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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1922)
THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA, AUGUST 6, 1922. Got to Free Man from Pen as Dead nfi M- n n juamuuc ixeauics runs : Suspected inLA. Coolwioe A f k Foeitive jtdentifiettlon of Body Tk fa from Tfxai Prison si That of Swindler. Fort Worth. Tex., Aug. 5, Joe Furey, whose body it being ihipprd to Oakland. Cal, from here, following hit death at lh date penitentiary, wti one ot two ethers Implicated In swindling J. Frank Nortliflecl out of $45,000 by a fake oil stock dral three yean ago at Dallas. Tht trio was trailed for more than a year by Northfleet, who it a farmer. North fleet ipent thousamli of dollars in hit tearrh and finally was mccfsjful in landing the entire band behind ban. njipatchrt from Los Angeles last right said that District Attorney l.ee voolwine of Los Angeles county, had telegraphed the authorities here asking a positive identification of the body be made. Authorities here scout the theory 'that Furey may have "put one over" on the Texas officers and is not dead. ' Furey made several desperate at tempts to escape while on the train feeing brought to Fort Worth for trial. Handcuffed, he leaped from the window and broke his leg. During . his trial he was so weak, he had to be assisted in court by attendants. Wasted to Shadow of Self. Chicago, Aug. 4. A postmortem at the Rusk (Tex.) prison revealed .that "Dig Joe" Furey died of cancer .of the stomach, according to informa ' ,tion sent to officials here of a nation ally known detective agency. A month before Furey started what was believed to have been a hunger trike. Normally weighing 3fl0 pounds, ,Fury is stated to have started his make believe hunger strike weighing 115 pounds and to have wasted away to a veritable shadow of the one-time pompous "bank president," "Wall treet broker," or "market king," when he died. 4,500 Youngsters Get Joy at Elks Outmg (rontlnuxl J'rmu Tmg Out ) prizes for having the most freckles. Frizes for tht neatest negro boys , were awarded to Ernest Carpenter, Harry Duncan, Carl B. Goodlett, Frank O'Neill and Silas Johnson. Tables Are Stormed. When the boys demobilized after tht flag salute someone 'spread a premature report that the "eats!" were ready, whereupon the lads made ft run for the tables. The program of competitive sports was held under the direction of Ira A. Jones of the public recreation de- Jartment, assisted by R. R. Grotte, . Dean Ringer, Al Shaw, E. B. Smith, Dick Schneider, Robert Gray ' ton and George Bugbee. ' The boys engaged in a balloon ' scramble after the games. The Elks band entertained'. The winners m the events fol low: 50-Yard Dash Boys under 48 Inches, Joseph Mam do, Dallas Peo- Sles, Haskell Lee; 48 to 52 inches, 'ony Lotta, Daniel Greenhouse, George Hill; 52 to 56 inches, Wally Merrill, Francis Donovan, Ned Finn; more than 56 inches, Joe Comine, Francis Donovan, John Sims. 100-Yard aDsh Boys under 48 inches, Walter Penn, Vaseo Dod son, Dallas ePoples; 48 to 52 inches, Daniel Greenhouse, Leon Forman, Edward Jelen; 52 to 56 inches, Harry Brande, Tony Perry, Ben Jacobson; more than 56 inches, Ernie - , Jacob Kosowsky, Emmett Vaughan. HHurst Gets First. Tire race, four boys to the team: . First prize, Morris Hurst, Orville Arthurton, Leo Blackner and Ernest campbell; second prize, Francis Pol lard, Joe Lichter, Louis Fogel and Fred Smith; third prize, Richard Spiegel, Glenn Helme, Jack Lane and Theodore Schwarz. sjJ Four-boy-team foot race: First prize, Lester Oswald, Gilbert Ed wards, John T. Swift and Harold Yoder; second prize, John Barmish, Harry Barude, Dan Greenhouse and Morris Hurst; third prize, Ernest Alexander, Raymond Miller, Delroy