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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1925)
ni^===a!=?=^=!k ' Omaha Minneapolis Lincoln New York A-;-—-v Accepting a Responsibility H««s Brothers are known as a quality store. A store in which Quality conies first, preceding price In every Instance. Every garment must | measure up to our exacting standard as to fab ric, workmanship and finish before it is admitted to the Haas Brothers’ stock. Today these quality garments, without a single reservation, are of fered you at exactly one-half their original low selling price. S__r Each day augments the interest o{ Omaha women in this—our first Half Price Clearance Affecting Our Entire Fall and Winter Stocks of Coats-Suits-Dresses at exactly HALF PRICE A Sale of Pronounced Interest To the Larger Woman In the Gray Shop—Fourth Floor Coats and Dresses, sizes 42 to 56 offered at exactly HALF-PRICE ! The woman requiring a large size garment should avail herself of this exceptional opportunity to supply her apparel needs at EXACTLY HALF-PRICE *-Haas Brothers-* Brown The Shop for Women “"4 Block Douglai •y t .... Bogus Dry Agents Get ‘Hush Money’ County Attorney Seqks Pair Who Stage Raids, Then Demand Bribes. County Attorney llenry J. Beal Saturday asked the co-operatton of the county attorney of Sarpy county In the apprehension of a pair of bogus federal agents who are reported to have been operating In Sarpy county. Beal has been told of three In stances In which the men attempted to obtain bribes after raiding homes In the guise of officers. In an affidavit Emma RStea, Sarpy county, described a raid upon her home on December 36. Her father, Joseph, G4, was home with her at the time. “They came In and said they were federal'1 agents and searched the house,” said Miss Roza. “I asked them If they had a warrant and they said they had, but they did not show It. "One of the men pointed a gun at me when I tried to go In another room. He took me to one side and showed me a gold badge. He eald he was a federal chief and that If I gave hie companion a few dollars they would leave me alone." Mis* Roza refused, snd the men left after confiscating two bottles of wine, she declared. Miss Roza told of a man living near her home who was visited by the counterfeit operatives several weeks ago. This man, she said, gave the men money under threat of ar rest. The home of Miss Roza's eousln, Joe Vacek, at Avery. Neb., was also visited by the false agents. Only two children were home at the time. The house was ransacked but nothing is known to have been taken. “These men have acted the part of federal agents so well that in many homes they have entered they have been given money without hesitation,” declared Beal. The county attorney's office, work ing on a complete description furnish ed by Miss Roza, has had a net out for the "agents” for the past week. $4,000 BANK BOOK FOUND ON TRAMP Columbus. Neb., Jan. 3.—Bank de posit slips showing that he had $4,000 on deposit in the Bank of Italy, Stock ton, Chi., as well es a large number of express money order stubs made out for $20 each to himself, were among the valuables found on a tramp, Pete Dula, who spent the night in the police station here after “riding the rods” in from the west, Dula, who with a companion, was later released, explained that In order to avoid being robbed he mailed five $20 money orders to each general de livery of each large city. . - Views Show Evolution of Passenger Engines on Burlington at Wymore Aborerewgliin-and train,"Conductor Fred Thompson,' Engineer Franl Newell, taken at Wymore In 1893. Below, modem passenger Burlington engine, used ont of Wymore, In comparison with engine used here 31 years ago. Special Dispatch ta Th« Omaha Boa. Wymore, Neb., Jan. I.—The plo ture above, of a Burlington engine, was taken In Wymore In the symmer ^of 1893, 81 years ago, and by com parison with the monster engine be low, shows some wonderful advance ments In railway traffic. The little train piled between Wy more and Concordia, carried a bag gage oar and one co'ach, and made [the round trip on a few ton* of coal. Fred Thompson was the conductor. The engineer le Frank Newell. Newell recently left the position of master mechanic of the Omaha divi sion of the Burlington after serving six years. Ho is the second oldest engineer on the Wymore division, In point of service, and now pulUs a passenger train between St. Joseph and IJncoln. His fireman In the pic ture on "155" is Tom B. Hensley, now In the employ of the government at Billings, Mont. Cement had not come Inttf auch wide use In 1593 and practically all sidewalks and station platforms were made of plankrt. The signal lights on the front of engine 1C5, as well as the headlight, were lighted by oil and wioks, while those on the presont monster, 2932, are electric, operated by a dynamo In the engine eab, which also furnishes power to light modern trains, while the 1893 train was lighted by oil lamps. The bell on engine 165 was op erated by tho fireman pulling a cord. Today It works by air. A pilot bar can be eeen on the "cowcatcher" of the small engine, and In that day "link