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    THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918.
PETE LOCH WITH
I LYNCH IN CLARK
OUSTER SUIT
f Former Saloonkeeper on Stand
s Denies Accused Commissioner
! Had Interest in Peters
Wrestling Match.
(Continued From Tag One.)
' i never did."
"Did you sell them beer?"
"I did."
I "Did you promote the Peters-
Steelier wrestling match?"
h "I did."
"Did you pay Lynch any part of
the proceeds?
I "I did not,"
i "Did you ever divide up the re
ceipts from Lakeside with John Ford,
f John C. Lynch or anybody else?"
I "I never did."
Disputes Tylee. '
I "Did Tylee ever keep books for
jyou.' -
i t'Tylee never did keep books for
tme at all."
4 On cross examination Frank How-
jell, attorney for Clark, went into
Loch's relations with Johnny Ford.
Loch denied ever having had any
I relation with Ford except to sell him
jbecr at Lakeside although he had
'known him for 15 years. He said he
; and Fdrd were now in partnership
r in the Orpheum Garden cabaret and
l restaurant. John Leonard, who took
'out the license for "Scheschey's
lace,' or Lakeside, is also a partner
:in the Orpheum Garden, Loch said,
t In regard to the gym in the court
'house, Loch said he had never been
there after 8 o'clock in the evening.
"Did .Glenn get any orders from
t you to take liquors across to the
court house gym?"
. "Never."
Explains City Hall Visit
? "Why were you over at the City
hall to see Tony Hoffman? You
were over there for the purpose of
j 'fecling him out,' weren't you?
"Yes. In a way."
ii "Didn't you say 'I'm through with
' Johnny Lynch. I've got a $3,500 mort
" gage on my home because of him
now?" .
"No. I did'nt. I was over there to
get Elsie Phelps and Paul Sutton
; out and I did it, too."
"They are friends of yours?"
"Yes. And every time you help
' a friend its a feather in your cap,
r Loch said.
"Is Johnny Lynch a friend of yours,
,; too?" .
I Friends 20 Years.
" "Yes, he is. Been my friend for
s 20 years and is yet."
"Did you invite Nesslehous to come
out. of the automobile into your
house last month when he and Tony
Hoffman were out to see you?"
"Yes."
j "Why. ;
.1 "I'd invite a dog .into my ouse."
i " "Do do you mean that?
J "No." . :, .
i" "You told them you wouldn't do
anything to hurt Johnnyi Lynch
if didn't?" you !
? "Yes."
i i "That you wouldn't say anything to
hurt him either?"
"No. I didn't say that." '
i Tylee Not Bookkeeper.
: On further cross examination Loch
; admitted that . Tylee kept some
? memoranda for him but said he was
not his bookkeeper. He said he had
submitted written statements to
i Lynch's attorneys but on. vigorous
3 examination by Kennedy declared
ji that the written statements were
i newspaper clippings and pictures of
wrestling matches.
t - He testified he gave Farmer Burns
$650 for. training Peters but declared
he was the sole and only promoter
j of the P.'ters-Stecher match, h
& i Charley Peters, the wrestler, was
put on the stand by Lynch's at-
torneys tad testified that he did not
1 train buf merely "worked out for his
I health" in the court house gym.
I . Joseph Calabria, former superin-
tcndciit of court house, testified that
a shower bath was installed on his
i recommendation, and approval of
Lynch, the bath to be for convenience
of employes. He saw a wrestling mat
brought in for an entertainment which
was given in the rotunda of the court
4 house by employes. The mat was kept
Jin the northeast room for a year, he
I said. .
I '. Cross-questioned by Baker, Calabria
jf. testified that various articles of ath
letic paraphernalia were installed in
f1 the room by an arrangement between
:? Pete Loch and Lynch. .
y Used Shower Bath.
? Baker, - V
ii ' "Did you use the shower bath?"
' "Yes.4 ; , ;
f "How many times?"
. "About 30 times." '
c "Who else took a bath there?" ' .
L "Saw Lynch."
