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.Woman Admits Robbing Store Just for Money Messengers Took Loot Un knowingly to Her Home, Department Store Em ploye Tells Police. Mrs. Margaret Young. 30, 2917 Dewey avenue, yesterday confessed to police how she worked for Thomas Kil patrick A Co., drygoods, 1507 Douglas street, and uaed the firm's own mes sengers to loot the store. Her dream of wealth was exploded Friday afternoon when a new mes senger boy failed to find 2917 Dewey avenue and returned a package to the store. No sales slip was In it. When Detectives Fred Palmtag and Benedict Daubaum investigated that address they learned it was the home of Margaret Young, muslin counter clerk for Kilpatrick's, and saw hun dreds of dollars worth of drygoods piled around her room. Needed the Money. "Oh, 1 did it many times,” Mrs. Young confessed. ”1 wrapped the goods and the messengers, unwitting ly, carried them to my home. 1 didn’t care for pretty things; I'm not pretty myself, and romance long ago passed out of my life. I guess 1 would have sold them eventually, for I need ed the money, but X had sold nothing yet.” All of the stolen goods was there, she said, except some she had mailed to friends as Christmas gifts. Her eyes were red aa she told her ■tory, but no tears fell. She sat In her Jail cell, a plain woman In plain er surroundings, and talked on. Once Dreamed Dreaim. ”1 once dreamad the dreams that every girl dreams.” she said, "and at 15 left my home southeast of Lincoln when my father remarried and brought me unhappiness. A year later I found the prince of my dreams. It is 12 years now he's been gone”— ■he choked on the memory—“but I have been making my way very well until four years ago. Pneumonia, long sickness, huge bills, and they’re not paid yet. Collection agencies hound ing me, coming to my place of work, making the debt a nightmare. Yes, I took the goods.” That’s all, except a plea. “I'd like a chance to make good the things I sent away as Christmas gifts,” she said. “I have a girl friend who will help me.” Dances in Court in Effort to Retain Cozy Little Flat Chicago, Jan. 2.-—"Colonel” Joseph M. Cherry, who claims he Is President Harding's right hand man, tripped one of his 50 exhibition dances before Judge Barasa In the renter’s court yesterday, in an effort, he said, to save himself humiliation in the eyes of the president. The 68-yearolfl "colonel” and his one time vaudeville partner, Mrs. Car rie Bostwlck, 60, complained the city had oftlered them to vacate their flat, which had been condemned. "If I am to be ousted from my dwell ing in this summary manner. It will be most damaging to my prestige.” "Colonel” Cherry protested. “The vaudeville world knows my accom plishments and T am. algo, an Inven tor of note. I fear my title will be lost If I am thrown Into the street.” ”1 have only your word for it that you can dance,” suggested the court, whereupon the "colonel” cleared for himself a space in the courtroom and danced to the delight of the spectators. "Very good and very well done," said the court. "Nevertheless, you must move by February 1, or dance yourself into a lot of trouble." Asleep Since Dec#mber 28, Bovs’ Case Baffles Doctors Milwaukee, Wls., Jan. 6.—Mayer Perlson. 15, who lias been sleeping since December 28, •became uncon scious Thursday night. A dozen medical experts and specialists, baf fled by the strange malady, are unable to provide relief. V'ntil Thursday, the boy had been able to recognize members of Ills family. Thursday morning, he failed to recognize his brothers and his sisters but seemed to know his moth er, Mrs. Dora Perlson, and Thurs day night lie lapsed Into complete unconsciousness. Physicians and specialists, called on the case, pronounced the disease one of the most mysterious In the history of Milwaukee medical practice. Perl son's sickness Is the first of its kind observed in Milwaukee for more than a year. Jury Indicts 16 Glass Men on Trust Law Charges Cleveland, O., Jan. Aleging that they negotiated an unlawful contract with the apparent purpose of curtail ing the output of hand-blown window glass in the country and of boosting the price. Indictments charging viola tion of the Sherman anti trust law, were returned by federal grand jury here today against IS members of the wage committees of the National Association of Window Glass Manu facturers and National Association of Window Glass Workers. After the Indictments were return ed, Federal Judge John M. Kill its of Toledo, silting In court here, issued a sweeping lemporary order restraining the manufacturers and approximately 3.000 organized glass workers employ ed by these firms, from carrying out the terms of a wage agreement. Irregulars Launch Attack on Town in Cork County Dublin. Jan. S.