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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1923)
"Louise” Refused ’ Students Brandy, Witness Asserts Mrs. Vinciquerra ‘VEuru«d Away” 25 Creighton Youths, She Told Woman—Boy Testifies to Purchase. . She told me she had ‘turned away' *5 Creighton students from her place lhat day and was thinking of quit ting the sale of liquor to minors,". Mrs. A. C. Rogers testified at the trial of Louise Vinciquerra in federal court Monday. Mrs. Vinciquerra is the young wom an alleged to have boasted that she, made $45,000 in less than two yoars bootlegging. She and her J^jwnid, Sebastiano. are on trial for .possession and sale of liquor and^fprinaintaining a nuisance at 8y^ Purest avenue. Mrs. Rogefs^Said Louise telephoned lvff Jfiritiary 3, accused her of trying to ruin the Vinciquerra business and threatened her. H. Clifford Lee, IS, testified that lie bought a pint of peach brandy from Sebastiano for $1.50 January 12 when Mrs. Rogers sent hint there to make a “buy." Customer Arrives. Police Officers A. J. Trapp, Ernest Pee. Edward Vanous and George Brigham testified that they found several bottles of liquor when they raided her place. They said Louise laughed and said, "if you had come sooner you would have got more. I liought two gallons this morning but it is nearly gopA" A customer, un aware that "the law" was present, arrived with an order for two pints of l>each bandy. Malvern Smith, who lived next door at 808 Fofest avenue, said that on Jast New Tear's Eve the street was so crowded with automobiles that lie telephoned for a "traffic cop." "Men and girls were coming out of the house, drunk. Every day there were 50 to 100 persons coming to the house,” he said. Courtroom Crowded. A crowded courtroom greeted Louise who, however, many agreed, does not measure up to the stories of her beauts'. She is little more than five feet tall and of a fat figure. .Her lips are carmined and her cheeks very red. She wears a diamond SWlitaire on tier “engagement” finger, but no wedding ring. She wore a taupe suit, silk stockings, satin slippers. Sebastiano sat behind her in court. His brown hair is shiny ancl he has sideburns. Louise spent most of her time before the trial in the corridor, twirling her hat in her hard and listening to con versation. She has changed her tac tics and said very little herself. Husband Testifies. Sebastiano Vincifluerra, fiist wit ness for the defense, said in hardly underatandable English that lie has been in this country 10 years an<l worked five years for the Skinner Macaroni company and then operated a fruit stand at Sixteenth and Chicago streets. 'He earned 120 a week and his wife, working at the Iten Biscuit company," famed flO a week. The house at 810 Forest avenue cost $5,500 and Vlnclquerra paid $L 000 down. They ow» a Nash automo bile, he said. He declared that he was not at home January 12, when the pint of brandy Is alleged to have been sold. His wife was in the hospital at that time. The case will probably be finished this morning. Iowa Girl Loses Love, Tries Death Comdv Des Moines Lass Takes *\Foison Near Notorious ^ ^’hicago Cafe. By Intritafltional New, Service. Chicago, April 16.—Miss Beatrice Bortlcant, c«\ielv lft-year-old Des Moines, la., girt, was fighting for life In a Chicago wspital today. Jilted by her sweetheart, she took poison last night, near the notorious Enter tainers' cafe, black and tan resort formerly operated by Jack Johnson, once world's champion pugilist. “I’ve taken four tablets. I want to die.” the girl told thl policeman who found her lying in a semi-conscious state in front of the cabaret. At the hospital whore she was rushed she became hysterical and called for a "Leonard Slacker.” Questioned by po lice, she refused to give any informa tion concerning the man. "I love him, but he deceived me.” she sobbed in telling her story. "He lied to me.” Former Weeping Water Resilient Dies in Omaha Alfonse J. Beland. 78, died of pneu monia at his residence. 2510 Capitol avenue, Sunday night. Mr. Beland had been In falling health the last several weeks. lie had been a resident of Omaha several years, coming here from Weep ing water, Neb. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Mary Beland; four daughters; Miss Beatrice Beland, employed by the Federal lte eerve bank; Mrs. F. A. Benz. Mrs. Murray Hathaway of St. Baul, Minn., and Mrs. Harry Dennis of Fremont, Neb., and a son, Otis J. Beland of Omaha. Gigantic Parade Planned for Raisin Day Celebration Fresno. Cnl.. April 16.