Moore and Vasco Dodson. ' In the tire and team races each boy of the winning teams was given a prize. J. M. Gillan had charge of the prizes. A. H. (Doc) Frye prepared the barbecued meat which was served at 4:30 with buns, peaches, milk and ice cream. Bedford Youth Injured When Four, Cars Collide Bedford, la., Aug. 5. (Special.) John Crow, 18, son of M. W. Crow of this place, sustained internal in juries when four cars collided near' New Market. Crow is being cared for at a Clarinda hospital. ' The accident happened when two ears were racing. These two cars, ia attempting to pass a third, col lided with tht fourth car, thus caus ing the four ears to become entan- gled. The car in which Crow was riding turned over, twice, pinning him underneath. , - Iowa Cadet Commander Dies at Home in Ames Aged 77 - Ames, la., Aug. 5. Maj. James Rush Lincoln, 77, for 38 years com mandant at Iowa State college, died at his home here today. Ma. Lincoln served in the Confed erated army during the civil war. He served with tht Iowa National Guard twits during tht Spanish-American war and was ia charge of tht S. A. X C here during tht world war. - Maj. Lincoln's wife' died a month ago. Two sons, who hold high com- missions in the regular army, sur vive him. Strikebreaker Beaten and ' V Robbed at Valley Junction Des Moines, Aug. 5. E. E. Hamil ton, 17, of Kansas Gty, a nonunion n'oye at the Chicago, Rock Island acrfie shops at Valley Junction, -was kidnaped yesterday by six . Strike sympathizers, taken 10 miles ' ty nlltry bealea and robbed of 1 h fciqt received. Miss McCormick Smiles at Reporters but Says Whereabouts of Max Oser Is Her Secret Met by Her Father. Paris, Aug. 5.-(By A. r.)-Miss Maihitde McCormick, whose engage ment to lias Our, Swiss riding matter, has created considerable comment in European and American social circles, arrived in l'aris yester. day afternoon, after having landed at Cherbourg early today from the steamship Majestic. She was accom panied by her unrte, Cyrus McCor mick, her father, Harold F. McCor mick and a small group of friends. She alighted from the train smiling and shaking her head at a group or newspaper correspondents who had gathered to meet her. Mr. McCor mick, smiling more broadly, took her by the arm and pushed her through the crowd, saying to the correspond ents: "You see, my daughter is act ing like a good sport. 1 have taught her, as a matter of fact, to be jovial with newspaper men. We know it is their business to ask questions, but ws are not answering any. "Where's Mr. Oser," be was askei "I won I tell your he laughed. When Mathilda was asked tht same Question sht said laughingly: "That's my secret. Besides, my lather has not introduced you. The McCormick party then took a bus to the tiaridgt hotel, Mr. McCormick went to Cher pourg IQ meet his daughter ana they returned to Paris. Mr. McCormick resolutely declined to divulge his Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 5. Max Oser is still in Switzerland, it was learned. His closest friends said he was expecting Miss Mathilde Mc Cormick, his fiancee, to reach Switi- ertand with a woman companion within a few days. ' It was under stood that Lucerne was the place for their wedding. Eaves Catch "Hootch" Wanted for Evidence Bedford, Ia., Aug. 5. (Special.) -Sheriff Fairish made a raid on the George Beard home near here and seized a quantity of liquor. He re ports that when he arrived at the Beard home Mrs. Beard, who saw him approaching, ran upstairs, seized a gallon jug and poured its contents out on the roof. Sheriff Parrish picked up a con tainer and recaptured a part of the gallon of ."moonshine" as it ran from the eaves. A further search disclosed a full gallon of "hootch" and ceveral . ....fit empty jugs