Improvers to
Fight Speeders
Clubs Unite to Call Meeting
to Curb Reckless
Driving.
A move to change the sentiment of
Omaha regarding speeding will be
started at a meeting in the near fu
ture in the council chamber of city
ball. This was voted Monday night by
representatives of various improve
ment clubs at the West Leavenworth
Improvement club. *
H. C. Timme of the Fontenelle club
advocated a license ordinance. "An
frdinance which would revoke a
man's license to drive a car for six
months and give him 90 days in Jail,
for speeding, reckless driving or op
erating a car while drunk, would meet
every requirement in curbing the
careless drivers in Omaha," he stated.
Mr, Timme advocated abolition of
pardons for convicted violators of
motor laws.
Would Insure Motorists.
Robert Olmstead of the Florence
organization declared turn signals
on cars caused many accidents. He
said frequently the lights do not regis
ter correctly. He favored a system of
insurance to be renewed when the car
license la applied for. Insurance com
panies, he argued, would refuse to
take a risk wher the car owner had
been arrested twice or more times
for breaking speed and driving laws.
Stopping aiftomoblles at the Inter
sections of boulevards and principal
thoroughfares was urged. Dan But
ler declared Dodge, Farnam, Leaven
, worth, Twenty-fourth and Sixteenth
streets should be classed as principal
arteries of traffic and be governed
by boulevard rules.
^^idge Frank Dlneen stated that
speeding is a disease, of which the
remedy Is not known; the only thing
to do being to experiment.
Fpank Johnson, Tenth Ward; H. C.
Tlmme, Fontenelle; T. E. Price, Flor
ence, and Ray J. Sutton, West Leav
enworth clubs, were appointed a com
mittee to prepare for the meeting at
city hall.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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been recommended for 60 years.
Engineer Visits Father by Plane
Lawrence Ensininijer
Columbus, Neb., Deo. 4.—Lawrence
Ensminger, former Columbus boy and
engineer on the Union Pacific rail
road, running from his home In North
Platte to Grand Island In the road's
fast freight service, visited his father,
L. E. Ensminger, here by airplane,
making the trip from North Platte
to Columbus, a distance of 206 miles,
in 2 hours and 20 minutes. Accom
panying Ensminger from North
Platte was a friend, John Westfall of
Ogallala. Neb., who later in the day
returned by train.
Following Thanksgiving dinner
here, Ensminger took his father, now
69 years old, on the latter's first
airplane trip. The father, comment
ing on the ride, said, "It sure was
fine.’’
Lawrence Ensminger has been in
the service of the Union Pacific rail
road for 11 years. It was Ensminger,
who on September 27, aroused state
wide interest in a quick trip he made
from North Platte to Grand Island
when Edward Ledbetter, Portland,
Ore., and a personal friend of William
O. McAdoo. aspirant for the coming
presidential nomination on the dem
ocratic ticket, missed his train at
North Platte. A porter had told Led
better the train would stop for 20
minutes and the Portland man
walked up town a way only to find
that he had been misinformed and
that the train, when he got back to
the depot, was already on its way to
Grand Island.
Ensmlnger offered to take Letbetter
to Grand Island and arrived there in
plenty of time ahead of the train to
enable Ledbetter to board it again.
For this action Ensmlnger received
special commendation from several of
the leading officials of the Union Pa
cific system. Ensminger's machine
is a three-passenger I-aird-Swallow
which he has owned for more than
two years, having learned to fly
three years ago when his interest be
came aroused in the activities at the
United States Mail landing field in
North Platte and one of the aircraft
pilots gave him the first lessons in
flying, resulting in a still increasing
interest which has since developed
into his pet hobby.
Motor Company Quits.
St. I-iOuls, Dec. 4.—Dissolution of
the Dorris Motor Car company, which
manufactured the Dorris automobile
was voted by stockholders at a meet
ing here today. /
A meeting has been called tomor
row at which plans of refinancing the
company or selling It, will be con
sidered
Marullo Stops Buck.
New Orleans, Da., Dec. 3 —Young
Marullo of New Orleans, knocked out
Soldier Buck of Louisville. Ky.. after
one minute and eight seconds of
fighting In a scheduled 15-round bout
here tonight. ' The men are middle
weights.