—A gigantic parade, eight miles long, will Inaugu rate the fifteen annual Raisin day celebration at Fresno. April 26. Nearly every community, civic and military organization in the raisin district will be represented. The unusual floats being planned will cost over $60,000. Many handsome trophies are to be awarded for the best floats and march ing delegations. * Iowa Town Seeks to Free Robber I * • — Shenandoah Youth, Employed in Omaha, Rearrested After Case Is Dropped. Special Dispatch to Tho Omaha Bee. Shenandoah, la.. April 16.—Will the stigma of a prison sentence on a hap py bridegroom and the accompanying cloud on his happiness be Inflicted, is a problem that is Interesting Shenan doah. , Clifford Solon, former Shenandoah ; youth who is a printer for the West ern Printing company of Omaha, is under arrest at Sidney with the pos sibility of having to servo out a 10 year sentence for a burglary com mitted two years ago. His bride, a trusted employe of the Federal Re serve bank at Omaha, is making a fight to secure his release, Shenan doah attorneys have appealed to Gov. N. E. Kendall for a pardon. Shenan doah newspapers have made appeals for him and the public in general are interested in seeing that mercy sup plants the exacting of the pound of flesh. Two years ago the young war vet eran confessed to a burglary at River ton, la., and was sentenced to the state reformatory, Hut lie did not serve the sentenoe. The officers kept him ti testify in the rase. He came through with it and the county gave him employment. He. worked faith fully as a road builder, steady, tem perate, industrious and honest. Then he secured employment in Omaha where he has worked steadily. East December he married Miss Jeanette Peterson of Shenandoah, who worked for her education and be came an efficient stenographer for the Federal Reserve bank at Omaha. Before they married he went to the county officials and they expressed the opinion that his clean life would insure that the sentence against him would never be carried out. Without warning someone lias tak en up the matter and asked the Judge to enforce the sentence. He has been re-arrested and lie is in Jail awaiting transmission to Anamosa. His wife is in Shenandoah almost broken hearted and the people al most unanimously are asking the governor to grant Solon a pardon. English Income Tax Reduced. By Associated Prwil. I-ondon, April 16.—In hi* budget statement today the chancelor of the exchequer announced that the cor poration tax would be relucted by one hair and the Income tax reduced from j 5 shillings to 4 shilling* 6 pence the ; pound sterling. The chancellor said th* past year's ■ surplus of £101,000.000 had gone to* reduction of the debt. The financial ' year just closed had become steadily better as It proceeded, trade at home and abroad had been improved and j unemployment had been diminished considerably. "Cause and effect” is Nature’s law — It controls life—science is based on it—no one can escape it. Many people find that coffee and tea, both of which contain the drag, caf feine, are often a cause of nervous* ness, headache and loss of sleep. There are many, too, who have found that the easy and sure way to avoid coffee and tea troubles is to drink delicious Postum as the meal time beverage. Try Postum in place of coffee or tea. It is pure, healthful and has a delightful full-bodied flavor. Your grocer sells Postum in two format Instant Postum (in tins) prepared In stantly in the cup by the addition of boil ing water. Postum Cereal (in packages) for those who prefer to make the drink while the meal is being prepared; made by boiling fully 20 minutes. Postum FOR HEALTH Made by I Postum Cereal Company, Inc. “ There*s a Reason” Battle creek, Mich. Two Ways To Buy , * % You can ask for just “ham,” “bacon” or “lard.” Or, you can ask for Armour’s Star. If you do the first, you may get quality; if you do the second, you’re sure of it—and top quality at that J-*-V Packing Home Secrets Successful agriculture is inseparably linked with soil fertility; and meat animals are the means for turning crops into cash , without lessening fertility. The greater the consumption of meat, therefore, the easier the road to success ful agricultural prosperity. N_ s the Colonial treasury and the other half to these persons in theRe percen tages: W. L. Stickel. 30 per cent: Thomas H. Matters, 30 per cent; R. E. Sunderland, 17 per cent; Ida and Jessie Gregory, 13 per cent; William Culver, 8 per cent. Drug Addicts of Paris Claim “Personal Liberty’’ Hy I'nlvermal Service. Paris, April IS.