ntaaen in a cornueia. Two Contests Undecided in Kansas Primary Race Topeka, Kan., Aug. 5.Two unde cided contests remain in the Kansas n.imirn with niccihilit v that the I' i 1 1 1 1 I J ...... - - I official count might be necessary to decide tnera. !..;, Inilmn S Wrtt and W. E. Harvey, candidates for supreme court position No. 2 on the republican ticket swung back and forth throughout the rfav. and Harvev was leading tonight by only 51 votes. One-sixth of the vote on this contest was sun to oe reported. f Radio Receiving Sot FREE with Evory Piano, Player Piano and Phonograph The popularity of the' Radio Set wt give FREE with the pur chase of tht above instrument is such that we will continue the policy the rest of this month. Scores of Omahans are now using them and finding thereof trreat interest and en joyment. Regardless of what Instrument you choose, the efficient Radio Receiving Set will be sent at once to your home. Listen in on the installation we have in our building. A call at our store will convince you that we aw offering greater Piano values on easier terms than any other music house in the middle west. $185.00 Buyi this Angelus Flayer Piano. Complete with FREE Radio Set, Scarf, Bench, 60 rolls of music. Term? 82.00 per week. $145.00 1L H i Buys a splendid Price 4 Teeple; . Upright complete with Scarf and 6too. A real bargain. Terms 91.25 per week. A Money-Saving Used Bargain for 7 You Is Listed Here: PLAYER PIANOS Ang.lus $185.00 Mansfield ....... $198.00 . UPRIGHT PIANOS Schubert . $98.00 Sheninger $110.00 Boston $125.00 Price & Te.ple. . . . . $145.00 WilUrd $155.00 Voight ,. .. $165.00 Kimball $175.00 Ellington $185.00 Cable Nelson ..... .$215.00 Schsnollef A Mueller $225.00 Steger ft Sana $245.00 Welbmor $265.00 Ivers & Pond...... $270.00 Emerson .... $275.00 Kurtxman $280.00 Knabe $350.00 Artemis $348.00 Schmidt & Schultr. .$365.00 Solo Concerto .. $395.00 PHONOGRAPHS Columbia $21.00 Victor $24.00 Pathe $38.00 Grafonola $40.00 Rustella $56.00 Symphony ........ $68.00 Grofonola $70.00 Manophone ........ $98.00 Terms $1.00 to $2.00 Per week. Twelve Lessons Free With Every Saxophone Our J. W. York ft Sons Saxophones, tht kind used by profes sionals, sell for $70.00 and Up TOOT YOUR OWN HORN! Come in and choose a Saxophone from our immense stock. We have a special band and orchestra instrument repair shop. Work done for you at cost. It is part of our service to you. Road and Remember We stock everything in music from a Steinway Concert Grand to a Mouth Harp. 1 Latest Hits Player Rolls, 49 Latest Phonograph Records, 752 Latest Hits in Sheet Music, 30 We tune Pianos, store them, repair them, move them, re varnish them and accept them in trade on any new instrument in our new building. We Are Doing an Immense Mail Order Business, Write Us of Your Needs. Name' .......... .K. ...... . . , ... ..y. .-. . . ...... .t-v. , i Address . . . . . ,tv.-. ...... v.v. . .v.-. . - .......... c I have marked tht BARGAIN I am interested in. Pleats send me detailed information and tht lowest possible terms you can make. Should I purchase an instrument, I am to receive FREE tht Radio Receiving Set. i . - SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS 0 . pfj jt No lagging or let-up in this BALE. In fact, th'ere fs an JC 0 .f tf C'r vS TV 1 1& added interest and patronage from day to day as the tfiV WrJg y0 V Ka-V V O V SALE progresses. This is a different salc-a bigger nnd better sale bigger selection better values. itore from top to bottom is brimful of special values. Inspection and comparison invited. This HI fr( E i An Elegant New Louis XVI Bedroom Suite in Old Ivory- August Bale Price 1 QQ Four Pieces Complete tpXyO Just 4 few of these splendid suites exactly as pictured to sell while