Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 08, 1917, Page 4, Image 4

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    UD IS RIVETED
ON VERY TIGHTLY
Tenderloin District Like "De
serted Village," While the
Sheriff Prowls Around.
::ruger denies charges
The court house rumpus and its
subsequent developments, including
charges and counter charges by and
against the sheriff, has resulted, it is
.-.aid, in most of the "life" being taken
out of Omaha's so-called "night life."
The lid is understood to be on
lighter than has been the case for
many, many moons.
Following Sheriff Clark's an
nouncement that he would clean up
Umaha whether City Commissioner
Kugel and his policemen assisted him
or not, the city's tenderloin district
Tuesday night took on an aspect like
that of Goldsmith's "Deserted Vil
lage." The sheriff made a little trip of ex
ploration on his own hook and in
vestigated certain placet where peo
ple told him the lid was being tilted
it a dangerous angle nightly. But he
says that he found nary a dive run
ning nor a single resort where erst
while "live ones" were reported to
I he sheriff to be making their haunts.
No "Life" There.
"1 visited all these reputed 'dens
of vice' in the lower end of town and
louud them dark and deserted," said
the sheriff. "If there were any sa
loons or alleged resorts operating
after 8 o'clock last night I couldn't
rind them. Anyone who has evidence
'.hat the lid is not on tight in Omaha
3t in the county has but to submit
it to me and I'll see that the violators
are given a little ride to jail, regard
less of who they are."
Sheriff Clark reiterated his state
ment that he would clean up Omaha
with bis deputies if the city commis
sioner of public safety admitted that
he and his police could not cope with
the situation. "That goes for high
and low," he remarked. "There'll be
no favorites played. Uptown hotels
can't sell liquor after hours no more
than the places in the bowery dis
trict catering to the people of the
midnight world."
John C Kruger, attorney for four
employes of a road house raided by
Sheriff Clark last week, who are su
ing the sheriff for $10,000 each in dis
trict court, alleging falsi arrest; is
sued a statement in which he denied
the charges made by the county of
ficial relative to the automobile show
incident .
The sheriff alleges that Kruger ap
proached him in the automobile show
and asked that the lid be allowed to
be tilted at the Lakeside retort,
owned by some of the attorney's
clients. Sheriff Clark asserts that, his
son, Harold, was present when 'the
conversation took place. .Counsel for
the official threatens to go before the
district court judges in an attempt to
have Kruger disbarred. The road
house, attorney says ibe sherig's .ac
cusations are absolutely ise.
Feud StiU Stmtterf.","
The so-called feud taid to1 exist be
tween the county commissioners and
Sheriff Clark over the jail feeding
goes merrily on, but one aspect of
it the row involving the control of
the jail elevators bids fair to be set
tled by the judges of the district
court.
Judge Sears has appointed a com
mittee, consisting of Judge Troup,
Judge Redick and Judge Day, to draw
up a set of rules governing the opera
tion of the jail. It it understood that
these rules will lay down the law
as to which faction the sheriff's of
fice or the county board is to con
trol the jail lifts, which have been
the cause of a bitter controversy
in the last few days.
Both the county board and the
sheriff have named jail elevator op
erators. The county board will not
allow the sheriff's man to operate the
lifts, and the sheriff has barred Jay
Dudley, the commissioners' choice,
from the jail it is likely that the
judges will conduct hearings for the
purpose of giving, both factions a
chance to submit their arguments.
The former jail committee of the
district court judges became dead
issue with the death of the late Judge
English. There has been no jail com
mittee for two years. Both Sheriff
Clark and Commissioner Lynch ex
pressed satisfaction .when informed
that the judges would probably set
tle the argument as to who will hold
the whip-band in. the jail elevator
squabble. - '
Saturday is to Be Orange
Day I
Here; Fruit Has Arrived
Saturday is National Orange day.
For several days great quantities of
oranges have been coming i.i by fast
treight until every frui. dealer and
grocer in town has a lane sutmlv.
