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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1925)
-— Nebraskan Who Wed Own Niece Given 14 Years Couple Arrested in Los An geles Declares Marriage Sanctioned by Relatives; Girl on Probation. I.oi Angeles, Cal., Dec. SI.—The marriage of an unde anil Ills niece In a mutual attempt to break the lonely •uonotony of life on a Nebraska farm with companionship, brought Perry Kent, 21, and his young wife Into the lulls of the law in Dos Angeles. Kent today was waiting to start a sentence of from 1 to 14 years In the si»te penitentiary for conviction on a statutory charge, and his niece, (Ijpdys, is on probation for two years* Path pleaded guilty, but said neith orjof them felt a wrong had been com netted. They married with the con sent of relatives several years ago when the girl was 18 and have lived lumpily together, the couple told Judge Avery. After leaving the Ne hrgska farm, the uncle and niece li\Td In different sections of the nsid ill4-west before coming to Dos An l-'i’Jes, where they were arrested last month. • Table Rook.—Table Rock Parent Teacher association will hold the fir%’t meeting of 1925 .at the high school building, Friday afternoon, January 9, The following program - will be given: Piano solo, Mrs. C. A. Covault; exercise, third and fourth grades; salutation, Dr. R. I,. McCrea; piper, ‘‘Safety First,” Miss Dela t'.rbjss; community singing. T — Child, 6, Civil War Vet, 86, Add Their Mites to Aid Helpless Kiddies; Ideal Way to Start New Year Right START 1925 right, by sending a contribution to the Free Shoe fund. A picture of Jack and Jill going up the hill Is at the top of the baby "letter head" and in pencil is scrawled this letter: "I am sending you $1 to help buy shoes for some little boy or girl. Your friend, Beverly Williams, (! years old, Brule, Neb." Another letter, written by a man of 86 In the old soldiers' home at Milford, gays: "I am sending you $2 more for the shoe fund, lit His name. ‘Inasmuch as you have done it for these my little ones you have done It for me.* K. A. vmsiom Six ami 86! Fourscore years separate them but both have kind hearts for (lie poar, unfortunate, innocent children who are without shoes and whose mothers are unable to earn enough money to buy them. This fund is for that purpose and •applies hundreds of such child er every year. Nearly GO are on the waiting list right now, hoping that enough contributions will come in to permit the Free Shoe fund to supph them with the shoes they ;o sadly need. A check, cash or money on! mailed or brought to The Omaha Bee PAPILLION THANKS OMAHA FIREMEN The village board of Papillion, through Mayor I!, it. Kchroeder, ex tended the Omaha fire department a vote of thanks for quick response on Christmas day when the home of Au gust Bunking was burned. Bunking sent a check for *75 for the fire department relief fund and to cover the expense of damage to a wheel while making the run. .■■ v ''rrrrrrtT off*co will l»e tin ned into shoes* quick* ly to make some hoy or girl happy. •Acknowledgement "ill be made Pi li.is column. Do the kind act NOW. I'revloiiMv itrknowleiljciMl . 9l.6K3.IHl >1. \V. K. .1. \. J.iniliNi'ii *f.00 Ouiiilia Thri»*ii|>himl S»<i«*t\ ... 3.00 10. <•. West, (.othriiliurt;. N>b. . . 3.011 rush . 1.30 H. .1. Hvurr . 3.00 l>. 1). Ilill. Howell*. Neb. 3.00 Willow*** MU**. Illalr, Neb. I.OO (ioliliMt Hide S. s. rhiKN anil frifiitl, Milbnilint I'tlUrrli. .\rl im'-tfm. Neb. 3.30 Omaliii Jim 1.00 \ I'rleml. (•utli'.'iibor??, Neb. . ‘i.oo H. I. Nell** nlvH, Nib. '.IMS Beverley William*.. Brule, Neb. 1.00 K. ,\. (iavton. Milfonl. Neb. . . 3.On Total .*l.< I3.H0 BURGESS-NASH SCHEDULE FILED The schedule, listing liabilities and assets of the Burgess-Nash company signed by Thomas P. Redmond, as vice president, was filed with B. II. Dunham, referee in barkduptcy. The schedule lists the assets at more than $4,000,000. This includes book value, amounting to $2,476,881. $1,064,751 realized from receiver’s rale and assets reserved by receiver, $1,308,789. Thfe book value shows securities of the M. K. Smith company, $759,040, Omaha National bank, $470,275, and merchandise inventory, $672,397. The liabilities are listed at $2,321. 