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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1924)
s Three Indicted for Bribe Offers Attempt to Buy Attorney Gen eral for $65,000 Is Exposed. t New Tork, March 7.—A federal * grand jury today Indicted three per ■ons for obstructing justice and at tempting, for a price of $65,000, to bribe United States Attorney Gen eral Daugherty and other government prosecutors to protect men who since have been sentenced for using the malls In a fraud which netted $175,000. | Those Indicted were Thomas B. Felder, head of a well known law firm, president of the Georgia so . clety and defense council In several ii Wg bootleg liquor cases; Gaston B. Beans, former agent of the Depart j ment od Justice, and Elmer Jarnecke, secretary to Means. Liquor Ring Bared. ) Means, Jarnecke and nine others were Indicted last October for using the malls to defraud and engaging In a conspiracy through which 512 cases and 12,000 barrels of whisky were re moved from licensed distillers and di verted Into bootleg channels. Felder Is Means’ attorney In this case. Today’s indictments charge the trio with having received $65,000 from officers of the Crager System, Inc., and the Glass Casket company of Altoona, Pa., of whom 17 since have been sentenced for obtaining $176,000 In an alleged fake stock promotion. Cases Under Appeal. Thosa besides Attorney General Daugherty whom the accused are al leged to have promised to bribe In clude United States District Attorney Hayward and two of his assistants. John Holley Clark, Jr., and Teter J. McCoy. The chief complainants against the indicted trio were Samuel Safir and others of the Crager System and Glass Casket company, who were sentenced to terms ranging from a day to two and one-half years in federal and county institutions. Safir has not been sent to prison and his convic tion is under appeal. , Macleod Funeral Will Be Held at 10 This Morning Funeral services for M. G. Macleod. who died Thursday morning at the Old People's home, will be held Sat urday morning at 10 at Burkett chapel. Mr. Macleod was a resident of Omaha for 40 years, and was active In polities. He was also known over the state for his work In connection with the promotion of the Interests of the Baptist church. Ho was employed for 12 years In the office of the clerk of the district court, and was stricken with the 111 ness which ultimately resulted In his death, while at his desk. He Is survived by his widow. Sirs. Ella Macleod and one son, George C. Macleod. of Omaha. 1519 1521 DOUGLAS ST A Sale of Hose Silk Chiffon Hose of Every Leading Brand and Reputation Every pair perfect. A chiffon hose of excep tional quality at a re markable low price. Peach Dawn Sunset Buck Cinnaihon Gun Metal Sahara Black Skin Buy at least three pairs Satur day. Gotham Gold Stripe Hose A semi-chiffon, full fashiioned, Q all .silk hose, shown in every 'r favored color. The hose that wears. Gotham Silk Chiffon Hose $2.25 $2.50 $2.75 ^ __✓ ? LaGrippe ' Influenza jRncumonia Keep strong. Be* healthy and free from winter complaint*, t HOTa Caecara Bromide Quinine la the quickest acting, moat dependable cold remedy. Wh*t Hill'* does for miUtono it will do for you. Get red boa bearing Mr. Hill's portrait. Price 30 cents. CASCAU&QmjnNE V.H.HXLLCXX Mnare.iaca. tonni»M ek*. STOMACH UPSET? Get at the Real Cause—Take Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets That’s what thousand# of stomach suf ferers ara doing now. Instead of taking tonlea, or trying to pateh up a poor di gestion, they ara attacking tha real cause of tha ailment—clogged liver and disor dered bowels. Or. Edwards’ OUva Tablets arouse the liver In a soothing, healing wey. When tha liver and bowels are performing their natural functions, away goes indigestion and atomach troubles. Hava you a bad taste, coated tongue, poor appetite, a lasr. don’t-earo feeling, no ambition or energy, trouble with un digested foods T Taka OUva Tablets, ths substitute for calomel. Or. 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R. Miixek, K.F.D. No. 1, Box 7b, Rutan, lex as. In ateennt country-widecanvass of purchasers of Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound over 12l,0ut) re plies were receivto, dnd *J8 out of every 100 re|K>rled they were bene ifitcd by its use. For sale by druggists everywhere. GRIPPE WEAKNESS It is a fact that those who are careful to keep wed* nourished and the resistance normal, are best able to avoid or prevent the prostrating effects of grippe or similar infection. SOOTS MISHM a name familiar on the lips of tens of thousands, is used today and every day to help nourish and strengthen. If Scott’s Emulsion is now helping tens of thousands realize freedom from grippe, coughs, colds —why not let it do as much for you? Rotl It Bowur, Bloomfield, hi. J 25 114 j . 