Walton Hearing DecemWr 21.
Oklahoma City, Okl., Deo. 4 — After
brief "argument In state district court
here today before Judge George W.
Clark, December 21 was set for hear
ing of a motion by J. C. Walton, de
posed governor, to quash si* Indict
ments pending against him.
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Witness Says
Chiodo Victim
Was Dangerous
Housekeeper Testifies Bonac
ci Threatened to “Kill
Everybody—Others
on Stand.
Mrs. Rosella K. Martin, house
keeper for V. P. Chiodo for 26 years,
testified yesterday afternoon In crimi
nal division of district court that
Frank Bonaccl was a dangerous man,
feared by her and others. Chiodo is
charged with manslaughter for slay
ing Bonaccl, his nephew, April 14.
"Early In the war Frank deserted
the army and came home,” she said.
"Six soldiers came to arrest him and
were afraid to go into the room
where he was. They finally went in
after me and he was arrested and
sent to Leavenworth.
•'The afternoon of the shooting,
Jennie Bonaccl, sister of Frank came
home crying. Her dress was tom,
her face and arms bloody and her
chest scratched. Frank came down
soon and pushed through the house
declaring he was going to ‘kill every
body.’ He kept patting his side
pocket as if he had a gun.
Defense counsel sought to bring
out that Frank was trying to force
hig sister to marry a man, by which
marriage he was to gain financially,
but It was ruled out.
Leona Mergen, secretary of Chiodo
for 12 years, testified that she was
In his office when she heard the
shooting. She opened the door and
saw Bonaccl run past and Chiodo
came walking after him at some dis
tance.
"I was so frightened I could hardly
lock the door,” she said, breaking
down fur a moment.
Mrs. A. *W. Sandstrom, tenant In
the Leone apartment, told how she
looked out of her window and saw
Chiodo. She turned away for a mo
ment during which she heard the
shot. When she looked out again
she saw a cloud of smoke from
which emerged Bonaccl with Chiodo
following close behind.
The prosecution rested Its case at
3, after lesa than three hours of evl
l dence.
Two policemen, who work at night,
were given a place to sleep In the
stenographer's room w hlie waiting to
he called to the witness stand.
Radio Waves in
One Direction
Bjr Pr«w.
London, Dec. 4.—Signor Marconi
said today that within the next few
weeks he planned to begin tests be
tween London and New York of his
system of projecting radio waves In
a desired direction.
"You see that lamp there.” he said,
pointing to the electric light over
the desk In his office in the Strand.
"It's light rays spread ail over the
room in every direction; but If you
put a reflector behind It the rays
shoot but In one direction. That's
what we are doing with radio rays.
Our experiment Is putting a reflector
behind them. Heretofore we have
been unable to keep radio rays from
going through a reflector, but now
we finally have got a sort of screen
which stops them.”
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Continuing Wednesday—in Our Big
Bargain Basement
Entire Stock of Fry Shoe Co.
Sixteenth and Douglas Streets
Shoes for Men, Women and Children
Shoes Sold by the Fry Co. as High as 15.00 Offered
in This Sale at The Brandeis Store and All Offered
Men’s Dress Shoes—Work
ing shoes, sport shoes, high
and low shoes, lace and
Blucher styles. Men’s Shoes
at 3.00 only.
Infants’ Shoes — Buttoned
and lace styles in black,
brown, kid and patent leath
er with fancy tops and plain
colors; sizes up to 8. Infants’
Shoes at 1.00,2.00 and 3.00.
At
These
Low
Prices
Women’s High Shoes, Lace
and Button; Plain and Strap
Oxfords—All styles of heels,
width, AAA to E; all leathers
and satins. Women’s Shoes
at 1.00,2.00 and 3.00.
Boys’ and Girls’ Shoes—For
school or dress wear; also
pumps and oxfords. Boys’
and Girls’ Shoes at 1.00, 2.00
and 3.00.
Pair
Pair
Moron Kidnaps
12-Year-Old Girl
Child Disappears on Trip to
Grocery Store for
Mother.
Bv Aanortated Press.
Chicago, Deo. 4.—After more than
.16 hours of search, the' police have
concluded that 12-year-old Hose Borth,
who disappeared from her home Sun
day evening, has been kidnaped by
a moron.
