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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1923)
Oil Promoters Caught in U. S. Grand Jury Net Operators and One Cor poration Indicted on Charge of Using Mails to Defraud. Los Angeles, Aug. 7.—Right oil op erators, six of Texas and two of Los Angeles, and one Los Angeles cor poration wer indicted by the federal grand jury here yesterday on charges of using the mails to defraud. The Texans indicted were D. B. Chapin. Glenn W. Black, H. W. How land, John H. Maulding, George H. Kipley and Jack Carillo. Bonds for Chapin and Black were fixed at $10, 000 each, for Howland and Maulding at $5,000 each', and for Kipley and Carillo at $2,500 each. They are accused of having repre sented that Chapin owned 1,333,750 acres of land in Zepata and Webb /■utilities, Texas, a part of wh^t is known as the Borrego grant; that the land was rich and fertile and in dicated possibilities of oil; that Black, Howland $1 Co. were selling agents nnd, not considering the possibil ities of oil, that it was worth $500 an acre and that Black, How land & Co. had carefully inves tigated the land as to its alleged ex cellent use for agricultural purposes. It was set out, according to the in dictment, that the land was a belter oil prospect than the Ranger and Burkburnett fields; that Dr. Van Hagen, geologist of the Atlantic Oil and Refining company, had found in dications of oil on the land and that it ought to be worth from $10,000 to $20,000 an acre; that the price was ^gradually advancing and, at $32.50 an acre, ought to bring an immediate profit of B3 per cent on the original vestment. All of these alleged statements, the indictment declares, were fraudulent and made for the purpose of extorting money from investors, as the land was worthless from any point of view and gave no indication of be ing oil-bearinfc and the whole plan was a conspiracy to use tj)e mails'to defraud. The Los Angeles residents indicted were Martin J. Cullen and Robert A. Dennison, alleged hends of what is known as the Great Los Angeles Oil and Land corporation, taken into custody last week on charges of using the mails to defraud, and Bernard T. Cullen and Thomas V. King. The bonds of Dennison and Martin J. Cullen were fixed at $10, 000 each last week. Those of Bernard T. Cullen and King were fixed at $2,500 each. Omaha Grain Man to Go to Missouri Frank H. Brown to Move to Springfield—Family Al ready There. Omaha Grain exchange lost one of its best-liked members when Frank H. Brown, formerly of the F. H. Brown Grain Brokerage company, *• vVlri ou» to Frank Taylor, local grain man. Mr. Brown was planning yesterday to drive to Springfield, Mo., where his family is at present and where he intends to make his home but was delayed by rain. He will leave as soon as the roads are At to travel. Mr. Brown has been in the grain brokerage business for 15 years. Be fore that he was a doctor In Fremont, Neb. He has not decided what busi ness he will take up in SpringAeld. At a dinner recently gtven by grain men In honor of Mr. Brown he was presented with a handsome set of Ashing equipment and tackle. Dr. Fred Nelson . Dies from Bums Dr. Fred A. Nelson, physician and druggist. 1018 North Fortieth street, died shortly before midnight Monday night from burns received week be fore last In an explosion of chemicals at the Walnut Hitl pharmacy, For tieth and Cuming streets. Dr. Nelson Is survived by his fath er, Nels Nelson, Verona, Neb.; two sona, William A. Nelaon and Fred A. Nelaon, Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Thomas and Mrs. M. J. Dedriekson. Mrs. Dedriekson lives at Sutton, Neb., and the others In Omaha. In addi tion he la survived by two hrothera and two sisters. Dr. Nelson was 54. "*“^w^’uneral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 from 8t. Barnabas rhurch. Fortieth and Dav enport streets, Kev. John W ilkinson officiating. The body will be laid to lest in West Lawn cemetery. 50 Moros Killed. Dj Aiaorlttfd PreM. Manila, Aug. 7.—Fifty Moros were killed and a number wounded and three members of the constabulary were wounded in a pitched battle near Bake Banao, on the Island of Min danao, yesterday, It was reported to the governor general's office today. No details were given. It has been proposed in Kngland to extend free legal aid to poor persons seeking divorce. ^ EARL M. BURKET hk.BURKET&sdn K*tablUh*d 1878 FUNERAL DIRECTORS Farnam Straat at 34th Society Killy-Schaek, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Schack of Coun cil Bluffs announce Ihe marriage of their daughter, Alma, to William ix>uia Killy of this city, which took place this morning at 8 o'clock, at place Tuesday morning, at St. Peters churcV Rev. J. F. McCarthy offici ating. The ceremony was followed by a breakfast at Hotel Fontenelle. Miss Margaret