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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1925)
Ten Illustrations to Prove That Omaha High School Girls May Bob Their Hair, Powder and Dance Without Suffering Jazzmania of Modern Youth to rJ-Kf. Miriam Walla. Helen McChesnev. Billie Mathews. Gretchen Standeven, Jessie Mitchell, R«ta Starrett, Virginia Wilcox, Alice Fitch.Alice Bondesson. Neva Heflin. Confession by Slaying Plot Outpost Made Alleged “Lookout” for Sup* posed Assassination Declares Taxi Driver Was to Pay $300 for “Job.” Vincent Ritonya gave to police Fri day the nfcme of a man who, lie de clares, agreed to assassinate Angelo Tambucano. railroad trackman, for $300. He also told who “bought" the alleged assassination attempt. In his statement he revealed the de tails of an alleged plot which Deputy County Attorney Gordon described as "one of the most fiendish plots ever uncovered in Omaha." He confessed to police ttiat he stood behind a box car at Sixteenth and Ohio etreets and watched Kd Mora vec, 4729 South Twenty-fourth street, attack Tambucano with "a small tomahawk.” For standing guard, he said, he was to receive $100. $300 Blood Money. He declared that a taxi driver named "Tony," whose last name is being withheld by the police, was to give Moravec $300 for slaving Tam bucapo. As a result of his statement, police are looking for "Tony" and Moravec. Moravec, they believe, has fied the city. Police are now holding Mrs. Mora vec, but Ritonya has not implicated her by hts statement. “Tony told us he had a chance for us to make some money,” Rltonya's .. statement says. "He said he wanted tb get rid of a fellow and that he would pay us $300 to do it. “He said he would do the job him self, only he had a family. He said There was good money in bumping fellows off and that, he used to be in that game himself before he got mar ried. "Moravec asked me to go along, and the next day we went with Tony to where Angelo worked, and Tony pointed him out to us. Then Tony took us to Tambucano's home to show tis where he lived. “C. 0. I).,” He Claims. "Tony and Moravec and I went down to where Tambucano worked the next night. Last Wednesday, and Tony left us there, telling u» to wait there for a few minutes. He wen* over to Tambucano's house, and pret ty soon he came back. " ‘If you do anything tonight, call me up right away.’ he told us. ’Then J 'll bring the money right over.’ "We went down the steps leading from Ohio street to the tracks, and walked a little way south, between some irars. Pretty soon Tambucano came down the steps and went over to clean the switch. Then lie went up the steps, and began to sweep them off. Goes With Officer. "Moravec ran to the steps and hit Tambucano several times with a small tomahawk. Tambucano fell and Moravec ran away. '•[ walked down between th» ears until I came to a crossing shanty and I asked the man there If bo had heard of anybody getting hurt. He said he hadn't, and 1 said. ‘I'll wait here a little while and get warm.’ After a while I saw an officer out side, and I went out to talk to him. “I asked him if he was trying to find out about a nmn who got hurt. He said he was, and I said ‘I can till you all about it.’ Then I went with hint to the station." Ritonya later took several detectives ‘o Moraveo’e home. As they arrived, a man leaped from a window and •scaped. Ritonya declared in hla state ment that this man was Moravec. Detectives have learned that Tambucano carried between $4,000 and $5,000 life insurance. Tambucano's condition st Lord Lister hospital is still serious, but physicians believe he will recover. I Burgess Bedtime i Stories V_' By THORNTON W\ HI ROBOII. Vho know* Ju*t whin to or wait, you'll find 1* ma*ter of bla falo. —Timmy tha Flyin* Squtrral. Timmy Wakes I p Just in Time. Timmy tha Flying Squirrel hart slept all flay. He hart been curled up in a little round ball with hi* tall 'wrapped around him In the *ofte*t of soft beds In a hollow In an old stump In the Oreen Forest. Kver since the last of the Black