Bank Loot Is
Sought Here
and in Bluffs
Wholesale Search for $26,000
Taken from Nickerson Bank.
Two Weeks Ago Proves
Futile.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Fremont, Neb., July 18.—Officials
Investigating the mysterious $26,000
robbery of the First Bank of Nicker
son two weeks ago, made their first
open attempt to find traces of miss
ing bonds in four simultaneous raids
in Nickerson, Council Bluffs and
Omaha late Tuesday evening, but
tfloir efforts were apparently futile.
Tb« home of C. E. Negus, vice
president of the bank and manager of
the Institution at the time of the rob
h“-v. was searched from cellar to at
tic by a' squad headed by Deputy
Sheriff Hasson. In the meantime,
, Sheriff Condit, in co-operation with
detectives in- Omaha and Council
Bluffs, were ransacking three other
places in search of possible evidence.
In Omaha, the office of J. C. Baker,
former Nickerson school teacher, now
Operating a real estate company in
i.ne Woodmen of the World building,
was thoroughly searched. In the
same building the sheriff's party
raided the offices of A. Cl. Brunhet,
another real estate agent, who for
merly resided at Nickerson.
In Council Bluffs 10 detectives
under Sheriff Condit raided the home
of Era Bond, 710 Broadway, hoping
to find evidence of the missing $20,
000 bonds. Although the place was
carefully searched nothing was found,
officials declare, that might implicate
either of the raid victoms.
The Nickerson bank robbery has
proved one of the most baffling cases
history of Dodge county. Over
►*^$5,000 in cash and $20,000 in bonds
were taken from the vault and an
inner safe without harming the com
binations, leading the officials to sus
pect the affair to he an inside Job.
Negus was recently deposed as man
ager of the hank and was replaced
by A. W. Sprick, Fontanelle, presi
dent.
Medical Head Resigns
From Vocational School
Dr. H. Wright, recently appointed
medical director at the Bellevue voca
tional training school for disabled
veterans, and himself a veteran of
the world war, has resigned.
He will leave the school August 1,
probably to withdraw from govern
ment service entirely, he said. Be
fore coming to the Bellevue school,
he was connected with a training
school at Lincoln.
Me succeeded Dr. G. C. Coffee at
the Bellevue school.
Telegraph Company Employe
Dies in Omaha Hospital
Timothy Herris, 54, 1913 Douglas
street, for 20 years an employe of
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, died at a local hospital.
He leaves a widow and two sons.
Funeral services were to be held
from the Hulse & Rlepen chapel
this afternoon at 2:30, in charge of
No' --■'tska lodge No. 1, A. F. and
I A_M
r al will be at Forest Lawn.
t -—
Wife Sues for Divorce;
Charges Failure to Support
Albertina Wagner yesterday filed
suit for divorce in district court
. against Thomas Wagner, employed at
the Swift packing plant, charging
that he threatened her life, and that
he refuses to support her. They have
three children.
Train Hits Auto: $ Death
Freehold, N. J.. July 18.—A. S. Cur
tis. S3, a farmer, his wife, Mrs. Emma
Curtis, 65, and Arthur Fletcher, 45,
another farmer, all of Hamilton, were
killed here today when their auto
mobile was struck by a 1’ennsylva
nla freight train.
Roosevelt Trophy for Which
‘Cowpunchers’ Will Compete
An Omaha designed emblem of a
world's championship has just been
announced in the Roosevelt trophy
for which competition will begin at
the Cheyenne Frontier days roundup
on July 24th.
Representing the championship for
all around cowboys, the Roosevelt
trophy will be given on a point basis,
the competition extending both
through the Cheyenne rodeo and the
famous Pendleton, Ore., roundup in
September, with broncho-busting the
high scoring event.
As designed by Eyre Powell of the
Court Restrains Man From
Cursing His Neighbor
District Judge Hastings yesterday
granted a restraining order enjoin
ing Gus Lind, Twenty-fifth and
Taylor streets, from cursing Carl XV.
Nelson, a neighbor, and forbidding
him from tearing down a fence which
Nelson erected between the two
properties.