I tie front windows of aimost every
More are being dressed with oranges,
and a number of the merchants have
gotten aome very artistic effects with
Uie gay Iruit
Oranee day Is a countrv-wide in
stitution, coming each yer on a Sat
urday early in March, it is at this
time that si pplietof 'California navel
oranges are lamest. 1 Starting several
weeks before Orange duy, extra gangs
of pickeri have been picking the fruit
. in the immense groves of California,
and millions of oranges, it is estima
ted by the officials of the California
Fruit Growers' exchange, have been
shipped during tlic last iw week to
meet the tremendous demand on
J ange day, 1917. Oranee dav has
liccoute a national festival i:i recott
iiitioitof the many healthful and de
licious qualities that California or
anges oring to everyone.
Council Bluffs Boy is
tost; May Be in Dive Here
Mrs. Rosie Jones of Council Bluffs
us appealed to the Omaha police to
.rep a snarp lookout tor her 14-year
jld son. Raymond.
D - .. ,1 VI.. Tnn.i .
MJIIIWUUj ... jwiw, WU, WCI1V
to Honey Creek, lev Sunday, in com
pany witn two-otnr coys, tie started
lome , Monday, but has failed to ao-
pear, jibe mother says she has heard
rcnorfc that one of the lads with
whoni Raymond 1 went, to, Honey
Creefc is a habitue of Omaha dives
and fears that her spa may have been
led astray.
Lejubaig eawl rain la the Back.
. Al aba flrar twins of pale In the back
tivl Sloan's Llrtlmeat-ellef comes ai
ove fOols SB. All druggists. Adr.
BRITISH TANK AND A CAPTURED GERMAN TRENCH Exceptional picture of a Brit
ish tank astraddle of a captured German trench, "somewhere in France." Note the heaps
of discarded rifle.
BRJTJSH TANK
MAGNEY BELIEVES
PRINTERJURDERED
Thinks Man Who Was Found
Hanging Over Buttermilk
Vat Did Not Kill Self.
ASKS POLICE TO FIND OUT
. Fully convinced that Thomas R.
Campbell, 45, who was found hanging
over a huge buttermilk vat in the
Omaha cold storage plant at Eighth
and Farnam streets late Tuesday aft
ernoon did not come to his death
through an accident, County Attorney
Magney has asked the police to make
exhaustive investigations in the hope
that some information may be
brought to light which will clear the
mystery shrouding Campbell' death.
The body was found by A. N.
Thomscn, head buttermaker, when he
began investigating why the vat,
which was supposed to have con
tained about 7,000 gallons of butter
milk, was dry. In some manner
Campbell, had pulled, or caused to be
pulled, the safety valve which let the
buttermilk run out into the sewer.
To gain entrance to the vat it was
necessary to unlock the door of a
shed used as a pump house for pump
ing out the butteimilk and then raise
a board which covered a manhole.
The manhole, about twenty inches in
diameter, led directly to the vat.
May Have Been Murderea.
The above circumstances the county
sttorney believes eliminates the theory
ot accidental death, while Camp
bell's position when found, his coat
caught on a projection, removes any
foundation for a suicide theory. For
these reasons Magney believes Camp
bell may have been murdered and
he has asked the police to make thor
ough investigations and deliver all
available information for an inquest
which the county attorney will hold
Thursday afternoon.
J'oiice scout the theories that he
was looking for a place to sleep or
trying to get a drink of ihe butter
milk and accidentally fell into the
vat. He was identilied by a number
of letters found in his clothes. He is
believed to have been a printer by
trade, The letters were signed W.
W, Garrett, Tweed, Ontario, who is
believed to have been related to
Campbell.
Splendid Fall of Snow ,
Over Western Nebraska
Grain men and others who have to
do with agricultural pursuits are in
high glee on account of the snow
storm that was pretty general over
all that portion of Nebraska west of
a line drawn north and south back
100 miles or so from the Missouri
river.
