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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1923)
Moorhead Is Paid High Tribute in Funeral Sermon Livestock Commission Man Would Have Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniver sary Next Autumn. Funeral services for George B. Moorhead, livestock commission man. who died in San Diego last Friday, were held 'Wednesday afternoon at " at the home of Ills son, Harley G. Moorhead, 5210 Burt street. Kev. Frank G. Smith paid high iributs to Mr. Moorhead, referring to him as a wholesome, upstanding, out standing pioneer. “He took this great centra] west and made It valuable, giving to it the richness of the heri tage you and I possess today for our own. "We all know," he said, “that it is not the value of the land or natural resources that forms the richest part of our heritage, hut the value of great, outstanding characters in ail walks of life, like the one to whom we are paying tribute today. "Mr. Moorhead was born in Ohio 86 yesrs ago; 20 years afterwards he moved to Iowa, where he remained for 10 years, and then he came to Omaha, where he made his residence practically the rest of his life. Not withstanding that he remained in Iowa until 1899, he was engaged In business in Nebraska for almost a quarter of a century prior to that time. Had he lived until autumn, this happy couple would have celebrated their 50th anniversary.’’ Mrs. H. Smalls sung "Lead Kindly Light,” and "Abide With Me." Pallbearers were W. B. Tagg. Her bert Johnson. Boss A. Towle, L. K. Moore. Lawrence Brinker, Daniel Baum and Allen Tukey. Rurlal was in Forest T.awn ceme tery. • Accountant on Stand at Trial Guaranty Company Paid Divi * dcnds During Loss in Opera tions, Expert Testifies. Financial operations preceding the downfall of the Guaranty Securities company and Fioneer State hank of Omaha and other Willard V. Mathews Institutions In Des Moines, Lincoln and Denver, were laid bare by Robert lluston, expert accountant, yesterday in the government prosecution o£ Mathews and 14 others for alleged nse of the mails to defraud in promotion of the Guaranty company and the Co lonial Timber & Coal corporation. It was testified that the Guaranty Securities company suffered a loss in operations of $250,000 between Jan uary 1, 1919, and June 6. 1921, when it was closed up. Yet it paid divi dends during this period. Stock selling operations of the in stitutions continued on a large scale and enormous deals in stocks and bonds of the Colonial concern were manipulated through the institutions, U was stated. Xotes of large sums would bn de posited in one institution and then oiscounted by another for cash. II. R. Cozier had five notes n the Guaranty company, totelng $46,750. LeRobert Kykelboom had notes deposited total ing $20,500. Xotes of several of the other defendants were found in the 'assets” of the company. The prosecution expected to com plete its case yesterday after four weeks and three days of work. Motions then will be made and ar gued by the attorneys for the vari ous defendants to dismiss the charges against them. Manufacturers Contract for Space in Food Show Fifteen manufacturers have al ready contracted space for the food show which will he held at the Audi torium September 24-30. it was re ported Tuesday night at a meeting of the Progressive Retail Grocers' asso ciation at the Chamber of Commerce. The committee in charge of the snow reported that a prospectus is ready to be sent to each prospective exhibitor. The retailers were enthusi astic over the progress that has been mad# in arranging for the event. "The Grocery Reporter," a trade Journal published by .T. J. Cameron, has been taken over by the associa tion and from now on will he pub lished In the Interest of the Pro gressive Retailers. The size of the publication Will be doubled within a month. It was announced. Mr. Cam eron will continue to remain editor and manager. Hero of Many Bandit Encounters Is Killed j “bone Star" l ied Ilans. Fred Hans Dies in Lift Accident! Old Indian Fighter Crushed to : Death by Elevator—No Inquest. There will be no inquest in connec- j tion with the death of "(.one Star” j Fred Hans, who was killed almost in stantly Tuesday night when caught between two floors by a passenger elevator In the World-Herald building. Hans was a night watchman and ■ elevator conductor in the building, | and lived in a shack in the vicinity j of 1504 South Sixty-second street. He i was divorced. Hans was one of the accredited survivors of the famous Custer ‘‘last j stand,” in Montana. lie appeared In Omaha police court more than a year ago to identify two bandits who held up "Dad's” place, on the West Q road. He had been a picturesque figure In the life of Sarpy county for years. 1 He had roamed the western plains ' since he was 16. Hans had a long line of desperate hand-to hand encounters w ith bandits and Indians to his credit, and al though slowed up a trifle by age, re cently demonstrated that he could "fan” a hammer six times faster than an automatic pistol can shoot. In 1877, in Cherry county, he shot and killed two stage bandits, both of whom had the draw on him, by a lightning "cross-arm” draw for which he was famous. The year previous he broke up a gang of bandits in the “Hole-ln-thc Wall” country near Powder River, Wyo.. single handed, and killed "Shacknasty Jim," the leader of the | band. On another occasion he killed a bandit who had a ‘gun at Ills head at Ainsworth, Neb., by knocking the ' weapon aside with his right hand and shooting with his left. Ford Says Company Cash Balance Exceeds $200,000,000 New York, April 18.