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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1924)
Bandits Beat Up ^ Four, Get $2,000 Escape With Trunk Contain ing Savings of Man in Hospital. After knocking Lawrence Wibrzskl unconscious with the butt of a re volver at hie home, 2620 K street; beating Charles Syst, a boarder; in flicting a scalp wound on Wlbrzski’s 5-year-old daughter, and leaving Mrs. Wibhzski in a semi-conscious condi tion on tlio doorstep of her home, Ihree bandits Tuesday night carried iff a trunk containing $2,042.50 in i aah. Three men—Emmett O'Neil, 4226 South Twenty-third street; Waltei Grace, 2108 G street, and Steve Car roll— arrested by detectives a short time later, were identified by the WibnsskJa as their assailants. The trunk, according to neighbors, was carried away by a fourth man in a Ford touring car. £-. The money was the propcSW- of Wibrzski's son, John, 36, Thirty eighth and U streets, a packing house employe, who went to a hospital Mon day to undergo an operation for ton silitls. His wife took the trunk con taining the money, which represented her husband's life savings, to the home of his parents for safekeeping. Mrs. Wibrzski was visiting at the home of a neighbor when the three men entered her home and attacked her husband and Charles Syst. She met them coming out the door on her return and sought to take the trunk ^ from them. One of the men hit her e on tho wrist with a revolver while another kicked her. No trace h.is been found of the trunk. Smith Urges Dry Law Change Would Have N. Y. Congress men Work for Light Wines and Beer. By Universal Service. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Further ef forts for modification of the Volstead act were suggested In Governor Smith's message to the new legisla ture today. He urged that New York's representatives be asked to lay before the present congress a memorial to congress adopted by the last legislature. “The last session of the legislature,” •aid the message, "memorialized con gress by resolution to change the present narrow, senseless definition of what constitutes an Intoxicating beverage as set forth In the Volstead act, f the end that there may be permitted the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer, under the careful restrictions set forth In our legislative enactment of 1920. (This enactment was a law legalizing the manufacture and sale of 2.7S .’ter cent beer, which was declared unconstitu tional by state courts), “Inasmuch as we havs a new con ^ gress now In session, I suggest that by resolution properly adopted you call the attention of our representa tives from this state to the action of last winter and request them to lay it before the present congress." Prison Term of Woman Is Cut Lincoln, Jan. 2.—The Nebraska su preme court Tuesday reduced the five vear prison term which Mrs. Mary Shannon of Omaha drew for biting the finger of Mrs. Booth, an aged neighbor, to two years. Mrs. Shan non was charged also with entering the home of her neighbor at night and attacking her. Mrs. Booth's arm became Infected with blood poisoning as a result of (he Injury and had to be amputated to save her life. Mrs. Shannon claimed that she was drunk on bootleg liquor when the episode took place and had no recollection of it. James Sanclear, Douglas county convict, who violated his parole and was later returned to the peniten tiary, Is not entitled to have the period when be was out on parole counted ns part of his one to seven year sentence for grand larceny. The decision of the T,anraster county dis trict denying his application for a writ of mandamus, based on that claim, was sustained by the supreme court. g The supreme court refused to set yfc aside the life sentence of Francis South, convicted In Gage county for the slaying of Charles Wolf at Beat rice. Koutli and two companions were charged with striking Wolf over the head with a. blunt Instrument and crushing his skull, from which he died three days later. Packing Employe Commits Suicide Despondent because his children did not come lo Omaha for the holidays, Mack Slosur, 54, 1453'i South Six teenth street, former farmer of •Stromsburg, Neb., swallowed poison yesterday