The snow that fell during a greater
portion of Tuesday night was heavy
and full of water and ranged all the
way from one up :o aixteen inches in
depth. It covered a large portion of
the winter wheat belt of the state and
came at a time that was most oppor
tune, just when the ground was be-
trinnuiK to thaw out.
brain men figure that while before
the snow came the ground was dry,
it was not dry ei.ough to cause any
alarm. Now, however, with the blanket
of snow covering the winter wheat,
and this snow melting slowly, the
moisture will all sink into the earth.
going down to the roots of the grain,
thus giving it a start as soon as the
warm days come.
Girl Saves Her Life by
Plunging Into Snowbank
Sioux Falls, S. D., March 6. (Spe
cial.) Her presence of mind in rolling
in the snow when her clothing be
came ignited aaved the life of Miss
Madge Lockwood. teacher of a coun
try school near Butbanv. She was
kindling a fire in the school stove
when there was an explosion and the
flames shot f.om the stove against her
clothing, setting her dress and other
wearing apparel on fire. She was
alone at the time. With her clothing
ablaze she rushed from the school
building ano plunged l.ead-loug into a
snowbank which fortunately was cjosc
at hand. She extinguished the names.
but not until she had been badly
burned. .
Mayor Shank Defeated in
The Indianapolis Primary
Indianap6lis. March 7. Complete,
but unofficial, returns from the 140
precincts in Indianapolis received
this morning from yesterdsy's pri
mary show that Charles W. Jewett
was nominated for mavor on the re
publican ticket by a majority of 906
over Lew snank. the unofficial
vote was Jewett, 15,014; Shank, 14,
108.
Shank announced last niaht that if
he were defeated for the nomination
he would run on an independent
ticxet.
Dick Miller, who had no oddosI
lion, was nominated for mayor by the
democrats.
THE BEE:
Receipt Goes Far
As Check Before
Error Discovered
How a voucher receipt was mis
taken for a check by iwo business
men and a bank, before .'ie error was
discovered, is causing amusement in
Omaha among the persom interested.
Fred Rogers, White auto dealer,
received the unsigned receipt from a
coal company. It was intended to
accompany a check in payment of a
bill for auto supplies, but the check
had been omitted from the letter.
Rogers mistook- the receipt voucher
for the check, signed it and cashed
it with Ed Wirthsafter, when he
bought cigars at the latter's store in
the Bee building.
Wirthsafter supposed the paper was
one of those intricate voucher checks
that are somtimes used by business
firms, and he deposited it. The re
ceiving bank thought the same, and
forwarded it for collection to a Kan
sas City bank that handled the ac
count of the out-of-town coal com
pany. Only then was the mistake de
tected, and the receipt came back
with the penciled notation. "Receipt,
not a check." Rogers, Wirthsafter
and the Omaha bank all had a good
laugh and then the real check was se
cured and put through.
"It all goes to show how speedily
business is done nowadays, when no
suspicion of error or fraud is enter
tained," Wirthsafter remarked.
Wheat, Corn and Oats
Show Slight 'Declines
Grain prices were off Wednesday.
The break was the greatest in -wheat,
which lost 1 to 2 cents, selling from
$1.94 to $1.97a a bushel. Corn
sold down and lost Vi cent, selling at
$1.021.03)4, with oats W of a cent
off, selling at 58;459 cents.
Reasons for the break in prices
were attributed to considerable mois
ture over a greater portion of the
winter wheat belt during the last
twenty-four hours, eastern commis
sion nouses advising the taking of
profits in wheat, a tip that the gov
ernment crop report Thursday would
not be as bullish as anticipated, the
fact that the exporters were not on
the market with buying orders and
that a good many of the buyers had
turned sellers.
Omaha receipts for the day were :
Wheat, twenty-five carloads; corn.
sixty-six, and oats, twenty-five car
loads. Jewish Ladies' Relief
Sews in Kellom School
Through permission of the Board
of Education sewing classes which
had been conducted by the Jewish
Ladies' Relief society in the syna
gogue at Nineteenth and Burt were
transferred to Kellom school, where
two large rooms have been set aside
for use Wednesday afternoons after
school.