they last at the low price quoted, which' represents about half their former value. Splendidly constructed with full dust-proof interiors and finished with six coats of enamel antiqued. Drawer, ii inches, 28x34 plate mirror Cbifforoba, 86 inches wide, 4 lift out trays; Pressing Table, 38 inches wide, center mirror 16x24, side mirrors, 8x22, Ai( Sale Price $ 65.00 Queen Anne Dresser in walnut or mahogany, full dust- proof, special at p 4D.UU i 58.00 Oueen Anne Chifforobe in walnut or mahogany, full dust proof, special at S 39.50 $ 58.00 Queen Anne full-size Bow Foot Bed to match $ 39.50 $235.00 Solid Mahogany 54-inch Adam Dresser with 32x42 plate mirror, special at , ,., $135.00 $125.00 Solid Mahogany full-size Bed to match 55 69.50 $185.00 Solid Mahogany Chifforobe to match ii 98.00 $ 58.00 Bird's-eye Maple Dresser , ..$ 39.50 Luxurious Overstuffed Spring Arm Davenport (Like Cut.) Upholstered in rich verdure tapes try. August Sale price $98 Built to order in our own factory with full wobb bottom, filled with depend able springs, in turn supporting carefully built loose cushions. Rocker to match, August Sale price 848.00 Chair to match, August Sale price -848.00 Abu Sal race $ 34.00 Golden Oak Dresser 8 22.50 $ 22.00 Golden Oak Chiffonier $ 16.50 $25.00 Golden Oak Bed, full size S 16.75 $ 33.00 Fumed Oak Dresser ..... S 23.50 $110.00 Brown Mahogany Chifforobe $ 55.00 $ 59.50 Oak Chifforobe in dusty walnut S 39.50 $ 43.00 Gray Oak Dresser $ 33.00 $ 75.00 Mahogany Chiffonier with mirror , S 39.50 $ 85.00 Mahogany Dresser, large size ...S 45.00 $ 58.00 Walnut Dresser 39.00 Large Overstuffed Arm Chair (Like Cut) With extra high spring back and extra deep and soft spring seat. A man's chair that Is attractive and good looking as well as comfortable in every sense of the word. Frame of mahogany, upholstered in tap estry or velour. $65 Other Living Room Furniture in Wide Varieties Greatly Reduced m Price During August Sale $ 58.00 Mahogany Settee, auto spring seat in tapestry ...,S 35.00 $ 38.00 Mahogany Cane Wing Chair $ 25.00- $ 45.00 Mahogany Library Table with drawer, 48-inch 29.50 $ 69.00 Walnut Arm Chair, tapestry upholstery $ 48.00 $135.00 Large tapestry overstuffed Arm Chair $ 87.00 Overstuffed Arm Chairs in velour and tapestry a 33.00 $145.00 Tapestry Overstuffed Arm Chair $ 72.50 .... . iKTrri ,TT $ 65.00 Mulberry Velour Arm Chair Kocker to match $105.00 High Back Cane Arm Chair, damask upholstery .... $298.00 Cane Davenport, mohair upholstery $135.00 Tapestry Overstuffed Spring Arm Davenport $105.00 Short Length Tapestry Davenport $ 58.00 Arm Chair to match 39.00 39.50 69.00 5168.00 78.00 69.00 33.00 Rich Breakfast Suites Sharply Reduced During August Sale $ 97.50 Windsor Breakfast Suite, drop-leaf table and 4 Windsor chairs in olive green enamel, complete , $ 57.50 1126.00 Windsor Breakfast Suite, drop-leaf table and 4 Windsor chairs in black enamel, gold trimmed, complete $ 69.00 $185.00 Breakfast Suite in blue enamel, trimmed in Ivory; -buffet, drop leaf table and 4 chairs; sale price 8125.00 f 45.00 Gray and Ivory Breakfast Table, drop-leaf $ 22.50 io.uu yray ana jvory Chairs to match 1168.00 Decorated Bnamel Breakfast Suite, olive green andorange . '""'ry'dme table and 4 chairs, complete 1 ' ..uvu; mm A ui y 4rrup-ieif I SP19 v .la.ov a caairs oniv. to matnh. uph i ?1 S!5 lvory 2?rlHrt Windsor Breakfast Table 13.50 Old Ivory Windsor Chairs to match All Summer and Porch Furniture at Greatly Reduced Prices Special Bargains in Rugs Many new purchases made for this sale. We have added many special items from our regular stock. Now Is the time to select your floor coverings. We list a few of the many exceptional values this AUGUST SALE has to offer. i 9.00 10.00 9.50 $180.00 Two-tone Seamless Chenille, 9x12, shaded patterns, at S 95.00 115.00 Karadi Band Border, 9x15, dropped. $ 87.50 I 85.00 Figured Blue Roxbury Velvet, 9x12, . Imperfect, at $ 49.50 I 95.00 Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 9x12, these are dropped patterns $ 84.50 f 61.50 Heaviest Axmlnster made, 9x12, imperfect, at , $ 49.50 1215.00 Highland Seamless Wilton, 11-3x15, dropped pattern 8192.50 ?126.00 Whittall Anglo Persian, 9x12, dropped' patterns 8 98.50 1135.00 Green Bundhar Office Rug, 9x15, 8105.00 1110.00 Hartford Saxony, 9x12, dropped ..