Nelson, in his petition for the re
straining order, said that Lind was
of a quarrelsome disposition; that he
cursed Nelson and his family fre
quently, and that he started to de
molish the fence In question two days
after it was erected, being finally
stopped by police.
Former Navy Secretary
Speaks at Scottsbluff
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Scottsbluff, Neb., July 1*.—Former
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels. speaking before the Scottsbluff
Lions club yesterday, declared Ameri
can farmers will not have a good
market for their crops until Europe
becomes stable and the hungry man
there can buy bread for himself.
“Peeping Tom"’ Gets 30-Day
Jail Sentence for Acts
William M. Moore was sentenced to
30 days in jail yesterday on a charge
of vagrancy, on complaint of nurses
at the Presbyterian hospital, who
claimed he hail lieen lurking in the
neighborhood, playing the role of a
peeping Tom. He was arrested by
Motorcycle Officers Ryan and Nel
son.
Union Pacific press bureau, the
trophy shows the figure of a rearing
horse and rider atop the world. From
the saddle a trailing lariat loops
around the globe to form the letters
of the inscription. On an eoony base
is a silver plate marked:
“In memory of a great American
who was the friend of the western
cowboy, Theodore Roosevelt, this
trophy Is presented by the Hotel
Roosevelt of New York City.”
The figure of horse and rider Is
from the hand of George Brewster,
noted eastern sculptor, whose best
known work is the soldiers' and sail
ors' monument at Indianapolis. Ind.
The trophy is 27 inches high and rep
resents an expenditure of over $3,000.
The Itoosevelt trophy will go to
Cheyenne immediately, where the
crack riders and ropers of the world
will begin to fight for it. It must
lie won three times for possession,
but each year's winner will receive a
replica of the top figure, suitably in
scribed.
National Guard
to Attend Camp
State Troops to Pitch Tents
at Ashland on Au
gust 6.
National guardsmen are preparing
for the annual encampment of the
state organization, to be held at Ash
land August 6 to 20.
The camp this year promises to be
the best ever held In the history of
Nebraska’s National Guard.
A real swlmtnin' hole, installed by
Uncle Sam, Is one of the features of
the new camp at Ashland, now a gov
ernment reservation. More than 700
acres of land have been secured to
make this a permanent camp and rifle
range and the guardsmen will have
the benefit of the many improvements
Installed by the federal government.
Among the features of the tamp are
the concrete target butts and target
houses, arranged so rifle men can
shoot at different distances without
leaving the firing line. A permanent
water system has been established.
More than 2,000 guardsmen and of
ficers will attend the encampment
this year, according to Col. Amos
Thomas.
The 134th Infantry and 110th Med
leal corps and 35th division train and
staff corps and departments will
attend. The 134th regiment band from
York, Neb, will also attend the camp
and entertain with daily concerts
Dedication of the new camp will he
arranged at the encampment. Gov
ernor Bryan will attend and It ts
hoped to have General Pershing stop
of on his trip to-H,Incoln long enough
for the dedication.
While the camp Itself does not start
until August 6. there will be a four
days' training school, beginning Au
gust 2, for officers and noncommls
sioned officers.
Membership In the national guard is
now more attractive than in past
years. The men are given a minimum
pay of J1 per day while at camp, and
draw the same compensation by
grades as men in federal service.
All of the expenses while at camp, in
cluding transportation, are paid.
There are a few vacancies to fill to
complete the outfits, and applications
for the following will be received: Two
medical officers, noncommissioned of
ficers for the medical detachment;
good riflemen for the rifle team and
several men for the regimental head
quarters company, which Includes a
detail in charge of wireless and radio.
Omaha companies of the guard drill
every Monday and Tuesday at the
armory, 1812 Harney street, and any
one desiring to join th^guard in time
to make the trip to the Aashland
camp is requested to report at the
armory, where a recruiting officer Is
constantly on duty, or to cal! Colonel
Thomas at his office, 448 Omaha
National Bank building.
M1 H I'.R 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 earli package Physicians everywhere recommend it
Drink.