A story hour, in charge of Miss
Hannah Kulakofsky and expression
classes led by members of Sigma
Theta Pi sorority are other features
of the organization's work. Mrs.
Samuel Nathan has it in charge.
Lone Pedestrian Routs
Two Highwaymen in Scrap
When two atickups selected Joe
Daley, 1705 Leavenworth street, as a
victim at Fifteenth and Jones streets
Tuesday night they used poor judg
ment. Daley refused to be held up
and put up a battle. Both of -the
holdups attacked him and Daley re
ceived a broken nose and several
other minor injuries, but he kept tip
the fight, saved his money and fi
nally put the highwaymen to rout.
Neuralgia
Neuritis
Siatica, Etc.
CURED
Fnt Trial l a New M.thod That Cum ky
Romevwf aha Chh. Sens' Ne Money.
We've a new method that euraa Neuralgia,
Naurltis, Rhaumatiam, Aithma, Sciatica,
Neuraathenia, Tia Douloureux, ate, and wa
want yon to try tt at aw expense, no mat.
tar how srset yont pain, or how tarrlbla
tha torture yov andura from diaaaaad aervoe.
Mr method will bring Prompt and blaaaad
relief. No matter whathar your caaa ia oo
aaiional or ahronia, not what your asa or
occupation, thta mathod should euro you
right la your home.
Tha Hulhall Mathod doaa not contain a
drop of morphine, opium, chloral, ooeaina,
acetanUid. or any narcotic whataoovar. It
prorld.s a narva tood that auras by remov
ing tha cause.
w an.lllv want to aand to thoao ao-
oalled "incurable" eases that have tried all
the varloua doctors, dopei, sanitariuma.
"oeathya," etc.. without relief. We want to
ahow everyone at our own expense that thla
M.t.j itl anri at ones and for aU time.
all those torturea and twingee of almost
unbearable pain that are present in Neural
gia. Neurltla. Sciatica, Migraine. Tic Don-
loureux, weuraawenia ana outer nerve
eases. -
This Affes Is too ImnorUnt to negleat
a single day. Write now and begin the cure
at once. Address jsuinsil V.O., noom sis pri
bane Bid-., Bulialo, N. X.
OMAHA, THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1917.
GIRL IMPLICATES
OMAHAHOTEL MAN
Police Act On Story Which
Young Woman Tells to At
torney McGuire.
ANDREWS GETS BIG FINE
A fine of $100, the maximum for
police court, was the sentence be
stowed by Police Judge Fitzgerald
upon H. T. Andrews, proprietor of
the Havens hotel, 313 North Fif
teenth street.
Andrews and nine inmates were ar
rested in a raid made on the Havens
hotel by officers of the moral squad.
The raid was made at the suggestion
of Assistant City Attorney McGuire,
following an affidavit given McGuire
by a young woman who said she for
merly lived at the Havens hotel.
In the affidavit, the young woman
says she was taken to the Havens
hotel a year ago by a man who, with
the full knowledge and consent of
Andrews and also his assistance,
forced her into his room and as
saulted her.
He Exacted Toll.
She also asserts that later she made
the Havens her headquarters and
that Andrews exacted a percentage
of her earnings in addition to the
regular room rent she paid.
McGuire, upon getting this infor
mation, informed the police, who
made the raid, with the resulting ar
rest of Andrews and the nine in
mates. The inmates received fines
of from $1 to $10. -
Lou Crawford, 1802 Sherman av
enue, also raided Tuesday night, for
feited $50 bonds for failure to appear
in police court, . Nell Tacobson, 1902
Cuming street, charged with, keeping
his saloon open after 8 o'clock, was
discharged. Frank Semerad, 1263
South Sixteenth street, was fined
$7,50 and costs, but four inmates were
released.