" "How did you happen to see Lynch
-' take a bath?" ;
"Just happened in. I had a right to
go in any room."
"Who else took a bath?"
- "Pete Loch."
' "Did you see Lynch and Loch tak
ing a bath together?"
"1 did hot"
" "Did you see towels and soap in
there?"
.', "Yes." '
"Were they county towels?"
"1 don't think they were." .
"You put no restriction on Mr.
Loch as to what he should put in
that room, did you?"
' "I did not."
, "What time of night did you stay
. at the court house?"
"Nine or 10 o'clock."
"Every night?" ' ' "
' "No; occasionally." i
"How many times did ! j on see
Lynch in the room?"
. "Ten,' or 15 or 20 times."
"Always taking a bath?"
. "Not always."
"Who did you see in the room be-
sides Lynch and Loch ?"-"-"
"Saw Farmer Burns, Tylee.'Peters,
Anton Hoffman and Will Crey." .
i "Ever see Kugel or Roor.y?"i ; , ,
t . . "No, sir" " r '
i "Did you see those mentioned in
1 there very often?" I ,
: "Not often." ' -
; "How often did yoa go Into the
room?" '
"Three or four times a" day." - i
V r "Was it a sort of a habit to go into
; this room?"
" "V- i ..t... "
b - - " t
. . , When you saw Farmer Burns in
J'thire.wa he wrestling or tcachinc?'
"J'did not see him' doing either.
"See anybody massaged or rubbed
there ?"
Saw Lynch Massaged.
"I saw Lynch and Loch massaged
by Tylee."
"When was the Loch1 stuff taken
out of the room?"
"December, 1916, or in January,
1917."
"Was the shower bath taken out?"
"It was my orders."
"It was a good shower bath and
anybody could take a bath there,
couldn't they?"
"Not anybody."
"The stuff was taken out of the
room about the time the grand jury
met, wasn't it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did you show this room to the
grand jury?"
"I did."
"Who told you to take the shower
bath ouu
"Nobody told me."
. "Why Did you take it out?"
Girls Wanted Room.
"Because the working girls wanted
to use the room."
"Were you there when the shower
bath was installed r
"I was."
"Who ordered it constructed?"
"I did."
"Under whose directions?"
"John Lynch."
"Who made the water connec
tions?"
"Humphrey Lynch."
"Under whose directions?"
"Mr. Lynch."
"Did Mr. Lynch say he would have
the shower bath put in for your bene
fit and he would pay for it?"
"Yes, sir."
"And . shower bath went out the
same time that the Pete Loch stuff
went out, did it?
"Yes, sir."
Bought Soap Himself.
"Where did you get the soap used
by Mr. Lynch in this shower bath? '
"Bought it."
' "Do you know whether county soap
and towels were used?"
"Don't think so."
Attorney Kennedy: "Did you ever
see liquor, empty beer bottles or
women there at night time?"
"I did not."
"Did you have instructions about
liquor in the court house?"
''Mr. Lynch instructed me not to
allow any liquor brought into the
court house."
Baker resumed: "As a matter of
fact, Lynch had a key to this room
and went in whenever he wished and
took anybody he wished, didn't he?"
"Yes, sir."
.' Saw No Liquor.
Mrs. Hattie Todd, nee Mrs. Brandt,
.formerly of the court house janitor
force, was first witness called to tes
tify in behalf of "Johnny" Lynch. She
said she worked in the court house
and frequently had occasion to clean
the northeast room of the basement,
the room known in the Clark-Lynch
case as the "gym." Questioned by
Attorney Kennedy, she testified that
at no time did she observe liquor or
women in the northeast room, nor
had she observed evidence of liquor
or women. She said her visits to this
room usually were between 8 and 9
o'clock a. m.
John H. Glassman, formerly as
sistant superintendent of the court
house, also testified that on no oc
casion did he ee liquors or women
in the "gym room." He denied hav
ing instructed Janitor Taylor to stay
out of the northeast basement room.