GRAPE BOUQUET
A beverage that in taste and color
resembles a sweet red wine — fra
grant, sparhling and refreshing—at all
fountains or by the case from your
grocer.
10c per bottle
Delicious as a flavor for
frozen ices and other
desserts — or mixed with
fresh fruits, a delightful
summer punch.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
ST. LOUIS
Paxton & Gallagher Co.
Whol0»ml0 Dittribu tor§
Omaha, Nabr.
^ 3c per glass
Girh, It's Tough; Now
They're Using Sheiks
for Servants; Fart
flt> International »wa #
S>w York, July IH.—(iii’K, it’s
tough, hut it has come to this—
sheiks for servants. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Vcritytf of San Francisco and
Paris arrived today on the Olym
pic from France and in their wake
was a strange looking person in
typical sheik garb.
"Not a notable,” Mr. Vernier
said, “just a servant I picked up in
Morocco.”
The sheik, who speaks French
nicely, hut English not so g .ud,
bowed majestically.
liarada was asked by immigration
officers if lie was a believer in
polygamy.
“Not for mine,” he replied when
the question was explained. "But I
think it's all right for sultans and
such.”
Fox Forgets Fear as He
Chases Tabby at Home
Winatedr- Conn.. July 18.—A tabby
cat keeping just about two lengths
ahead of a fox almost upset Mrs.
William Hailey on the porch of her
summer home at Highland lake here,
the fox rehounding from the screen
door to the ground as the cat disap
peared within doors. Then the fox
had to be fairly "shooed" off the
premises.
Man Kills Wife and
Her Mother and Sister
Sedalia, Mo., July 18.—W. M.
Puckett of Waverly, Mo., today shot
ind killed his wife, mother-in-law,
Mrs. Tubbs, and slater-in-law, Janlet,
it the family home, according to a
ielephone message received here.
M.S. Miller Held
in Liquor Deal
Leaky Trunk Reveals Quanti
ty of Booze—Miller
Gives Bond.
M. S. Miller, Paxton hotel, presl
dent of the Master Sales company,
was arrested Tuesday on a charge
of unlawful possession and transporta
tion of intoxicating liquor after the
police morals squad confiscated a
trunk in the baggage room of the
Union station which contained the
remains of 12 bottles of Hague &
Hague whisky. Miller had the key
to the trunk and was arrested as
the owner. Richard Ohler, 2710
Shirley street, a transfer man, was
arrested when he called to claim the
trunk. He was held as a witness
after he had explained that the trunk
was not his.
The police received a report Mon
day that contents of a trunk were
leaking at the baggage room. From
then until Ohler claimed the tunk
an officer remained on guard.
When Ohler appeared yesterday
with a baggage check the trunk was
turned over to him. He was ar
rested when he started to leave with
the trunk in his motor truck.
Ohler declared to police who had
hired him to get the trunk and Miller
was sent for. Miller denied knowl
edge of the goods and said the key.
which he had in an envelope, was
sent to him by a friend. He failed
to name the friend, however, and on
order of Police Commissioner Dan B.
Butler he was held.
Dr. T. E. Daly signed a bond for
Miller half an hour later.
The whisky had b£en shipped from
Portland. Ore., and was packed In a
steel container which was made ex
pressly for that purpose. It was
sealed, but was not packed tightly
enough to prevent the bottles front
cracking. Ten of the 12 bottles wetje
broken. The two remaining bottles
are held as evidence.
Turks Approve Pact
Hr International Newt lervirr.
Angora, July 18,—The TurkUh gov
ernment today approved the agree
ment reached by the Turklah and al
lied delegate* In the near east peace
conference at Lauxanne.
This old-time process applied
to smoking tobacco takes out
all harshness—all rawness.
0 And the flavor can't be beat
—in a pipe or in a hand
made cigarette.
I joorrr 4 Mtw Tm&obo Cd>
Thursday Offerings
are chosen at random from the many choice
lots assembled and priced for clearance in
The July Adjustment Sales
Stock Adjustment
Sale of
Fine Shoes for Women
Thursday Morning at 9 o’Clock,
On the Floor Below
Dxfords, Slippers, Colonials and Straps
Flat heel*, military heels and French heels. Colors
are black, white, brown and the vivid shade*.