Rheumatism attacks the
"outside" man. Pains and
aches stiffen his joints and
muscles and reduces his efficiency.
At the first twinge let Sloan's
Liniment, easy to apply, it ttnt-
frtits tuithoat mbbing and soothes
the soreness.
After that lond drive or tedious
wait in the cold rain apply Sloan's
Liniment to those stiff fingers,
aching wrists and arms.
For gout, neuralgia, toothache, bruises,
sprains, cold feet, it Is promptly effective).
At (11 dniggists, 25c. 50c and $1.00.
Qear Your Complexion
While You Sleep
On retiring gently smear the face
with Cuticura Ointment. Wash oS in
five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot
water, using plenty of Soap and con
tinue bathing a few minutes with Soap.
Rinse with tepid water. The cleansing,
soothing influence of this treatment on
the pores extends through the night.
It may be repeated on rising. No
beauty doctor can do more for your
skin and com pi exion than Cuticu ra Soap,
especially when assisted by touches of
Cuticura Ointment now and then. They
are really ideal because so delicate, so
creamy and so fragrant Nothing
better for every-day toilet uses. You
can buy them anywhere or can have
samples free by return mail for the
asking. Addrren post-card: "Cnti
eara,' Dept. 10F, Boston.
Baron Drops Dead
After Completing
Big Business Deal
On the eve of opening a chain of
clothing stores in the middle west,
H. A. Baron ot rortiann, ure., was
found dead in hi bed at Hotel Cas
tle. Heart disease was the cause. He
had recently completed, with Attor
ney Isidor Ziegler of Omaha, the
formation of the Shirley Clothes
Shop, Inc., which was backed by east
ern capital. Mr. Baron was president
of the firm and Mr. Ziegler vas sec
retary. ,
, baron already owned a large in
terest in - chain ot clotliing stores in
the ncrthwest He arrived in Omaha
six days ago. One of the new stores
was to be here and one in Sioux City.
Mr. Ziegler says the Shirley Clothes
Shop will proceed with its business as
plain ed.
A widow and two children survive
Mr. Baron in Portland. Ore. He was
a thirty-second degree Mason.
"The Power of Purim"
At Temple Israel Sunday
1 Mice Vl.ru Trpn Wallar ia rnarh
in j a Purim play, "The Power of Pu-
,;m " ...tiler, rtiA nrtst.mnlirmattnn
class of Temple Israel will give at the
temple Sunday aiternoon. ine cast
;..l.wlja lnlian Harris. Hafti Rnth.
oh, Mildred Levy, Hannah Sommer,
Lianiei iangieiu, naipu vuim, i-cu
b'Hi tlrrrlnia Davie r.rrtriiHi ChfTm
niak and Madeline Cohn. A stage has
Deen specialty consiruticu iui una
event.
Miss Helen Sommer's children's
orchestra will play; Joseph Harding
... I"
will give a violin aoiu, jiuci uiu-
a.nnA a rAcitarinn "tnf Purim." finH
Sophia White will give a Russian
ranee.
Spring Styles Are Here
For Men and Young Men
WHAT a relief to get
out of "Old Man
Winfor'a" ornrh nnrl
into the snappy, ' bouyant
spring styles which you'll
find at this Greater Store
today.
Thousands of
New Spring Suits, $15, $20, $25
Compare $20 to $35 values elsewhere.
Hera you'll sea all the new Rocheater, N. Y.,
Hand-Tailored masterpieces. Form fitters for young
men, double and single breasted Pinch-Backs, Two
and Three Button sacks of extreme or coneervative
design. Wonderful selection of quality fabrics in
hundreds of different new weaves and .colore.
Finest Clothes Made Supreme Quality Fabrics, $30.
SEE OUR
WINDOW
DISPLAYS.
'Lf'sn'irar Treatment
m
CORD TIRES
The Trade Has 400 Tires
The Speedway But
ONE
3HOUGH
of 1916 demonstrated that there is but ONE
tire with the resilience to produce the 100-mile-an-hour
pace, and the durability to
stand the stress of that pace Silvertown
the original and only cable-cord tire.