T. A. Carey and W. P. Dunham,
night watchman of the court house
during the time of the maintenance of
the alleged trvm. also testified sub
stantially the same as Mrs. Todd and
Glassman. Dunham addea tnat ne
knew Peter Rooney, but never saw
him in the northeast room at night
time.
, Sheriff Clark rested his case against
"Johnny" Lynch Monday morning
after evidence was offered by W. L.
(Billy) Nesselhous, former manager
of the Budweiser saloon; A. H. Gil
bert, bartender at the Budweiser? and
bookkeeper for Riverside roadhouse,
and S. L. (Si) Colwell, former em
ploye at Riverside.
The defense began testimony this
afternoon.
Would "Fire" HaskelL
Mr. Nesselhous testified that Lynch
Juit his interest in the Riverside about
uly 1, 1916, when the county com
missioner is alleged to have opened
the Lakeside with John Ford and Pete
Loch. Nesselhous stated that Lynch
complained of Haskell's management
of the Riverside and wanted Haskell
fired, but Nesselhous declined to
do so.
so.
Cut Money Four Ways.
The former Budweiser proprietor
testified that he, Dennison, Lynch
and Haskell cut the Riverside money
four ways and that frequently paid
Lynch his share at the Budweiser sa
loon. He estimated the monthly
earnines from Riverside as $150 to
$200 each, while Mr. Gilbert thought
the profits were from ?1U0 to $juu
each for Dennison, Nesselhous, Lynch
and Haskell.
Nesselhous further testified that it
had been agreed that Lynch would
protect the Riverside and even
recommended that after May 1, 1916,
no liquor license was necessary. The
witness said the Riverside was "still"
where it was, and Attorney Baker
asked if it was "very still." Nessel
hous testified that Riverside was
closed when Sheriff Clark became
sheriff and stated that the rental value
of the property today is relatively
nothing.
Slot Machine Winnings.
S. ,L. (Si) Colwell, former employe
at Riverside was unusually frank in
divulging inside information concern
ing slot machines at this roadhouse.
He declared that the machines were
plugged to win more than ordinary
slot machines and that the arrange
ments of plugs varied from day to
day. Slot machine receipts, he
averred, were as high as $100 a night.
Gilbert testified that Lynch received
his Riverside "pay envelopes" in the
Budweiser saloon and he (Gilbert)
frequently witnessed these payments
or made the payments himself, and
he corroborated the evidence of oth
ers that Lynch received one-fourth as
his "end" of the Riverside split.
Sheriff Sole Plaintiff.
Attorney Howell injected a little
byplay into the morning's proceed
ings by clearing the atmosphere of
an imputation, as he regarded it, that
this ouster suit against Lynch might
be" associated with Dennison to an
extent - which would prejudice the
jury. He wanted it clearly understood
that this suit is . beintr prosecuted
and tried in the name of Sheriff Clark
as .plaintiff. - ;
Judge Sears told the jury that noth
i vt irauius lun
hearing should be construed as mean-
ing that Dennison is a party to this
J ouster suit; that tlcT suit was ail ac
ing that has been said within their
tion of Clark against Lynch, as named
in the pctitioji filed by the sheriff.
Tells of Associations.
W. E. (Billy) Nesselhaus, first wit
ness called by the prosecution Mon
day morning, gave a frank account of
his alleged interests in the Riverside
roadhouse and of his associations
with Lynch.
Attorney Baker examined the wit
ness as follows:
"Do you known Johnny Lynch?"
"Quite well, about 20 years."
"What do you know about the Riv
erside?" "It was a dancing, drinking and
eating place."
"When was your first introduction
to the Riverside business?"
Lynch Suggested Buy.
"That dates back to the spring of
1914 when Lynch came to me and
said he had a pretty good spot and
said we ought to get it. He suggested
getting somebody to run the place,
so we decided on Jack Haskell. A
man named Elliott and a woman
named Page had the place at that
time. Lynch told me the place had
been 'jammed.' I went out and looked
over the place.
"After you went out there and saw
Hiose people, what arrangements were
made to get the place?
