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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1923)
Pretty Writer Gets $11,000 in Suit on Stock Former School Teacher of Omaha Moves Hearts of Jury With Tale of Her Loss. Mrs. Bozena Grotte. former school teacher and writer. Who Is said to have been one of the most beautiful women In Nebraska at the time of her residence In Omaha It years ago. was given a verdict of $11,000 by a jury in District Judge Troup's court against Harry and Julius Ilachman, wealthy Omahans. Mrs. Grotte, who Is now living in Dos Angeles. Cal., has just eompleted a book, “The Origin of Numbers," that has created comment among eastern book publishers. Mrs. Grotto in her suit testified that because of her confidential friendship three years ago, the Rach mans knew of her having $11,000 worth of Burgess-Nash company pre ferred stock. The Rachmans, she testified, be cause of this friendship, asked her to turn over to them this stock for some Stroud “Red Wagon company” stock. This she did with the verbal agreement, sho testified, that the Rachmans promised to double her money in six months and that when ever she needed the money at any time they would return the stock with 7 per cent interest. The Rachmans took the Burgess Nash stock and later sold it to a broker. Rater control of the Stroud company changed hand and the stock has not paid dividends. The jury, after being out an hour, returned a verdict for Mrs. Grotte for the full amount' with 7 per cent interest fof three and a half years. Officers Give Monthly Dinner Affair Given by Medical Corps Is Attended by 125 Guests. Monthly meeting of the Reserve Of ficers association was held Tuesday night in Hotel Rome under the super vision of the medical corps. Maj. Er skine M. Barnes was chairman. One hundred and twenty-five guests at tended. Col. J. M. Bannister read a paper on "What the Military Surgeon Has Done for Medical Science.” He showed how the field physician has been con tinually forced to meet new needs, thereby furthering the knowledge of what is possible for medical science tm accomplish. Col. E. R. Shrelber, head of the medical department of the Seventh Corpe area, spoke on “Co-operation Between the Surgeon and the Line Officers.” Maj. A. D. Davis told of “The Status of the Medical Reserve." Dean Herman von Schulte of Creighton university medical college announced the formation of General hospital No. 55 among students of the college. A physical demonstration in first aid Was given by a squad from Fort Omaha. The dinner was,a farewell demon stration to Lieut. Col. J. P. Hopkins, chief -ef staff of the Eighty-ninth division, who has been transferred to Fort Leavenworth to serve as in structor. The next meeting will he June 11. On May 29 the Reserve Officers is sociation will give a dance at the Field club. New Comet and Star Announced at Harvard Cambridge, Mass., May 9.—A new comet and a new star were added to the known spots in the heavens by discoveries announced at the Harvard college observatory today. Rev. Joel H. Metcalf of Portland, Me., clergyman-astronomer, who has to hiB Credit the discovery of several stars and comets, added another to' his achievements by finding a comet in the constellation Ophiuchus. His discovery, made on the night of May 7, is a comet of nineth magnitude, too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It was near the star Alpha Opichi and was moving slowly. It appeared round, he said, and brighter on (he southwest side. From the Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, Arts., Carl Otto Lampland, an astronomer who has discovered many variable stars and changes in nebula, announced that he had found a new star In the great spiral Nebulae Messier S3. It is a tiny spot, of 14 magnitude, visible only through a powerful telescope. This nova was found by Lampland on May 3. Tecumseh Doctor, Graduate of Creighton, Succumbs Special Olapatrh In The Omaha Bee. Tecumseh, Neb., May 9.—Dr. Charles R. Snell, 49, for 15 years a practicing physician at Tecumseh, died here yesterday of pneumonia. Dr. Knell was a graduate of Creighton -v. Medical college of Omaha and also of the Fremont Normal school, lie was single. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Snell, will take the body to Page for burial. Labor Union Gives Watch and Chain to J. M. Gibb Metnbers of Electrical Workers lo 0 cal union No. 22 presented J. M. Gibb Tuesday night with a gold watch and chain. The occasion was Mr. Gibb'a retirement as business agent for the union, after a service of six years. Hi Is now an electrical Inspector In ths city building department. TC-1, Army Airship, to Fly to Omaha During Ak Races The TC-1, army airship, originally icheduled to fly lo Omaha last Sat urday. will be here In Juhe, during Z 'he AltSnr-Ben races, General Dun can, commander of the Seventh 'orps area, said yesterday. Principals in Strange Lincoln Tragedy J&iXtrie- 1 □ Warren ,1. l.ineoln, a well to-do Aurora (Illinois) man, lias stmugrlj disappeared from his home. A blood stained Indian rlub was found in the rear of his home, together with signs of a struggle. At the same time l.ineoln's wife, Mrs. I.ina Slioup l.ineoln, from whom he was estranged, and her brother, By run