Llnehan and Thomas Gor man were the attendants. The bride was gowned In tgn crepe embroidered in blue crystals. She wore a corsage, of Mrs. War<J roses. Her traveling costume was a three piece suit of dark blue polret twill and small black hat. Following a honeymoon in Colorado and Yellowstone park, Mr. Killy and his bride will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Killy's parents In Fa ola, Kan. They will be at home in Omaha at 4626 Bedford avenue, aft er September 1. Bridal Dinner. James Bysel and Gerald Rodman gave a dinner last evening at the Grand hotel In Council Bluffs in honor of Mr. Hodman's sister, Miss Gertrude Rodman, whose marriage to Dr. Ernest Morris of Austin, Minn., will take place Wednesday evening at the North Presbyterian church, Dr. A. J. Morris of Waynesburg, Pa., father of the groom-to-be, officiating. The guests included, the follow ing members of the wedding party— Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Morris, Mrs. C. P. Rodman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomas, Mr and Mrs. N. C. Wickland of Coun cil Bluffs, Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Schae fer, Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Wegner of York, Neb., and Miss Frances Lem mon of Champaign, 111. For Miss Solso. Miss Helen Graham will entertain at luncheon a't the Athletic club Wed neaday In honor of her house guest, Miss Iola Solso of Laurel, Neb. Cov ers will be placed for the Misses Solso, Helen Schwager, Mildred Tay lor, Katherine Aye, Catherine Bur kett, Gertrude Broadwell, Alice Kie wlt, Betty Robison, Esther Cotter and Mildred Walker. For Mrs. Richards. Mr. and Mrs. "Will H. Ttndell en tertained 10 guests at supper Sunday night In honor of Mrs. Molly Rich ards, who leaves Saturday for a month's vacation in Iowa. Comings and Goings of People You Know. Miss Emma Norn left Saturday for California to spend a month's vaca tion. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Windheim are touring Yellowstone park. They will visit In Colorado on their re turn. Mr. snd Mrs. H. T. Peterson have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. A. Peterson and Mrs. C. Larson of Chi cago. Misses Myrtle Jensen and Zne Srha lek left Sunday morning for Clear Lake, la., where they will spend two weeks. Mrs. Harry Byrne and daughter. Isabella, are visiting Mrs. Byrne's mother. Mrs. R. B. Schneider In Fre mont. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hern leave this week for the Canadian Rockies and Glacier park. They will be gone a month. Miss Nell Peabody left Tuesday for her home In Kansas City. She has been the guest of Miss Dorothy Payne. Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. McCoy of ^auhuska, Okl., are visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. McCoy. Mrs. Pansy Bean has gone to Lake Okobojl where ehe will be the guest for a week of Mrs. Ella Cotton Ma gee and Mrs. Herman Kountse. O. H. Barmettler and son. William, accompanied by Frederick Aldous, left Tuesday for California. The boys will enter the University of Santa Clara In Se-ptember. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dlnkel an notifies the engagement of their oaugnter, Kiste F., to James Carson of this city. The wedding will take place some time in the spring. Eeo Gardiner left Saturday for a motor trip to Minneapolis. Mrs. Gardiner and baby daughter, De clare Adele, will be with Mrs. Gar diner's sister, Mrs. Ellen Hypse, dur ing his absence. Mrs. George D. Campen and son, George D., Jr., left last week to visit the grandparents In Plttsford, Mich., where Mr. Campen will meet them at the end of the month. Rev. Frank H. Anderson left for Seattle, Wash., to visit his mother and sister. He will return via the Canadian Pacific and stop at a for mer parish at Rockwell, la. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kelley and son, Jack Colt, have returned from a month's stay in Colorado Springs. Colo., where they visited Mrs. Kel ley’s mother, Mrs. Samuel Colt. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. West and their daughter, Rloise West McNichols, left Saturday for a trip to Yellowstone National park. Mrs. McNichols’ hus band, Dr. W. II. McNichols, accom panied them. Margaret Spalding Sturges Is study-; ing voice this summer in Chicago with Prof. George W. Jenkins. Her husband, Dr. William S. Sturges, will join her there the latter part of Au gust for a short vacation. Mrs. Stur ges Is contralto soloist at the First Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Moser of Oberlin, Kan., are visiting in the city. Mrs. Moser was formerly Miss Caro lyn Holmqulst, and part of her stay here will bo with her parents. Mr. Moser, who was operated upon In the Methodist hospital, is recovering nicely. Honorable C. W. Darmon of Sa lem, N. Y., Is visiting