"Lynch told me to go ahead and do
what I wanted with it, so I bought it
and wired Haskell at Albany hotel.
Denver. I think the purchase price
was ssO. I gave the money to Has
kell and he had the bill of sale made
out to him."
"What further arrangements were
made with Lynch?
Agreed on Cut.
"It was arranged that Lynch. Has
kell, Dennison and myself were to
get 25 per cent each.
"After the purchase was made, what
was done at the place?"
"We made improvements and en
larged the dance hall and installed
arrangements for serving meals.
"What was the amount of those im
provements?"
"From $4,000 to $5,000."
"When did you begin to operate as
eating and drinking placer
"We served sandwiches in 1914
and started chicken dinners in 1915."
"Who reimbursed you for amount
of the improvements?
"That was taken out of the re
ceipts." "What kind of drinks were sold
there?"
"Everything that was stopped by
prohibition."
"Sell any soft drink?"
Few Soft Drinks.
"Very little."
"Wasn't a soft drink crowd, was it?"
"No."
"What kind of drinks did you say
were served? You will excuse my
ignorance of drinks."
"There were highballs, cocktails
and beer and other drinks."
"What hours were observed?"
"Open 24 hours a day."
"Who was the manager?"
"Jack Haskell."
"What was done with the money
taken in by Haskell?"
Divided Each Month.
"It was turned over every morning
to Mr. Gilbert at the Budweiser sa
loon and later handed to me. It was
left in the safe until the first of each
month and then divided four ways
equally."
"How do you know Lynch got his?"
"Gave it to him myself except a few
times when Dennison or Gilbert gave
it to him."
"During 1914 and until the spring
of 1915, was the place operated under
a license?"
"No license."
"Did you ever speak to Lynch about
license?"
"He said there was no need to get
one."
"What did Lynch say about protec
tion?" "That was what he was supposed
to do."
Lynch's Relationship.
"What relationship did Lynch have
concerning what he was to do?"
"Help us keep the place open; said
he would take care of it."
"What was said in, 1915 about a
license?"
"Lynch said the place was promi
nent and thought we had better have
a license."
"What was done?"
"Haskell got up a petition and I
gave it to Lynch with $500 for the
yearly license fee."
"Had Lynch ever visited Riverside
before the spring of 1915 when the
license matter was up?"
"He went there with me."
"What kind of business was being
done?"
" "Capacity business."
"I don't mean how much business,
but what kind of business?"
"Dancing and drinking and eating."
Knew of Haskell.
"Did Lynch know that Haskell was
running the place?"
"He did."
"And that was prior to the prepara
tion of the petition for a license?"
"It was."
"What was the result of the peti
tion?" "The license was granted."
"In whose name was the license?"
"Jack Haskell."
"When did you see Lynch at River-
side?"
"During the night or early morn
ing."
'What hours did you say the olace
was open?"
"All of the time."
"Feasting, fiddling and dancin all
going on?"
. ts, sir.
"Were there any private dinine
rooms?"
"There were eieht. each about
6x8."
"Secluded spots, were they?"
"Was there any gymnasium there?"
imo, sir. ,
Four-Way Split.
"Were profits divided four wavs
during 1914. 1915 and 1916?"
They were.
"When did Lynch step out of River
side.''
"During June of 1916."
"Did he get his bit after that?"
"He did not."
"Why?"
Starts Rival Place.
"He started a place in competition.
I met him in Nebraska Citv durine
July of 1916 and told him that his
end for June was down in the office
and asked him whv.he did not call
and get it. He complained against
the management of Haskell at River
side and wanted Haskell fired. He said
Haskell was not attending to business
at Kiverside. i
"What was the name of the other
place started by Lynch?" . j
"Where are the books or accounts i
.of Riverside?" I
"Wc did uot kcej anj book.
stroyed the memoranda at close of
each month's business."
"How much were the profits at Riv
erside?" "That would vary. It would aver
age $150 to $200 each per month."
'Who were permitted to go to Riv
erside?" "I told Haskell to keep out minors;
drunks and young girls."