morning at 10:30 and died. He was a resident of Omaha for three years, where he was employed by one of the local packing companies. Surviving are tho widow, Antonin, the children, who live in Stromsburg, Mrs. Albln Lukes, Mrs. John Horn and Pete Sloscr. I-'uncrul services will lie held Sat lir-'ay afternoon at 2 at Korlsko chapel. The body will lie cremated. Cattle I)i sea so. Lincoln, Jan. 2. — Declaring that be does not concur with the view r' rrntly expressed by State Agriml rural Secretary Shumway, that sonn of the caseH of anthrax recently re ported in Nebraska among cattle and horses were probably botullnn poison ing, It. O- Vose, stain bacteriologist, said yesterday that there should he no confusion between the two diseases. There Is little danger of a physl ■J0 clan confusing botulism and anthrax In man, Vose said, and a veterinarian who has had experience with both disenses should hnvo no difficulty in <llsgncg)ng them, especially if lie lias lalsiratory assistance when it is reeded., Maude Adams to Direct Production of Movies - w- i - Mamie Adams, famous a< Mi ss, has become a motion picture producer, it was announced h.v tiuild Made I’ic tures, Inc., with which he is asso ciated. She will have direct super vision of several productions. Miss Adams will bring to her work the results of five years’ experimentation in motion picture cider and lighting, it was slated. , Waterway Meet j Is Planned Here Omaha Chamber Seeks to Ar range Conference of Ship pers and Bankers. Eastern Nebraska shippers and hankers will meet with Congressman S. Wallace Dempsey of New York and Cleveland A. Newton of Missouri, members of the rivftrs and harbors committee of the house, January 10, when the feasibility of transportation by water will be discussed, if plans of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Mark W. Woods of Lincoln are carried to a successful conclusion. An envoy will leave this week for Washington, where he will confer with Dempsey and Newton and invite them to attend the Omaha meeting. The primary object of the meeting will be to secure the support of Ne braska’s business men in river deep ening projects which the two con gressmen have been advocating for a number of years. Must Have Cheaper Rates. "The greatest problem before the American public today is the prob lem of transportation," Congressman Newton recently told members of the Mississippi Valley association, which Is working for government assistance to make the waterways navigable. “Railway officials tell us they can not afford to reduce rates; that they need more revenue. Their revenue is measured by their earning power. You cannot increase the earnings of the railways unless you increase the rates, and the demand of the public today is for a reduction in the cost of transportation to the shipper. Relief for Rail Routes. "Since facilities for transportation both adequate and cheap are neces sary, and since the railways cannot afford to reduce their rates, why not adopt a national policy of assisting the railroads by developing and us ing other methods of transportation, especially if such other methods can produce a cheaper service? As an example of the utility of river deepening projects, advocates of large government appropriations for work on the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, and other valley rivers cite the Mis sissippi Barge Line company, which has been hauling freight between St. Louis and New Orleans at a cost of 3.3 mills per ton mile. The average charge, throughout the United States, by railroads is 10.78 mills per ton mile, they assert, and the barge line, despite the low rate, still earns a pro fit except when the water is low. Newton has made a survey of the shippe rs {tsing Mississippi river barge lines and reports that freight has come from every congressional dis trict from the east side of Ohio to the west side of Nebraska and as far north as Canada. "A striking argument in favor of the improvement and use of our In land waterways as a port of the transportation system of the coun try, and their potentiality as a part of that system in supplying faclli^ ties for transportation will he appre ciated when I tell you that one tow boat with its