Shadowa had dlsap penred in the morning Timmy had been there. Now lie awoke, yawned and stretched, and wondered if It was time to get up. Of course, down in that hollow It. was dark. He looked at his little round doorway. There vii no eunllght coming in there. In ffcet, there was very little light. "I guess It must be most shadow time again,'’* thought Timmy. “I'll wait a few minutes nnd then I’ll go • ut." But Timmy didn’t wait s few min ute*. HI* ears caught lust the faint eat of faint sounds. B sounded like little claws on the outside of that old etump. Timmy didn't expect a vlsl lor. lie couldn't think of anyone who would be likely to visit him. Anyway, he couldn't think of any friend who would be likely to visit him You should have seen him scramble up to hie little doorway* lie didn't wait* any time about It. He wag up there In the time you would take to wink your eye. The Instant Timmy reached his doorway he looked down. Then he caught his breath. For just a second he couldn't move. He was too fright ened to move. There, more than half way up, was a slender, trim, little fel low all in white, with a black tip to his tall. It ' was a Shadow the Weasel! With a squeak of dreadful fright Timmy jumped with all his With a squeak or dreadful fright Timmy jumped with all His might. might. He was none too soon. As It was, Shadow's teeth all but closed on the tip of Timmy's tall. Down sailed Timmy with his legs spread out flat and landed on the foot of a tree. Up he raced to the top and jumped again. This lime, because lie Jumped from high up. he sailed a long distance. But even then fear held him. Up an other iree lie ran and jumped. Twice more lie did it before he stopped. He was still shaking with fright. "Oh!” he cried softly. "Oh, but that was a narrow escape! It makes me shiver just to think of It. If I hadn't waked up when I did Shadow would have got me. If I hadn't climbed up to see who was coming he would hare got me. it was a lucky thing for me that he didn't happen along when I was sound asleep." And then a new thought came to Timmy. He was homeless! lie had been so thankful for Ills escape that nothing else had entered his head. But now he realized that never again would he dare sleep In that snug, warm home. "1 can't go hack there,” sobbed Titnniy. "No, sir, l can't go back thei*. N'ow that Shadow the Weasel knows where 1 have been living it wouldn't be cafe for me to go back there. He would tie sure lo catch me. I’ve got to find a new home. Yea, sir, that's what I've Uot to do. And it lias got to' be a long way from that dear old stump I Was so fond of. 1 wouldn't dare make a new home anywhere near that place. Oh, dear! Oh, dear me! Why can't people leave other people alone? I haven't the least idea where to look for a new home, but I've got to find one right away. Oh, dear! It is dreadful to' be homeless in any season of the year, but this is the very worst season of all. Where shall I go? Where shall l go? ICopyright, The next story: "The Hunter Is Hunted." (.lull Organized at Shubert. Falls City, .Isn. *0.—Shubert Com mercial club was formed at a meet ing of 35 business and professional men. Among the flrjt on the club's program will be a campaign to get graveled streets for Shubert and to interest someone in opening a moving picture show there. Liberty Pastor Resigns. Beatrice. Jan. 30.—Rev. C. 8. Burn ham lias resigned the pastorate of the First Christian church at I.lberty. and will move with his family to Bethany, N'eb., where his son Is attending school. AIM KKT1HKMEKT. MADE A NEW WOMAN OF HER That U What Lydia EL Pink* ham’a Vegetable Compound Did for Mrs. Jenkins Middleport, Ohio. — “ I am going through the Change of Life and I am taking Lydia K. Pinkham'a Vege table Compound for the troubles that come at that time. I got so run down 1 could scarcely do my work and I keep a rooming houae and have a family of eight to take care of. A friend told me about theVeg etable Compound and it has made a new woman of me. I keep it in thr, house all the time now ana won’t be without it. My weight got down to 30 pounds and now it is 132'f pounds. I give the Vegetable Compound the praise and hope that women will real ize the good in It.” — Mrs. Myra Jenkinb, 693 North Front Street. Middleport, Ohio. Over 200,000 women have so far re plied to this question, “llava you re ceived henefit from taking Lydia E. Finkliam’s Vegetable Compound?” 