359. Common stock is listed at $485, 000. The schedule states that a com prehensive audit under the direction of the court was made of the books and records of the store. 1'nrecured claims aggregate an amount exceeding $2,275,711. DAY RETAINS COURT AIDES Judge T.. It. Day has reappointed Joseph Brown bailiff and William S. Heller reporter In his court for the coming year. Brown has served with Judge Day for the last four years, while Heller has been connected with the court house since 1886. Too many of us overlook the ox rollonoy of our local hospital facll ties. FINAL Coats Dresses Ensembles C-l-e-a-r-a-n-c-e Sweaters Skirts Blouses F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 Farnam.St. I_ _ J Friend Slays Former Omaha Man and Self (.razed Iowan Shoots James Connors at Sioux City; Burial Here Beside First Vi il e. Funeral services for James Con nors, 45, former Omnium, who was allot ami killed hy William Ausher man at Sioux City Sunday, were held Wednesday at ■'* 30 a. in. at llie (len lleman Funeral home and at St. John church at !». Burial was in Holy Sepulcher cemetery, where his first wife is hurled. Connors left Omaha two years agp after being associated with James 1*. Savage ill an employment agency here. Connors was proprietor of the Main Kmpioyment agency at Sioux City. He was an Till;. Horn in Iowa, lie was born in Jmogene, Ta., from where his mother and brother ar rived Tuesday for the services. Two sisters, Mrs. Kill ICennard of Hender son. la., and Mrs. Denny Martin of Shenandoah, la., also survive. He leaves a widow in Sioux City. Connors was shot hy Ausherman. a friend, in his home Sunday while his wife was preparing breakfast. Ausher man was said to have been mentally unbalanced over the absence of his wife, who had presumably gone to Chattanooga, Tenn., for a few weeks. No word had been received from her. and when Ausherman was telling Connors this, he suddenly drew a re volver and shot, striking Connors in the side. Turns (iun on Self. Ausherman thou hacked up against the wall of the room and placed the gun against his right temple and pulled the trigger. He died Instantly. Connors was rushed to the hospital, where he died Monday morning of in terrial hemorrhages. Ausherman and his wife had re cently been in charge of a farm at Itcmsen, la. They lived for a short time with the Connors in Sioux City. ,-*--v Burgess Bedtime Stories v_._j Hy THORNTON W. Ill KGKSS There'-* always some on netting trap* While honest folk are (akin* naps. —Oht Mother Nature. TIm* Sett inc: of Trip* The trapper who had spent so much; time studying the ways of little Joe! Otter and his family hid found ou' the things he wanted to know. He had found out where the Otter* left the water to climb up to the fop of their slippery elide. He had found1 out where they were in the habit of making a short rut across from one ( part of the brook to another where! it made a bend. He had found outj certain favorite places where they brought fish they had caught to eat.! He felt that the timQ had come to set traps. Now this*!rapper knew that an Ot ter has a keen nose and is very sum ( plcious. He knew that if he handled I those traps with bare hands. Little, joe or Mrs. Otlor would be likely lo get the dreadful man smell and would keep away from those traps. So he took rare not to touch those traps with hare hands. lie first took great care to make sure that none of the Otter fumiiy were about. Then he set those cruel traps. One he placed in the water right at the foot of the bank where the Otters were in the habit of climb ing out to go up to their slippery slide. He placed It in such a way that the first otter who tried to climb up that hank woulds be sure to step in the trap. In the little path that Little Joe and his family had made in crossing from one part of the brook to another so as not to have to go way around Ollier traps were hidden in a similar nay at places lie knew the Otters often visited. the bend he placed two traps. lie placed one at ea. h end of the littlo