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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1923)
Officer Nabs Prowler n Fight in Home Prisoner Tells Captain He Could Have Slain Patrolman But for Belief in Hereafter. Patrolman Charles Padget, thanks to the belief of a burglar in the •'hereafter,” was alive yesterday after a thrilling experience when he awoke early this morning to find a prowler ransacking his house. After the night's work had ended Padget went to his home and retired at once. A few hours later he was awakened by a noise in -the hallway outside hi* bedroom door, lie sat up In bed and beheld, outlined by the hall light, the figure of a man. Baltic Is On. Fadget leaped for the figure and a battle started. The burglar was armed with a revolver and he first attempt ed to intimidate the officeY with this. F idget was too ecxited to pay atten tion and tushed at him. The burglar seized Fadget roughly by the shoulders and forced him across the room, sat him In a rocking chair and .hen tipped chair and man over backward. Fadget fell sprawling to the floor and before he could re agin his feet the prowler had planted a foot in his mouth. Fadget could not call for assistance, hut other members of the household Were aroused by the scuffle and came to his assistance. They overpowered the intruder and called police. Believes in Hereafter. At the police station the man gave the name of Charles Mallard and said »»^Hat he lived in Aurora, 111. "I have been prowling houses for four years,” he told Captain Allen, "and I never got caught before. I wouldn’t shoot that fellow, and I could have done it. because I believe in a hereafter and I am going there. I don't want to be barred because I committed murder.” From the story he told the captain the officer was fully one minute get rTUB FROCKS FRIDAY How Many Do You Need? Gingham Dresses to $12; N Ratines to $15; Linens to $16.50; Voiles to $20; choose Friday at.. T 1812 Farnam ting from liis bed to th* lallway and was in plain sight all time. Mallard is being be for further Investigation. Mallard this ntoring declared his right name is Charles Currey. Po lice found a police revolver on the man which they believe may have been taken from a railroad special agent. New York — Day by Day— By O. O. M’INTYRE. New York, Aug. 23.—At midnight on Saturday the electric sign changers begin the work of changing the daz zling displays in front of the Broad way movie houses and vaudeville the aters. There is an eager rush about their work. The testing time is about two hours later when the new signs are flashed on and off. It is always a great mo ment for vaudeville “piffawmers” and they line along the fiery gulch toj>ce if their names leap forth In blazing lights. Around the corner from limes square is the N. A. A. club and on Saturday night the actors and act resses gather for the first lap of their holiday which lasts until the Monday nmtinee. Vaudeville folk are the most democratic of all stage people. The lowly Jugglers and acrobats are just as popular as head liners. They have the spirit of true comradeship— the animating quality that makes the life of circus people so happy. Most of them are whimsical romanticists, unmindful of the tomorrow^. Being Scotch, an Inverse ratio rea soning warns me to- profligacy. The vaudeville performer who lives up to his last penny during the winter and arrives at the summer hiatus with a smile and cherio wins my profound kow-tow. I'd like to be free from worry about tomorrows. There are hundreds of them now sunning themselves along Broadway curbs. They breakfast on “coffee and |sinkers” and a few rut their own hair in skylight hall rooms, but they bugle their faith in the future. The world is their oyster. They might not have the price of an evening dinner, but just the same they are spurning huge offers from Dave, Lee, Jake and Flo. They will go far for friends. 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All of these men are clever and funny and have no need to dip into the gutters. Another excuse for the suggestive Is the "tableaux.’’ In one, skimpy brassieres are the only cov ering for nudes and in another four press agented beauties are entirely nude save for a single whisp of tulle. The vice crusaders appear to be on a vacation. The Bronx zoo now has a wander iguana. The iguana looks like a lizard and is always wanting to go some where. It needs a keeper to keep it from crawling over the wall on its way back to the Galapagos Islands from whence it came. Only a sap like the iguana would want to go to the Galapagos. Thpre are 210 rooming houses In two blocks In Washington Heights They are the old-fashioned kind where all the food is put on tables at meal time. It is the last stand of the "star boarder." (Copyright, 1953.) » Righto, Sheriff Council Bluffs bootleggers have missed their calling, according to the staff at the sheriff's office. Instead of making whisky they should be making varnish remover, in the sheriff's opinion. Several bot tles purporting to contain corn whisky were placed on a table in the sheriff’s offliee this morning. The bottoms of the bottles were moist by the contents. When the bottles were removed It was found that the “whisky" had re moved the varnish. Farmer Killed Sioux City, la., Aug. 23.