98 out of every 100 of the replies eay “Yes,"and because the Vegeta ble Compound has been helping other wotntn it should help you. luir *al« by druggialo everywhere. Means Given Two Years in Prison and $10,000 Fine Ex-Detective and Lawyer Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Bribe Government Officials. New York* Jan. 30.—Gaston B. Means, deter live, and Thomas R. Felder, his lawyer, were found guilty of conspiracy t.o bribe government of ficials in a sealed verdict returned today in federal court. Judge IJndley sentened Means to serve two year* In the Atlanta fed eral prison and to pay a fine of $10,* 000. It was the maximum penalty. Felder was fined $10,000, but was given no sentence. The Jury recom mended clemency In Ills case. Means received the verdict with his familiar dimpled smile. Felder Turns Pale. Felder turned pale, licked his dry Ups and gulped while he sat Im movable in his chair. Means seemed to take the jury's finding as a joke. He had bet a news paper reporter 5 cents, at even money, that he would be convicted. “Well," he eaid with a grin, “I gtiess I win 5 cents.” The government, in bringing the conspiracy charge, complained that Felder, -Means and the lather's confi dentlal man, Klmer Jarnenk. who pleaded guilty and testified against them, conspired to bribe former Attor ney General Harry M. Daugherty, once Felder's law partner; United j States District Attorney Hayward, his assistant, John Holly Clerk, and Wil liam J. Burris, head of the bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice under Daugherty. Hot $65,000, Charge The defendants, it was charged, ob tained *85,000 from certain defendants tn the mail fraud case growing out of the Cragcr company's sale of stock in the Glass Casket company. Means, Felder and Jarnecke, the government alleged, told the defend ant that they could obtain dismissal of the Indictments against them. Felder and Means' defense vvss that Jarnecke, Isaac Padorr of Chicago and the latter s financial barker, Samuel Schmidt, conspired to swindle the cas ket defendants, using Means' name for that purpose without the detec tives knowledge. Pawnee City.— Mltert I'rich of Burcbard his purchased the Karl Dovel hatchery and baby chick busi ness. V w ' v V V V • V - 5,000 Yards ot Silk, >1.79 Yard f i * Ploirl Rq /«1r Oirai'/tAQtc An exceptional offer, which includes all silk canton I l lAlU UClLn vVvl vUAU) crepes, flat crepe, satin charmeuse. jacquard crepe p crepe kordelalns and mauj' other* too (2*1 '“Q f A limited number of warm serviceable fl*"| JT numerous to mention. Value to $3.00.... «?■*-• IV 3 ( i Overcoats, broken sizes to close out.. ePXtl _Main Floor l : |End of the Season Sale,€oatsr tresses,Furs “Costs Forgotten ” In Th is Great Final “Close Out ” That Starts Saturday } :: Dresses ’f*s<>li 200 dresses for final clearance Saturday, including many dresses that sold as high as #39.75. Chiffon velvets, cantons, J | satins, poiret twills, charmccns and gcorgeftea, suitable for street, afternoon and pajty wear. All good seasonable gar ments. Your last opportunity to make a selection of dresses at a price less than the cost of manufacture. A Your Choice of V Fair Thu Lot at C. J.„ That Sold I tatS To !98“ A group of nearly a hundred coats elegantly made with rich fur collars and cuffs. There are sizes in the lot for misses or women, also stouts; some are conservative in color and de sign, others with a refined air of distinc tion that makes them decidedly iudivid | ual. --—"—;— Your Choice i Winter Coats *1175 High Crad, Saturday S That sold to s59.50 Sweaters \j.‘;:.;~.'