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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1924)
Jiidsc Praises Truthfulness ^ of Girl Bandit Anna Strawn, Who Held I j* Man to Prove Bravery to Sheik, Confesses to Crime. Cleveland, March 25.—Although Mrs. Anna Strawn. 20, pretty girl ban Ait, who confessed In court that she robbed a drug store clerk at the .point of a gun, when her boy ‘ sheik” told her she was yellow If she didn't do It, will have to face a grand Jury investigation and police prison term, the presiding judge told her "she was a pluck girl, nnd lie admired her,” be cause her conscience impelled her to make a clean breast of the whole affair. Anna last December met and mar ried a man after a brief courtship. Within a week she became suspicious, because her hhsband, although always supplied with money, never seemed to have a rbgular Job. She left him. A few days ago, out of work and despondent, with but 3S cents in her pocket, she visited a picture show. Sit ting next to her was a youth of 17, vhn learned her story when she wept. “Come ami live with me,” he plead ed, “I’ll cure your troubles.” Worn out with the struggle, the girl assented. Her happiness lasted four days. Then, pressing a shiny new revolver _ In her hand, the "sheik'' tnld her to go out and rob a store. "Tott'r* yellow if you don't!" he told her. Smarting under his taunts, she started out. She pas^e# a dozen stores before she "screwed her courage to :he sticking point" and staged the holdup. A lone clerk In a drug store was the victim. The loot was $il). Kscaping safely, the girls con science troubled her. Two days later she went to a telephone and called her victim. When she identified herself, the clerk said: "I'm busy. Call me a little later.” When the girl called again police had been tipped off, and she was ar rested as she left a telephone booth a few blocks away from the scene of her crime. In custody she made a clean breast of the whole affair. "My conscience troubled me after the robbery," she said. "I couldn’t sleep; I couldn't eat. So I decided to call the clerk and tell him how sorry I was. J couldn't give back the mon ey, for I'd used it to pay a debt. "I'm glad it's over, though. No primrose path for me. I'd rather go to prison than live that way!” “A conscience Is a good thing,” the court told her. “I don’t so much blame you as society, Anna. I hope something may be done for you.” RETIRED FARMER HANGS HIMSELF Falls City. Nob., March 25.—Sher man Cnlglnzier. lit), retired farmer, committed suicide yesterday by. hang ing himself in the barn of his farm, southwest of Verdun. Colglazier had been ill for more than a year, lie is survived by a wife and flic children. MOTHER:— Fletcher’s Castoria is a pleasant, harmless Substi tute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in arms and Children all ages. To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. r Berlin Police Arrest Woman Said to Be a Second Blneheard ^___; Beilin, March 25.—A sensation b** teen created In Berlin by the afreet of the wife of a high judicial official who Is i harged with being a new fe male Bluebeaid. She is accused of! killing two previous husbands, a brother and the mother of her first husband, besides forging her bus bund's will, obtaining inheritance through fraud, committing perjury, and inducing others to commit per jury. Her name Is Erna Bischur. She Is 32, blonde, attractive and rich. Pois on, revolvers and gas were among her weapons, according to the po lice. During the first lime she was ques tioned she made a partial confession, but later retracted It. She started her career as a nurse. ENDRES RETURNS WITH PRISONER Sheriff Mike Kndres returned Tues day from California, bringing Harry Glazer, charged with abandonment of his wife and four children. In Nevada county ho was held up by a writ of habeas corpus which a corps of attorneys argued for Glazer and the judge discharged the Omalian, Outside the courthouse, Sheriff Kndres, with the assistance o£ the local sheriff, arrested Glazer again, hustled him into a taxicab and drove 4D miles, until the county line was crossed. Glazer obtained a dlvorcs In Reno, New, where he lived for nine months after leaving Omaha. TRAFHC TIED UP; WIRE TROUBLE Traffic was tied up for 20 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, when two trol ley wires were broken at Twenty-fifth and Dodge streets by a wire of the Nebraska Power company that fell and caused a short circuit. Lights were out In that district for a short time. No one was injured. One of the street cars that was blocked by the fallen trolley wire was slightly damaged by a Eord truck on Its return trip at Eighteenth and Harney streets. “The Fool” to Be Presented Miss Jline Whiting-, Grareland col lege, Lamoni, la., will present “The Fool,” a four-act religious drama. Wednesday night at 8 at Reorganized Church of Ratter Ray Saints, Thirty sixth and Hurt streets. i v;.'