Rose had been sent for groceries
and they, with her cap, were found
in a vacant lot near her home.
A wpman told the police that she
saw a girl answering Rose's descrip
tion with a man about 45 years old
shortly after the girl left home. She
said the child looked as it she had
been crying.
The police said they were seeking
a self-styled "celestial angel and
heavenly father" as the possible kid
naper of Rose. They said he was
described in criminal records as a
moron and maniac. He la said to
have escaped recently from a state
hospital for the Insane at Elgin,
where he was sent after conviction
for attacking children In his religious
cult under guise of performing a re
ligious ceremony.
Honey Producers
Will Meet Here
Members of the Nebraska Honey
Producers' association will meet in
the office of the Douglas county agri
cultural extension agent in the court
house Thursday morning, Decem
ber 6.
Dr. E. F. Phillips, government
apiarist of Washington, D. C., will
speak.
At noon there will be a banquet In
the Burgess-Nash tea room and at 2
in the afternoon a meeting in the
Burgess-Nash auditorium.
C. E. Carhart of Wayne, Neb., Is
president of the association.
Stops Speeding Train.
Chicago, Dec. 3.—A new safety de
vice that will automatically stop a
speeding train against which a block
has been set, even though the engi
neer may not be In the cab, was an
nounced today by officials of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company, which has installed the de
vice on its double track main line be
tween Chicago and Rock Island, Illi
nois.
The appliance, known as the Re
gan decive, railroad official* declared,
makes the operation of trains 100 per
cent safe as far as the danger of col
lision Is concerned.
Michael J. O'Hara Dies.
Fremont, Neb., Dec. 4.—Michael .1.
O'Hara, 73, of North Bend, former
Dodge county supervisor, died at the
family home Monday night, follow
ing a prolonged illness.
O'Hara came to Dodge county In
1893. where he became one of the
successful farmers of the vicinity.
Divorce Plaintiff
Offers Bit of Advice
“A Il-year-old baby haa no
business marrying a baldheaded rich
man," said Mrs. Joseph Cooper
(above), suing rich Kansas City, Mo.,
husband for divorce.
Third Degree Used
After Vajgrt Arrest
(Continued From Fuse One.)
that someone down at Milford was
going to ‘get’ him, wasn't he?"
"That is what be said."
"And he said that Runty threat
ened to send him back to Milford
where he would ‘lie taken care of,’
didn't he?"
“He certainly did."
“In your opinion the fellow didn't
know what he was answering, did
he?”
"I don't think he did."
Scott also testified that he had
"quite a lot of sympathy for these
people, although I have not known
them before."
“You treated then: well, didn't
you?” asked Thomas.
“The best I knew hew,” the sheriff
replied.
Scott declared , that while Vajgrt
had been in his custody at the jail
he had been in a very nervous con
dition and that he had had to call
the doctor twice to care for him.
After Scott had been dismissed, the
state offered in evidence the con
fession secured from Vajgrt and his
daughter as the judge sustained the
prosecution over the vigorous ob
jection of the defense.
"It is for the Jury to say whether
or not these confessions are volun
tary and the Jury will be instructed
that, If It finds them otherwise, they
are to disregard them entirely,” Judge
Corcoran said. "I have read every
Nebraska case bearing on the point
and am sustained by them."
The defense asked to have entered
in the record the statement that It
would show that Runty cursed Vajgrt.
that he was In a very nervous state
a good deal of the time, and that he
was threatened with the "Milford
gang." It was alfowed and the state
countered with a written objection
stating fhat the jury has the right
of opinion as to whether the confes
sion is Induced or voluntary.
Took Correspondence Course.
The request by the defense to
search for precedence to sustain their
objection to the Introduction of the
confession was allowed by the court
as Thomas brought in an armload of
legal books to prove that the confes
sion has no place In the list of ex
hibits until the state has thoroughly
laid Its foundation. Judge Corcoran
declared that he would give his final
decision on the matter tomorrow.
When the court convened today.
Constable Hunty was recalled to the
witness stand and swore that he had
used no "third degree' methods on
Vjgrt. His only knowledge of tha
“third degree,” he said, had come
from reading newspapers and that
he knew nothing of the methods of
application.