$0050 *5^ // ter coni*, many W On* Uhl* of high grad* *w«at#r* In I f / , M V ■ lint shed wool and shaker knit*. In- I / ,lin'- KOla "P " eluding Hob Coats and coat-and scarf I f $49.00. *Dle*. I Oen Sale Second FlMr • « Final Clearance of All Children’s Garments Saturday * $18.00 I $3.00 Girls I $22.50 &nd j t Tots’ t oh“ ~ ss:1 “su'“ I 79c $6.75 $10.75 $3’95 i\ Kiel* gingham dre- * V» • V | |>m«, , and 1 if rt*ri i n ititigli * I * ' ; 11 i *• HI* tt i ’ *•. * I •* t 1' * 6. \ ! k*' , \\ ' d «nl»‘ w* «.. j * ", "i’ I" t* gills'ci*th I bro*h*d wont. *n - VJI " 1 cot.Ml. lip it man) Invslj alyl *. gy pp n id |« v*0 T1 usua II v g*tl ai 11.00 ,| gmart at.\l*a 1 4ee*asa won't i p to • >>si*. ihat *. .1 i, w V inrf g) 5(, III,! sold up to * I * * • o« n: JO up u» $“0 Jr tallies. ..lit -V||--'■ l» */!*"-*■ <JL< ». 7 i? Just because a girl Is IS sml pretty and bob-haired and uses a bit of powder and lipstick and even a trifle of rouge and wears a snappy dress, giggles and likes to dance Is no sign that she is traveling the route of Jazzman la. Nor even that she is neglecting her studies and the "serious things of life." Here are 10 Illustration of this. Highest Honors. They took highest honors in scholarship at Central High school during the first semester of the pres ent year. All the girls got flx^e "A” grades except Miriam Veils, a ml she got five and a half. All of them hut three can dance and set'ernl are among the best danc ers in the school. All of them have hoiibed hair. The HT ol’ powder pack is as much part of their equipment as their pencils and notebooks. And their merry laughter rings out on slight provocation, despite their immense learning. On the Contrary. ‘‘Do you think young people are getting worse?" was asked of Miriam Wells. "On the contrary,” she answered promptly, "they are growing better. Rook how all the organizations like debating and other scholarship socle ties, the Camp Fire girls, Boy Scouts and the like are growing. Many studejits are working their ways through school. Girls and boys dress better hut It is because they know how and not because they spend more money on it." "Does bobbed hair help you to study?” was the problem propounded to Rita Starrett, beautiful hi her bright red dress. "Tile Two Alices.” "No." siie answered Instantly. "It doesn't, because you have to keep pushing It back out of your eyes." .Miss Starrett Is a Cl Telia. Her elium, Jessie Mitchell, In a bright green dress, is an O'Dix. (She say« It isn't an Irish society). And Virginia Wilcox, third of the chummy trio, Is a Maderian. TheTi there are “the two Alicea," as tl>ev nail 1 hem selves. Alice Fitch, who “doesn't dance at all,” and Alice Bondemoii, who Is said to be one of the best dancers in the school. Heva Heflin and Uretchen Standev en also are among those Who don’t dance vet. It's All “Buncombe.” Helen McOhesney and Billie Mathews “don't dance much.” The girls—some of them—say it Is all “buncombe” that present day girls won't go out to a party with a fellow unless he takes them In an automo blie or taxi. “The street car is all right If the boy Is all right,” opined Alice Bondes son. Ninety-eight other girls and 32 boys were awarded honors as follows. P A'n-'Vojn Gannett. 4'a A'r Margaret Addy. Peggy Denlae. Killian Fl«UI, Mildred Goosman. Esther Gruber, Vera, Hansen, Harriet Hicks, Frances Mobjulat. Kathryn Indoe. Vivian Krisel, Ruth Pilling. Georgina Rasmussen. Koulse Robertson, Caroline bach**, Helen Smetana, Jessie Stirling, Ruth Thomas, Joe Kinsman. Richard woodman. 