SHERIFF CLARK
DEFIESTHEM ALL
Three More Suiti for Thirty
Thousand Dollars Unloosens
His Tongue a Bit.
"I'LL CLEAN UP THIS CITY"
Developments came fast Tueday
in ihe squabble between the sheriffs
office and other faction!, the so-called
feud said to exist between Sheriff
Clark and the county board over the
jail-feeding row being pushed into
the background temporarily by the
tiling ot damage suits against the
sheriff bv nersons cauiiht when the
Lakeside resort in East Omaha was
raided early last Saturday morning.
Harry McMullen, an employe of
the Lakeside place, commonly known
as "Shay-shay's roadhouse," filed suit
for $10,000 against Sheriff Clark, al
leging false arrest. Similar suits for
SlU.OOO each were filed by other em
ployes of -the roadhouse against the
sheriff Monday.
Now comes John C. Kruger, at
torney for the roadhouse people, with
a signed itatement that he will file
ouster proceedings against the sheriff
if that official does not close every
place in the city and county that is
violating the law.
Must Clean City.
The roadhouse faction's attorney
goes on to assert in his statement
that "his (Clark's) plea that after he
cleans up the county he will help
City Commissioner Kugel is nothing
but favoritism toward the law vio
lators. Sheriff Clark is as much
sheriff of this city as he is of the
rnumv and unless he enforces the
laws of Omaha, and does that at
once, he must suffer the consequences.
He has been in office suthcicnt lengtn
of time for the publje to determine
who really controlls the sheriff.'
Sheriff Clark, when told of Krug
.r' thru to bring! ouster proceed
ings against him, characterised the
.m.ni "ihiurd" and. after con
sulting with his legal counsel, Cheif
Deputy Sheriff Foster, declared that
he would go before the judges of the
district court in an attempt to have
the roadhouse attorney disbarred as
a result of an incident tne sncrirt ai
leges to have occurred last week.
The Sheriff's Story.
"When I and my son, Harold, were
at the automobile show one afternoon
last week," said Sheriff Clark, "Krug
er approached me and asked me if I
wouldn't- let the lid be tilted at the
Lakeside resort, which he said was
owned by some of his clients. I told
him 'nothing doing,' as I was going
to keep them all closed after 8 o'clock,
regardless of who they were. Kruger
remarked to me that they've only got
a short time before May 1, and it
wouldn't do any harrr. to let them sell
after 8 o'clock. 1 reiterated that there
was 'absolutely nothing doing for any
of that stuff with eJ" ''. ,
"Kruger's statement is silly," added
the sheriff. "As far as these alleged
resorts in Omaha like the Under
world, the Midway and others are
concerned, if he or anyone else will
bring m the evidence that they're vio
lating the iyf, Vll close them.-:
"I'm willing Wco-operate with the
police in cleaning things up in Omaha,
but if Commissioner , Kugel admits
that he can't handle the situation, I'll
go at it ' single-handed. ;
"Commissioner Kugel with his 100
or so policemen ought to be able to
keep those dives from violating the
law, but if they finally admit they
can't, then I'll make a stab at it with
my force of deputies. That goes fot
tnyone or any place in the county or
city violating tne law."'
Willing to Let Judges Settle.
Relying to Commissioner Lynch's
suggestion that the district judges de
termine who shall contro' the jail
elevators, the sheriff's office or the
county commissioners, Sheriff Clark
said he would welcome a decision by
them to settle the argument.
County Clerk Dewey served the
papers on Sheriff Clark and the bond
ing company in the suit brought by
the persons caught in the road house
raid. It was tin first time in the his
tory' of the county that the clerk had
been called upon to serve papers on
a sheriff. -
Overland Company Shows
All Tear Line of Cars
The Willys-Overland company is'
staging a specisl show of Overland
md Willys-knight enclosed cars this ,
week at its show room, 2047 Farnam
itreet, featuring the "all-year" or
'convertible" models.
On the floor are an Overland sue,
in Overland four and a Wjllys
Knight, in five and seven-passenger
bodies, and an Overlaid three-passenger
convertible coupe. These cars
re all equipped with Springfield type
tops, which are built intu trie bodies,
making them permanent tops for all
year service. The removal of the
glass sides converts the yinter limou
sine or coupe into a summer touring
car or roadster. As closed cars they
show all the elegance jf fi.iish and ap
pointments found in the finest of en
closed cars. The five and seven-passenger
models have divided front seat
and single doors and are upholstered
in Bedford cords and broadcloths.
The coupe is upholstered in black
leather and is designed especially for
professional and business men.
I he Uveriand show room is at-1
tractively decorated with lattice pan
els of flowers and greens covering the
walls, and with lights and pillars con
cealed in festoons of greens. Palms
are used effectively in the background.