Small lots, true, but all sizes may be found among these shoes
that earlier in the season were priced at $10, $12. $ld.50 and to
$15. Placed on tables, assorted in sizes, arranged for quicker
choice, so often necessary in these unusual shoe sales.
A
Thursday, the Pair,
L $3.35 ,
Summer Silks
at a Tantalizing Price
500 yards of desirable, fiyhlonabte silk fab
rics of printed designs, crepe de chines, I an
tons, radiums, etc,, the stock remaining after
a busy spring and summer season, Silks for
blouses, dresses and kimonos; 40 Inches wide.
They sold at $2.95 the yard. Special offering
Thursday—
$1.39 a Yard *
Cool Cotton Voiles
For the mid-summer frock. An escel
lent quality, two ply French voile In all
dainty plain shades, also pretty patterns
on lllftt and dark grounds. (PI AA
40 Inches wide, per yard.
Keeping Men Cool
bv sales of cool necessities for every-day
wear. Thursday's offerings Includo
Broadcloth Shirts, $2.95 Each
An English material of beautiful tciture,
white and plain colors, a few stripes; sepa
rate or attached collars; regularly selling
to $6 00.
ATHI.KT1C WITS of fine nainsook snd mad
ras each ......... . SfU*
HATIIINO SUITS, alt wool, 1600 values,
an' h ..
TtATHIM; si its of cotton, for men and
boys, good duality, eutU .... .■1.v.p..,,75<
Third Floor Offering
A short rid* In the elevator brings you to
this busy department.
Here Are Thursday
Specials
100 pairs Ruffled Voile Curtain*, full width,
!V4 yards long, with tie hacks. QO _
Per pair .afOle
Quaker Tuscan Net Fringed d*t QO
Curtains, each .V-lea/O
Art Needle Work Section
Cnbleachcd Muslin Bed Spreads, full slie,
stamped embroidery on best qual- d»O QO
tty muslin, each .
Reform Initial
A felt base Initial that needs no padding and
does not wash out In the laundry. A com
plete stock of monograms, as well as single
Initials, In all styles for dresses, undergar
ment* and bathing suits.
Guaranteed Electric
CURLING IRONS
An eaatern manufa< turn made ua an intro
ductory offer at a iery low price We ac
cepted. and offer the entire lot Thursday at.
each —
$1.89,
Silk Stockings
for Women
Thursday—A Lot at, a Pair— )
with lisle top and sole. Colors are
gray, navy and tan. Also a group of
sport silk numbers, not all full fash
ioned, in fancy colors.
Sport Dresses
Desirable sport colors and mate
rials. fru-fru, flat crepes, crepe de
chine, figured silks and combina
tions — some with panels and
plaits. Very special
women's and Misses' Sections—
Second Floor
Continuing Our Annual Salt
Gingham Dresses
#
for Children and Juniors
Beautiful check and plaid effects, at
tractively trimmed. Domestic and im
ported ginghams, all colors, guaran
teed Also chambraya, organdies,
voiles and combinations. Sties 2 to
16 years.
PLEASE NOTE that % olles and
organdie* are confined to ane*
3 lo * year*- both patty and
regulation dre**e«.
On Sale in Three Groupings
$2.39, $3.39
$4.39
Snow White Aprons
Tie on. fitted model, of white
sailor cloth .... .59r
Melds’ white lewn aprons, round
ed bibs, rick rack trim.. 91.25
White cambric aprons, round and
square bibs.91.25
Athletic Suits
For Women
Of cool voiles, stripes and cheeks,
nainsook and dainty lawns, under
garments especially made for hot
weather wear. Cut full and roomy,
t'.rouped for Thursday's selling in on#
unusual lot at. t 1 Q
the suit .spiel*/
Kayser Gauntlets
Cloves of Silk
Clearing atock* of all discontinued
styles and colors JOG pairs tn tilts
lot for Thursday at
SI.50 the Pair