—Irregulars carried out an attack in Mill street, an im portant national center of Cork county. Thursday. Reports of their succees differ. One of them says the town was captured, another that out lying posts were captured, but that the garrison defending the town It self repulsed the attack after seven hours’ fighting. Movie Exhibitors’ League Oppose Arbuckle Come-Back • St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6.—Members of the Motion Ficture Exhibitors’ league have adopted a resolution • gainst the reinstatement of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, movie comedian. aa< suggesting that Arbuckle engage In otherf.work In the motion picture lnduatr/iMt was announced today. Pt • ! Boy Scout Troop Goes on Long Hikes Troop 43, Bony Scouts of Omalm, enjoy hiking, perhaps above any of their other activities. Here is the way they looked when they set out on an overnight hike to Camp Gifford, where they went skating, rooked their own dinner and strode for 13 miles along the course of the Missouri river for a side hike. Left to right, they are Fred Rlarh, Peter Caruso, Herbert Boerster, Frank Francl, Fred Boutin, Robert Barr, Jerry Masilko, Sam Ros •itti, Louis Schrelber and J. E. Gatchell, scoutmaster. I Former Omahans Abroad Visit Famous Riviera Fashionable Resort Has Best Climate in Europe, Says Nebraska Pastor—History of Old Villages Often Lost in Tradition. Hr C. W. MTA8KILI. Pastor of ths Mrthodist rlinrrh at llas tln*», Neb-, and former imator of ths Hsnsrom Park Mrthodist rhureh In Omaha, who Is touring Europe with his wtfr. This In one of a aeries of articles he has written fur The Omaha Dee. The Riviera, whet Is it? Well, it is not i. i ne thing. It Is a combination of ti. *r.'■ Even geo graphically it Is not one, for there Is a French Riviera and an Italian Ri viera and some even add a third, the I Levantine Riviera. The French Riviera proper is a strip of Mediterranean coast line reaching from Toulon to the Italian border at Menton. On account of the close proximity of the mountains for most of the distance it is a rather nar row strip, in some places hardly wid er than is necessary for a wagon road, though in others stretching out Into broad, fertile plains. But it is not this strip of land that Is the Riviera, It is not the numerous towns and villages with their houses as varied in color as Joseph's coat of old, towns as different in manners and customs as could be imagined, and as diversified in history and industries as a kaleidoscope; It is not the scen ery, nor the climate nor even the fashionable resorts grown up along' its length. It is a combination of them all that makes up this unique place, different from any other in all the world. Best Climate in Europe. Protected from the north winds by high mountains, it is called the sunny, sheltered shore of the north Mediterranean. It is not subject to the continued rain and cloudy weath er that is so prevalent in other parts of France. While probably not equal to the mild and even climate of south ern California, it is the most delight ful spot in Europe in winter and is much cooler in summer, owing to the sea breezes, than most of Europe. On account of this ,it is the fsshlon able resort of Europe. Picture a 150-mile drive over per fect roads, sometimes winding in and out with the blue Mediterranean on one side and the pine covered nfcun tains close upon the other, and all 1 about you tropical trees and plants and the air fragrant with the odor of the flowers: sometimes climbing mountain heights until on one side you could see for 100 miles the snow covered ranges of the Alps and on the other the broad waters of the Mediterranean; sometimes for five or six miles coasting In and out among the mountain pines and logging camps, past little farms where pic turesquely dressed men and women were plowing with even more plc | turesque oxen, down until again you 1 sniffed the salt spray of the sea; then j picture the villages with their vari j colored houses and ths terraced flow \ er gardens on hillside and mountain | side, and you will