—Henry J Roghair, 16-year-old son of E. J. Roghalr, wealthy farmer near here, was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a manure spreader Wed nesday afternoon. Pet Dog Stolen. Charles .O’Neill, 2440 Avenue G, told pi’l.u" two men drove up and stole his pet fox terrier dog last night._ French Bride Back in Bluffs War Wt ami Mate Abandon Plan of Settling in in France. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shelhorn have returned to Council Bluffs from France with a tale of hard times in that country. Mr. Shelhorn is a veteran of the world war and his wife Is a native of France. They left Council Bluffs, June 29, and sailed to Europe on the "Roose velt.” They planned on the possibility of settling in France, hut decided in fa vor of Council Bluffs when they found times so "dull." They was astonished at the recon struetion progress made by the French, however. Nebraskan Hurt in Train Wreck Maple J.ake, Minn., Aug. 23 — Nineteen persons were Injured, one seriously, and three Pullmans and an observation on the Winnipeg flyer cf the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie railway were derailed and top pled Into a dttrh near here early Wednesday night. Mrs. B. F. Scoggin of Oak, Neb. was seriously Injured, suffering a depression of the skull, anil two other persons were painfully hurt. Victims of the wreck, which or curred four miles east of here, were brought to Annandale and given sur gical treatment at the railroad sta tion, where that part of th# train, still intart, was turned into a tempor ary hospital. The Injured Include: Mrs. I.ewls Hansen, Davenport, la. Mrs. John Rohlf, Davenport, la : K W. Kiindt, Davenport, la , and El mer Kinder, McCausland, la. ?2.'» Out An Onialmn hired a taxicab to go to Council Bluffs. Council Bluff* police arrested his driver for speeding on Broadway. The Omahan put up $25 so that the driver could return to Omaha and get money for bond. The driver didn’t return Auto Stolen O. N. Hayward, Kirkman. Ia., re ported to police that his nutomobile was stolen from 338 West Broadway last night. Police Seeking Two Women in Kidnaping Case STo Trace Discovered of 3 Months-Old Lillian McKen zic. Stolen from Baby Car riage Last Saturday. New York, Aug. 23.—Two women ire sought by detectives searching for 3 month's old Lillian McKenzie, kidnaped from her carriage on a Manhattan street last Saturday. One of the women sought is a beg gar. On Saturday she visited a number of houses In Manhattan s| lower west side, a crying bady in her arms, seeking money. The other woman Is the childless wife of a man whose fondness for children made him desert her be cause thre was none in his home. Since the kidnaping she has visited her former home seeking her hus band. She is said to have told neigh hors that she has a baby now and "they can't take it away from me." Driver Hits Boy Riding Bicycle R. K. Cole. 2715 Pacific street, ap peared at Central police station shoitjy liefore noop today, and said that while driving a truck for the Duplex Manufacturing company 'ui Sixteenth street, between Nicholas and Izard streets, his truck ran down a small hoy. “The boy was on a bicycle and was holding on behind another truck which was In front of me,” related Cole. “The other truck stopped and when it started again the boy seemed to lose his halance. He fell under the wheels of my truck. A man in a car drove up and said he would take the boy to the police sta tion.” The injured boy had not been brought to the station, however, and hospitals said they had no such ac. cident case. Woodrough and Bailiff Brooklyn Bridge If'as Hiking Ground Return from New York Federal Judge Woodrough and his faithful bailiff. Anion Gross, re turned from Brooklyn, N. V. where the judge has been presiding over federal court for a month. The judge will not begin active work here until September 1 and is spending time rusticating at his Ralston home and engaging in his favorite hobbies of woodchopping and walking. Anion is enthusiastic about New York. "Court only from 10:30 to 12310 and from 2 to I,” he said. “Then we would walk over I he bridge and up to our hotel. "One day we walked to Coney Island. Then we took a boat hack to 129tli street and walked down to Forty-second street. I was played out. I said to the judge, ‘We are the only fools walking.' He just said. 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Floor Coverings Including all kinds of Domestic and Oriental Rugs, Linoleums and Carpets, Draperies Every class of curtain, overdraperv or upholstery fabric is in the sale, as well as one pair lots of curtains. OUR EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT can probably mal(c the n>fl.v easier by taking off your hands furniture .Vou non’ have. Saving from 15r,' to 50'I . mT7'T'>T\/Tc<. ,f you 'v i«li to defer payments, IrjltlVlo. use our BUDGET PLAN. ‘ICV Cuno Goes to London on Secret Mission Herr Wilhelm Cuno, former elian rellor of the German republic, who has gone to laniHon with lingo Slin nes, German Industrial magnate, on a secret mission.