British Aviator
to Start Around
World in April
Sir Keith Smith Complete#
Plans for Flight From Lon
don and Across West
ern Hemisphere.
Washington, 1>' 22.—Sir Keith
Smith, British aviator, virtually
1 umpleted plana Thursday for rrosa
ing the "western hemisphere on his
21,000 mile airplane flight around the
world, which, he announced he would
start in London next April.
After a conference- with govern
ment officials on weather and aerial
conditions In North America, Sir
Keith said he would cross the Pacific
from Siberia to Alaska and follow
tlie Canadian Pacific railroad across
Canada, darting into the United
States from Toronto to New York
and then returning to Halifax. lie
collects to reach this continent in
his world flight about next June and t
complete Ins trio in London in July. I
Sir Keith has under construction •»
special Yikers Viking amphibean lanJ
and water plane to make the flight,
lie will be accompanied by a pilot
and mechanician. Pood supplies suffi
cient for n fortnight will be carried.
The CO nine, as now planned, will
be from London to Lyons, Prance,
to Home. Athens, Cairo, Egypt;
• in ri sa Suez and tlie Persian gulf to |
India: thence to China and overseas ;
in Tokio, the Kuril Island to Siberia,
the Aleutian islands and Alaska. The
eoiirae will then be down the Pacific
coast to Vancouver and across Can
ada to Toronto. Prom Halifax, where
Sir Keith plans to go after leaving
New York, he will proceed to St.
Johns, Newfoundland. His trans
atlantic flight is still in doubt.
Woman Fighting for Life
\flcr Blood Transfusion
“Lam week the doctors said they
had done all they could for Mrs.
Doten. and 1 feel that it is her deter
mination to live that has kept her,”
declared W. W. Doten yesterday
morning.
Mrs. Doten has been suffering from
jm rnlcions anemia and about three
weeks ago a quart of blood was.trans
fused Into her veins from those of
Miss Clara Brooks, a friend. Seem
ingly the operation did not help, uc
i i.rding to Mr. Dotent but for the last
fi w days the invalid, who is at St.
Lukes hospital, ha* been rallying.
"It Is a miracle,” Mr. Doten said,
“and the Uhrd has spared her to us
and given bet- fee strength to fight.” !
Mail Trucks Work Sunday.
I’a.rcol post trucks will be kept at
work all day Sunday delivering pack
ages throughout the city. Postmaster
Black said today.
No deliveries of mail will be made
in the business district on Monday.
Two-trip carriers in the residence dis
trict will make their morning de
liveries Monday.
General delivery, information and
registry sections will be open in the
central postoffice and stations on
Monday from 7:30 to 11.
For Xmas
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0
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i sure twice the wear
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f equipment for red
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Douglas at
16th Street
Bluffs Woman First to Be
Wed in Kansas Territory
Mrs. John B. Atkins Made
Trip Across Prairies to
Denver on Horseback.
Married.
"In Auraria, K. T.. on Sunday,
the 16th inst., by Rev. G. W.
Fisher. John B. Atkins of Mount
Clemens, Mich. ,to I.ydia B., eldest
daughter of Col. Henry Allen.
“ ‘The boys' acknowledge the re
ceipt of a generous supply of cake,
the ^handiwork of the fair, young
bride and the whole office force
joins In best wishes for long life to
the happy couple.
"This is the first marriage notice
ever published in the Territory of
Jefferson."
In October, 1859, the above notice
appeared in the Rocky Mountain
News, published in Denver City, just
across Cherry creel: from Auraria.
Not only was this tjie first notice of
that character to be published in that
vicinity, but it was the very first
wedding ceremony ever performed in
Kansas Territory, to which both lo
calities then belonged.
Mrs. J. B. Atkins, 510 Sixth avenue.
Council Bluffs, is the bride who was
married 04 years ago, that cold Oc
tober day in the little sodroofed cabin
with no floor, to another of the group
of Bluffs pioneers who pushed its
way westward across the prairie to j
face the rigors and perils of frontier
life during the gold rush to Colorado. I
One of First Nasli.vs.
Col. Henry Allen, father of the'
bride, was a pioneer who brought his
family to Council Bluffs in the early
days when it still Was called Kanes
ville, so that t|jey might be near him
wliile lie was engaged in engineering
and surveying work near where
Sioux City nowr Is located. He was
one of the first postmasters in the
JIItiffs and •iter was the first person
to servo in that capacity at Auraria.