"How many went there at one
timer"
"Sometimes there were only a few.
On New Year's eve, 1916, there were
from 300 to 500 there."
Generally Known.
"Was it generally known that there
was snrh a nlarp ac Piirr;rl?"
"It seemed to be generally known."
Was the place open on the Sabbath
day?"
"Open every day."
"Who was sheriff during 1914, 1915
and 1916?"
"I think it was Felix McShane."
"Who was county ottorney?"
"I think it was Mr. Magney."
"This place was outside of the cor
porate limits of Omaha, was it?"
"During the time that Riverside
was open, was it ever raided?"
"No, sir."
"Do you know when the joint
ceased to operate?"
"Between the second and fifth of
January, 1917."
"Do you know why?"
Reasons for Close.
"Two reasons: Business was quiet
and it was understood that Sheriff
Clark was going to close places of
that kind."
"What became of the place?"
"It is still out there."
"And it -is very still, is it?"
"Yes. sir."
"Do you know anything about
gymnasium in the court house?"
"Only by hearsay."
Floor Manager Testifies.
S. L. Colwell worked at Riverside
as floor manager and custodian of the
slot machines. He is known as "Si."
Called as a witness, the following dia
logue ensued between him and Attor
ney Baker:
"Did you see Lynch at Riverside?"
Yes, he drank and danced.
"Did he dance alone or with a part
ner.''
"With a partner."
"What did you do at Riverside?"
"I was floor manager and had charge
ot the slot machines.
"Was there music there?"
"All of the time."
Knew Lynch Well.
"Were those who did not drink al
lowed to dance?"
"We did not cater to that kind of
business."
"Did you know Lynch?"
"Knew him many years."
"What did he say to you about
business at Riverside?
"Sometimes he would say that the
slot machine business was pretty good
or he would say it was bad.
"Sometimes a party would win by
dropping a coin into the slot ma
chines, would he?"
Machines "Always Ahead."
"At times, but the machines were
always ahead in the morning.
Attorney Kennedy asked if the ma
chines were constructed to win and
the witness agreed that such was the
case. .
Baker resumed:
"Were those machines constructed
to win more than the ordinary ma
chines?"! 1
"Yes, they were plugged to win.
The plug was put this way today and
another way tomorrow.
"How much money was taken out
of the machines in the morning?"
"As much as $100."
Gilbert Testifies.
Gilbert examined by Baker:
"Did Mr. Lynch ever come for his
'bit'?" '
"Yes, sir, several times."
"How often?"
"Well, it's pretty hard to remem
ber. Late in 1916 Mr. Dennison took
Lynch's envelope up to him."
"Can you give a fair estimate of the
monthly profit from Riverside?" '
It varied. Some months business
was good and some months dead.
The profits would average about $100
to $J00 a month apiece.
"What was the average net profit
per month, taking the whole year?"
"Average about $6C0 a month.
"How do you know Mr. Lynch got
his 25 per cent of the profits?"
Money in Envelopes.
"Why. he would ask me for his en
velope. The money was cut and
counted by Mr. Nesselhous and my
self. We put it in the envelopes."
In closing their case attorneys for
Sheriff Clark read into the record the
opinion of the court in the trial of the
jail-feeding controversy in which
Clark s bills were found correct ac
cording to law and ordered paid. An
opinion by Lounty Attorney Magney
sent to the Board of County Commis
sioners advising that Clark's bills
were correctly rendered and should
be paid was also introduced in evi
dence.
PORTUGUESE TAKE PRISONER
London, Feb. 18. A hostile raid
ing party was driven off during the
night by one of our posts in the
neighborhood of Gavrelle," says to
day's war office report.
"A few prisoners were taken by
the Portuguese in the neighborhood
of Neuve Chapelle. Patrol encoun
ters in which the enemy suffered
casualties occurred in the Messines
sector.
The enemy's artillery has shown
some activity south of the Arras
Cambrai road, north of Lens.
Cur for Furnace Open.