__ Model of Aquila Court on Display Tiny Design Shows Exact Fea tures of New Structure When Completed. A model of "Aquila Court." true in every respect to the building as it will look when finished at Sixteenth and Howard streets, lies in the of fice of Erwin 3. Jewell, manager of the structure, 901 City National hank building. The model is four feet long and two and a half feet wide. According to Edwin S. Jewell, man ager of the structure, the facade is of the type of governmental archl ture noted in Vienna. The old idea of the packing-box plan of office building is forgotten. A Eatin air is created by the balconies and small windows. "Aquila Court," which is being erected by Raymond and Chester Cook, the third generation of a fam ily of real estate men in Chicago, is their first venture in the building line. The court, to the rear of the E. of four stories, the long side of which fronts on Howard street. Is placed where, as a rule, are seen o^l boxes, rubbish and trash. This spot is transformed into a Spanish patio with cloister walks on both sides, lighted overhead. Bracket lights will be suspended front the pillars of the arches of the cloister and will he of ainber shade, A t^ny lagoon fed by a fountain at the east end, will run down the middle of the court. To the south of the main E Is a two-storied building to hold the art ist studios and an inviting tea room. The first floor of the main build ing will bo taken up with 26 sp? - ialized “shops"; on the second floor will be shops for women, beauty par lors and dressmakers; the third floor will house offires of attorneys, real estate dealers and insurance men The fourth floor is reserved for physicians and dentists. Mr. Jewell declares that eventu ally the retail section of Omaha will have the courthouse as its hub and that Acquila Court Is one of the first to anticipate the change of center. 10 Captives Are Detained for Ransom - . I Marauder* Mingle ^ itli Mourners and Kill I wo Sol diers and Four Civilians Before Taking to Hills. By Asttorialed Prm. Tsinanfu. Shantung. China. Aug. 23.—Reports received by missions here say that while the funeral of a wealthy Chinese was in grogress at Fccheng, a small town 25 miles west of here, a number of bandits who had mingled with the mourners, opened fire on a soldier guard of 10 men, putting them to flight and that when two soldiers and four civilians had been killed the bandits captured 40 members of the funeral party and are holding them for ransom. The bandits and their captives are said to be in the hills near Wonshung on the Yeilow river. Officials of the district are quoted as saying they are unable to rope with the bandits. Biggest Plane in Test Flight Dayton, O , Aug. 23 —The Barling Bomber, world's largest airplane, took off from Wilbur Wright field at about 6:20 o'clock, after several minutes pre liminary tuning of the six Liberty motors by mechanics. The big plane rose from the ground a/ter a com paratively short run, and in a few minutes was about 2,000 feet in the air. The ship, after circling over the field, apparently well in hand, started toward Dayton. The bomber, following a 25-mile >wing through the air. made a per feet landing at 6:45. Walter Henry Barling, designer of the huge craft, was one of the crew of four men who manned the ship on its maiden flight. Lieuts. Harold R. Harris and M. S. Fairchild of McCook field piloted tlie bomber. Douglas Cul ver. McCook field mechanic, was in charge of the engines. Probably it isn’t a problem It may be that you have encounted a kink or two in photography. If this is so, our sales men are more than ready to help you and from the point of view of an ex pert there probably isn’t a problem after all. Developing, printing and enlarging of the su perior sort. Eastman Kodak Co. (The Robert Dempator Co.) 1813 Farnam St. Branch Stora 308 South 15th St. _ Attorney Has Own Solution A dark complexioned young man who talked pidgin English with .*a strong Italian accent appeared at Cen trial police station Wednesday. "I want’a get’a the permish to make whiskee," explained the young man, w ho appeared to he a recent ar rival from sunny Italy. "I can make and sella the whiskee mueh'a fasti r than people can take th' mud from water." With this powerful argument the young ^Ban appealed to the chief of detectives, the captain of police and the police commissioner for a permit to make liquor. The unltiated at the police station stared at him with open mouths. But those who knew recog nized the young man as Clair Mulvi hill, young attorney, who amuses his friends by talking the dialect of *< v eral languages. 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