1 hours gave testimony that contra dicted that of her two stepsons, who charge "that she wilfully failed to pro vide for them after the death of their | father in 1917. Mrs. De France was willed one fourth of the estate that Includes a WHEN a truck driver boast* about thousand* of miles, powerful, sliplea* traction and real cush ioning down to the last mile, he’s talking about his Goodyear Cord Truck Tires. It it one of the complett line of Goodyear Truth Tirtt told and serviced by your Goodyear Truck Tire Dealer. GOODYEAR RUSCH TIRE SERVICE AT 062V 2205-7 Faraam St. I ' ' MAKE THIS AN ELECTRICAL CHRISTMAS Gifts Galore in This Electrical Store At Just the Price You Care to Pay Toasters Every member of every family can enjoy the delightful, crisp, golden Brown, “Crunchy” Toast these Toasters make for any breakfast. 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Three groups—all special values. $3.85 $4.85 $5.85 Table Lamps (Not Illustrated) $10.00 to $45.00 Sizes and shapes to please every woman’s taste. For living room or library—an appropriate gift. Here’s the Gift for Little Girls “Dolly” Lamp* Real Electric i Lighted | Miniature* . Imagine the delight of any little miss with a real, honest to-goodness electric lamp for dolly. Price 81.50 81.75 82.00 Both the maker's and our guarantee goes with every de vice we sell. Electric Irons The usefulness of such a gift needs no mention here. We of fer the Hot-point, Sunbeam, American Beauty and other guaranteed mikes— 95.00 to 97.50 Percolators Thermax Special $6.95 to $70.00 The Hoover Vacuum Cleaner A splendid gift at a splendid price and on splendid terms. Hoover Special, $65 ca»h or $68.25 on terms, $5 Down RADIO (In Xmas Holly Boxes) U-Bild-It Sets Priced $10.50 to $28 ALSO ' Special Xmas package—crystal set complete, ready to assemble. Headphones included. Priced $6.95 Radiotron Tubes Detector Tube—1 U. V. 200— 2 amplifier tubes U. V. 201_ the set— $15.25 Everything in Radio Sets, Radio Parts and Attachments a “Reflect This Merry Xmas for Many Years to Come” Nebiuskd M Power €. Open Every Evening Until 6 P. M. life ^terest in their Dundee home. The stepsons seek to forfeit her life interest in this home. "While J. Nobis and Virgil, my stepsons, lived with ms after their father's death everything was pleas ant," said Mrs. De France. "We were always friendly. I nursed Virgil, who twice was sick." Mrs. De France stated that she often cautioned Virgil about coming home late at night. "On one occasion I was awakened by Virgil, who gained entrance to the house by climbing the back porch." said Mrs. l>e France. "He told me that he lost the key. When I saw his form I was frightened." Mrs. De France further testified that she never demanded {thy for his meals, room or laundry and denied that she wilfully would not provide clothing or demanded Virgil's earn ings. "When t'o France died. Virgil, then a minor, had several suits, dozens of pairs of socks and underwear and hats and a cap." testified Mrs. Pe France. "Once I told Virgil to buy a $22.50 suit and charge It to me. but he purchased a $30 one, which 1 paid for." On numerous occasions. Mrs. Pe Franco stated, she put Virgil's meals on the table, but ho did not eat be cause "he came home late and got up late.” Tho only time Virgil came to her home after he left was in 1920. said Mrs. De France, and then only to get his tuxedo. The jury ts expected to get the case this morning. The I’nlted States air service has a camera with a range of seven miles. It will actually record an ob ject so small as an automobile pass Ing along a road. To gain such mag niticatlon there are three seta of lenses in the, new camera. More Cups to the Pound “The Quality Coffee of America.” Strong, full bodied, M J-B Coffee actually makes more cups of real coffee per pound. To get a better cup of coffee use less M-J-B than ordinary coffee, be cause M-J-B is concert* trated coffee goodness. Buy M‘J-B Coffee from your grocer. Groneweg 8b Schoentgen Co.) Wholesale Distributors Telephone Jackson 1302 —and you will (ike Tree Tea— - - - " s • - : : - . . i: :v -‘ • : _ . I Yi v ir Government To Cost Y iu Less t 4 With the help of the Budget Bureau, with the cooperation of Congress, with the aid of continual prodding from the White House, the United States Government seems at last to be in a happy way financially. When the newspap er editors read the message President Harding submitted to Congress along with the budget for the next fiscal year, even the Democrats promptly sat down and wrote cheerful, happy, and congratulatory editorials. For they learned that this prodigal Government of ours has in three years cut down its spendings from a six billion-dollar to a three-billion-dollar basis; that it is going to spend half a billion dollars legs in the next fiscal year than in the present; that the expected $600,000,000 deficit for 1923 has already been cut down by half and, since it is only December, may very well be wiped out altogether by the end of the year on June 30: and finally, that the official Budget Bureau es timates for the fiscal year ending in 1924, indicate a substantial surplus of $180,969,125. You will read in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week, December 16th, how the reduction in government expenses has been effected, what activities have been curtailed, and what the probable effects upon the tax-payer may be. Other instructive news-articles in this week’s issue of THE DIGEST are: * Misgivings As to Progressive Bloc’s Intentions Uncle Sam’s Prosecutor Prosecuted Christians Ordered Out of Turkey Hidden German Arms Japan's Exit From Siberia Holiday Food Why Do Radio Waves Hug the Earth? The Degradation of Christmas The “Esprit” of France’s “Old Tiger” What the Breweries and Distilleries Are Doing Why Navies Do Not Melt Away “Wet” and “Dry” Gains and Losses When Greek Kills Greek Britain’s Mesopotamian Burden and 0il Up Mont Blanc By Cqbleway More Daylight For Less Money How, Why, and Where to Pick a College Mixing Religion and Politics Winter Travel and Playgrounds ~ Descrip tions of the Leading Resorts The Spice of Life f Topics of the Day Many Interesting Illustrations, Including the Best of the Humorous Cartoons What They Say About the Motion Picture Novelty, “Fun From the Press” “The Literal Digest's ‘Fun From the Press’ proved a novelty that gave genuine enjoyment.’’—Weekly Film Review, Atlanta,- Ga. “ ‘Fun From the Press’ proved one of the most delight ful laugh-provokers of the season.”—Atlanta Constitu tion. “An entertaining bit is ‘Fun From the Press,' a col lection of short humorous squibs which have been exceptionally well chosen by the editors of The Literary Digest and arc not only comic but, in a finer sense, humorous.”—Philadelphia Record. 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