During the Colorado gold rush in
tlie fall of 1858. Henry Allen went
alone to the vicinity where Denver
now is situated. His little eabin was
one of the first dozen of the charnc
ueter to bo constructed on the west
side of Cherry creel*. In the spring,
having established a home, he sent
word to ins wife and two daughters,
Dydta and Kata, to follow him to the
new frontier.
“I made the trip to Denver on
horseback." said Mrs. Atkins Thurs
day in discussing her early experi
ences. "There were about 60 wagons
or prairie schooners in the train in
which we traveled. My mother, sis
ter and a teamster whom we had en
gaged. all rode in our wagon. I would
ride ahead of them on my horse and
select suitable camping spots each
night.
"The Platte river, flooded and swol
len, barred our progress. We caulked
our wagon boxes and crossed by
■'‘/A'stts
means of the government ferry rope
at Laramie, Wyo. We swam the
horses and stock across. The cabin
at Auraria, in which we spent our
first winter and in which I was mar
ried, was little more than a dugout.
The roof was of sod and there was no
floor, just the bare ground.
"About 23 men, nil of them from
Council Bluffs, were guests at my
wedding, but mother, sister and my
self were the only women present.
Father found O. W. Fisher, the pas
tor who performed the ceremony,
seeking gold in a mining oamp up
the river and induced him to come
down for the occasion. I wore no
trosseau, but we served cake and
wine tp the guests, so It was some
thing of a celebration."
At the beginning of the civil war,
young Atkins began service as a first
lieutenant in the regiment command
ed by Col. Kit Carson, while ills
young bride and the wife of the cele
brated officer traveled together over
the southwest territory. After the
war, Mr. and Mrs. Atkins returned to
Council Bluffs, where Mrs. Atkins
now lias resided for nearly half a cen
tury.
Atkins died in 1903 at Los Angeles,
Cal., where he was taken in an effort
to restore ills health, which had been
failing for many months.
This month tlie Colorado National
bank of Denver, in commemoration
of the GOtli anniversary of its found
ing, published a large 10-page pic
torial magazine, entitled, “Denver In
Early Days." It contains the photo
graphs of Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, bor
rowed from the State Historical so
ciety, and states that they were the
first couple to be married in the Den
ver and Pikes Peak region.
Doctor s Errant
Setter Located
Pete, Attempting to Reach Old
Ranch Homo, Picked
Up at Louisville.
Pete has been found—after a thrill
ing experience?.
Pete is the pet hunting dog of Dr.
J. E. Summers, 3624 Dewey avenue,
that wandtred away last Saturday
afternoon at 2.
Dr. Summers suspected Pete had
started back for the ranch in west
ern Nebraska, where the dog had
been kenneled for years.
He informed The Omaha Bee, which
ran a story of the setter's disappear
ance.
And the item in The Omaha Beo did
the work.
Just three hours after Pete disap
peared. he was found by a boy In
Louisville, Neb., outward bound and
going strong.
The boy took Pete on a rabbit hunt.
But Pete was trained not to hunt rab
bits and Ills old training ruled him
still. The boy wanted a rabbit hunter,
so he gave the dog to a boy friend.
The second boy also took Pete on
a rabbit hunt. With several compan
ions. he tried hard to make Pete
hunt rabbits. But Pete wouldn’t, and
Anally, when they got down to the
river and Pete’s tongue wag hanging
out, the old dog stepped up to a
water hole in the ice to get a drink.
He fell !h and swam 20 yards under
the lee to another water hole, where
the boys got him out with difficulty.
Dr. Summers said yesterday morning
That ended Pete for the second boy,
and he, too, gave him away, this time
to Lou Vaughnmeyer.
Lou took Pete out for a rabbit hunt.
(Louisville boys seem to be rabbit
huntin' demons.) When he learned
Fete wouldn't hunt rabbits, he was
about to hand the dog along to a
fourth boy, when he spotted the ac
count of the setter's disappearance in
The Omaha Bee.
His parents called Mr. O'Brien, who
j went down to Louisville Thursday
i evening and drove back with Pete.
Dr. Summers hasn't been down to
see Pete yet, but he looks forward
to the reunion with anticipation, for
Pete is a favorite hunting dog with
the doctor, to J. O'Brien, his friend,
in whose barn Pete has been housed:
Nels Updike, Fred Hamilton, Dick
Stewart and Bert Carpenter. •
1 Check Suspect Nabbed
After Thrilling Chase
Following a thrilling chase of sec
: oral blocks by a grocer \Vho suspect
ed him of trying to casli a spurious
check, AVilliJtp) W. Hoerner, alias
John Warner of Council Bluffs, was
arrested by Detectives Tregiia and
Davis when they broke down a door
to a clothes closet In which he had
, taken refuge at 626 South Nineteenth
1 street yesterday morning.
