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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1925)
Girl Measurer’s Tape Line Work Good for 30 Days District Judge Confirms Sen tence on Man Who Sought Sweet Young Things for Chorus. Melvin E. Morris, the “tape rneas ure expert," who took the measure 1 merits of 23 Omaha girls, ostensibly for the purpose of getting them posi tions as chorus girls with theatrical companies, which it later developed did not exist, was sentenced to 30 days in jail by District Judge D. 15. Day Friday morning. “You are lucky that the fathers of some of the girls you measured for t(gilts didn’t take the case into their own hands," Judge Day told Morris, alias Sfott, in sustaining the jail sentence from which Morris ap pealed to the district court. Liberal Htranger. “I And you guilty as charged in the complaint. and t must say your story of the affair Is a most unusual one. You say you met a stranger who gave you $35 to open a theatrical agency. It is seldom one meets so liberal a stranger. “Then again, you took private rooms some distance from the down town section, not much handier than your own home, to conduct this meas uring business. Why did ydu not take applications for chorus girl jobs at your own home. • Of course, if your business had been a legitimate one your actions might not have con stituted a crime, but it has developed ^ that there is no such company as you claimed to represent. “Either Fool or Criminal.” “Hence it is necessary to consider you either a consummate fool or a criminal. "It is true that some of the girls who underwent the measuring busi ness were of age and submitted will ingly. But one of them was only 16 years old, and the fact that only three appeared to testify against you is not a measure of your activities. Women are reluctant to cotno into court and testify In such a matter. It adds something to the humiliation they've already suffered. “Comments written at the bottom of applications you made out for these girls are also against you, such as 'good, be sure and call'.” “But," protested counsel for Mor ris, "that comment meant that they had good physiques, nothing more." "Of course, that’s what it meant,” retorted Judge Day. "The court has made no mistake in interpreting the meaning of those comments." "But if I hadn't been sick and been operated on I wouldn't have got into the thing," Morris said. He formerly was manager of a store. Aptitude for Measuring. "Tes, 'idle hands',” interrupted the Judge. "You took to that business of measuring with great aptitude, didn't you? At times I’m inclined to think you are a fit patient for tlie insanity hoard.” * Judge Day fixed Morins’ bond at $500, in case Morris decides to appeal. U#Tlie tnan was then taken to county jail to begin serving his time. Three girls and Ida Levin of the welfare board testified that Morris in serted an advertisement for chorus girls in an Omaha paper on December 2. and that he Insisted on measuring all portions of the anatomy of the ap plicants for jobs, usually in a bed room just off the reception hall of the place he had rented for the purpose at Twenty-fourth and Howard streets. 1,125 “BLUEJAY” BOOKS ORDERED Clifford Nolan, business manager of the Creighton university year book, the "Bluejay,” announces that 1,125 subscriptions have been taken for the annual. Of these, 100 have been subscribed by alumni of the university. According to Nolan .alumni may purchase the annuals by wrlttlng to the "Bluejay," Creighton university. PAIR HELD FOR LOOTING CAR George Norgard, 1405 Ohio street, and Frank Washburn, 2626 North Fifteenth street, were arraigned be fore United States Commissioner Boeliler Friday and held to the federal grand Jury under $1,000 bonds on charges of robbing Interstate ship ments. The men are charged with stealing 15 sacks of flour from a car. „G0AT THEFTS AT UNI OF OMAHA .Tames M. Doty, 3705 South Twen © fifth street, told police that his overcoat was stolen Thursday from the cloakroom at the University of Omaha. Police believe that Doty's coat and others which have been stolen recently were taken by a for mer student at the university who has been seen frequently loitering in The corridors. ^LYING CORPS ENDORSES BILL Members of the Omaha Reserve Flying corps at a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night unanimously indorsed the Curry hill now in congress. The bill calls for a new depart ment In the cabinet to have charge of all the country’s aeronautics. AD-SELL TO HEAR DAWES PLAN TALK John F. Sinclair, author and lee turer on financial topics, will address the memliers of tho Omaha Advertis ing Helling league Monday night. The meeting will be held at the Brandel* restaiirntnls. Mr. Sinclair wlll/talk on "Will the n we* Plan SucceedT" Oil Capital Punishment. R. L. Andiews will apeak on "Cap ital Punlahirient, a. Lingering P.arlmr lain. ' at Theosophlenl hall, "15 South Fifteenth street, at $ p. m.(Hunday. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle ^_______ By RICHARD H. TINOLEV. Horizontal. 1. Part of "to be." 3. Accumulated. 9. Personal pronoun. 11. Call for help. 13. OoaguVted masses. 14. Feminine pronoun. 15. Oolf term. 1 7. Denoting a morbid growth (suf fix i. 18. A genus of beetle. 20. The British city of the prime meridian. 24. French river. 2fi. To pursue. 28. Before. 29. A branch. 32. Illuminating fluid. — 33. Fury. 34. Barrel (abbr.). 35. Nautical mile. 36. Mountain In Crete. 37. Poignant. 39. One (Scot.). 40. Province in British South Af i ica. 42. Fast horse. 44. To involve. 47. To cry convulsively. 48. To make, or give (suffix). 49. To feed. 61. Woodland spirit. 52. Moving about. 54. A fish. 56. A force supposed to account for mesmeric phenomena. 57. Race track ‘‘sure thing" artist. 58. Negative reply. Vertical. 1. Like. 2. Witty saying. 4. 1,100. 5. Plant of the lily family. 6. Sleep walkers. 7. To surfeit (provincial). 8. T'sed to form plurals (suffix). 9. Religious monogram. 10. Topographical engineer (abbr.). 12. Isolation. 14. Peat mosses. 