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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1922)
* High School Dance in Council Bluffs Raided by Police Three Couples, Taken from Fraternity Affair to Police Headquarters, Dismissed ^ itli Lecture. A squad of Council Bluffs police, headed by Mayor Lou Zurmuehlen, visited the holiday dance of the Beta Phi Sigma high school fraternity In liagle hall Friday night. Charges made by Night Captain Shafer that liquor flowed freely at the affair were being investigated today by Federal Agent Sumner Knox and high school authorities. At least 20 quarts of liquor were found In automobiles, which were parked along the Mock In front of Cagle hall, which is hut a block from the Bluffs police station, according to Shafer. Three Couples Dismissed. Three couples, said to have been dishevelled and intoxicated, were taken to police headquarters from parked automobiles, given a strict lec ture and sent home. Shafer said he did not arrest them to protect them from having their names published from the police blotter. He withheld their Idenlty. There was no liquor in the hall, the 0 officers indicated. But many of the attendants at the dance were Intoxi cated, police said. Guests of the fra ternity Included a number of Omaha high school couples and many gradu ates of the Council Bluffs high school. The Christmas dances of the high school fraternities are considered the peak of winter social activities in the Bluffs and dances h^re been held al most every night this week by the various fraternities of the high schools. President Denies Itlame. It is said that drunken fights in downtown cafes marked the close of practically every fraternity dai.ee this year. Officers will be present tonight to see that no liquor is distributed at the sorority dance, which is scheduled for this evening. Donald Wilcox, president of the Bluffs chapter of the Beta Phi Sig ma. declared there was no liquor in the hall and that there was none transported into the hall Friday night. Responsibility of the fratenity chap ter ends there, he alleges. Candidates for Speaker Must Declare Stand on klan Washington, Dec. 80.—Representa tive Gallivan, democrat, Massachu setts, declared that democrats who go before the party caucus ns candi dates for speaker of the house in the new congress will he called upon by northern democratic representatives to say where they stand on the ques tion of the Ku Kiux ICIan. "Mark you," said Mr. Gallivan, "we ^ are going to watch Ku Ivlux demo crats from the southland, whether they come from Texas or any other rtate, and they will get no support from democrats in the north unless they pronounce absolute and unequi vocal opposition to this infamous or ganization." Woman Held to Grand Jury on Charges of Murder Louisville, Ky„ Pec. 30.—O. L. Black, automobile sales manager, was killed without justification by Mrs. Olive L. Jones, divorcee, in her apart ment here last Sunday night, ac cording to tlie verdict of a coroner's jury yesterday. Mrs. Jones was held to the grand Jury on a charge of mur der. The coroner, policemen and neigh bors, on whose testimony the verdict was based, declared the room in which the body was found, showed no signs of a struggle. Iowa Council Restrained from Ousting School Head Des Moines. Dee. 30.—The state er ecutivo council was temporarily en Joined late yestreday from displacing P. 13. McClenahan as slate superin tendent of public Instruction on Janu ary 1 by J. C. Hume, In the Polk county district court. McClenahan claims he is entitled to hold the office until July 1. Miss May Francis, superintnedent-elect claims possession of It January 1, and her view Is supported by members of the executive council. Reception for Bergdoll. . Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 30,—Local po lice and port officials were early to day making preparations to meet the steamer Jupiter, said to he en route to this port with Grover Cleveland Bergdoll. Philadelphia draft dodger, on board as a member of Its crew. No word had been received from the Jupiter early today and the hour of Its arrival Is not known. Other gulf ports are being watched for the Ju piter. I.eon county authorities nt Talla hassee, Fla., wore still holding the young nmn who claims his name !*. William Jones of Erie, Pa., taken into custody yesterday suspected as being Bergdoll. Klan Joins Murder Inquiry. New Orleans, La., Dec. 30.—The Louisiana organization of the Ku Klux Klan will send its own agents Into storehouse parish to Investigate the kidnaping and killing of Watt Dan iels and Thomas Richards last August, according to an announcement today by a high sthte official of the klan. The klan official stated if it should develop that any individual members of the klan in Morehouse parish had anything to do with the murders they would be outlawed and the klan would assist in obtaining their convictions before the criminal courts of the state. Church Burglar Is Held. Charles Arent, who confessed, *c cording to police, that he was the man who was frightened away Christ mas eve from chopping the door of the Church of the Immaculate Con ception by the pastor, and who was arrested as he emerged from the Grace Methodist church In South Omaha at 5 the morning after Christ mas, was bound over to district court under 32,500 bonds on a charge of burgl^ty by Judge Wappich In Cen tral police court Saturday morning. Chicago II oman Offers Reward for Lost Dog: Deluged II ith Cups Chicago, Dec. SO.