The show room will be open every
evening, until ,10... o'clock to . demon
strate the cars.
Officials May Be Enjoined
From Enforcing Wheel Tax
According to its own provisions,
lie new. wheel tax ordinance should
go into effect on Wednesday, but
enforcement will not be pressed by
the city .officials for s few weeks.
Bids .have been received for metal
tags wliich are to be placed on
vehicle.'. . ".
The executive committee of the
Commercial club sent the city coun
cil a letter of disapproval of the
ichedute of rates adopted by the city.
- It is., understood Stat city officials
will He .enjoined from enforcing this
tax.
In to Can CMS.
. Avoid axtKMurw ao4 drafts. Bat rleat.
Taka Dr. Kln Maw Dlwcvarr. It kills
and aaatrora tba aate lama. An franiat.
Advartlaamaa
Valuable Property Deeded to City
To Widen a Down Town Street
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SHAUED PORTION IS DONATED TO CITY WITH SIMILAR
STRIP EXTENDING TO TWENTIETH STREET.
contemplates the erection of a build-
A $75,000 building is to be erected
at the northwest corner of Seven
teenth and Howard streets by the
Keystone Investment company, which
company consists of E. M. Slater,
Byron R. Hastings, Harry A. won,
C. W. Martin and Ernest Sweet.
The deals leading up to this an
nouncement have just been closed.
The building will be begun probably
this falL A modern, up-to-date stor
age garage of six stories, with stores
for automobile supplies is here con
templated. Four or five automobile concerns
are said to be at present negotiating
for leases in this proposed building,
and the announcement of this deal is
taken to be the beginning of real
activity along the line of which
some of the auto dealers have talked
for some time: namely, to move auto
row from Farnam to Howard to es
cape the higher rents on Farnam.
The Sterling Realty company, act
ing through A. P. Tukey & Son, ob
tained a ninety-nine-year lease from
Mrs. Katherine Krug Melt on the im
mediate corner, and this lease, togeth
er with the ninety-nine-year lease on
the surrounding property, was then
sold to the Keystone Investment
company, which is the company that
inff here.
An interesting feature of this deal
is that the Sterling Realty company
gave to the city of Omaha a strip of
ground to wiaen nowara street an
the way from Seventeenth street to
Twentieth street. Thev nave the city
property here valued at $75,000 to
widen the street and to square the
northwest corner of Seventeenth and
Howard. The strip donated is at this
corner fifty-five feet wide, gradually
narrowing down to seventeen feet,
which width it maintains all the way
to Twentieth street.
This donation of extra street width
enables the city to eliminate a very
dangerous corner of Seventeenth
street. This is the only corner in the
city where five streets come together
and has been commonly known as
the "Five Corners."
Orchard & Wilhelm's announcement
of its new building on Howard street,
immediately east of this corner, and
the plans of Burgess-Nash company
for the improvement of its property,
have started a great activity on How
ard street. It is known that there
are four or five automobile firms now
dealing for the property and other
interesting announcements are ex
pected shortly.
Little Girl Dies
Of Burns from a
' Spark from Stove
Little Olga Anderson, 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus
Anderson, .Sixth and Locust streets,
died in a local hospital Monday eve
ning 'of burns received January; 17,
when her clothes caught on fire from
sparks of the kitchen stove. The
little girl lifted the lid from the stove
and a spark flew up and set her dress
on fire. Frightened, she started to run
and it was nearly half a block before
her mother could overtake her and
smother the ftames.i Although suffer
ing srreat pain, nurses at the hospital
say she never complained. Her' stoi
cism and patience made her a pet with
all hospital attaches.
She will be buried from the family
residence Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Interment will be in Spring
well cemetery.
Wounded Forger Pleads -
For Sentence at Once
"I'm guilty and I want to begin
serving my sentence as soon as pos
sible," Howard Christie of New
York pleaded to the charge against
him ot forgery in the . police court
Monday morning.
Christie was captured by Officer
Joe Heil in a small, dimly-lighted
room in a Douglas street boarding
house Saturday evening. In the fight
that ensued, he was shot through, the
hip.
Christie admitted to passing three
forged checks on several of Omaha's
principal stores.
He was bound over to the dis
trict court with bonds fixed at $750.
Give your Want Ad a chance to
make good, Run it in The Bee.
THIS IS THE ERA
OF HEART-THROBS
Human Mind Today Is Accus
tomed to News Which Orig
inally Shocked It.
WHAT ONI WEEK YIELDS
By A. R. GROH.
l's a dull day nowadays that
doesn't bring us news of some new
country entering the war, or of some
nation starving to death, or of several
ships being sunk, or of a few thou
sand men being killed in battle.