Slump, who had had an aberration with l.ineoln, vanished, and no (rare of them has been found, l.ineoln lived alone with Marie Klein, a 12-year-old girl, who aeted as his housekeeper and who has given the police much valuable in formation. l.ineoln's mother is a Nebraska woman. U. S. Phone Tax $200,000 a Year Patrons in Nebraska Pay This Amount Annually, Company Official Testifies. Telephone user* of Nebraska pay $200,000 a year to the federal govern ment in taxes when they pay their telephone bills, Igarry A. Livermore, statistician for the Northwestern Bell Telephone, brought out at the rate hearing before Iteferee Dunham yes terday. * It was pointed out that the tax to the federal government Is 8 per cent of the total revenue obtained. Livermore also testified that from 1021 to 1022 the telephone company paid $1,100 to the federal government as taxes on telephone bills that were never collected. Edgar Morsman, jr., attorney for the telephone companj-. through ques tions asked Livermore brought out that the tax on telephone tolls must be paid the government ecen though the bills might be bad debts, never collectable. Livermore spent the day showing the separation between toll and ex change charges. Marriage license and a marriage ceremony in Germany now require an putlay of about 70 cents. Hood's restores strength, appetite and weight Thousands of letters from women everywhere say that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is re markably helpful to weak ened, run-down systems. , Hood's Sarsaparilla gives the blood more vitality and better color, makes stronger nerves, and contributes to the length and en joyment of life. It embodies a long-tried formula of a family physician and is agree able, plrasant and convenient to take. Get a bottle of Hood's to day. At all druggists. The Ionic for thot tired feeling HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA sasaaaBSSBBEBBsa M»\ K K I ISI,M 10 \ £*. FRECKLES Girls! Make Harmless Lemon Cream to bleach away Tan, Freckles V Mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, whleh any druggist will supply for a few cents, shuko well |n a IsJtlle. and you havo a whole nuarter*plnt of the most wonderful freckle and tan cream, and complexion benullfler. Massage this sweetly fragrant lemon cream Into (he fare, neck arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes naturally bleach right out and how youthfully clour, soft and rosy while the skin becomes. CPfill/BNtfs Fistula-Fay Whelm Cured i I II ^ mild ayatem of treatment that cures Pile1,, liatula and other U uuV^«ds/ Rectal Diaeasea in a abort time, without a severe surgical op eration. No Chloroform, Ether or other general anesthetic used. A cure guaranteed In every case accepted for treatment, and no money ia lo ho paid until rureo. Write for book on Rectal Diseases, with names and testimonials of more than 1,000 prominent people who have been permanently cured. DR. E. R. TARRY Sanatorium, Petera Trust Bldg. (Bee Bldg.). Omaha, Neb. 15,000 Lives Lost by ! Fire in Li. S. in Year I ! Chicago, May 9.—Fire collects a national tax of $1,000 a minute, ac cording to the statistics of the Na tional Fire Protection association, in session here. Today the fire pre vention e\|>crts analyzed the fciss. which they referred to as a tax, and discussed methods of reducing the burden. The annual fire loss is placed at 15,000, lives and more Ilian $500,000, 000 by tile experts, who declare HO per cent of fires are preventable. Arguments in Colonial Case May Take Three Days Special Assistant United Statin At-j torney W. iDorsey began tlie argu mint in the Colonial Timber and j Coal corporation mail fraud case in I federal court yesterday. It is esti- i mated arguments by the two govern- j ment attorneys and the 12 defense j attorneys will take at least three days. Two Convicted of Auto Thefts Jury Recommends Leniency for Father of Five—Wife Seeking Mother’s Pension. Two auto theft convictions in two weeks hove been obtained by Dan Grose, deputy county attorney. The men were liari Johnson and Jack Capron. charged with stealing a car belonging to J. M. Jensen of South Omaha, March 24, while he was at tending a meeting In the Swedish au ditorium. Capron has five children and the Jury recommended leniency. Just before his arrest, his wife ap plied to the county commissioners for a mother's pension, declaring that her husband gave her no money. Cllmalene—Clfmalene. What la HT—Adv. • / Yellow Cab Wants Reliable Men We Need 50 More Men to oper ate the New “YELLOW CABS” ' 1 which we are putting into Service We will teach you to drive and then give you pleasant, prof itable, out-door work.. • * We want intelligent men of clean, moral character, who know Ihe value of courtesy and the rule of good conduct. We want you men who are now working in offices, shipping rooms, department, stores, warehouses, mercaniile houses, freight houses, cte. Get away from your irksome, machine-like existence. Work out in the sunlight, behind the wheel of a “Yellow Cab.” . Yellow Cab drivers make good money — average earnings, $25 to $45 weekly, plus monthly bonus. A lot depends on the man. WORKING CONDITIONS: Attendance Bonus—$2.00 weekly. Average Earnings—$25 to $45 weekly. Non-Accident