path. He covered them lightly with snow so that they could not be seen. Other traps were hidden in a similar way at places he knew the Otters often visited. One trap was set right at the foot of the slippery slide. There was no bait with any of the traps. In another part of the brook, which he knew the Otters visited occasion ally to fish, traps were set, each baited with a fish. “There," said the trapper, when tig last trap had been set, “If all those Otters manage to keep nut of those traps, they will prove themselves to he smarter than I think they are. This Is the first day of the new year, and unless 1 am greatly mistaken one or more'of those Otters will have a New Year surprise party." , Then the trapper hurried away, lie had worked fast, for he didn't want to be seen. He knew that if Little Joe or Mrs. Otter should see him. they would at once become sus picious. Jie was sure that he hadn't been seen, and all the way home he fhnckled as he thought of how clever and smart he had been. He didn't once think of how dreadful it would be for one of those little people in brown fur to be caught In one of those cruel traps. All he thought about was the money that one of those brown fur coats would bring him. While the trapper had been sol busy setting those traps. Little Joe | Otter and Mrs. Otter and two young Otters had been taking a nap. They knew nothing of the trapper's visit to the brook. They were carefree and happy and life was very good to them. (CopyrtKht. H!4 ) TtiC uext story: “Little Joe Otter Is Suspicious.” New Year Suggestions. New year resolutions as the mem bers should make them will be read by Georg* Mittauer nt the noon meet ing of the Cosmopolitan Hub Wed nesday at the Hotel Rome. Karl Davis was to play the piano and Gus Swanson and hi? quartet were to vine: M. A. Schwerin was in charge of the meeting’. Kansas Bank Robbed. Kansas Ctiy, Kan.. Dee. 31.—The Kaw Valley State hank was held tip j and robbed of $11,663 here today by three men. Mr*. Kuril Improving. Mrs. Allan Koch* who fell and broke her ankle last week while in I her apartment at the 15!.u kstono j hotel, is reported improving. 2 Banks Close at Des Moines Heavy Withdrawal of Piihlie Funds Given as Cause of Suspension. Des Moines, la., Dee. 31.—Two Des Moines banks, lie* Mechanics Savings ami the Commercial Savings, closed their doors today and were taken over by the state banking department, l the cause in each case being given ns prospective or actual heavy with drawals of public and private funds. The Commercial Savings bank, j which carried deposits of *t,500,000 lu public money, was the first to dose, officers stating they had been advised of the prolmble withdrawal of these funds because the surety com panies declined to iw»' their de pository 1 Kinds. The Mechanics bank, It. was said, was closely allied with lCommer cial and held $115,000 of mate funds, which were not fully covered by sure ties In addition to large deposits by Insurance companies centering here. Officers Of the Mechanics bank offered no explanation except that heavy withdrawals had prompted their ac tion. , The necessity for withdrawal of public money to be turned over to the incoming state treasurer by the present treasurer, who doses tip bis accounts tonight, was said unofficially to have had a beaVlng on the suspen sion of business by the,two institu tions. Special Dispatch ti> The Omaha llee. Denison, ia., Dec. 31.—The hirst National bank at Denison closed Us doors this morning. This also closed the banks it owned, at Vail and Dow City. Directors gave as a reason for closing, inability to collect funds to make good withdrawals. The comptroller cf currency has been notified to take charge of the bank. This is the Hurd bank faiilure at Denison in two years. 