—The great south side dug migration Is over. Mrs. Kdna Peters, who lost a dog named Os wald, notified the police last evening that she had found her pet—not only her own had been returned, but along with Oswald came 48 other dogs of various degrees of breeding and per sonal condition. When Mrs. Peters started out to hunt her dog, she gave out publicly that she would bestow ?1 upon any boy who fomnl Oswald. The news spread like wildfire and in a few min utes every boy for blocks was out hunting Oswald, or any other dog. By the time Mrs. Peters arrived at her home, the delegations, leading, carrying and dragging dogs, began to line up. At 5 last evening she fran tically appealed to the police to send over some patrolman and a wagon to haul away the excess dogs. Drv Chief Pays of U. S. Attorney •> H. L. Duncan, Accompanied by Bob Samardick, Calls on Kinslcr for Chat. Robert Samardick, former Omaha police officer and now federal prohibi tion sleuth working out of the St. Louis office, accompanied by II. I,. Duncan of -Minneapolis, division pro hibition chief over live states, includ ing Nebraska, called on United States Attorney James C. Kinsler Saturday morning. Asked whether this presaged some thing extraordinary in liquor raids iu this vicinity, Mr. Kinslcr replied with an ingenuous smile: "Oil, no, they just came in for a little social call." “Bob" Samerdlck, interviewed lat er, also smiled and said: "I am just getting through iny vacation and called before returning to St. Louis. On Way to Kansas. Mr. Duncan approached upon the some subject, smiled and explained: "I am on my way to Kansas to tes tify in some booze cases and just slopped in to say howdedo." U. S. Rolirer, state prohibition di rector, passed Mr. Samardick in the hall, but they showed no signs of rec ognizing each other. Holiday prices are being charged for liq\ior in Omaha. Genuine before prohibition whisky is said to cost $25 a quart, by the case $200 to $225. It is reported some genuine Sandy McDonald Scotch lias been selling at $15 a "short” quart. It takes five of these quarts to make a gallon. Grain alcohol Is said to command $5 a pint and synthetic gin, $2.50 the pint. Moonshine is sold at varying prices. According to Police Sergeant Williams the price has recently advanced from $3 a gallon to $7. The Inhabitants of Paris eat nearly 2,000,000 pounds of snails every year. Policeman and Masher Killed in Cun Battle Three Men Flirts Insult Chi cago Hijth School Girl and Shoot Her When Repelled. Chicago, Dec. 3(1.—A policeman was killed and one of three men, who ac costed and fired upon a party of high school students, slightly wounding a Kiri, was fa tally shot here early today in the ensuing pistol fight with po lice. The high school students were re turning home from a dance at their school when the three men set upon them. One of the trio was said to have accosted Minnie Kinkelstein, 17, the wounded girl, who resented his tctnnrks. When the girl remonstrated the man’s two companions joined him and he then was reported to have begun firing. Miss Kinkelstein was struck in the hip. Then the trio fled. William J. O'Malley, probationary policeman, was shot as he gave chase to the men. A companion officer fir ing at the running man, succeeded in halting him with a bullet. At the hospital said he was John Reeves of Harvey, 111. He was shot in the chest. Reeves, or Reese, the name of the family at the address given by the wounded man. died in the hospital. Although Reeves gave four ad dresses in Chicago and suburbs when questioned by detectives, he told one detective that lie came to Chicago from Omaha five (lays ago. He saul he had lived at the St. Francis hotel, 1900 Lake street, Omaha, His finger prints were taken but he had no police record so far as shown by the bureau of identification here. “Divine Sarah” May Return to Stage Next Wednesday Paris, Dec. 30.—(By A. P.)—"Tell the American people that I shall re turn to the stage next Wednesday night." said Sarah Bernhardt to The Associated Press last evening in the course of the first interview she has granted since her collapse two weeks ago. The distinguished actress showed great improvement yesterday, having luncheon with the members of her household in the dining room. Her physicians declared that they were of the belief that the collapse of Madame Bernhardt was due only to over-ex ertion and strain. "Tell my American friends,” Bern hardt added, "that I am far from dead or dying, as some of tho reports would have it, and that' this rest, as I choose to call it. probably will give me a new lease on life.” Window Glass Workers Granted Wage Increase Cleveland. Dec. 30.