—Henry Ford declared today that the cash balance of the Ford Motor company still ex ceeds 1200,000,000 in spite of larife purchases of coal and timber lands, jvatcrpower sites and branch plant in vestments. according to a dispatch from Detroit to ths Wall Street Journal. Ford said, according to the dispatch, that these investments were all paid for in cash where such arrangements could be made and that the money he was spending simply came out of the current earnings. "As yet," he said, "we have not thought of borrowing any money.” Road Conditions (Furnished by the Omaha Aula Hub.) Lincoln Hlghw^—Kaat: Roada good to Marshalltown, fair eaat to DoWItt. L!nonin Highway—Wot: Roada good. 0. L. D.— Roads good. Meridian Highway—Road* god Cornhusksr Highway—Roads good. Highland Cutoff—Roada good H V. A —Roada fine Black Hllla Trail—Roada good to Nor folk. Washington Highway—Roada good to Sioux City Omaha-Tulaa Highway—Roada good to Topeka. Omaha.Topeka Highway—Roada good to state line King of Trails—North: Roada good to Sioux City. King of Trails—South: Roada good to Kannaa City. River-to-Rlver Road—Roada good. White-Way Highway—Roada good. 1. O. A. Shortllno—Roads good. Primary No 1—Roada good. Weather reported clear gt all atatlona. Announcement ERIDAY evening, April 20, from 9 to 10:30, a demonstration of broad casting a musical program will be given in the Italian Renaissance Room, Brandeis Restaurants, Tenth Floor. A special musical program will be given by Arnold Johnson and his Symphonic Orchestra. Mr. Eugene Rouse will act as announcer and will give some inter esting facts concerning Radio Opera tions in general and Station W. 0. A. W. in particular. This will give the public an unusual opportunity to observe how; radio programs are broadcast. Table Reservations for this Special Program May Be Made by Telephoning JAckson 5653 J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. / Offerings in One Week of Wonderful Bargains Fur Storage Let us care for your lure during the summer. For the small charge of 3% of their value we will store them in our cold air vault and in sure them against moths and theft nnd deliver them to you next fall. Goods called for. Phone AT* Sd6f. or call at our Fur Dcpaitment, Second Floor— Sort*. Cafeteria Special for Thursday Corned Beef and Cabbage OP With Baked Potato for Our Cafeteria Is well equipped to handle the large crowds during this sale. You may depend upon prompt service. Main Floor—West I . Thursday—The Results of a Special Buying Trip % * Women’s and Misses’ Apparel At Remarkably Low Prices for This One Week of Wonderful Bargains 732 Brand New Spring Suits and 1,139 New Spring Coats, Capes and Wraps, Obtained at Such a Great Price Conces sion We Are Able to Sell Them at M Our buyers have just returned from New York where they succeeded in making several remarkable pur chases of high quality, new style apparel at prices that j are way below the market price. A notable achievement was the purchase of the entire made up stock of a well known New York manufacturer of fine coats and suits. 4 1 The Coats and Wraps were made to retail at from 39.00 to 65.00. They include plain or fur trimmed garments of 'fine Veldyne, Fashiona,. Normandies, Bolivias, Fjustrosa, Ormondales and Twills. The styles are varied; tailored models, sport styles and more luxurious wraps are well represented. The popularity of the cape and wrappy model for more dressy occasions is undisputed, while the straight-line coat has its vogue for business and street wear. Snappy top coats for sport also are included. No matter what your need, the correct model is here. liiBuniimuiaiimuiHiauuuiiimMiMuiuouiimHmBiiiiMiywBiiiiuiiiuBwuiiimiaiiuauiiiiBiwwiwiamMHiiMBiiuiHniKaiiiiiuKiiiDMiiiiiniiaiiiiu imm There will be plenty of space, plenty of sales people. Selections will be at its best early in the day, so early shopping is advised. Second Floor—West. The New Spring Suits were made to retail at from 39.00 to 75.00. They include beautifully tailored, straight-line and side-tie effects, jaunty short Eton and box coats, embroidered and braid trimmed and beaded. Sizes 14 to 20 and 34 to 46. For busi ness wear, no costume rivals the light suit; for afternoon wear, only a pretty overblouse is needed to transform it into a pretty frock. The varied styles make it possible for every wom an, whatever her taste or circumstances, to find the right model here. v _ Another Fortunate Purchase—500 New j Spring Silk Dresses-J QOO! for Women and Misses I —■ J Made to Retail at 25.00 to 35.00 JL V_>J J New Satin-faced Canton, Crepe de Chine, Figured Silks, Georgette, Tricosham, Canton Crepe—in all the new spring shades. New style features such as are shown in higher priced frocks. •aaaa4 ri.«> Four Attractive Specials for Women 300 Wool Slipover Sweaters is In new spring col- j nrings, clever styles for w ear with separ ate skirts. 800 Silk Jersey Petticoats Q light and dark colors' to match (he spring shades in suits and dresses. Children s Gingham Dresses 1 49 Horens of s! vies: sire* 6 to 14. Made to retail from - iHl to 2.08; each, 1.49 9> 400 Fresh Lingerie Blouses ■ * ■ Made of white and colored voiles: in Peter Pan and Tux edo styles, 'lade with turn-back cuffs at each, 1.00