Hoerner served a term in the peni
tentiary for forgery, according to po
lice.
When he offered a check for $18 to
John J. Freiden, grocer. 523 South
Eighteenth street, yesterday morning.
Freiden became suspicious and
-•gabbed him. Hoerner broke loose
and ran. Freiden gave chase for
several blocks and cornered him be
hind a house, but Hoerner is alleged
to have drawn a pocket knife and
slashed the grocer’s left tempi*. The
wound was treated by police sur
geons.
Detectives Treglia and Davis are
Investigating a series of checks given
coal dealers in an effort to identify
Hoerner with their authorship.
Pins of metal were made by hand in
the Sixteenth century, and were very
costly.
Women Inform _ |
on Bootleggers
Wives Cause Downfall of
Many Illicit Liquor Deal
ers, Says Rohrer.
Women, especially wives, cause the
downfall of a large percentage of boot
leggers who are caught, IT. S. Rohrer,
Nebraska prohibition director, de
clared in a review of the prohibi
tion enforcement in Nebraska during
the 18 months in which he has held
office.
"Whenever a woman decides she
has stood all she can from her hus
band who patronizes a bootlegger too
well, she hies to this office #nd lodges
a complaint,” Mr. Rohrer said, "and
that puts us ou the illicit liquor deal
er's trail.
“Not always does the wife come In
person. Often she writes a letter or
uses the telephone. Many women also
complain here about their fathers,
brothers or sons who have dealings
with bootleggers.”
As high ns two dozen tips a day
come to his office, Mr. Rohrer said.
They come from all parts of the state
and from*all strata of society.,
Betters average seven or eight a
day, according to Director Rohrer.
They are supplemented by five or six
telephone calls and a number of per
sonal calls. Every story Is investigat
ed, he said. But mere tips do not do
the office much good. Evidence of a
sale must first be obtained before the
machinery of the government can
properly proceed.
Information imparted to his de
partment by informers is treated in
confidence, according to tlie prohi
bition director, who says the inform
er's name is always protected.
Roy Cameron Goes Mark to
Canada Without Any Wife
Roy Cameron, accused In district
court by his employer, Arthur
Brandenberg, rancher from Sidney.
Neb., of conniving with Mrs. Brand
enberg to get a divorce and later
marrying him, has gon% back to Can
ada, according to his attorneys.
But before he left he gave Instruc
tions to his attorneys to file annul
ment proceedings fo* his marriage to
Mrs. Brandenberg, whose divorce de
cree was vacated by Judge Sears.
Mrs. Brandenberg has gone to Baw
son, Colo., where her three children
live, and will return soon to Sidney,
where Brandenberg will ‘Ho every
thing in his power” to make her con
tented and happy, he told Judge Sears
before he left Omaha for Sidney.
Beatrice Pioneer Dies.
Capt. Samuel Bivens, 85, a resident
of Beatrice, Neb., since 1889, died
Thursday at a Council Bluffs hospital,
to which city he came two weeks ago
to visit relatives. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Eva Bivens, of Bent
rice, Neb.; two sons, W. F. Bivens
of Council Bluffs and R. B. Bivens of
Beatrice, and two brothers. John
Bivens of Chilllcothe, O., and William
Bivens of Beatrice.
The Nebraska pioneer wag city
treasurer of Beatrice at the time of
his death and was former county
treasurer of Mason County, Illinois
He was a veteran of the civil war
having served In company C, First
Ohio infantry. The body was re
turned to Beatrice yesterday morning
for burial.
\
Be Sure It is a
C. G. Conn!
It is really wonderful the way our
customers remark: “Everyone seems to
say, ‘Go to Mickel’s to get a Conn.' ”
0 t
You come in and
see one and you’ll
know why a Conn
is the choice of
nearly everyone.
Take Omaha’s
best artists or the
world’s greatest—
you cannot get
around facts-they
use a C. G. Conn.
They are easy to
blow, true to pitch
and have features
not found on other
makes, yet they
cost you no more.
Perhaps you would pre
fer a Flute, Clarinet,
Cornet, Trumpet, Trom
bone, etc. Regardless
of what instrument you
want, we invite you to
see a Conn before you
buy.