4 A s—Mildred Auchmuty, Dorothy Baird. Eloise Bextan, Frieda J. Dari and, Ruth Fitch. Au'lrey Groves, Miriam Halstead, Naomi Haney, Elizabeth Howser, Elaine Leeka, Janlo Lehnhoff, Charlotte Koomis, Elizabeth MeClu^key, W'ilma McFarland, Beatrix Manley, Gertruda Marsh, Madeline Miller, Elizabeth Mills, E'elyn Pierpolnf, Olga Plnuzek, Edith Victoria Robins. Helen Robison, Catharine Southard, Christine E. fileyer, Nellie Thoreen, Mar garet \Vig(on, A d e l e Willnsky, Frank At Kerman, Jan es Bednar, 1r., David Feil i use. J,enter Lapidus. Scofield Leavitt, Roger McCamni*»n, Bernard Tebblns. •> *i A’s—Evelyn Adler, Helen Herckt, Doris Hosman. Frances Jacobsen. J.eola Jensen. Jane r.eeper. Irene Reader. Lu - villa Reader, Emily Rutter, Ellen Stearns. Jean Tyler. Frances Whitney Jane Wick eraham, ElJo Zipful, Edward Slevers, Floyd Wilson. H As—Re Me Howe A fev, Evelyn Arnold A i villa lloMoh, Dorothy Brown, Mild* Rruninc. Kuella Cannain, Marian Gosrney. Ruth Dahl, Thera Dolph. France* Elliot*. Maxine Fowler. Betty Fra den burg. Dor otliy Gill. Gretchen Goubling. Mary Gfangrossa. France** Jacobsen, Eliza beih lonas. Mary Elizabeth Jonas. Ejtzabe'h K'ornmev.»r. Ruby Kreculor. Mary Met .’a II. Lucille McKltri* k. Mary McMillan Bever ley M -rininsr. Evelyn Mansfield. Virginia Randall, Jeanette Resnlck. Vivian Rolif Leo Ronenblatr. Irene Eearson. Jl*zei Shows Iter, Frances Simon. Ellen Anna Slader. Frances Smiley Elizabeth Ptone. Josephine Thomas, Glarl-e Vance. Eliza beth Waldo. Eleanor Welsh. Robert Bell. Kenneth Blanchard Morris Ttrlek. W I iiam Byrne. Rex Garden. Arthur fox, Fairfax Drshlell. Abe Feliman, Gamille Horacek, Harold Horn. Tom McCoy. Charles Martin. Verne Reynolds, Otto Sflpr. Kenneth Saunder* Kenneth Shirk. Andrew Tool. Morris Tucker George p. TunMclIff, jr.; William lTre, Cnslter Water s ORATORY MADISON BANQUET FEATURE Madison, Jan. 30.—About 150 mem bers and their wives attended the annual banquet of the Madison Com munity club, served In the parlors of the Methodist church by the T,adles' Aid. It was unanimously voted the most Interesting In the club’s history. Following Invocation by Rev, Father Brass of St. l.eonanl church. Rev John It. Hintmel. as toastmaster. 1n trodiieed .Mayor James Nichols, who responded to "The Community Spirit.' "The Farmer and Community Club' was discussed by Henry Sunderman, president of the fair association. Superintendent It. It. Rogers <>f the city schools spoke on "Our Boys, the Greatest Asset.*’. Mrs. W. T,. T>o»l ing s response to "Our Girls, Just as Grent,” brought forth unusuAi ap plaune. J. ft Kinder spoke on "Mov ies,” and Or. K. A. I.ong concluded the evening program is Ith a discus sion on ‘'Fields of Activity for Corn nninlty Effort." Feptler Makes Good Profit. Newcastle, Jan. 30.—By careful feeding and shipping at a favorable time. Ben McCabe of Newcastle made an extra good gain In weight and margin over the purchasing price on a recent shipment of ?2 Hereford steers, which averaged 1,225 pound* each and brought $10 a 100 pound*, or a total of $2,890. The whiteface* were purchased last October at $6.50 per 100 pounds. 6 Men. 2 Women Arrested in Raid on Hotel Room Nitroglycerine. Soli Soap and Shotguns Found in Place: All Held as Burglar Suspects. .S'x wen and two women, believe^ bv police tq be member* of a gang of bank robbers and highwaymen, were arrested in their rooms at the Wellington bote! Friday afternoon by Detectives William Davis and Tom Farmer. A large quantity of nitroglycerine, some soft soap, such as-4a used in blowing safes, and two double-bar relled shotguns and a half-dozen pis tols and revolvers were found 1n their roome. The eight suspects were taken to the police station and booked for In vestigation. The men gave their names as Dee Flounoy. Wellington hotel: .lack Wil liams, I-arainie, W.vo.: Joe Bondi, Kansas City; Charles Hoyt, Chicago; ,r. it. Meyers, Sr Haul, and I’harlps l,aw*. alias “Jiggs” (.arson, of Kan saaCity. Daws i* raid to have been a con (pan km of Hank McArdle. victim in the ‘'haystack murder” a year ago. The women sa d they were Dorothy Flounoy and Peggy Williams. Detectives Davis and Farmer said that they I lad received information several day* ago that the gang was coming to Omaiia. planning to com mit n series of robberies in Omaha and to make ihis city their headquarters while they held up banks In small towns nearby. STATION AGENT AT TABLE ROCK DEAD Table Rock, Neb., Jan. 3*te—W. B.! Be< k. stution agent for the Burling ton for the past 35 years, and for the past seven years stationed at Tahlo Rock, died Tuesday evening:, after a serious illness of less than two weeks, lie came here from Liberty, Neb., u here he had l»eeri nxent for several year, lie was a member of the 1. O. O. F.. Masons and Wtxjdmen. and the pallbearers were selected two from these orders. Funeral services were held Thursday, and tiie IhkIv w«* tak^n to Liberty. Neb., jo be buried by the side of his mother. He is sur vlved by two slaters. Miss Lulu M Hoover of Table Rock and Mrs. A. K Yeatch or Rainer, Ore. r-1 ’ Children Extinguish Eire Threatening Home in Absence of Parents V--/ t nlumhiis, Jan. 30.