his brother, F. P. Darmon. His daughter. Miss Frances Darmon, accompanied by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Smith of Brooklyn. N. Y., will arrive on Saturday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. I-armon, en route home from Glacier and Yellowstone parks. Adele Garrison “My Husband’s Love” The Only Problem Jim Felt He Couldn't Solve. It was, I think, a full minute after Jim had placed in my hand the scarab scarfpin which I recognized as Harry Underwoods, before I raised my eyes from a tense, fascinated scrutiny of the quaint bauble to meet Jim’s eyes fixed upon mo with a lively but re spectful curiosity. The sight of the trinket had brought a vivid memory flash of the first time I had seen It, when Harry Underwood had twisted it from his tie and given it to me with the theatrical Injunction to send it to him if I should "get into a Jam with a gang you don't know,” The "jam” had come aooner than I anticipated. I had been taken from my car by men under the lead ership of Grace Draper and removed to the lonely country estate of the mysterious man who had headed the plot against the government so sig nally foiled by the efforts of my father, Lillian Underwood and Allen Drake. Madge Is Pnzzlrd. During n^y imprisonment there I had dispatched the pin to Harry Underwood, masquerading among the plotters as the "Big Tangerine,” and he had saved me from death Just before the tragic and melodramatic capture of the plotters was consum mated. I had noted the pin In his scarf In the way one sees things In the most tense moments, when I had regained consciousness after that ter rific scene, and he had bidden Dicky and me a theatrical farewell. T rec ognized the touch of theatrlcallsm which is never absent from him, in again dispatching the pin to me In so flamboyant a fashion. Whatever his connection with the fugitive bootlegger might be, and my mind ran the gamut of a dozen sur mises, sane and otherwise, there could be no possible reason for his permitting Jim to recognize him, when he easily could have managed other wise. or for sending tne scarab scarf pin to me. He must have yielded In voluntarily. and against his common sense, to the love for the dramatic which Is one of his strongest char acteristics and dispatched the bizarre message to me. That it was a message I did not doubt, but I had neither leisure nor Inclination to puzzle my brain over It. There was but one thing to do now, and I did it, promptly. Jam Welly Mafrintfl now an exact «ocncc Fresh Fruits are Plentiful I Use hort CERTO-Process for making jam and jelly with Berries, Cherries, Peaches and other fruits in season. You will find they are the best jams and jellies you ever tasted. Certo is sold by grocers every where or sent postpaiafor 35 cents. 1 MINUTE'S BOILING 2 POUNDS OF FRUIT 3 P0UND60F SUGAR 4 ounces of Certo 5poundsofjam Wrapped with every bottle ia a reape booklet which tells the xtory. 1 Dougles-Psam Corporation Granite Bide-, Rochester, N. Y. Certo ( Surejell) __________________ No reason now her tongue to tell That aad old atory "It did not jell” Her jam's now perfeA—jelly, too She uses CERTO—so should you 1 Money to Loan on Omaha Real Estate ^Conservative Savings <3loan association | / tf1/ ff ta r n q y RUBY COAL Routt County, Colorado Clean and Lasting—Order II Today Updike Lumber & Coal Co. Four Yard* to Serve You / America’s finest Ginger Ale made by the house of Anheuser Busch-a name that guarantees purity and quality Full of pep and ginger, yet fully aged and mellow— Anheuser-Busch _ /f/7 • Serve with the whole rind of a lemon to'make a most excellent Horse's Neck!' ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ST. LOUIS Paxton & Gallagher Co. Wholoialo Diitributora _ _Omaha. Nebr. “Jim,” I naked quietly, "you say you didn't see the face of the man who pinned this inside your roat. Old you recognize his voire or his figure?” “He Wes Mr. Underwood." "I—I couldn't swear to him, ma'am,” he said, while I reflected that swear ing to Harry Underwood's Identity was the last thing in the world I should require of Jim, “but—ho was an awful lot like Mrs. Underwood's husband, you know, ma'am, the man who used to come to Marvin when you folks first lived there.” "He was Mr. Underwood, Jim,” I said slowly. “This is a scarfpin of his which I have seen often. I do not know why he was helping the bootlegger to escape—perhaps he ran explain later. But—for many rea sons—T think you would better say nothing about him when the troopers come.” "I already figured that out. Mis' Oraham." Jim siiid with a faint touch of reproach in his manner. "That's the reason I didn't make even the lit tle noise I could through the gag ^hen I saw the trooper moseying around near me. I never mix up with things I don't understand, and besides. If that Mr. Underwood had a