Driving solely on Sllvertowns, Darlo Resta won the
National racing championship ol the A. A. A., the
only championship awarded to an automobile racing
driver.
And SILVERTOWN equipped cars scored 15,382
points toward the trophy, to 7,176 by all Silver-town's
competitors combined,
Silvertown in taking more than 80 per cent
of the prise winning positions of A. A. A.
sanctioned races, capturing 31 Firsts to s oy
all competitors combined, amassed over
$210,000 in prue money for its drivers.
Is'not the tire which stands the durability test
of the sfieedwar, the.tire to take you, free of
tire trouble throughout the longest mileage
on city street and country road ?
Wlsars Tats See Taja Stan,
QaT-efaaWeaal 1f)el eTaTraV 3atavalgaVBal
ijj ' AakW-DeasartW
AUTO BURNS WHILE
THIEVESSPEED ON
Jack Graham's Machine Stolen
and Catches Fire as Thieves
Are Leaving City.
HOSPE'S MACHINE STOLEN
A large five-passenger automobile,
later identified as the property of
Jack Graham, 1318 South Thirty-first
street, was found almost completely
destroyed by fire on Seventieth street,
just north of Center. The automobile
was stolen from Fifteenth and Har
ney streets and it is believed to have
caught fire and burned up while the
thieves were making their way out
of town.
. A. Hospe's five-passenger car was
stolen from Sixteenth and Sherwood
avenue and a machine belonging to
N. Mantel, 120 South Thirty-seventh
street, was taken from Twenty-third
and Harney streets.
Gifford Tract to Be Open
In Spring as Playground
Commissioner Hummel of the park
department states he will open the
Gifford tract this spring as a public
playground. This tract lies between
Thirty-third street and Thirty-fifth
avenue, Davenport to Cass streets,
an area of nearly six acres.
Slides, swings, tennis courts and a
temporary shelter will be the im
provements, during the next few
weeks. A pavilion will be erected
when funds will permit, the commis
sioner announced.
i ' i i warn
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ilDERTOWN
rubber making has given
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Know it by its RED DOU
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the tire you can not afford
to be without. .
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AKRON. OHIO
Also geaker ol the hiawus fabria
tirea.Goodricb Black Safety Treads
Fortune Awaits kansan
If Police Can Find Him
The Omaha police have been asked
to locate one George Mason, said to
be in this city. An estate is, said to
await him at Lebannon, Kan.
The police have also been asked 'to
locate the wife and son of Frank Tay
lor of Los Angeles. Taylor died very
suddenly in the California city while
his wife and son were in Omaha, it
is said.
esinol
easily heals
skin troubles
The moment that R esinol Oint
ment touches itching skin the itch
ing usually stops and healing begins.
That is why doctors prescribe it so
successfully even in severe cases of
eczema, ringworm, rashes, and many
other tormenting, disfiguring skin
diseases. Aided by warm baths
with Resinol Soap, Resinol Ointment
makes a sick skin or scalp healthy,
quickly, easily and at little cost.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap also
great! help to clear sway punples sod dan
druff. Sold by sll druggists.
One-Minute
Store Talk
"Preparedness" is the word that
fully describes our ability to serve
you particular men and young
men of Omaha with correct an-
parel. As a matter of justice
to yourself you will accept
our invitation to inspect and
compare our wonderfully
complete selections. A
spring clothes exhibit
await3 you here that
stands unequalled in
the annals of western
merchandising. It's the
result of months ot un
tiring energy to as
semble real values
for our patrons.
Spring Hats
Galore
John B.
Stetson and
Crofut &
Knapp
New Spring
Styles.
$35, $40.
COMPARE
OUR VALUES
ALWAYS.
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Ins.
rut HTing.
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5. Coatt farther.
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9. Mora rettftfve
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