We've come to look for these
things. The sinking of a ship at sea
was enough for the biggest headlines
a few years ago. Now we scarcely
notice it.
We certainly are getting plenty of
excitement out of life. Existence is
not "tame."
Let us compare the electric shocks
we got from the newspaper last week,
for examDle. with the unelectrifying
news of the same week three years
ago.
News of a Week.
Sunday of last week we learned that
seven Dutch ships had been sunk and
five others.
Monday, the 18,000-ton liner, "La-
conia" was sent to the bottom.
Tuesdav President Wilson asked
congress for power to use force to
protect our ships on the seas. The
British forces pushed their line for
ward two miles on the French front,
Wednesday the sinking of the "La
conia" was declared an overt act The
house reported the Hood bill which
provided for arming United States
ships. Scenes at the sinking of the
' Laconia were described.
Thursdav came the revelation of the
astounding German plot to involve
the United States in war with Mexico
and Japan.
Friday "Wilson tells senate he has
oroof of plot." "Revelation from
White House like bomb in capitol,
Saturday President Wilson was
ready to arm United States ships to
protect them against submarines.
Then and Now.
The files of The Bee show a "tame"
grist of world news in the correspond,
me week, three years ago.
On Sunday we had to be satisfied
with a story about Wilson trying to
adiust the Panama canal tolls.
On Monday we read that "the back
bone of the snow storm is broKen.
(Ho hum.)
On Tuesday we had a mild thrill
(for those days) when we read that
" British official has been sent to
look into the death of William S. Ben
ton in Mexico.
On Wednesday we learntd that an
attempt had been made to dynamite
the safe in the treasurer's ofRcc at
Dcs Moines.
Wasn't that terrible? Wasn't that
simnlv world-stirring?
Thursday's principal news was that
Dc Palma had won the Vanderbilt
cup race.
Friday they filed nea irrigation
bill" in congress.
(Ok. oiffte!)
And Saturday-don't m'ts this
Saturday, Prof. Fred M. Fling of the
state university, lectured at the Young
Mens Christian assoc.ation
"World Peace Era in Sight."
The word, "Germany." 'the kaiser,"
"U-boats," "plot." "sunk," "blockade"
did not appear in the head I nes at all.
Some day we 11 have to be satis
fied vth that kind ef news again
Can we be? We're certainly w.:iirf;
to try, aren t we?
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Farnam and 16th Streets
Announce
A Presentation of Their
Millinery for Spring
Copies of Imported Model Hats
Kugel Willing to
Unload Dances On
The Welfare Board
Ctt rnmmifilnnpr Kllffel 19 will
ing trt itnlnaH sunervision of Dublic
dance halls onto the Board of Pub
lic Welfare. He ottered a resolution
on the subject at a meeting of the
etv rnnnrii anH tiv agreement the
commissioners will discuss the mat
ter in committee ot the wnoie next
Monday morning.
c.nrintnHFtif Srlirtiher of the
Welfare board is agreeable to assume
this responsibility ana oeueves ne win
be able to handle the situation with
his organization.
Peter Schroeder Sues
Road for Death of Son
A damage suit for $35,000 has been
filed in federal court against the Bur
lington railroad for the death of Nor
man F. Schroeder of Omaha, who
was killed February 2 in a train wreck
near Creston, la. Peter C. Schroeder
of this city, father of young Schroeder
and a former city councilman, brought
h ni aa arlminictratnr of the vie
tim'a atate. Younff Schroeder had
been married only a short time and
was a contracting engineer with Bruce
Si Standeven of this city. A defective
rail is said to have caused the train
wreck. ,
New Electric Lights Are
Ordered by City Council
The city council ordered the fol
lowing new electric lights: Thirty
fourth and California, Thirty-eighth
and California, Thirty-eighth and
Webster, Thirty-eighth and Burt,
Thirty-ninth and Webster, Thirty
ninth and Burt, Thirty-first and Cali
fornia, Twenty-eighth and Webster,
Twenty-seventh avenue, between
Burt and Cuming; Park avenue and
Dodge, Fifty-fourth and Center,
Eleventh and Clark, Eleventh and
Grace, Fifteenth and Corby, Forty
fifth and Redick avenue, Forty-sixth
and Redick avenue, Thirty-second
and Leavenworth, Twenty-fourth and
Himbaugh avenue, Forty-third and Q,
Poppleton avenue, between Fourth
and Fifth; Thirty-fifth avenue, be
tween Farnam and Douglas; Forty
sixth and Saratoga, Fifteenth and
Pine, Twenty-fourth and Jones.