car, they were out of reach hy that time.” “I am very glad you were so thoughtful,” I returned. "Is Mr. Un derwood’s overcoat still out there— (he one he put under you?" "I wanted to ask you about that, ma'am,” he returned. "Y»u see. I didn't want Katie to see that coat— she's the best girl in the would. Katie is, ” he interrupted himself loyally, "but sometimes when she gets excit ed she lets things slip that ought to be kept, so I didn't say nothing about it. And then wc found the little boy, and since then everything’s been tip set, ho I couldn't go back. But I don't think w'e ought to leave It lying there. Somebody might stumble on it, and wonder." "But some good strong paper and twine in your pocket and slip out there as soon as you can," I said. "Don't use the flashlight any more than you have to, but put the coat into ns small bundle as possible be fore you bring It back to the huose. Give it to me without anyone seeing you do it. as soon as you can—and forget you ever saw it." "I’ll hurry out there right away,” he said, "and I'll tell the troo »fs when they come that I tackled the bootlegger, but he got away from me. That's kind of humiliatin’ when it took a big man to tie me up, hut they won't know the tying-up part, and If I hadn't stayed on top of that man lie could have got away, easy.” easy, "But, ma'am," his jaw dropped "Katie known I was tied tip. How you Ruin' to man.iRe about h»r?” 1 "Fairyland” Bobbing Shop for kiddies' hair cutting. Now un der direct supervi sion of Mr. Roberts of the Black and White Room. Third Floor I " Burgess-Nash Company "EVERYBODYS STORE" Tea Room Menu, 35c Sweet Bread Pat ties, Mashed Pota toes, lee Tea or Coffee. Seventh Floor Dresses for the Larger Women Choice of All Wash Frocks r—■ _■ -» Size a 38l/z to 52 Include dainty, summery apparel for immediate wear: voile, tissue gingham and rice cloth in white, orchid, blue b and brown. Sizes 38i/> to 52. ♦ r ___ l Dresses at Lovely summer silks, beautifully made on slenderizing lines. Printed Silks White Crepes Regularly Priced $59.50. The Skirts Numerous models in the favored plain and pleated styles. Some of them are solid pleats; others have carefuly placed groups of pleats that give slender length of line. Roshanara, Fantasi and Canton crepes. Regularly up from $11. The Suits Mostly navy blues in two and three.- piece styles. The superb tai loring and the fine ma terials mark them as suits of a quality sel- i dom reduced. A few models in silk. Originally priced up from $45. Third Floor Extraordinary Sale of Boys’ High and Low Shoes that told up to $6 a pair $3.95 The famoua "Poll Parrot” brand of boya' black gunmetal oxford*, French toe, rubber heel. Boya’ Toney brown high lace ahoea, with French perforated toes, rubber heel*. All sizes. Boya* roae tan calf dreaa oxford "Goodyear" welt aolea, medium round toe, rubber heels. Boya' Toney red French toe ox ford "Goodyear” welt soles, rub ber heels. 'jm Smaa Am f Main Floor August Sale of Blankets Offer* Extreme Values Famous “Esmond” Blankets This popular blanket is really two blankets woven as one, thus providing twiee the thick ness of the ordinary blanket, 66x84 in. August dJO QC sale price, pair.. St. Mary's Wool Blankets These well-known blnnkets are soft and fluffy and all pure wool. They are woven in beautiful plaids, the edges bound with silk ribbon, 7flx 80-in. si7.e, 5-lb. weight. Sr*.$10.50 Gray Cotton Blankets Serviceable cotton blankets in tan or gray with fnncy bor der; edges neatly hemmed; sixes 54\74. Aug. d» * PQ sale price .V 1 »0 100 Pairs All-Wool Blankets Regular $12 50 An excellent quality in beau tiful plaid design with 3 inch ribbon binding; blue and white, pink nnd white, tan and white, gray and white. Aug. ■*1* price, dJQ QC pair .vO.J/O Beacon Indian Blankets The beautiful rich colorings in these soft, fluffy blankets make them serviceable for mnny uses. 60x80 in. sire, with ribbon bound e d g e s, August sale qp price, pnir . . Second floor Our Entire Stock of Sweaters An extraordinary sale of sweaters that lead the mode with their many' styles. p R I C E - Jacquettes Golf Coats T uxedos Slip Overs Sleeveless Some are delicately tinted, others in pray colors, in fact a sweater for every occasion and every sports activity. Many qualities of mohair, Iceland, Shot 1 land, silk and wool imported and hand knitted sweaters compose this sale. All are offered for one-half their former pricing. Sizes 34 to 50. Third Floor I Entire Stock ot Sports Skirts Contorts Thintledus Wool (’rcprs Honcycones T j . - .1 - , ■■■■■ . p R / C E ('rcpc dc Chines Flannels Xovflty Silks W ool Fponge Kxtremely interestinpr, this reduc tion, especially when we tell you that there are both pleated and wrap around models. Stripes, solid colors and plaids in white, lipht shades, tans and pra; s. Waist measures, 27 to "5.