. \ ' ~ w ' /mr ' When she travels \ : » Women traveling alone or with children v prefer’the fathous limited trains of the New ‘ York i Central Lines—because the standards of service on the restful water level route are 'such as they are accus tomed to in therr own homes. Ladies’ , maids arq in attendance on the Twentieth Century Limited, the Lake Shore '’Limited*, and the Wolverine—the three de luxe*trails in the New York Chicago* service most favored by women travelers. On* the Century facial massage and shampooing may^be had in the bar ber shop in the dub car. \ * \ The comfortable lounging room of the observation car is an added attraction on the Century, especially’on the run along the famous Palisades and through the wonderful Highlands of the Hudson/ . \ \\\ \ *The westbound Century enters tli<j Uixhlands \ > (A at 3:50 p. rn.i the easlbound atyi:lO a. m. ' X.' ’ Twaniy through traina with Pullman a leaping cara ara oparatad daily ovar tha watar laval route of tha Now York Cantral Lina* batwaan tha Grand Cantral Terminal, New York, and tha two Chicago ta rminala—Cant rat Station and La Salle . Street Station. The Century '\X Wnllwunti Lv. New York . • • • . 2^45 p. m.* Lv. Bocton ....... 12:30 p. m.* Ar. Chicago ...... 9:45 a. m.* Eaithound Lv. Chicago ...... 12:40 p. m.* Ar. BoMon ...... 12:00 noon* 'Sioiuidrj Timr NEW YORK CENTRAL Sr---7 \°MAHA OFFICE, 808 WOODMEN OF WORLD BLDG. / twrt If til# #tiargss against are proved, d««tfe #ras the result of her mlnlstra* Mona, Her first husband |vraa Heinrich ICoerner, wealthy wholesaler of Ber tin. She was called to his sick bed cne night In 1919 while employed as nurse at the Municipal First Aid sta tion. She accompanied Koerner to a health resort and married him on their return. Shortly after their marraige, her mother-in-law died suddenly and two months after that Koerner himself died. No will was found, and George Koerner, a brother, inherited the for tune. Then George died. It was sus pected he committed suicide by in haling gas. Second Husband IMes. After his death a will was ‘found making his sister-in-law his sole heir. She then married Max Frenzel, an engineer. A few' months later her seepnd husband was found dead in bed, shot through. the heart. The widow again said it was suicide and again she was the heir. After that she married her present husband, who Is chief secretary of one of the higher courts. During her widowhood, Mrs. Bis rhur was seen In deepest mourning carrying flowers to the graves of her husbands. But relatives of the dead husbands began suit attacking her inheritances. The circumstances of the deaths seemed so suspicious that the civil judges turned the matter over to the public prosecutors. Texas Shippers Satisfied \\ itli Omaha Market Majority Now Sending Tattle Here, Li\otockers Who II ave Been on Trip Report. Tired litit happy, the goodwill ex- i cursion of Omaha stockmen returned ' early this morning, having visited I eight cities in Colorado, Texas, I Louisiana and Missouri. The trip was made to promote good will between stock raisers of the southwest and dealers of South Omaha. There was little need for promotion of better feeling, according to Charles Gardner. In Texas it was discovered that the majority of shippers were already supplying the Omaha market and well satisfied with the service. "I took particular pains to study the Mew Orleans Mardi Gras," Gard ner said. “It certainly does not come up to our Ak-Sar-Ben. We are demo cratic, they are not. Their celebra tion Is purely social; ours is not.” Every member of the excusion was well pleased with the results of the trip. They all declared that even OLDS — Use the Safe and Wonderfully Effective EBRIN TABLETS though they found Omaha* market m well know® ft little extra good n111 «as not amt**, A* a result of the trip laree i utile ihipment* from the *outliwe*t cnun ry are expected »oon. The *tock. buyer* mopped nt Den ver. Dalhart, AmmarllkJ, Knrt Worth. GaJveatnn and Houston, Te*.. appear mg l>efore chic dubs. chamltera of iiwiwerce and el ml la r organisations to boost Omaha market. Tt-x.ia i ittlemen took kindly to the four-gallon hat* which the delegation wore. On the return six of the top liieeee were unaccounted for. Fremont— Jerome Bojar Pndt;'> farmer, was sentenced to K> data in the Ihslze county Jail on the charge of Issuing five had che. ks_ f Coming Thursday— ^ An Apparel Sensation! Buy Beautiful New Spring COATS - SUITS - DRESSES At About Manufacturer’s Cost Watch Wednesday Papers Thousands of dollars must be raised to complete transfer of control of Emporium Stock to Mr. B. Pred FRED’S EMPORIUM 310 South 16th Street The World’s Record THE Metropolitan is mutually owned by its 21,000,000 policyholders. Its assets belong to the policyholders. They are accumulated to meet policy obligations and for no other purpose. Every policyholder is a capitalist—an investor—and his interest should be recognized by legislators and commissioners. The policyholders own over $313,000,000in railroad securities; $606,000,000in real estate mortgages; $80,000,000 in public utility bonds; $200,000,000 in Government obligations. ----- - ■■ — 1 - -1 Business Statement, December 31, 1923 Assets. $1,431,399,418.27 More chan any ocher Insurance Company In the World Liabilities Reserve for Policy Obligation* . .