He admitted that he was a "student
of criminology" and had taken a cor
respondence school course In the do
tectlon of criminals.
The examination of the 304-pound
constable hy Thomas was vigorous
and searching and "I don’t remem
ber” was Runty’s frequent reply tw
many of his pertinent questions.
Word that Constable Runty was
undergoing close examination spread
like wild fire over this county seat
and the courtroom was packed with
eager spectators come to hear the re
ply of the "detective” to the thrusts
of Thomas.
The state said tonight that It hoped
to rest its case early tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. Douglas Welpton will give ft
studio tea December 11.
What's the
Verdict?
THE test of a mealtime drink is not
alone how it tastes, but also what it
does. Many a coffee-user finds wakeful
ness and restlessness after drinking coffee
with the evening meal—and other health
disturbances follow on.
There’s double pleasure and benefit in
Postum; delightful taste, complete satis
faction, and agreeable friendship with
nerves and health.
There’s charm without harm in Postum.
Let a ten-days’ trial cf Postum instead
of coffee show you the marked improve
ment in health and comfort which so
many others have found.
Sold by grocers everywhere!
Postum
for Health
“There*s a Reason”
Your grocer sells Poetum in two bnt
Inetent Poetum (in tins) prepared instantly in
the cup by the addition oi boiling water.
Poetum Cereal (in packages) ior those who
prefer the flavor brought out by boiling
fully 20 minutes. The cost of either form
is about one-half cent a cup.
Made by Poetum Cereal Co., Inc.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
fr*$h Roaeted |
Jumbo
PEANUTS
In the Shell.
10c quart, 3 quart.*
1°'.25f ,
Short Stories
for the kiddle*.
Illustrated. ,
25c value*, each
for.19* '
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Some of the Special Offerings in Toyland;
-For Wednesday---— \
A Wonderful Assortment of Playthings for the Little Ones on Our Eighth Floor. <
t
The Little Doll Caba—Are wicker;
they have rubber tlree; come In
blue and brown.,. .4.08
Pedal Kar*—Made by the same
people that make Kiddie Kara; the
child's next step from the Kiddie
Kar to the Pedal Kar 6.00. 7.00
Four Special Bargains
That Should Bring Big Crowdt to Our
Eighth Floor
The Game
Parcheesi
The old reliable game that
is enjoyed by the grown
folks as well as by the
children; a board game
that is easy to learn and
that never grows old;
regularly 1.25;
very special, • v t
The Hill Climbing
Green Flyer En
gine and Coach
Finest silent Wright mo
tor; will run up hill; sure
to delight the kiddies;
regularly 2.25; “1 OQ
special at,
Imported Wooden
Building Blocks ✓
Put up solidly in a wood
en box; 32 blocks for
building houses, castles,
bridges, barns, railroads,
and many other things
that will delight the chil
dren; about 500 of these
boxes left; regu
larly 50c; at
Horse Head Kiddie
Cars
Made of highly polished
hard wood; with a nicely
painted horse's head on
the front; steers easily and
will stand hard
knocks, priced,
Mecc&nno—Is wonderful this 1 AA to AA
season; all the new models, X •W svsW
Velocipedes—Are what most every
boy wanlsr Single frame for 4.00
Itouble frame for.8.00
Tubular frame at.12.00
Cedar Chests for dolly's clothes are
quite essential; they keep the
moths away and are also very
handy for dolly's fixings; special
..3.00 •"<* 5.00
Baby Primrose, Beautiful
Imported Jointed Dolls—
To dress, stands -0 inches
high and the prettiest
curls you ever saw; has
shoes and stock- O ^4Q
ings and hot, at *
Eighth Floor
The
i Wonderful
Telephone
Is Just Uk«
mamma's and
you can talk to
yourself with
them, come tn
pretty bine,
pink and green
enamel; spe>
i rial .96#
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Tiddl* Dec Wink*—Is on* of the j
most amusing games ever Invented.
Will amuse the children when i
everything else falls; specially j
.25*. 50* *n<4 1.00 i
i
Visit the Wonderful Santa Circus!
On the Eighth Floor—Roaring Lions, Mischievous Monkeys, Revolear, i
Trapeze Performers, Jugglers j