16. A retired habitation (obsolete). 18. 1 (German). 19. An impression. 21. Ever. 22. Denoting an art or science (suf fix). 23. Bothers. 25. Tilled land. * 27. French river. 30. The simplest of rudiments. 3J. The last month (abbr.). 37. A lofty' mountain. 38. Period of time. 41. Ambassador (abbr.). 43. Goddess of mischief. 45. Speak imperfectly. 46. A young girl. 47. Depressed. 50. N. 51. Italian river. 52. American Institute (abbr.). 53. Concerning. 65. Behold. The solution will ap|>car tomorrow. Married 51 Years. Scottsbluff. Jan. 9.—Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Yocum of Scottsbluff recently cele brated their 61st wedding anniversary with a family reunion of more than two score children and grandchildren, at the home where they have resided 15 years. Thomas Seeking Early Hearing for Samardick Federal Prohibition Director Asks Kinkier to Advance Case of Dry Agent on Docket. Elmer Thomas, federal prohibition director, on his return to Omaha Fri day, requested United States District Attorney Kinsler to give Itobert P. Samardick an early hearing on the charges filed against him by County Attorney Henry Beal. ‘‘I have requested Kinsler to give the Samardick charges preference over the entire federal docket,” said Thomas. “I do not want these charge* to take their regular turn on the docket and probably not be tried in two years,” Thomas said. "Samardick and his squad, in my estimation, are innocent and a speedy trial will convince that public. "My Instructions to my men are not to break one law' to enforce another, arid l do not think Samardick has vio lated these instruetions." Thomas refused to discuss the charges of County Attorney Beal or why they were filed. "I am certain the bootleggers will go the limit to have Samardick fired or removed,” he said. Police Commissioner Dunn Friday started an investigation of the charges against Samardick, and if found true he will withdraw the police squad from the prohibition office. United States Attorney Kinsler said he would grant the request of Thomas and try to give ftamardick an early hearing. One or two of the complaints filed against Samardick by the oountv at torney should not l>e transferred from county to federal court for trial, In the opinion of Chief Deputy County Attorney Yeager. "The statement by Peter Boyd, on which a warrant was Issued for Sam ardick, Indicates a behavior on the part of Samardick which does not in dicate that he was acting In the ca pacity of a prohibition officer," said Yeager. Boyd asserted that Samar dick leaped on the running board of his car and hit him on the nose. Sheriff .Mike Ktidres in a statement Friday said he will take no part in the defense of deputy sheriffs charged with assault and battery or oppression under color of office. Deputies Jack Graham and Krnsst Fee have engaged J. Dean Ringer as attorney. Deputy Dan Phillips wants Jack Baldwin, public defender, to rep resent him. 1‘nlted States District. Attorney Kinsler received a radio message from Washington Friday ordering Kinsler to defend Samardick In the complaints filed against him by County Attorney Henry Beal. SNOW BURIES CORN, STOCK IS SHIPPED Cut and shocked corn in the vicinity of Oconto is burled under 15 inches of snow and farmers are forced to ship out some of their livestock, ac cording to Henry Brown of Oconto. Brown brought a load of 739-pound Hereford steers to the market Wed nesday. They sold as feeders at >7.40. "I intended to feed them until June and make them fat," said Brown. "But the way Hie weather has been, there was/ nothing to do but ship them, and I may have to ship some more of Hie cattie I am wintering if the snow doesn't melt." High School Girl Reveals Romance of Three Months News of Elopement Leaks Out When Bride, 17, Quits Classroom; Parents Not “Enthusiastic.” Alonson H. Root, IS. a senior, and Frances Wickstrum, 17, a Junior in Centra! High school, decided last fall that they just couldn't live without each other. So they.went over to “somewhere in Iowa" and were married. The secret was kept until today. Root is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry .T. Root. 6009 Webster street. Miss Wickstrum is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wickstrum, 1907 Wirt street. Mrs. Wickstrum, In making the announcement, Friday morning, said glnia. Oh, In strictest confidence, of course! she didn't know where the max* rlage took place. Mr*. Itoot, questioned regarding the marriage, said she wouldn’t tell where It took place. Indications were that the parente are not exactly enthusiastic about the "children's” matrimonial ven ture. Fellow students of the two at Cen tral High school noted nothing to Indicate that they were man and wife. They paid no extraordinary at tention to each other and were not seen together at the parties during the holidays. The secret might have been atilt in tact, but Frances told her sister, Vlr And Virginia told one or two or maybe three of her closest girl friends at school, cautioning them to keep the secret Inviolate. And these told nobody, except one or two of their closest friends. And bo It became known to lira. Wlckstrum Thursday afternoon. "I've known of It for some time,’’ said Mrs. Hoot, "but said nothing be cause 1 thought It Mrs. Wlckstrum's place to nnnounce It. "They are both young and foolish. As for annulment, I understand them Is a law In Iowa making that Impossi ble unless it Is started within 10 day* of the marriage.” Solution of yesterday’s puzzle. REBUILT WASHERS Sold On NEW MACHINE GUARANTEE at These Low Terms Balance In 12 Months Fresh Choice Choice Choice Fresh Lean Spare- Beef Pot Lean Pork Rib Boiling Spring ribs Roast Shoulder Beef Chickens 1 12jc I 9c llic 6c 25c * MARKET MONEY-SAVING SPECIALS Native Steer Round Steak, special at. .....16<^ Choice Beef Chuck Roast.....• 12,/2? Sugar Cured Skinned Hams ..... Cudahy’s Rex Bacon, piece only...21? Choicest 1 OJL- Choice 1C- Choice Veal Roast ... Leaf Lard .10C Veal Chops. 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