420 DEFENDANTS NAMED IN SUIT Harriett K. Wolfe and the Casey Investment company are believed to have established a record when they filed a petition in district court Tues day against 430 defendants. The liti gation is over equity of title cf vari ous pieces of Omaha property. Roturv Told of Motto. Dr. C. B. Atzen was to talk on “Is i he Hotary Club Motto a Practical and Progressive Viewpoint?" at the Wednesday noon meeting of the Ro tary club at the Hotel Fontenelle. The Rotary club motto is “Service Above Self." IJ x^cr C. Buell was to talk on the relation lietween employer and employe. President George Johnston presided. Bee Want Ads Produce Results f-A Stereotypers to Banquet V eteran Member H ho Has Been in Harness .79 Years \ V_; A haiH]iict in liomir of S. I,, Kon zee, ”4, one of the eldest active stereotypers In the world, will lie given in the Mil,s' clubhouse next Monday afternoon at 5 by Omaha Stereotypers’ union No. 24. Col. Theodore \V. McCullough will pre side. Mr. Rouzee has s|»eiit 59 years of his life as u stereotyper. At Hie age of 1*>, in December, 18(15, lie went to work for the Globe in Washington, It. t'. lie. eame to Omaha in March, 1887, and worked on tin- Republican. 1 lie worked on The Omaha Jlee from 1892 to 1917, when lie resigned. I tilling 19 of these .veal’s he "as foreman, lie took a short vacation after leaving The Omaha Bee and then went to the World-Herald and is now in his seventh year there. Schools Victims in Charity Work w Promoters of Pet Schemes Prey l pon Pupils, Teachers Told. Drives for charitable organizations abuse the good will of .schools which support and encourage them, Don R. Leach, principal of the Harvard (NebJ High school, told a meeting of high^school principals at. the State Teachers’ association convention Tuesday. “Supporters of innumerable pet schemes use the schools to foster these projects,” he declared. “They know th:it they can win support for their schemes in this way, for the causes are urged in the name of the schools. • “These causes may be good within themselves, but they should be able to win support through regular adult organizations, such as churches, lodges or clubs. Leach also urged the principals to close the doors of the school to “free lane*? entertainers, magazine solicitors, notions salesmen, insurance agents.” He asserted that there is no reason to permit the*e people to take up the time of lH>th teachers and pupils. ELECTRIC SHOCK j KILLS 2 WOMEN It, 1 eternal ion.I New. Service. Turlock. Cal., Lice. 31.—Death by electrocution wax the fate of two mt there here today. Mrs. T. Lt. Olson and her sister, Mrs Miry Anderson, climbed to the i-oof of the Olson home to assist Theo dore Olson, jr., to string an aerial for his Christmas radio set. The aerial came in contact with an 11,000 volt power line and both wo men fell dead after a blinding flash. The hoy was uninjured. Arid Ball) Lra\r>pij Woman Deirioi^B \ i< Iiin ( liable In <. i\I * taifl of Attack by Trio »m Street. flH 11* liiterrodional Nr«» Service. I.US Angeles. I'l,!. Dee. .11. -St^BBB lull* fl "'ll ■ iei HBB| ef : i night, .'...in m i Ini 11*.11 ! '.nw loHHBl ness nil tile street ami then I hl^HBHB ef - I'UlliO S^B^H| ilium Mis. i 1 dre Williams, ^B^^B was in a serious ennitilion at a hOSf^JIH tul liere today. Ijj I'mil Mi s. Williams regains con* fi sdoiisness sufficiently lo give a de* B srription of her assailants or name B some one she may suspect of seeking H revenge, the investigation lieing COtf^nH .III' I II i iiollce is sei a.usly I i ' hi' cl : .. • it 1 ' lav ^BBBB \s , 1::.1111■* s.u'i sic- as First ;in<l Pixel streets after gettln^^^H i’(T a street car. The woman was ^B slugged without a word of warning*’ she told detectives, by one of two 10*11 ^B gtfkl a woman who approached her ^B from behind. "There is your favorite perfumuJfl|H urns M : \\ . li:^BHH| in . ’ -i ,y. ^HBBl • g 'r 1 *'‘''r' * ii -mmm '! ' i. * la- .’n . ■ i ' . • ).