fleet of barges, when there is sufficient water to make a channel over the bars, makes the trip from St. Louis to New Orleans in a period of six days, carrying enough freight to load 13 full freight trains with 50 cars to each train, and 50,000 pounds to each car,’’ says New ton. Ready Willi Ilarge Line. Omaha Is lo have a renewal of barge lino activities on the Missouri river next spring when a recently or ganized company starts operations between Sioux City and Omaha. It is the eventual plan of the company to extend Its operations to St. Louis. I tie officers say. and provide an all water transport of Nebraska grain to New Orleans for export. The work outlined in the program of the Mississippi Valley association, of which Mark W. Wood* is a di rector, if successfully consummated, will provide a nine foot channel In the lower Mississippi from St. Isiuls to New Orleans; a nine-foot channel In the flllnolH fiver from Chicago to Oraf Ion, 111.; a six foot channel from St. lands to Kansas City In the Missouri river; a nine-foot ehannelln the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Cairo, 111.; and a six-foot channel In the upper Mississippi from St. I .mi Is to HI. laid. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION \m\ 10* ft JR INDIGESTION) !»//"_ cinn J/ 6 BE.LL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief ANS 254 and 754 Package* everywhere Helpless Kiddies Must Have Shoes Wolf of Cold and Disease Threatens Drafty Hovels. “The time has come," the Walrus said, “To talk of many things, “Of shoes—and ships—and sealing wax— "Of cabbages and kings." Unlike the Walrus, we talk only of shoes for the cold feet of little, helpless children In drafty hovels with only their mothers between them and the wolf of cold and disease. The Free Shoo Fund Is provided hy generous readers of The Omaha Bee. Children who can not possible hope for shoes from any other source, get them through this fund, livery case is investigated carefully (and without expense to the fund) so that every cent contributed actually goes to buy shoes for poor, cold little boys and girls. You can help in this. It will be a good Investment which will pay you dividends In satisfaction and even in dollars through the year. The fund has received $1,096.06. An additional contribution from the Junior B. Y. T. U. of the Herman Baptist church, Herman, Neb., makes the total $1,097.06. The. need is great. Will you send a check or cash to “Free Shoe Fund, The Omaha Bee, Omaha?" The chil dren thank you, Belgian Priest Slain. Shanghai. Jan. 2.—Disbanded Chinese soldiers killed Achille Soe nen, a Belgian priest, and plundered his residence at Hokiao, on .the west ern Mongolian border. In Shensi prov ince, according to advices reaching here this afternoon. ! Your Credit IS GOOD HERE! GOOD CLO l HES Mea, Women, Children, QUALITY DIAMONDS— Elgin Watches, 1847 and Csai- ■, munity Silverware. Advance Styles In EVERY Dept. Sis Bis Stores mean lanes rolums (owes prices and easy terms Drees well without miesins the money. Opes rout sireset j Tomorrow or write for Free Cetalne. •seaSa'a Cseatm Cteafi eeore harrisgoars 5070511 SOUTH 161!! 51 ADVERTISEMENT. 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It promptly heals the inflamed mem branes that line the throat and air fassages, stops the annoying throat ickle, loosens the phlegm, and Boon your cough stops entirely. Splendid for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asthma. Pinex is a highly concentrated com pound/ of Norway pine extract, famous for healing the membranes. To avoid disappointment ask your druggist for “2Vj ounces of Pinex” with directions and don't accept any thing else. Guaranteed to give abso lute satisfaction or money refunded. The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Chew ;t few Pleasant Tablets, —Stomach Feels Fine! I-u H<» pleasant, wo Inexpensive, so quick to wrttlo nn upset stomach. Tha moment “Papa's Dlapopsln" reaches Iho stomach all pain and distress from indigestion or a wuur, gussy sfomach vanishes. Million* know Ms magic. All daug gists recommend this harmless stom ach corrective. GOITRE CAUSES Eye PresiUrc, Nervousness, .Sleep lessness, Headache, Difficult Breathing. A Liniment Gava Complete Relief. Mrs. William Tullork, 8-7 Rrsmsn Are . St. I^iuis, Mo., is so «>nt hii.