Aged Man Dies as
Result of Attack
By Thugs Last Week
Beaten bv thugs about a week ago,
Louis Belick, 1529 Charles street. 60
years of age, died at a local hospital
Monday evening. Belick was at
tacked at Seventeenth and Charles
streets while on his way home. He
was given medical attention by Dr.
Shook and was sent home. On the
way he fell in a fit, caused, it is said,
by the beating he received.
Miss Leola Brandeis Gains
Strength Very Rapidly
Miss Leola Brandeis is showing
considerable improvement, according
to the statement given oat at the
Wise Memorial hospital. Her condi
tion, it is said, is much better than
had been expected.
Miss Brandeis was injured Satur- '
day evening when the automobile in
which she was riding with her cousin.
Loyal Cohn, skidded into an iron
telephone pole at Twelfth and Far
nam streets.
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Farnam and 16th Streets
j TOT SHOPi,
Little Folks, I to 7 years old, require a care in selecting styles
and colors more important than at any age in life.
The particular mother loves to select them where the assortment' is complete
i and one that has been made with the thought that the little
folks should be well, but not over, dressed. .
Miss Elizabeth Adams, with her many years of acquaintance with this depart
ment, offers you the most varied selection in the history of this store.
? At this time the opportunity of matching colors and finding
that particular little hat or coat that your heart may
be set on is most satisfying. We shall be
pleased to see you while the as
sortment is complete.
BUYING Millinery at Ben
son & Thorne carries with
it absolutely no element of
risk. Of the styles you are
assured, knowing that every
hat exhibited is NEW, and
the styles in harmony with
our general policy of carrying
absolutely nothing that is
questionable.
During the past year we
have enjoyed the most won
derful growth in this depart
ment imaginable, which has
been . brought about by the
fact that we have carried a
wonderful assortment and
have been willing to sell them,
at prices in keeping with our
regular policy in merchandising.
we
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THE fact that
and operate
partment makes it possible
to offer you hats that in many
instances are $1.00 to $5.00
less than in stores where the
department is owned by out
side corporations, with their
double expense necessity.
We are pleased to quote
New shapes in high colors in
ES.tr!1.o.r.ed.$1.50to$5
A very splendid line, slightly
trimmed tailored effects, new
straws,
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Infants' Slips and Dresses
65c to $2.95
Infants' New Slips and Dresses of nain
sook, dainty embroidered yokes, smockinp,
French knots or feather stitching.
Baby's First Short Dresses
$1.50 to $1.95
Baby's First Short Dresses in nainsook,
clever ideas in colored hand work different
in style from ordinary dresses.
Daintily Trimmed Creepers
59c to $1.95
Preepers in white or colors, with dainty
trimmings or smocking, the newest ideas,
ages 6 months, 1 and 2 years.
Baby Bonnets
$1.00 to $2.95
Attractive little Bonnets beautifully worked
out in crepe de chine or silk repp.
Coats for the Baby
$2.50 to $3.95
Baby Coats of cashmere, wool, batiste, or
crepilla cloth, embroidered collars or capes.
Fine Hand Embroidered Coats with deep
silk lined capes. . . .$4.50 to $8.50
Little Girls' Coats
i to 6 Years in Age
$3.95 to $8.50 '
Little Girls' Coats, for ages 1 to 6 years, in
serge, black and white, checks and silks,
belted models with flaring skirts, dainty
detachable collars.
Clever Little Hats
- $1.95 to $5.00 -v
Clever little Milan or Hemp Hats in all
bright colors to match the coats.
$3.50 to $5
tiful mbodae1ls$6.50 tO $30
MAIL ORDERS ARE APPRECIATED.
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A Store of Individual Shops
Distinctive Apparel for Women, Little Women, Girls, Boys and
Infants at Moderate Prices.
Suitable Clever Shapes for LITTLE WOMEN
Millinery Shop-Second Floor
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Retailers --Attention!
Merchants' Spring Market Week opens in Omaha In a few days. This
Is the last reminder, and our cordial Invitation to you to come and bring
your family with you. You need some spring goods come here and geU.
them, while stocks are complete and perfect and you can get assured de
liveries.
Merchants Spring
Market Week
Omaha March 12 to 17, 1917
Not only offers yon an opportunity to buy the goods you need, but
It also offers social diversions for yourself and family which you will enjoy
- to the utmost A reception, a dinner, ft theater party, a midnight dance,
the distribution of 1575 worth of gifts, and a visit to the packing plants
are among the diversions.
Bring the family and come we want to see all of you.
Omaha Wholesalers & Manufacturers Assn.
This $260 Vlctxola, with
$50 worth of records will
be given away to some
visiting merchant or mem
ber of his family, daring
the Market Week.
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