4 -? -—=-' Men Who Are Making Omaha ---' - ■ " iji ■■wk i • wKnwmimi. ■mmmmmmmmmmmmammmi _ Six feet and something over, broad shouldered, with an eye that twinkles merrily, a voice that welcomes cordially, and a handclasp that means for a friend something that can not be put Into words—that's Myron L. Learned. He is one of Omaha's busiest law yers, always at work, and yet not too busy to look after his share of the community’s aifairs. He once had a pretty good start into politics, but pulled back In time and let somebody else take on the hod carrying Job that had been handed to him and which he was too good natured to refuse. Not that he has lost interest in govern ment, or Is unwilling to do his part in carrying on any worthy campaign. He Just simply did not want to be the man out at the head of the proces sion. Myron Learned was born In Ver mont, but went with his parents to Massachusetts, where he grew up. Two years of study in the office of Hon. D. W. Bond at Northampton fit ted Mm for a course at Harvard law school. A year of practice then in his home town enabled him to make up Ills mind to come west. In 1888 tho firm of Kennedy and Learned was formed, and continued until 1907, ■when John L. Kennedy withdrew. Mr. I-earned retains the old offices of the film, and finds he made no mistake In coming to Omaha. lie served on city, county and state committees for the republican party, and was a delegate to the national convention In 1908. When lion. Willis Vandevanter was elevated from the United States district bench to a seat In tho supreme court. Mr. Learned was unanimously endorsed by the Ne braska bar for the appointment to succeed to the vacancy on the dis trict bench. Mr. Learned Is heavily interested in Omaha property, and In his quiet way has contributed to the success of many important projects. _____________________________ I State Primary Filings to Close Saturday at 5 Lincoln, March 7.—Filings for the state primaries will close Saturday afternoon at 6. Secretary of State Pool will not accept filings which come in later by mall, regardless of whether they ^ere,mailed on Satur day or not. Three Hunters Are Fined SI .300 Trio Arrested Near Clarks for Shooting Ducks Out of Season. Lincoln. March 7.—Fines aggregat ing $1,300 were imposed upon three men arrested near Clarks last Wednesday for shooting 61 wild ducks and having the birds in their posses sion out of season. They pleaded guilty to tho charge before a Merrick county magistrate. The defendants gave the names of Burl Boyce. Bur dette Knowles of Walla Walla, Wash., and Rudolph Schuller. Boyce is said to bo an ex convict from the Nebraska penitentiary, sen tenced in 1916 to serve four years for breaking and entering. 'He was pa roled in 10 months and later dis charged. The duck hunters were caught by Rimer Helntzelman and J. J. Gllligan, two deputy game wardens, while pa trolling the Platte river territory in an automobile. Measles Kills Four Children in Wymore Wymore, Neb., March 7.—Harvey Eugene, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schoff of Wymore, died Thursday afternoon of complications following measles. The child was taken to a Beatrice hospital’last week for treatment. This Is tho fourth child death In Wymore from this cause this year. Schoff is a Wymore carpenter and a former employe of the Burlington mechanical depart ment. A small son of F. G. Penning ton, Wymore Jeweler, sick for six weeks with the disease, Is slowly Im proving, and a 2-year-old son of Mark C. Hargrave, Wymore clothier, is now dangerously ill from the same cause. Congregational Churches Show 10 Per Cent Increase The 1922 Congregational year book which probably will be ready for dis tribution In May. will show that 43 Congregational churches In Nebras ka added a number equal to 10 per cent or more of their membership during the year. There were five Congregational churches In the stale that received 60 or more members In the year. The First Central Congregational church of Omaha, of which Dr. Frank O. Smith Is the pastor, top# the Ne braska list with 129 additions. Have lock received 91; Dincoln First. 79; Hayes Center, 73, and Norfolk First, SI. Injured Motorist Believed Deserted by Driver Norfolk, Neb., March 7.