get some Idea of I Riviera scenery. Foun dated by Phoenicians. Almost every town and village has a long history back of It. sometimes so far back that it ceases to be his tory and is little more than myth and legend. Toulon, the first city of the Riviera, was founded by the Phoe nicians way back before the days of the Romans. They came seeking for royal purple. Tradition says that the waters around Toulon gave birth to a certain kind of mollusk which jlyed everything with which It came into contact a most brilliant purple. How much of this is history and how much legend no one knows. No such industry exists today and the mollusks are not to be seen. But Toulon has become a great and thriv ing city. Richelieu planned to make it one of the greatest fortified cities in the world, and partly carried out his plan. Mazarin, who succeeded him, did make it the greatest naval arsenal of hts time. Across the mouth of the harbor was stretched an im mense chain, lowered during the day, but raised at night, thus securely closing the harbor. Some of the old sailors still call Toulon the "Chain Yielle." One other memory of Toulon is the prisons and galleys of other days. In "Gabriel Lambert” Dumas draws a vivid picture of the life in the Toulon Salleys. These and the use to which they were put in the 18th century was a survival of the galleys of the ancients. Down to 1740 Toulon had 10 galleys--long. slim craft propelled hy single, double or triple batiks of oars— and they gave occupation to as many as 3,700 convicts. Center of Cherry Culture. One who has neven^visited the Ri viera. before will be surprised at the number and variety of industries car ried on here. Wine and olive oil are the leading products of ths farmers and each coast (own has its fisheries. A few towns like Cassis are noted for their coral industry. Pont Sallies is the center of the cherry culture in the Yar valley. The “Cherries du Yar" nre not only the first, hut the finest in the Paris and London mar kets, and before the war they sold for five francs a pound. In the height of the season whole trainloads go out from here every day. At Cogolin we visited a cork fac tory. The district all about here and for miles in each direction is filled with cork oak and in places the air is permeated with the odor from the cork. The trunk of the tree is bark ed to a height of five or six feet. The first bark is of no commercial value. The tree is then left for from eight to 12 years. By that time a new bark has formed. This is stripped between June and August and taken to the factory. Refuse Sent to America. The bark is first soaked in boiling water which softens and expands it. It is then cut into small cubes and by machinery made into the size desired. The refuse is shipped to America where It is mixed with rubber, made Into linoleum, and then much of it sent back and sold here In France. The proprietor with a shrug of his shoulder, said, "The French are not clever enough for that." At Cogolin wa also visited a pipe factory. The pipes are made from briar roots, many of which are as large as a nan's head. While still green they are sawed into rough pipe blocks, soaked in vats of hot water for 10 hours, and then put into drying rooms where they remain for five or six months. After this they are put Into the factory and finished. Pipes from here are sent to all parts of the world except to America. The rough blocks are sent, but the duty on the finished pipes is so high that it is Im possible to send them. Probably the most famous industry of the Riviera district is the culture of plants and flowers and the making of perfumery. At Cannes are grown the ornamental orange and palm and box wood trees that are seen In the hotel gardens of Paris and London, and in front of the restaurants every where in Frar*e. Grasse, about eight or nine miles from Cannes, and back at the foot hills is the largest per fume factory city in the world. The city, although at quite an elevation, is at the foot of much higher moun tains whose tops seem above the timber line. All about the city are terraced gardens filled with blossom ing flowers. In fact all the way to the sea and for 20 miles to the Italian border are these flower gardens. See Perfume Made. It was our first time to see the process of making perfumery. The flower petals are mixed in hot pork grease which absorbs their odor. This Is then put with alcohol and the al cohol takes