and pin" couplers were com mon. Today there Is not one In service. The pilot bar was then lifted by a brakeman riding cin the "cowcatcher" to engage In a car coupler with a ^In, and many an Injury used to be caused In this manner. Today couplings are made automatically. Air brakes were Just well started at the time the picture of engine was taken, practically all coaches being air equipped, hut very few box car®, nr freight equipment being so op erated. Knglne 1G5 weighed shout 75 tons, tender and'all. It has long since been scrapped. Knglna 2922 weighs more than 200 tons, and has the mod ern superheating system and Is almost automatic In most of )ta workings. The speed recorder belt on this engine can be seen running to the Journal of the trailer truck underneath the engineer's cab. Boys Are Nabbed for Fowl Thefts Two Leaders of Youthful Rands Are Committed to Institutions. Alleged member* of two Juvenile gang* of chicken thieves came before Judge Jj. Si. Day In Juvenile court Saturday morning. , The oldest of the fowl abductors was 15. Their depredations are said to have been made chiefly upon the Fairmont creamery. According to Juvenile authorities, the youths slipped Into the chicken coops of the creamery on the pretense of seeking shelter from the cold. Then they are said to have opened the coop door and allowed the chickens to es cape, afterwards catching them and selling them to local restaurants for 25 or .30 cents each. The lads are: Sam Plrrucello, 11. son of Antonio Pirrucello, 1221 South Eleventh street, committed to Kear ney; Mike Cosentlno, 15, son of Sam Coaenllno, 1440 South Thirteenth street, committed to Rlvervlew home; Albert, 13, and Mike Simon, 12, sons of George Simon, 1102 South Thir teenth street, paroled; David Union. 15, son of David Union, 1309 Williams street, paroled; John Adam, 14, son of John Adam, 1109 Pacific street, pa roled; Cecil Bush. 14, son of Mrs. Lucy Bush, 1111 raclfie, street, paroled. Columbus Man Predicts Earlv Spring, Long Summer Columbus, Neb., Jhn. 3 —An early spring and long summer are in pros pect for 1925, according to the aver ages to be found among the records Speculation Is only a hope of winning. A Savings Account ha* the guarantee of SUCCESS WE PAY 6% ' ON SAVINGS Compounded Semi-annually’ “If you don't save your money someone else will ’ STATE SAVINGS & LOAN ASS’N. Banker* Reierve Life Bldg. S. W. Cor. 19th and Dougla* kept here by A. A. Dodendorf, weath er observer. The December just dosed was the coldest, with the most snow, In 67 years, he says. Records show that similar years, such as 1888, 11)09, 1914 and 1920. nil of which had cold, snowy Decembers, were followed by temper ntures which after March 26 never dropped below 36. The coldest December in the past was 1909, and that was 40 per cent warmer than December, 1924. From the following April 1 to October 29 no freezing temperatures were recorded. Beatrice Veteran Dies. Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 3.—Harvey B Chambers, 27, overseas veteran, died at his home at Oketo, Kan., south of here after an illness of a few weeks. He Is survived by his wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Chambers, who reside on a farm near Oketo. PERMISSION TO SELL BUILDING Heirs of the late Charles R. Sher man Saturday decided to sell the Bromley building in order to obtain their monetary shares In the etrue ture. The permission to sell the building was granted hy the court. Three Teachers ^ ed. Columbus, Neb., Jan. 3.—Three Platte 'county school teachers were married during the Christmas holi days. All of them expect to finish the present school year teaching. They are Miss Erma Howland, Silver Creek, married to Hred Wuethrlch; Lillian Legget, Monroe, to Jack Wil son, and Constance Could, Humphrey, to B. F. Quathelmer, Defiance, la, B»e Want Ads produce result*. “The Best Place to Shop, After All” First quality merchandise is the only kind sold at this store. The price is as low as is consistent with this quality. Our regu lar patrons, and they are numbered by the thousands, tell us that our prices are often lower than those asked for goods of an inferior quality. A service that is sincere in its efforts to please, not ostentatious but helpful. Free Parking at Aquila Station is a con venience to those who motor to their shopping. The same courtesies to cash as to charge customers, particularly in the case of return. ! During January we will sell merchandise from our regular stocks for less than their former prices. Our reductions will not be the largest in the city, but our prices will be the lowest. cihnmpson -Beldbn ! _ _ ”^‘77te Best Place to Shop, After Ali’--—^= ■ _- ■*** Nash Leads the World in Motor Oar Value " ———■— - - i # j Announcing a New .. .... 4 Nash-Vriesema ADVANCED SIX SEDAN A»t„Co. 2054 Farnam Here's the newest Nash enclosed car conception—large the industry has ever offered in this type of car. Howard at Tenth and roomy, swung low on the 121-inch Advanced ATlantic 2916 Six chassis and powered with the big Nash Six motor. Dot|>rS arc cxtra ^ thc uPHohtery is of choice OMAHA. 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