■ r ' S|i|||||||||l DEATH OF MAN CAUSED BY Afl A ■1 , ’i' f A^BLs*|*t.J ’ 1. * y • t^HaBBH • •! V, dines.' ,v K. ,’h w 1 | < M “. !e Mtjfe *f <*.J e 1 ushe.i to the office a Fa.renre sic aii, hut died as first aid treatment was lieing given. He remained unidentified until Wed nesday morning, and the authorities have not been able to locate any rela tives. His body is at Moore s Funeral home. FRATERNITY MEET IN OMAHA IN 1925 , Omaha has been ehosen as the meeting place for the 1925 conven tion of Pi Tau Pi, national social fraternity, to be held In December. Decision was made at the 1924 con vention that closed Tuesday night in Memphis, Teffn. Thirty chapters will be represented at the convention. Invitauhne to come to Omaha was sent by Mayor Dahiman and the Chamber of Com merce. Where a community Is composed of people, the majority of whom are in terested in personal hygiene, the health of that community will be rorrespondinglv good. ~ A Omaha Minneapolis jj r New York I L * Jk ^ Dependable Quality 4, 41'. There is great satisfaction in shopping, to »*■ know that whatever your selection may be £, ‘ you are securing the utmost in quality, of fabric, workmanship, a style that i,s new anti '■ a value that has no superior. When shopping i: at Haas Brothers you enjoy such satisfaction. j? Si___v : •JLLL1_LLi_I LL . I Clearing Haa^ Brothers’ Fall and Winter Stocks o{ | Coat's — Suits i Dresses Second Not a Floor • Single Garments, ; ! garment s!zcs 14 in our lo 40; » entire stock has - M' «c ap'd F°ur,h i to. re m°'¥bh shop: price S sizes ‘tc reduction . r, PRICE 056 t The selling during the past week has been most intense, many hundreds of 1 Coats, Suits and Dresses have been sold, and yet our stocks are unusually broad affording splendid selections. S; * 1 t To buy Haas Brothers Quality Apparel at Half Price means you arc making your selections from the finest assemblage of wearables in the city, and that half-price here, means exactly one-half the original low selling price. An unusual opportunity for the lftrge woman • Extra size Coats, Suits and Dresses. Gar ments of slenderizing lines, beautifully made. The stout woman should not fail I to take advantage of this sale. I-Haas Brothers-* Brown The Shop for Women . Block DoufU. V———r WATCH OUT RESOURCES Renl Kstate I.oan*.$1,1,51 ,r.,075.56 Stock Loans . 58,295.14 Office Building.. 248,000.00 Real Kstate . 74,651.00 Real Kstate Sold on Contract. 119,101.50 Accrued Interest on Real Kstate Loans and Securities 02,441.00 Loans in Foreclosure. 47,710.50 t'tate and Municipal Securities 57,952.25 lT. S. Treasury and Liberty bonds . 50R.R0n.00 , Lash on Hand and in Ranks.. 526,109.11 j TOTAL.$15,032,800.42 HI LIABILITIES Capital Stock .$14,177,801.34 Incomplete Loans . 390,689.60 Reserve Fund . 460,000.00 Undivided Profits . 4,309.48 TOTAL.$15,032,800.42 i Increase in Assets for year ending December 31, 1924.$2,389,370.50 This Association began doing business about . . , _ :;<] years ago and now has over 15 million I bo Association h%s set aside a Reserve in assets. The Association is under the di- >' i»»t amounting to *4M>,000.00. which rect supervision of the Btato Hanking Depart assures ample guarantee for principal and nient, its funds are invested in first mort- dividends. •rages on improved real estate and U. S. \\'e solicit your Savings Account. Liberty Bonds. OFFICFRS AND DIRECTORS. John F. Flach, President F.. N Hovell, Secretary R. A. MrEschron, Vlca President John T Brownlee. Asst Se< rrtery George C. Flarh, Treasurer H. O. Mitlr*-, Auditor Robert Drmpitir Telephone AT lantic 4668. Office, 322 South 18th Street. Dividend* Payable (piarterly —======— * 1925 We start tomorrow upon another year’s business. To our regular patrons, we pledge the same high quality of merchandise and service to which they are accustomed. To those who come to us this year for the first time, we will make a sincere effort to please, and to render to them the service that they expect from their store honfe. To cash customers, we extend the same courtesies as to charge, particularly in the case of the return of merchandise. To those who desire a charge account, our credit office is upon the third floor, where applications are graciously received. January is a rupnth of sales at all stores. During this month we will sell our regular merchandise for less. There will be no sec onds or inferior goods sold to you at "bargain prices.” Linens Read g-to-W ear Fiirs Fabrics Footwear Bedding Accessories Our New Year’1: day advertisement was too large for page 2. It is in the center of this section, pages 8 and 0. cIhnmp<=,on-Bolden mmmmmmm———— " / /;< /,’< sf Pl(lC( t() Sllttp, After All" ^