the perfume from the grease. The mixture is placed in an ice cold tank which congeals the grease and thus liberates the slco hoi with its perfume. The grease is used two or three times, is then dis carded and made into soap. In making jasemine perfume, they put4the pork grease on large glass trays covering the grease with a lay er of petals which Is changed each morning for three months. By that time the grease has become thorough ly saturated. It is placed in alcohol and later congealed. The same pro cess is gone through in making the tube rose perfume. The perfumes are not sent to America, the tariff being too high. However, they do make a very strong concentration, boiling down 60 liters of the alcohol solution into a half pound of concentration. This is mixed with grease and sent to America. On reaching there suf ficient alcohol Is added to make the right proportion, the grease is again congealed, and the perfume 1s ready for the American market. Falls 10,000 Feet; Only Slightly Hurt Salt I.ake City, Jan. 6.—Twice with in the past month Henry O. Boonstra of Lafayette, Ind., a pilot in the western division of the United States aerial mall service, has flirted with death and each time he has emerged the victor. Yesterday while flying to Salt Lake City from Rock Springs. Wyo., with a cargo of mail, he fell 10,000 feet suffering only minor injuries. Three weeks ago, his plane wrecked on Por cupine Ridge near Coalville, Utah, he wandered around In a driving blizzard for 30 hours before finding shelter. The scene of yesterday’s mishap was near Wanship, Utah, northeast of Salt Lake. The aviator left Rock Springs on schedule and was making good time toward Salt ^.ake City when he encountered had weather, his ma chine going Into a tall spin and crash ing to earth. Boonstra's plane was wrecked be yond .salvage but his cargo of mall was not damaged. The flyer, strapped to his seat in the cockpit was knocked unconscious when the air plane struck. After three hours he finally came to his senses and on snowshoes started for Wanship. A searching party had already left that town and when they met him he was bleeding and his clothes were covered with blood. Boonstra stayed at Wanship today. Enver Pasha, Sans Harem, Living at Bokhara, Report Constantinople, Jan. 6. — Enver ! Pasha again is reported to be alive. ; well and happy. He Is said to be liv j ing at Bokhara. Turkestan, but is anxious to return to Turkey, accord ing to Enver’s uncle, Habbed Pasha, who has just arrived at Constan tinople. tn route to Angora. He will interest himself at the nationalist capital on Enver's behalf and he hopes to persuade Mustapha Kemal Pasha to reinstate the former leader. Sears-Roebuck Prices TJp. Chicago, Jan. 6.—Increases In prices averaging about 10 per cent and dis |tiibuted oyer practically all classes of merchandist were quoted yesterday in a new semiannual list Issues In Sears-Roebuck & Co., mail order house officials of the company ascribing ad vances to an upward tendency of wholesale prices since July. Higher labor costs, It was explained, were an important factor in making the changes necessary. Big Oil Merger ! Reported Made| — Standard Oil of Indiana and Gulf Oil Corporatiou Companies Involved. Chicago. Jan. 6 —(By A. F.)—W. M. Burton, president of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, today reufsed either to affirm or <ltny reports circu lated here today that a merger of his ' company with the Gulf OH corpora tion, one of ttie richest petroleum companies in the country, had been j effected. Statements of either character, he I stated, must come front Colonel Rob ert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of directors, who is on a trip in eastern cities. F. G. Seubert. secretary-treasurer, denied all knowledge of the reported transaction, but admitted that such negotiations might have been under consideration by Colonel Stewart. One of largest Deals. Bankers declare the proposed mer ger, If completed, is one of the larg est business deals on record, carry ing with it the amalgamation of two companies having a combined capi talization of $370,000,000. The Gulf Oil corporation recently In creased Us capitalization from $36, 000,000 to $128,000,000 and reduced the par value from $100 to $25 a share. Twflve new shares were traded for each share of old. Net earings of the corporation from 1916 to 1921 have ranged from $23, 000,000 to $51,000,000 annually. The year just closed is said to have been the most profitable tn the company s history. Earnings for the first nine months have been estimated at $8.50 for each $25 share. Rumors which started more than a year ago have previously been denied by W. Jj. Mellon, president. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon's family con trol the company. The stumbling block at that time was declared to he the capitalization of the two companies. With the re cent increase of the Standard Oil from $140,000,000 to $250,000,000 at $25 par value a share and the recent Increase in the Gulf’s capitalization, these changes are believed to have paved the way for the amalgamation. While no official confirmation of the proposed merger has been made, the reports also carried the news that It probably would be arranged through an exchange of stock. Standard Oil giving four shares of Us stock for each three shares of the Gulk oil stock. Four Women Wage Battle for One Man’s Affections New York, Jan. 6,—The affection of one man was the prize that four wom en fought for yesterday until they were cut and bruised so badly they collapsed In the house of Arthur Cole. 50. There had been much drinking among the fire persons, it was testi fied later in police court, and toward morning the party grew "rough." The women came to blows In 'their ef forts to win favor with Cole. After they had punched and kicked each oth er about the apartment, a knife was drawn and each of thhe women re ceived wounds or scratches. ADVERTISEMKNT. WYOMING Now is the time to buy farm and ranch lands on easy terms, close to good schools, markets and high ways. Crops abundant, cli mate healthful. Write for authentic information Com missioner I m m i gration, Dept. D, Capitol Bldg., Cheyenne, Wyo. Lion Egg.$9.50 Lion Lump .. >. -$9.50 Illinois Lump.. .$10.50 Screenings .$6.00 Delivered All Over | the City Lion Coal Co. 2116 Nicholas WE 2605 DRY GRAVITY SCREENED COAL Every tAn of Furnace Coal delivered by us is ran over a twd inch screen—taking out all small coal and slack—giving you the best prepared coal you ever used. Try a Load and be Convinced. Boyer \7AN# i/uran Lumber * ▼ and Jam Coal Co. K£ nwood 3400 A Queer World Coue Doesn't Talk to Him self About “Day by Day in Every Way,” Etc. What's This! New York, Jan. 6.—The upshot of the second day spent in the United State* by Emile Coue, Franee's apostle of auto-suggestion, was a revelation that the quizzical little apothecary himself doesn’t chant tho phrase he coined and which many persons are reciting: "Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better." “I don’t need to,” lie observed, when the inquiry was made. He explained his gospel to three groups, newspaper publishers and editors, reporters and Anally, a se lected group of be-Jewelled women wiiose affiliations cover much spare in the social register, in the grouo were Mrs. J. P, Morgan, Mrs. W il liam K. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Arthur -Scribner, Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. Sprague Smith. Wanted to Help. Chicago, III., Jan. 6.—Charles Matthews, Eskimo hunter, trapper and dog team driver, came to Chi cago last October to see the sights. He saw a burning building, and remembering tho Alaskan idea of everybody helping the stranger in trouble, he turned to volunteer. Police, seeing him carrying fur niture out of the apartment house, arrested him for burglary. He lmd been in Jail ever since. Judge Kavanaugh listened to the Eskimo’s story today and gave him bla freedom. Nude Dancers Arrested in Penny Arcade Raid Chicago, Jan. 6.—Five detectives, making their rounds in the loop, found 40 men clamoring for a chance to look In the stereopticon view boxes of a penny arcade. Lieut. John Mc Carthy edged to the front and In vested a penny. He found himself watching ordinary stereopticon pictures. McCarthy moved on and tried a 5 cent peep box and discovered he was watching dancing girls in a room of an adojining building. A 50-cent placard on another slot machine caught his eye. The lieutenant took one look and rang for one dozen patrol wagons to arrest nude dancing girls in the room and police rounded up 40 men in the crowd outside, charging them with being ‘'inmates” of a disorderly house. Rose Seindra, a fortune teller, was arrested as keeper. French Planes Over Mannheim Reparations Body to Give Ger mans Hearing on Coal Delivery Default. Berlin, Jan. 9.