—The body of A. Bradley, who sustained fatal injuries in a mysterious automobile accident on the evening of February 13, has been taken to Wymore for burial by his two sisters. The theory is that liradley was thrown through the windshield of an automobile, the driver of which is for some unknown reason not telling the story of the accident. While he lay fatally hurt In a local hospital Rradley refused to tell the details of how he was hurt. Bond Issue to Remodel Courthouse Is Planned Members of the Pottawattamie county board of supervisors met at the courthouse with the special committee appointed to form plans for remodeling the courthouse in an effort to provide fireproof storage space for county records. It was decided to hold s series of meetings throughout the county to acquaint the public with the necessity of pre serving the records, and then to sub mit a bond issue for the purpose to I the voters. Three Plans Laid to Halt Slayer’s Death Lincoln. March 7— Attorney George R. Mann of Lincoln an* nounced today that be plans thre# steps In an effort to stay the execu tion of Walter It. Himinons. under sentence of death in the electric chair May 23 for the murder of Frank Fahl in Boyd county. Ho will ask the state pardon board to hear an application for clemency in behalf of Simmon* at the monthly meeting on April S. Attorney Mann said that in event tho pardon lioard declines to hear the case, or refuses Simmons a par* dbn, commutation or reprieve, and should the elate supreme court deny a rehearing, he will carry the case into the United State* courts with a habeas corpus suit. A motion for rehearing will be presented to the high utate tribunal within the next two or three weeks. Lyons Farmer Shot in Foot by Woman L. M. Walsh, farmer of Lyons. S'eb. was shot In the left foot at the horn of "Speck" Gibson. 101S North Nine teenth street by Gonzalla Gonzales Gibson's Creole wife. Both Gibson and his wife were ar rested for investigation. Walsh was taken to the poji. e emergency hospital and attended by Police Surgeon Xvinyoun. Gonzalla told police that Gibson was beating her at the time that Walsh came In. She went in the bedroom and obtained a revolver. Then she returned to the room where the two men were standing Gibson ffed Walsh stood still. Gibson declared that Gonzalla was shooting at Mm. and hit Walsh by accident. STYLE WITHOUT ]W| 519 1521 EXTRAVAGANCE || jj DOUGLAS ST A Sale of Girls’ Spring Coats New sport models, lined and tailored. Tans and all fa vored shades. Sizes 3 to 14 years. Two big feature groups. Sizes 7 to 10. Sizes 12 to 16. // \ A Feature Showing of Newest Spring Modes in Footwear Style* that are rao*t in fa* vor. Patterns so pleasing that you cannot help from • finding one to satisfy. All the netc leath ers and colors. Shoe Dept.—Merxanin* Floor // 4 ■■ —- - ~ --'S / Viait Babyland for the Infanta’ STYLE WITHOUT 1519 1521 Every Apparel Need EXTRAVAGANCE DOUGLAS ST n^>r These New COATS Bespeak the Last Word in Style Correctness $7450 to $4950 II To select your Spring Coat at Herzberg’s means to se lect from Omaha’s greatest showing of style correct coats and at prices incom parably low. Sport coats, business coats, coats in styles to meet each and every fashion whim. Costa—Fourth Floor The Mannish Tailleur The outstanding style success of the new season. Smartness radiates from their every line. You'll surely want one. A Feature Showing at $4950 Solid colors for those who pre fer them or smart hairline * checks, stripes and novelty miatures. A wide variety of pleasing styles. ■ Suits Fourth Floor Saturday We Offer The Greatest Values of the New Season in HATS Captivating stylet fresh from the mak ers—of straw fabrics, novelty braids and the new cloche felts, smartly trim med or embroidered, in voguish shapes that bespeak higher price characteris tics. Powder Blue Black Sand Wood White Black and White Tortoise Lanvin Green • % Demonstrating the millinery values made possible by Herzberg’s. The styles such as only our metropolitan connections make possible. See these beautiful hats in our windows, then come to the third floor to make your selection. Millinery Salon—Third Floor > Betsy Ross Girdles In a Special Offering Saturday Flattie lop and bottom, ahown in pink and blue brocade, all aiaet. Thete tplendid girdle* aro favorite* with tcore* of Omaha'* be*t dretaed women. Expert Coraetiere* to rea der inttant aervice. Coraet Salon—Meixanine Floor um - -r.-. 33*—33 —■■■ 'Wtiuww - ~ .afE. — u — --"-wee——wr-v—--e-—ee y