$1,290,579,178.00 Dividend* to Policyholder* payable 1924 25,572,037.69 All Other Liabilities .... 40,498,790.35 Uruuwigned Fond* .... 74,749,412.23 1,431,399,418.27 Increase in Asset* during 1923 171,549,093.04 More Chan any other Insurance Company in the World Income in 1923 . 396,311,664.25 More chan any ocher Insurance Company in the World Gain in Income, 1923 55,643,362.95 Mere chon any other Insurance Company in the World Paid-for Insurance Issued, Increased and Rerived in 1923 2,359^034,859.00 More than ever placed in one year by any Company in the World and 889 million dollars more chan any other company in 192 J Gain in Insurance in Force in 1923 . 1,430,697,111.00 More chan any other Company in the World Number of Policies in Force December 31, 1923 . . 30,221,727 More chan any ocher Company in the World Number of Policy Claims paid in 1923 430,866 Averaging one claim paid eyrry 20 Seconds of each business day of 8 hour, Payments to Policyholder, averaged $919.1 5 a minute of each business day of 8 hoars Total Bonuses and Dividends paid or credited to policy holders 1892-1923 —plus dividends declared for 1924 180,294,982.83 Insurance Outstanding ORDINARY (Insurance for the larger amounts, prem iums payable annually, semi-annually, quarterly or monthly).$4,710,630,635.00 More than any other Company in the World INDUSTRIAL (Premiums payable weekly) .... 3,910,156,319.00 GROUP. 617,467,114.00 All placed umthin seven years TOTAL INSURANCE OUTSTANDING .... 9,238,284.068.00 Mine than any other Company in the World GROWTH IN TEN-YEAR FERIODS T~ 188) $ 2.082,619.05 $ 2,186,622.24 $ 627,368.24 5314)48 $ 63,425,107 1883 1893 15,216,236.65 19,343,7054)6 4,109,689.92 2,940,226 353,177317 1893 1903 49,8874304.11 105,656,311.60 104*914357.56 7323.915 1342.381,457 1903 1913 117,5034)43.89 447,972,404.85 35,7284)7734 13,957.748 24316.504.462 1913 1923 396,311,664.25 1,4 31.399.418.27 74,749,41233 30,221,727 9,2 38,254,068 19:3 One person in every six in the United States and Canada is a holder of a Metropolitan policy — one of the safest forms of investment. In 1923 the Metropolitan grew fastei than any other life insurance company in the world; grew in income — in assets—and in the effectiveness of its campaign for better health for the whole country. TheMerropolitan 'ends trained nurse* / to the homes of thousands of Indus trial (i. e. weekly premium) policy holders when they are sick. In 1923 these nurses made 2,482,919 vints. - „ While the average life span in the general population of the United States is 51 ■> years greater than it was 11 years ago, the life span of the In dustrial policyholders of the Metro politan increased nearly 8!S year* in the same interval. This greater gain has resulted in large part from the Metropolitan's Health Service. During 1923 the Metropolitan dis tributed 33,790,840 booklets and pamphlets dealing with health, gen eral welfare and longer life. The total number of pieces distributed to dare amounts to 305,990,307. TheMetropolitan arranges for free pe riodic health examinations for hold ers of Ordinary-policies. Amongthose who availed themselves of this privi lege. the i ith rate was found to be 2S**b lower than was expected for the group. . The Metropolitan cooperate* with the companies to w hich it has issued group insurance for their employee* —cooperates not only in giving in surance protection but also to pro mote better health, better working conditions, better living condition* and happier social conditions. • * Life insurance, which cares tor the home and family, is born of a deep sense of respon sibility. When mil lions of people join in a mutual sharing of this responsibility the result is the splendid picture shown in the 1^23 report of the Metropolitan Lite Insurance Company. Never bet ore has the world seen such a Business Statement nor had such an op portunity to look into the hearts of men and women, and to find there w —Knuincsj. (iW; ^ IVmiint. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-NEW YORK Biggest in the World, More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in force, More new Insurance each year A MUTUAL COMPANY—INCORPORATED BY THE .'STATE OF NEW YORK