—The familiar slo gan of "personal liberty" was heard in tli-* Paris courts Saturday by a band of SO drug sellars and addicts in the most amazing trial which Parts has seen in many years. All day* a procession of morphine, opium and cocaine maniacs went into the witness box and admitted using quantities of drug*. They affirmed that anyone, even a stranger, can buy in Paris almost any kind of a drug with great ease. The witnesses each made the claim that th« taw has no right to inter fere if they desire to kill themselves with drugs. Tl>e dock held 7* .irlsoners. In cluding a number of pt eminent doc tors and pharmacists, who fyce Im prisonment for selling drugs. Senator Howell Returns i Home from Washington Vnlted States Senator R. B. Howell returned home yesterday from Wash ington. T>. C„ after having spent several weeks witnessing maneuver* of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and also the destruction of the Iowa dur ing target practice at sea. Senator Howell will attend a meet ing of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Utilities district hf-xt Wednesday afternoon, when the mat ter of naming a successor to the late Chris M. Gru»r,ther will be discussed. It is understood that a successor to Senator Howell as general manager of the Jitilltiqs district will be con sidered within the next two weeks. No Trace of Poison Found in Bodies of Man and Son Lincoln. April IS—Prof. C. J. Frankfurter of the rhemlatry depart ment of the L'nlveraity of Nebraska, who ia examining the vital organa of Herman Light and hla 7 year-old »on of Beverley, Neb., "fated today that he had aa yet found no traces of poison. Attracted by the promise of re union in tho afterworld with hia wife, who died recently. Light la alleged to have forced hla son to drink a poison ous lotion, after which he committed suicide in the same manner. Prof. Frankfurter said that the teats no far have failed, hut will be con tinued for other kinds of poisons. Feature Transactions of Livestock Exchange T. Knox of Orand Inland was on the market Monday with three loads of (deem, one of which wns made up of cattle good enough to bring |9.25 a hundred. They were Hereford* and averaged 1,300 pound*. According to Mr. Knox, corn is getting too high and too scarce to feed livestock and they are being sent to market n* noon aa possible. In some parts of hla neighborhood farm ers are holding their corn for 31 a bushels and It looks on though they will get It. g "Our winter wheat looks bad." snbl Mr. Knox, "and farming operations In our part of the state are very late. There has been no plowing done aa yet." *A consignment of two loads of cat tle was brought to the market by August Kill, veteran feeder of Pender, eighteen of the lot averaged 1.283 pounds and sold for ft* .28 a hundred. Ha also had a bunch of homed steers that sold for 3R.75 a hundred. Mr. KgJ said there was quite a lot of cat tle on feed In his neighborhood yet. The funeral of tleorifo Holtorf, ex tensive cattle rnlser, who died Hatur day at an Omaha hospital, will ho hold this aftermsin at Mnlino where hurlil Will tike plaeo. Mr Holtorf was n votovnn shipper to the local market and for many jours hud liei-n president of the l',urmei I'nlon Cooperative company of Mu Into. \ Grain Futures , Act Held Valid . S. Supreme Court Upholds -aw on Trading—Objection# Removed by Congress. Washington, April 18—The grain lures trading art was declared valid id constitutional today by the su •erne court. It was the second time the court d passed on the validity of a gruin ture trading law. a previous statute sed on the faxing power of the fed •ad government having been held p constitutional. The law upheld to-1 ly was based on the right to con-1 ol interstate commerce. Chief Justice Taft, m delivering tlie 1 l»lnion, said the decision ' in the timer grain futures enso was an ai lment in favor of the constitution ity of the present law, because in e latter congress met tho objections 1 liich the court had pointed out as iving rendered It invalid. It is Impossible, the court said, to istinguish between transactions in ash grain and in grain to arrive from took shipments which the court had old to be interstate commerce. The rain exchange, the court said, was lerely ihe gateway through which io grain flowed in its course from !e west to the east nnd to Europe. Sales on the Chicago Board of rade are as necessary to the con-' nuity of thi.e*flow of grain, the court eld, as are stockyards sales in the lovement of cattle. It was added lat ihe evidence showed that future radlng does have an effect on the ish price of grain. The fact that corners in grain have een brought about by dealing in utures evidenced, the decision said, he relations between future deal jgs and cash grain. The Chicago Board of Trade, * the ourt concluded is engaged In a busi est. which makes it subject to ation regulation. Justice McReyr.olds and Sutherland issented. . “Will Obey law* Chicago, April 16.