Saxo
phones
as Low
as
$70
We also have many a good buy in a used instrument.
Perhaps you hare one you want to trade in on a
new Conn. Bring it in, we will make you a good
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15th and Harney greets AT lantic 4361
Actor’s Wife Gets Divorce j
Reasons Not Published!
- Mr*. Doris Konkin Barrymore.
New York, Dec. !2 —An interlocu
tory decree of divorce from Lionel
Barrymore, known as a motion pic
ture star, dramatic actor, and a mem
ber of an iUustrous theatrical family,
was obtained yesterdo yby Mrs. Doris
Rankin Barrymore, an actress.
The decree was based upon the
findings of a referee reported to Su
preme Court Justice Joseph Morschau
schauser, but not made public.
That divorce proceedings had been
begun was not generally known. Tho
decree was granted within two weeks
after the appointment of a referee, an
action which neither principal op
posed.
Mrs. Barrymore, who had Just com
pleted an engagement in which she
played in the same company with
Lionel Barrymore’s sister, Ethel, was
given custody of the one child of the
marriage.
Pioneer Omahan
Dies in Hospital
Capt. Samuel B. Jones, in City
Accounting Office, Came
Here in 1869.
Capt. Samuel B. Jones. 77. Merriam
hotel, auditor of accounts in the city
department of accounts and finances
under City Commissioner Dan Butler,
died in an Omaha hospital Thursday
night.
Capt. Jones came to Omaha from
Decatur. Neb., in 1S69. He was a na
tive of New York City. He was a
railroad man in the early days, serv
ing for a time as assistant local pas
senger agent for the Union Pacific,
later going with the Northwestern
railroad. His brother, the late Calvin
Jones, was assistant postmaster of
Omaha for a time.
In later years, Capt. Jones served as
captain and quartermaster at the Bat
tle Mountain sanitarium. Hot Springs.
S. D.. by federal appointment. Then
he served In the office of W. G. Ure
when he was county treasurer and
more recently was in the city account
ing office.
Capt. Jones was a member of tho
Grand Army of the Republic and the
First Congregational church. He en
listed in the union ranks in the civil
war, although under age. Ho entered
the army as a private and rose to the
rank of lieutenant. His wife died in
June. 1921, and he will be burled be
side her In Forest Lawn cemetery.
Ills son. Walter Jones, is exalted
ruler of the Fremont lodge of Elks.
He also is survived by a sister, Mrs.
John Chambers of Long Beach, Cal.
Bee Want Ads produce results.
Fhoenix
Hosierij
---a most appropriate last minute gift
For winter and until further notice—
AT THIS STORE present low prices
for PHOENIX Hosiery will not
be advanced, regardless of the
continued high costs of materials.
PHOENIX stocks are most complete.
We can supply your every need.
'Gotham Gold Stripe
^ Sixteenth St. at Harney
To Our Patrons:
With full recognition of our limitations in
ability and facility to serve you we are appre
ciatingly grateful for your patience and your
patronage.
The increasing volume of the latter is to us
pleasing evidence of your approval.
In the spirit of the season we wish for you
' and share with you the joy of living and of
giving which surpasses all measured bless
ings and may
Your Christmas be a MERRY one.
PEACE ON EARTH • POOD WILL TOWARD MEN
Items Below Are Grouped
and Marked at a Low Price for Final Selling !
Corduroy Robes
Of good quality, attractively made,
pocketed; wide color range; very spe
cially priced at $3.95
Silk Mandarin and
Corduroy* Robes
Beautifully embroidered In contrast
ing colors and having unmistakable
touch of the Orient.
CORDUROY ROBES Of fine quality,
fancy Seco lined. They come in in
dividual colorings; Persian combina
tions and all-over Persian effects.
Very special at $10.00
Jacquette and Overblouses
Of Canton crepe and all-ovqy lace ef
fects, beaded, embroidered and beau
tiful combinations including new
blues, browns, navy and high color
ings. Very special at $5.00
Women’s Fur Coats
Are on sale at 23 per cent off from
regular prices. Selection considered,
they are cheaper than they will be at
any later day.
Wool Sweaters and
Sweater Sets
For Children and Girls
Garments taken from regular stock;
mainly broken lots and sizes, slip
on*; Tuxedo and "Coat" models.