—A new wage rate beginning January 9 was effect ed here by representatives of the National Window Glass Workers association and the National Assoeia tion of Window Glass Manufacturers. Under the agreement, workers in ail plants in the country will receive a 13 per cent increase in wages over that granted last September for the period ending January 27. The in crease, however, Includes a 10 per cent raise which became effective De cember 1. Bee Want Ads produce results. The Brandeis Store Restaurants Tenth Floor Announcement to Our Patrons The restaurants will be closed New Year’s Eve, but will be open from noon to midnight New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day Dinner Served from 12;30 to 10:00 P. M. $2.00 per Person ■ MENU Oyster Cocktail Fruit Supreme Celery Mixed Olives Consomme Brunoise Cream of Fresh Tomatoes ROAST VERMONT TURKEY Giblets and Cranberry Sauce ROAST WATERTOWN GOOSE Apple Sauce Candied Sweet Potatoes Asparagus Hollandaise SALAD IN SEASON Coup Jacques Cakes Coffee Tea Milk Chocolate j ' —“=a j A La Carte at Usual Take 17th Street Elevators I i __ 1 kiMhUSSI_HI A New Year’s Greeting We take pleasure in announcing that the business done at The Jlrandeis Store during the holiday season now closed was the largest in the history of the institution. «For this we are glad, not for ourselves. alouc, but rather that it all shows a return of prosperity. It shows that the farmer and stock raiser, upon whose good fortune the welfare of the general public so largely depends, is “getting on his feet,” and when the producer comes into his own then General Prosperity is in command of the situation. Impersonal as they may seem, business institutions are not free from the emotions that move individuals. It is proper, then, that the sin cere gratitude we feel be frankly expressed at the threshhold of this New Year. We are deeply grateful for the confidence our customers have ever manifested in this business institution, for their liberal patronage, for their appreciation of our efforts to give them service, for the good words they have often spoken in our behalf. We are grateful for the fidelity of the men and women who com prise our business organization—for the co-operation that has made pos sible the wonderful growth of The Brandeis Store. We are grateful for America—for its liberty and its union. We arc grateful for Nebraska—for its health and its wealth; for the industry and the enterprise of its people; for its bounteous harvests past and greater harvests yet to come. We are grateful for all the so-called simple things of life that give to men the surest part of human joy; for all the “Lights of Love” that keep the hearts of men aglow; the “Lights of Love” within whose radiance friendships form and bud anew with passing years; the “Lights of Love” that hover over every cradle and linger over every grave; the “Lights of Love” that line the pathway of the little child and shine like gentle benedictions where the mother gives God's service to the sons of*men; the “Lights of Love” that fall athwart the threshold of the home and bid us welcome to the peace that gives relief from struggle and from toil. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS Commencing Tuesday, January 2, Our January White Sales [Will Eclipse All Other Sales of Their Kind Heretofore Held in This Big Store During These Great Sales You Will Find in the Many Departments Participating Mountains of White Merchandise in Magnificent Array Bought When the Market was Low, We Will Sell This Merchandise on the Present High Market At Low Market Prices Since we bought most of this merchandise the price of raw cotton has in creased more than 25$. And the price continues to go upward. The prices of silks and linens have likewise increased. But in the January White Sales The Brandeis Store customers will buy this merchandise at the low market prices, thus profiting by our early and advantageous purchases. A Large Percentage of This Merchandise Has Been Bought Through Great Concessions Made to Us, and We Will Offer It to Our Customers Accordingly. During This Sale in Addition to the Low Prices Made Possible Through Special and Early Purchases, All White Merchan dise Has Been Marked at a Much Closer Margin, Thus Giv ing Our Customers Extraordinary Advantages. The Departments Which Will be Featured Tuesday in Th ese Sales Are— Linens, Domestics, Wash Goods Philippine Underwear, Laces and Embroideries 4 In addition to these, the following departments will feature white mer chandise: Silks, Infants' Wear, Fancy Goods, Knit Underwear, Neckwear, Corsets, Blouses, Hosiery and Notions. Special Notices Our sale of domestic Muslin Underwear will begin Thursday, January 4. Our sale of Silk Underwear will not begin until Saturday, January 6. Some of the best bargains in that line we have purchased for this event have not arrived. The prices and offerings are however so attractive that it will be worth your while to wait for your silk underwear purchases un til Saturday, January 6th.