Frederick E. Jenks, of New Haven, reme
dies the Ills ot the hot air furnace by
placlna; a Urea tank ot sand lmld-i lis too.
and by using- an ordinary coat stove for
producing heat. The ssnd absorbs heat
when the stove Is hot and then radiates It
uniformly after the fire In the stove has
died down and the heat Is needed. Popular
Science.
German Socialists
Are Not in Sympathy
With the Bolsheviki
Stockholm, Feb. 18. The German
majority socialists are disassociated
from any connection or sympathy
with the Bolsheviki, says an article
in the socialist organ, Vorwaerts, of
Berlin, by Otto Braun.
He charges that the Russian del
egates at Brest-Litovsk did not in
tend to utilize the truce to arrange
peace, but rather to extend the
revolution to the territory of the
central powers.
The hope of the Bolsheviki for a
speedy revolution in Germany is an,
insarft delusion," Herr Braun said.
The article is the more signifi
cant in view of the fact that pre
viously the Vorwaerts had shown a
disposition to coquette with the
Bolsheviki.
MORE PINTO BEANS
IS ALLEN'S PLAN
County Food Administrator
Wants Sandhill Farmers to
Raise 900 Pounds of
Beans Per Acre.
Will the Nebraska sandhills raise
900 pounds of pinto beans per acre?
That is a question the food admin
istration would like to have some
s.a.ndhiU
farmer answer. Oscar
Allen, county food administrator of
Douglas county, who has just returned
from Denver where he and A. M.
Jefferey of Omaha represented the
Nebraska food administration at a
big meeting on the pinto bean in
dustry, believes the Nebraska sand
hills are capable of producing great
quantities of these beans.
"One grower in Colorado told mc
that his sandhills produced. 700 to
900 pounds of pinto beans per acre
the first year he broke up the
grouna, said Mr. Alien. mat is a
wonderful yield, and so far as I can
learn there is not much difference
between the soil condition in this
Colorado sand region and the Ne
braska sandhill section. Some of the
growers in Colorado claim now to be
raising 1,500 pounds per acre of these
beans. There is a world of those
beans in Colorado now."
Uncle Sam Buys.
At this meeting which was at
tended by representatives of the
federal food administration, the
government contracted for 5,000.000
pounds of these beans at once. The
government then and there orderd all
the pinto bean growers of that
section of Colorado to deliver for
government use, 75 per cent of their
1917 crop which they are holding.
"We found that the small grain
elevators in western Nebraska are
equipped to clean beans, and this, it
seems, is very important if a com
munity is going to produce beans to
any extent.
Palatial Home is Being
Erected For President of Cuba
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Havana, Cuba, Oct. 20. The pala
cio presidencial, now the official resi
dence of President Menocal, which
was completed in 1792, is soon to be
abandoned and a more beautiful and
spacious structure, now in course of
erection at a more central point, is to
take its place.
In 1910 congress ceded to the pro
vincial council of Havana a tract of
land wliich faces the entrance to Ha
vana harbor and Morro castle, on
which was to be erected a provincial
palace. The work of erection began
in 1911, but was discontinued after
more than $521,000 had been expended
on the building. President Menocal
has given his support to the plan of
taking over the structure for use as
the national capitol by making a few
changes, modeling it into a palacio
presidencial.
When completed the new palace,
the final cost of which will be more
than $.1,000,000, will be an architec
tural jewel. Its great dome, formed
of a steel framework, will be covered
with squares of terra cotta. With the
conversion of this edifice into a presi
dential palace the physiognomy of the
surrounding district will be com
pletely changed in order that its
beauty may not be marred by un
sightly buildings or undesirable busi
ness places.
National Cloth is to Be
Sold to Poor of France
Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Paris, Oct. 20. Two and a half
million yards of "national cloth" are
to be woven without profit by the
leading woolen mills of France and
sold exclusively to families receiving
assistance of some sort from the state.
Three different kinds of cloth will be
made in the proportions of 8 per cent
for men's clothing, 26 per cent for
woman's cloaks and 6f
children's garments. The woof will
be ot wool and the warp of cotton.