17—3-piece Sweater Sets, slzea 22 to
28; formerly priced $5.50; sale price
at only $3.98
7—4-piece Sweater Sets, sizes 22 to
28; formerly priced $8.50; sale price,
at only $5.98
17—Infants’ Gray Sweater*. 1 year
old; formerly priced $3.00; sale price,
at only $1.00
1! Sweaters, sizes 2G to 34; formerly
priced to $6.00; sale price $3.50
40 Sweaters, sizes 24 to 36; t'ornierlv
priced to $9.50; sale price $5.00
Novelty Aprons
in Gift Boxes
Of French organdie. Artistic combi
nations in pastel, white and gay
shades; pin tuckings; rufflings, laces,
circlets and miniature pipings. Very
special, at only $2.25
Umbrellas
Ladies' good quality colored all siik
umbrellas; navy, green and black
with bakellte bandies; very special.
at only $4.49
Boudoir Caps
Of fine nets with applied ribbon Tur
nings; color combinations: Tur
quoise, pink, rose, maize, orchid and
Nile. Very special $1.00
Silk Envelopes
and Bloomers
. Envelope Chemise of extra quality
crepe de chine and radium; tailored
and trimmed with real laces and
fancy hand stitchings.
Bloomers of wash satin and fancy fig
ured crepe de chine with dainty bows
of contrasting ribbon; knee length.
Very special $4.95
Silk Nightgowns
Envelopes
Fancy Knee Bloomers and Step-Ins
Of extra fine quality crepe de chine,
radium, trusba and wash satin, both
tailored and elaborately trimmed with
real laces; filet and val and dainty
colored ribbons; very special, $7.95
Doll and Doll Apparel
Reductions
Group No. 1—Shoenhut indestructible
Dolls, Imported Kestner Dolls,
Dressed Dolls, Jointed Dolls, "Go to
Sleep” Dolls; both blondes and bru
nettes. A few of them measure IX
inches in height and some In this
grouping may be slightly soiled or a
possible imperfection may be evi
dent; formerly priced to $2.50; Fale
price at only 50£, $1.00
Group No. 2—“Mama” Dolls, "Spank
Me and I’ll Cry Louder Dolls,” Newly
Imported Kestner Dolls, Shoenhut In
destructible Dolls; blondes and bru
nettes; formerly priced to $6 00; sale
price at only $1.50. $2.50
Girls’ Bath Robes
Of soft, warm Beacon blanket cloth,
attractively and well made, in beau
tiful colored combinations.
Sires 2 to 6 years; sale prices—
$1.50. $2.50
Sizes 8 to 14 years; sale prices
$3.00. $4.50
Girls' Section—Second Floor
Christmas Stationery
(Itaxed )
Priced $2.00 to $1.00; grouped spe
cial, only $1.95
Priced $4.00 to $6.75; grouped spe
cial, only $2.95
Jewelry Section
Silver-plated Candlesticks; were
priced at $1.00; each 79*
Pearl Beads, 75*. 81.00. 81.25
Jeweled Cigarette Holders 81.25
Red Christmas Candles with Candle
stick, each 59*
Women’s Kid Gloves
Gauntlets with strap wrist a pearl
clasp, brown only; priced $5.00; Sat
urday, pair 83.49
Glass Candlesticks
Brown and helio, pair g0*
Men’s Neckwear
Closing broken lots of ties that sold
to $1.00 for 50*
Ties that sold to $2.00 for 81.00
$8.50 Silk Stripe Shirts 85.90
Men’s House Coats
Appallngly price cut. All coats that
sold up to $10.00, at 86.00
All coats sold up to $18.00, 812.00
Women’s Hosiery
Pure ingrain silk to the top; a high
class stocking in black; specially
priced at $2.50
English wools in colors and fancies;
were priced up to $d.00; Saturday,
special, per pair $2.95
First grade silk stockings. A group
of novelties; priced up to $5.00; spe
cial, pair • $2.79
Ladies’ Boudoir Slippers
Cretonne tops, silk trimmed, lined
and padded inside; colors blue, pink
and lavender; sizes 3 to 8; specially
priced, per pair $1.00
Indian Leather Moccasins
Fine grade leather bead trimmed; ih
children's sizes, 7s to 3s; ladies’ 3s
to 8s; pair 75* to #1.25
Heavy Leather Indian Moccasin, wool
lined, fur and bead irimtned; ladies'
sizes 3s to 7s; pair. $1.75 to $2.50
Genuine
Sweet Grass Baskets
7-inch size at 75*
9- inch size at $1.00
10- lnch size at $1.25
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