$ 95.00 84.00 Best Quality Wool Wilton Rug, 9x12, dropped $ 72.50 $ 84.00 Brown Mahal Wilton Rug, 9x12, soiled, at $ 59.00 S 77.50 Mahal Heavy Wilton, 8-3x10-6, dropped patterns 8 69.00 S 67.50 Hartford Saxony Rugs, 6x9, dropped patterns' 8 59.00 ' S 43.50 Highland Wilton Seamless, 4-6x7-6 dropped patterns 8 37.50 I 27.50 Roxbury Heavy Axminster, 6x9, ' imperfect, at 8 21.75 S 61.50 Whittall Peerless Body Brussels, S 52.00 SPECIALS IN BATH RUGS ? S.95 Reversible Chenille Rugs, 24x4$, soiled, at 8 2.35 I 8.7E Reversible Chenille Rugs, 36x72, soiled," at 8 5.00 ? 9.00 Reversible Angora Rugs, 30x60, " i 8 7.00 Draperies and Curtain Materials You will be interested in seeing the effective Curtains, Curtain Materials and Draperies that can be secured at' mat, ly reduced prices during our ATJGUST SALE. CURTAINS Marquisette and Voile Hemstitched Curtains, per pair ....81.00 Lace Edged Marquisette Curtains, per pair 81.25 Cluny Lace Edged Marquisette Curtains, per pair 150 Ruffled Marquisette Curtains, per pair 81.50 Ruffled Voile Curtains, per pair $2.00 Ruffled Dotted Marquisette Curtains, with tie-backs, beauti ful and sheer, at, per pair 82.85 All styles of one and two-pair curtains represented in this . sale marked at one-half price. REMNANTS Remnants of all kinds of drapery and curtain materials from 1 to 5 yards In length reduced to one-half price, and in many instances much less than one-half regular value. MADRAS , We wish to call special attention to the 50-Inch Madras In blue, mulberry, brown and rose, purchased especially for this sals and marked to sell at the unusually low price of, per yrd 754 50-inch plain and figured Madras, Poplin, Fiber Silk, Repp, Amur and Shaikl materials, in rose, blue, mulberry, brown and green, marked to sell during our August sale at 754. 854. 81.00. l.u oiiVtii e.M u per yara. CURTAIN MATERIALS Colored Voiles and plain Marquisette, per yard 184 Curtain Nets, at per yard ; ...384 Curtain Swisses, at per yard !!.'.'!254 Approximately 250 patterns of curtain materials priced "for this sale from 184 to 504 per yard. Hardware Department $1.50 "Wagner cast aluminum skillet 95 Aluminum handle butcher lnife 69 122.50 10-quart pressure cooker, special . .$19.75 2-quart ice cream freezer, special S 1.50 Aluminum round roaster ..$ 1.39 Aluminum round roaster S 2.95 Large aluminum dish pan 2.95 Fruit press .. 554 Flour sifter 304 Flour sifter ....... . . ... . ... 50f Edison electrie iron 5.00 Trunks and Bags , Automobile Trunks for Bulcks, Cadillac, Packard, Hudson, Pierce-Arrow, and Universal for all cars, at greatly reduced prices. Hartmann Steamer Wardrobe Trunks at $30.00 An exceptional Wardrobe Trunk, special $20.00 Bags, Cases, Boston and over olght Bags at special reductions for our AUGUST SALE. Gift Shop Special wrought iron adjustable Bridge Lamp with hand decorated parchment shade, complete 810.00 Special tables of reading lamps at very low prices. Discounts from 20 to 40. DOMESTIC DINNER SETS 50 pieces at 816, 824 and 826- Very at tractive patterns. TABLES OF GIFTS We have ar ranged various tables with gifts at various prices. Big bargains. 254 tsbles. KIM tables. SI .OA tables. and S2.Krt tables. L TT nitron ft' I ,sr-i?"