*ia«t ie shout the results obtained from So r hot-Quad ruple that she Invited anyone to rail on her or write. She say* she wn-« given up to die Mud today she in in excellent health, having gained 80 pounds. Hold by all drug stores, or from 8 or bo J Company. Merhanirskurg. Ohio locally at Sherman A McOnuall and Prstoti Drug l'o I Burges s-Nash store as sumes that whenever a cus tomer makes a purchase he is interested chiefly in two things—price and quality. Our prices are always the lowest possible consistent with the maintenance of high quality. This fair and success ful price policy has been a potent factor in the more than ordinary gains in volume of business each month in 1923 over each month m 1922; gains that verify the belief that the business of this great store is founded upon perma nently successful principles. Toilet Goods Special 50c Horllck's Malted Milk 390 25c Llsterine ..... .190 / 10c Williams’ Shaving Soap, 4 cakes for .... .290 $4.00 oz. Black Narcissus Per fume, oz. .$2.89 20c Roger and Gallet Almond Soap, 3 cakes for .500 35c Roger and Gallet Rice Pow der for . 250 $1.50 Oriental Cream Liquid Powder for .-r. .$1.29 $1.00 Coty’s L’Orlgan Compact Powder . 590 COc Pompeian Face Powder 390 $1.00 Hot Water Bottles... .590 35c Mirror Nail Polish.190 35c Nail Scrubs, all pure bristle, for . 240 50c Large Lip Stick in gold case with mirror .... .290 $2.00 Ambre Royal Face Powder for .$1.49 59o Sqttlbb’s Tooth Paste..320 Main Floor Silk and Wool Hose, $2.95 Women’s medium*weight silk and wool hose, full fashioned; black, cordovan, otter and black and silver combinations. All sizes. Triced, per pair ..$2.95 Silk Hose $1 Women's art silk stockings in all the wanted shades, black, log cabin, thrush and gray. SI .la l'loi* January Sale of Our Entire Stock of Wearing Apparel At Greatly Reduced Prices In accordance with our policy of beginning each season with entirely newT merchandise, we are offering our entire remaining stock of coats and dresses at greatly reduced prices. Beautiful Winter Coats Values to (JJO'7 CO Sizes $69.50• oi-fyj 16 to 44 I** Coats, individual and exclusive in style, are fashioned of deep pile fabrics and are in all the wanted new shades. Sizes lb to 44. Silk and <£0/1 $49.50 to Wool $59.50 Values A wonderful group of afternoon, party and street dresses in beautiful new styles, and made of the finest quality silks. Canton Crepe Velvet Flat Crepe Satin Poiret Twill Loronella Satin Canton Metal Cloth Crisp T at feta ; Long or short sleeve models in original creations flaunt rich silk embroidery, beading, and lovely braid Shades are coral, blue, peaeh. green, tangerine, flame and orchid. Wool Dresses f $28.50 vste5o° m\ Wool dresses in smart coat models and tubular lU lines are made of lovely quality eharrneen, poiret twill or Loronella. Colors are brown, cocoa, rosewood, navy. S'izes 14 to 44. Third Floor Jack Tar Middies 1/2 Price Wool middies in red, green and navy. Finished with emblems and braid trim ming. Not all sizes in every color, but a good range of sizes from 34 to 40. Third Floor Handkerchiefs Sale Priced Women’s Handkerchiefs Linen and lawn handkerp htef». . some have colored woven with dain- I ty embroidered corners. OCT othera are ail colored linen. I Men’s Handkerchiefs Men s extra fine quality all-linen handkerchiefs with ^-inch hems. Specially priced at . 59c Main Floor 1 Women's “Carter" Union Suits /4 $1.19 ( diutn weight cotton suits, with full \ shoulders or bodice styles, band finish, tiglit^ knee. White and flesh, regularly Jl ? 'rtonti Floor JANUARY WHITE SALE! Continues With Exceptional Values Table Cloths, Napkins, Towels, Toweling and Table Damask A Limited Number of Irish Linen Table Cloths I 100 Irish linen pattern table cloths of excellent qual ity. Size 70x70 inches. $4.00 dJO /IQ j value, each . The Celebrated “Derryvale” Irish Linen Table Cloth and Napkins The Cloths and Napkins with ths Guarantee Of expel lent quality, beautiful designs. Size 2x2 yards, each.SG.45 Size 2x24 yards, each . $8.25 Size 2xH yards, each .$9.75 Size 22x22.lnrh Napkins, doz. ..1.