—When advised >y The Associated Press that the con ititutionallty of the grain futures act had been upheld by the supreme court 8f the United States. President John J. Stream, of the Chicago Board of Trade, said: “It is needless to say that the Chi cago Board of Trade will obex the law which has been approved by the highest tribunal in the land. We will cheerfully conform in ever^ par ticular to the law." Mrs. Margaret Balfe, 47. Dies in Omaha Hospital Mr a Margaret BaJfe, 47, wife of Thomas V. Balfe, who has been en KATIMKM I \ f LET POSLAM onvEironwi ECZEMA AWAY Poalaro I* CONCENTRATED re lief for akln-troublea: Itching, ► marling, burning almply can't re aiat It Spread a little on the Irri tated pant and you no longer have to acratoh and dig—your tick akin geta a CHANCE to heal. And with Poelam on the Job, thla healing la rapid, ateady, easy. Tne redneaa goes, cruata and aealee di» appear and the akin la clear again aimoat before you know it. (an t THAT the kind of akln-treatmed.t you are longing for? With the akin once well, uae Poa lam 8oab to prevent a return of the old trouble. Poalam bring* akin-health to thouaanda every day. Hold everywhere Kor trial sample, aend 10* to POSLAM, 243 W. 4ith St, Ntw York. gaged in the plumbing supply busi ness in Omaha for the last 37 years, died Sunday night at St. Catherines hospital of pneumonia. She had been ill for ahout 10 days. Recently the Balfe's were forced to vacate their home at SOI South Six teenth sti-eet, place of business at 1607 Howard street, on account of that building being razed. Mrs. Balfe's maiden TTSvne was Miss Margaret Cunningham, and she was married to Thomas F. Balfe in St. I. ouis. 25 years ago. by Archbishop J. J. Harty. Besides her husband, she is sur vived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Cun ningham, of Omaha; two sisters. Miss Mae Cunningham, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Anna Kelly of Spokane, and one brother, tlcorge Cunningham, of Omaha. Miss Robertson Gets Federal Job Former Congresswoman to Be “Welfare Worker” in Vets’ Bureau. By International Newt Servlet. Washington, April IS.—President Harding today signed an executive order permitting the appointment of Miss Alice Robertson, former con gresswoman from Oklahoma, as a “welfare worker'’ in the United States veterans’ bureau. Miss Robertson was defeated for re-election last year. The exact nature of her new duties have not been defined. The purpose of the executive order I was to set aside the civil service regru* [ lations so the appointment could be | made without examination. mmSSISSM <y Large Crowds Are Attending Our Big Sale One Week of / ^ Wonderful Bargains For Tuesday the Special Offer ings will be on our 5th, 6th and 7th floors, also our Main Floor and Basement. t Bargains in Draperies and Drapery Ma terials, Table Lamps and Glassware, Congoleum, Congoleum Rugs and Felt Base Floor Covering, Furniture, Phono graphs, Housefurnishings, Sanico Rang es, Bohn Syphon Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Domestics, Wash Fabrics and Linens. , Merchandise of High Quality At Exceptionally Low Prices Reduced fares \ 1 Round Trip from OMAHA $04250 Denver, Colorado I Springe, Pooblo. * for Your VACATION — take advantage of theee attractive, low round-trip faree ^ to cool mountain re treata, famoua na tional parka or tha ahorea of the Pacific. t WOO Rocky Mountain National (Estes) Park. t JtdyOO Watt Yellowstone *40-~ ( Yellowstone Na tional Park). Four and one-half day*' motor trip in path, with accommodation* at hotel* $54.00,at camp*. $45.00. Sid* trip, Dan v*r to Rocky Mountain National (Eatea) Park, $10.50. f O 00 Portland, Tacoma, ■ / ““ Seattle. 2 00 milaa along th* acenic Columbia River. Sid* trip* to Yallowaton* and Rocky Mountain National Park* at amali additional axpana*. $ 7900 $an Francisco, Los a dh —— Angelas. On* way via Ogdan, Salt L*k* City, re turning through Danvar Sid* trip* to Yallowaton* and Rocky Mountain Na tional Park* at amali additional axpana*. $ d\QO Circuit Tour of & (/—- the West. Union Pacific to Portland, rail or ataamar to San Francisco, returning direct through Ogdan or via Los Angelas and Salt l*ka City. Routs may b* ra ^ varsad. Includes Danvar. AM fart* Include Colorado Spring* without oatra char*' Ticket* to Partite Northwest and Califor nia on uli dally, Mar II to aoptornhor ** la Yellowstone, June I to September U: to ell other points, lunt t to September M. 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