—(By A. P.)—Great activity on the part of French nvlatort is reported from Mannheim. The air men are saM to be crossing over the neutral zone. Their planes are re ported to have been over the city for a considerable time last night. Paris, Jan. 6.—(By A. P.>—Germany will tie given a hearing by the repara tlons commission before any action Is taken on the French proposal to have her declared in default on cool deliveries, the commission decided to day. When the question came before the commission it approved the German request for a hearing. Berlin was Immediately notified and asked to send experts so they can tie heard by the commission next Mon day. Sir John Bradbury, the British member, attended the session. There was no discussion of the merits of the esse. The Germans are entitled under the treaty of Versailles to pre sent their arguments. The German contention will be based on Germany's declared Inability to deliver more than SO per cent of the amount of coal provided for in the commission’s program for 1922, as she had to import coal heavily to supply her own needs. Five Men Are Indicted in Army Fraud Cast Washington. Jan R,—Five husinesr men at El Paso. Tex., are understood to have been indicted by a federal grand Jury there on various charges growing out of an alleged fraudulent sale of government property at Fort Bliss. The men named In the Indict ments and the charges against them are: W. O. C. Forester, conspiracy to defrsud the government: Gua Mom sen, receiving and concealing govern ment property and conspiracy to de fraud; E. R. Jones, conspiracy to de fraud: James Connors, conspiracy to defraud, and Pat Grattan, conspiracy to defraud. Bee Want Ads produce results. ' ' ' .*» To Omaha Mothers and Housewives We believe we are rendering a public service, when we ask the housewife to insist on “Cool, Clean, Raw Milk, Never I asteur ized,” and in support of this we herewith quote from some re liable authorities. Dr. Evans, head of the Chicago Health Commission, said before the American Medical Association Milk Commission: “Pasteurized milk is not to be compared to the certified product taken from healthy cows. Legally, a man can only certify to what he has done, con sequently how can one certify to milk he buys from someone else. Dr. E. V. McCollum, International Scientific Authority of Johns Hopkins University, says: “Imitation milk lacks value when compared to whole milk. Rats, fed on a diet containing imitation milk rapidly developed eye disease and rickets. \ egetablo oils, such as cocoanut oil used in making imitation milk, do not contain any of the vitamines. To promote growth and health a diet containing necessary vitamines is ab solutely essential." Dr. Alberts of the University of Buffalo, New York, speaking of food substitutes, such sa Oleomargarine and pasteurized milk, says: “Pasteurization changes the chemical composition of the milk and also its food value. I never advise or drink pasteurized milk if I can help it. Pasteurization is a useless process, even endangering health. Attempts to bring up infants on pasteurized or condensed milk have been followed by grave symptoms of Barlow’s disease or infantile scurvy. Keep the cow healthy, but for the Lord’s sake, do not rob the milk of its natural dietary treasures." Grade No. 1, Unpasteurized Milk, is sold by all the Omaha Milk. Producers’ wagons. Omaha Milk Producers Milk Association SEE OUR AD ON PAGE THREE AND SEVEN Special Demonstrations of Dorothy Bickum Undergarments Dorothy Bichum I Has Designed 1 a Better Brassiere for Larger Women /"I Now Going On on Our Third Floor These brassieres are better because of the reinforced section for diaphragm control, pointed in front and tightened by darts at the sides. They are better because of the double “harness” straps to control flesh in back. They are better because of the self fabric shoulder straps, the elastic tab ■which holds the back down over the lowest top corset, and the shields un de.r the arms. The “Madam” model sketched comes in plain coutil, brocade or Skinner’s satin, in sizes from 34 to 48. The prices range from— 75c to 37S Const Shop—Third Floor Dorothy Bickum ‘Kick-In’ Combination Brassiere and Step-In A special representative from the makers erf the “Kick-In" » will demonstrate in the Brandeis Underwear Section this ii practical brassiere and step-in combination. 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