$8.50 Breakfast or Dinner Sets Of splendid quality linen. Tbe set consists of one large cloth with six napkins to match. They come in handsome colored embroidered effects. 0(7 $12.50 value for, set. Linen Damask German linen damask pattern table cloths made of fin# quality flax, with beautiful designs. Size 2x2 yards, each . 87.95 Size 2x24 yards, each. 89.95 Size 2x2 yards, each .$11.05 Size 22x22-iach Napkins In match, dozen ... 89.95 Linen Glass Toweling Of all pure linen, the kind that leaves no lint. 1 Q.l.p In rolored checks of blue or red, yard. AI/’2C Pattern Cloths Heavy weight Irish linen damask, the kind that will give ticellent service. Six good designs from which to select. Slxe 2x2 yurd*. each .$7.25 Site 2x2H yard*, each.$9.00 Sixe 2x3 yards each .$10.95 Sixe 22x22-inch Napkins, doxen .$8.50 The Celebrated “Hand-Made Fleur de Lis" Irish Linen Table Cloths and Napkins From the looms of one of Ireland's foremost manufn mrers. Sixe 2x2 yards, each .$12.95 Slxe 2x21* yards, each .$10.25 Slxe 2x3 yards, each .$19.50 Slxe 22x22-Inch Napkins, doxen .$17.50 Table Damask 70-Inch bleached Irish linen table damask, a heavy weight quality that w ill give very good service. Attractive designs, OK $2 oq value, yard . Linen Crash Toweling Irish linen crash toweling, a very ab sorbing quality that will leave "I Ol ^ no lint. 25c quality, yard. January Sale of White Silks ! White Radium Pongee 36-Inch rich, heavy quality ra dium pounce: launders perfect ly; splendid for (PI IQ llnnerls; yard. White Jacquard Crepe Faille 36 Inch width, handsome pat terns; sultnhls for coat Unions and dresses; (P | QHJ yard .. tP-t*vU White Broadcloth 33-Inch width heavy quality all silk white broadcloth; >2 26 value; (PI OQ yard . tpl.OaJ Georgette and Crepe de Chine to Inch width white georgette nnd crepe d« chine; nil nllk; ttrm »«arc, (PI OQ rat'd . «pliO«/ 1 White Jersey Shirting "fi-inrh Jersey crepe shirting, suitable for man's shirts: good wearing quality; $1.69 White French Serge in.tin'll fine (will nll-wiinl while French serge, (PI *)Q tard . vl.dJ White Wash Radium 36-inch all pure silk wash ra dium for men's shirts. lingerie, blouses, dresses; . $1.79 Imported White Chiffon Velvet 40-inch pure silk URht weight Imported silk velvets; regular $1000 ralue; yard.. White Bloom Kist Silk 36 Inch width, whits Uloom Kl.-t radium silk, neat dJO QET striped patterns; yd. » White Velret t'ordoroj ^H-lnrh wide rich velvet corduroy wlih velvet finish; excellent I qniillty for children's costs or both robes; yard . 1 Bedding At Sale Prices Bed Spreads — With scalloped edge in S6x 96-inch size; extra large: fine quality in beautiful e m b o s s ed designs; each .. Dimity Bed Spread' The popular light weight spread that re quires no ironing: of fine quality, with the permanent crepe ef Qt qs; rach .. Crocheted Red ■spread*—W i t h hero in e d ends; heavy weight quality with Marseilles design: for full size <?9 I P beds Klih Marseille* Red N-t*— Satin finished. Includ ing spread and bols ter cover to match; I $t>xh6-lnch size; with scalloped i?'"’ PA edge. set. »?i.rJU tuslrian Ph**c Bed Spread* With the beauti ful crepe effect: finished with neat scalloped edge: mercamed stripes; in colors: Q.t I fire £0x100 inches; each.*• • Odd and Mussed Irish, Scotch and German Linen Pattern Table Cloths \ll of these* are of excellent quality, made from pure flax. They come in breakfast, dinner or banquet sues R.tnce in price from 3.75 to 22.50, which Is only a O*) ~~ to DOO f?A fraction of their real price . . I f J OmmiOU Table Cloths Hemstitched linen damask cloths of excellent quality, suitable fur large size table. Six dinner size napkins t<* match. The rt*0 Set.tPO.VJO i.... Table Cloths ICO Scotch linen damask pat tern clohts of a splendid wear InR quality; made of fine flax. Six pood designs from which to select Si e HxC’j yards. $0 value; each .'. Linen Luncheon Napkins 600 Irish linen hemsttched luncheon napkins. Not more than 12 sold to a customer .... . Turkish Towels Kxtra heavy weight towels of two-ply yarn. Ki»e 2'2vtt inches. An unusual 4 ^ \aluc, each.rxtJV Iluck Towels Fine Irish linen huck towel* with handsome embossed do zens and nr at I \ OhI^» hi ite: 'd end* • *tJv -One of America's Great Stores—