—Hilbert Behlen. IT. soil of Fred Relilen, 4?0I KiftrrnlU street, had one hand severely burned and the other slightly burned when gasoline eseaping through 2 iealo valve of a gasoline lantern he wav about to extinguish caught lire. The sleeve of his coat became ig nited and when lie dropped the lan tern to lake off his coat and trample out the flames, tfte fire spread to the < urtaius in the front room of the family home. The seven children of Ihe family, in the absence of their parents who were spending the evening witli neighlMiis. extinguished the Maze with pails of water, forming an effective bucket brigade without calling the fire tie part men t. State Goal 10,000 for Legion Meet .\ebra-ka Department Striving to Make Big Conven tion Showing. Special jvispstrh to The Omaha Be« Columbus. Neb. Jan. 30. — Ten thousand Nebraska legionnaires in Omaha for at least one day of the na tkinal convention of the American Legion next October is one rf the goals set In connection with this rear’s legion program In the state pus' commanders and post adjutants from all the posts in the south half of the Third congressional district we'-e told !n a conference here yes terday. The conference xi» addressed by P ate Commander C. K. Courtney of Kearney, State Adjutant Frank TV O'Connell of "Lincoln and State Fi nance Officer Frank Perkins of Fre mont. Special trains will he run Into Omaha from various points out In the state on the appointed day, O Con nell said. The conference of post officers was one of If ifccotinge being held through out the state for commanders and adjutants of legion post*. Another Is being held In Norfolk today. Their purpose Is to serve as a course of Instruction for th» post officers In the legions state program for 19CJ. Commander Courtney said the mem bership drive for 15,000 members in Nebraska is oil the high road to sue cess, a 50 per cent in 'ease beintf noted In the state as compared to the same day a year ago. More than Jo post commander*. an<l adjutants from Columbus, Albion. Cedar Rapid*. Fullerton. Henna. Lind say, Schuyler. Fremont. Newnvi.i ! drove and other 'iioltit* anemicl ye <er£a> '* vonfyi'enec. which clcied i,-, night . with a. smoker tend-re<l tli» . Isiiois by the Real post. Aurora Eletalor Company Operations Show Prnfir Aurora. Jan. 20.—The annua! meet ing of the* Aurora Klevato rompan/ t-onalBtetl of a dinner and program • t Fidelity hail. Following file dinne • i he following officer* wet- elected; js. B. am o. p^eeident* K. is. Kemper, e prenident: J. F. Davis. trea*urer; D. M. Walker, Secretary; Herman F. |< oliett, managei*. The report of Man nger Collett for the year Allow# profit of $7,000. Prof. ii. (\ F I* of tl«e Htate university gave an «■; f ree# on “Influences That Fix th Price of Fare; £rocltictc.” / 1,1 1 ' \ 2,450 Misses’ Dresses K $10.00 • "Just Before Inventory” Brings tk B*»t Bat jams of the Year. Value* 5«tini I to 24.50. \ I I) end Saturday \J F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 F*rnam St. CiearYourSkin Of Disfiiorini Blemishes Use Cuticura Sarvpl* 5*>*r Owtaset lateen fr*e A 1»V— Ir^sr. r^t V .uo Attempt* to conceal complexion blemishes usually fail, and only Serve to draw attention to the defects. Underneath roost unattractive *ki'$^_ is a clear, pleasing complexion—aa that is needed is the proper treatroeml It is surprising how o'ten a bnetusr < f Resinol Ointment at.d Resinol Soap •ill clear aw ay blcCches, redness and roughness and give the skin us natural Ireshncss and chr.rm. jUk 5 oar drujti*1 iar ttw-1** Resinol