Bonus—10% of weekly earnings. Share of Profits—20% of net profits monthly, oY from $10.00 to $12.00 monthly. Free Life Insurance—$1,000, after 90 days; and additional $250 yearly until it reaches $2,000. $15.00 weekly sick and accident benefita. Company finances purchase of “Yellow Cab” stock by employes on easy payment*. Apply in Perton at Our Main Office . Yellow . I "I 27th Ave. and Harney St. I ' ' ' , -! J 1 ' 6,000 Members | Kin" Ak Edict | No Letup in Drive Until Full Quota Reached, Range Bosses Declare. i __ "We must get 6,000 members” was the ultimatum handed down by the 10 range bosses of the Ak-Sar-Ben ranch to their many range foremen and cowboys following lunch at the Brandeis grill yesterday noon. '■‘I'm not worried about my gang i of cowboys," said William Kohler, ! "Wild BUI.” " "Wild Bill," who is boss of Range 5. said that his gang will lasso as many mavericks as the next gang. Bill Baumer, ho keeps Umbered up traveling the Insurance range, is j [ working In the open plains with his men. “We'll trim ‘Wild Bill’ Kohler , to a frazzle," said Boss Baumer. "Just watch our smoke.” Ralph Newell, big chief of the ‘ Broncho Busters, and the other bosses are working silently. “When the 1 smoke of battle is over, let the results ' talk,” said Newell. Overseer J. K. Davidson, chairman , of the membership committee, is keeping a close eye on all the range bosses. "I can’t wear this hat any longer," I says Samson Charles Gardner. "It Is getting too warm.” Gardner made a pledge to Overseer Davidson that he would wear a big cowboy hat until the 6,000 member* ! were obtained. Many firms arc arruOigirig to ob tain memberships In Ak-Sar I’e-i for their employes on a 50-50 basis. Tne Nebraska Power company and its em ployes bought 75 memberships. The Union stock yards followed with Co memberships, Orchard-Wilhelm com pany bought 10 and Schmoller L Mueller 11. ftecretary Gardner announced yes terday that the big Jubilee carnival will be held downtown this year in stead of out at the exposition grounds, ' as It was held last year. Man Involved in Slaying of Policeman Is Released Scottsbluff, Neb., May 9.—Fred Cunningham, one of those seized In raids that followed the killing of Policeman Albert Peterson by Frank Allen at Mitchell, has been released by the police because of Insufficient evidence to hold hirn for complicity in the crime. Three others are still in jail. Los Angeles jail Break Plot Is Frustrated Ity Interna I tom* I Nrwi Service. Los Angeles, May 9.—Deputy sher iffs anti guards at the county jail took decisive action today to pre vent the -carrying out of a plan to liberate approximately I,mm prisoners at the county jnil, among them being Herbert Wilson, millionaire mlrtister bandit, self confessed manufacturer of the Wall street bomb and convicted slayer of Halbert Cox; "Little Phil' Alguin, alleged police slayer, and Clarence "Tuffy" Held, now on trial for murder. The plan of tin- three prisoners lo escape and also free any other prison ers who wanted to take the chance, was revealed in a series of letters de tailing the plan, exchanged between Alguin, Reid and Wilson. The trio, according to the letters, planned to attack tlie jail guards and turnkeys and, after killing them, op< n every door in the jail. Former Omahan to Manage Armour’s Sioux City Plant According to information received at the local plant of Armour & Co., Floyd Sherwood, former Omaha boy, has been appointed manager of the Armour plant at Sioux City, la., suc ceeding the late Arthur S, Mtdlam. Mr. Sherwood was located at the local Armour plant several years ago and was sent to Fort Worth, Texas, to take charge of the hog buying at that place, lie served live years at Fort Worth and in 19-0 was trans ferred to Sioux City as iiog buyer. Complexion & Admiration Ladies — A few days’ treatment with CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS will do more to clean up the skin than all mentai/crea- [CARTER’S JrF^TLE pertecx com- i ■ x^ gy plexion is A JV,,. caused by a ^ [PILLS si’ign.sh l.'*er . r. Millions of people, old. youna and middle aye, take them for Biliuuaneaa, f hzzinesa. Sick Headache, lionet Stomach and for Sallow, Pimply and Blotchy Skim. They end the misery of Constipation. Small PUI—Small Dose- Small Pries Wykert Named President of Retail Credit Men I-. !*'. Wykert was named president Ilf the Associated Retail fredlt Men at a "meeting of tiie association Tues day night at the Burgess-Nssh tea room. Me is credit, manager of the Thomas Kilpatrick company. Mrs. ('. K. Haney. H. V. Rhoadea and J. F. Forman were named vice presidents. Other officers elected were J. H. Taylor, treasurer, and J. W. Metcalfe, secretary. F. H. Baden, M. C. Thomsen, Or. O. A. Runyan, Ilarry Dtsbrow, II. D. Kbrltfht, Mrs. Lillian Haywood and Guy Cramer were elected to the board of directors. Four Out of Five. Pay the Penalty Bleeding gums herald Pyorrhea Take heed of bleeding gums. They're Nature’s warning of Pyorrhea. Only one person out of every five past forty escapes. Thousands younger con tract it, too. Forhan’s For the Gums, if used con sistently and used in time, will prevent Pyorrhea or check its progress. Brush your teeth with it. 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