A proposition for the weaving of a
uniform "national cloth" for all
classes of consumers wa nhnAn.A
as being unnecessary and because the
weavers demanded the opportunity to
sell part of their product at a normal
profit, since a considerable part of
their output will be supplied at no
profit at all. Clothing will according
ly be higher for thos whn . ...
and cheaper for whom the state pays.
England Laying Plans For
Establishing Ministry of Health
(Correspondence or the Associated Press.)
London. Oct. 20 Plan. a..
consideration fnr th j.f,ki:.i .
of a ministry of health have been ap
proved and adopted by committees of
various societies covering 12,000,000
insured persons in the country.
It is planned to combine in the new
ministry the existing public health
functions of the local government
board, the national health insurance
commissioners and th f,,,;. r
other health and public bodies.
The best and most practical
trunk made.
The padded top prevents clothes
from falling off the hangers.
The lift top makes all garments
equally easy to get.
Outside construction of trunk
is supreme in trunk building.
Priced no higher than ordinary
trunks.
Just more detail and thought
put into the trunk for your com
fort. Won't you let us show you?
FRELING & STEIN LE
"Omaha's Best Baf(a(a Builders'
1803 F.-rnim Street
Aberdeen Man Charged With
Violation of Espionage Act
Aberdeen, S. D.. Feb. 18. Edward
Reitz. arrested here Saturday, charged
with violating the espionage act, was
held for trial at a hearing before a
United States commissioner here today.
THOMRSON,BELDEN Sr cot
CIhe fashion Center for UUomcW1
Offering a Selection
of Smart Trimmed Hats
$7.50
touches of bright color.
Specially Priced Tuesday $7.50 and $10
Men's Things
For Spring
Neckwear in new patterns, new
shades and new color combina
tions. Fifty-cent ties are better
than ever in quality and work
manship. Seventy-five cent
Scarfs are larger and made of
better silks than heretofore, and
on upwards from One to Four
Dollars. Handsome enough and
sufficiently diversified to suit
any man.
The Men's Shop
More Miles on
A Gallon of Gasoline
is the result of the Half Million
Dollar Motor's ingenious design,
to which fourteen foreign engineers
devoted two years of time and half
a million dollars in developing. The
Briscoe is the longest long stroke
stock motor. The carburetor is
bolted close to the motor; valve
openings are scientifically correct;
the cylinders are small in bore.
Twenty-five to thirty miles
to the gallon is common.
inj You will find yoi Briscoe
pr? clutch remarkably gentle, the
Ll XV-1 frame is extra
rVi.:J stroneforcountrv
work because over-
siie and properly
reinforced
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BEE ENGRAVING
DEPARTMENT
OMAHA
DC
Reitz is charged with making pro
German utterances.
He is said to have stopped his sub
scription to an Aberdeen paper last
week on the ground that it printed
too many English lies. Reitz vas
born in the United States of German
parentage and has a son in the draft
army.
and $10
Hats suitable for shop
ping, business and after
noon wear. Models that
are new and springlike. In
caterpillar straws, lisere
braids and other attrac
tive styles in the most
popular colors. Many are
finished with wings and
Spring Rains and
Umbrellas--
We are ready, are you? There
are black and colored umbrellas
for real service. Suit case um
brellas for the traveler and
children's school umbrellas.
Look them over at your con
venience. Main Floor'
Children's Pony Hose
BEST for SERVICE
For Hard
Country Work
the Briscoe has great strength with
great economy.
The new Briscoe is a rugged car, kfcal
for country road and hills. It has a
strong frame, big sturdy axles, full
elliptic springs front and rear (heat
treated and tested), extra size brakes,
and a large factor cf safety in every
port. It stands up when the work
is hard.
You will find it dependable In every
day service in constantly tackling
the hard roads. Your family will enjoy
the roominess and easy riding of this
well balanced Briscoe.
Foshier Bros. & Dutton,
2056-58 Farnam St. Omaha.
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