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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1918)
ECHO OF FAMOUS CHADRON CASE IN DIVORCE ACTION i - Robert Hood, Millionaire Mill er, is Cited as Defendant , M in Suit Brought, -by Wife. . ' : - Another echo of the famous Chad- ron case war heard in district court Friday morning when Robert Hood, millionaire miller, of Chadron, was cited as defendant in a petition filed by hia wife, Bertha Gordon Hood. Vfra MnnA alWtx extreme cruelty : also that she has been unjustly ac cused of having yiolated the marital vows. She further alleges that Hood on one occasion assaulted her and urged her to leave home, which she did 'on November 17, 1917. Mrs. Hood asks for alimony- and .declares that Hood is worth not less than $200,000.7 , . The Hoods were married in Lincoln on February 3, 1916. J- Former School Teacher. Mrs. Hood, who is now in Oma ha, was Miss Bertha Gordon, teach ing in the Prescott school at Lincoln when Hood became, infatuated with her i and proposed marriage. ' She taught in Lincoln four' years and lived in Crete, Neb., before going to-the tat ranital Hnori was more than three, score yeafa when he married v the young woman "who now asks for , separation. ' ' ... ' '. Theiriartial troubles of the Hoods at Chadron was the beginning of the f amour Chadron case, which resulted in the vtrial of six Omaha men and three Chadron men for alleged black mail and which situation afterward was closely connected with the police department hearing in Omaha a year : ago.. - ' "' " ' Fourteen months ago Hood grew auspicious of his wife, who did not take f kindly to the atay-at-home method of life of her elderly husband. . Hood engaged the Omaha Detective association to obtain evidence against lira. Hood. Among the operators lent to Chadron ' by the association were Philip Winckler, Gust A. Tylee and Elsie Phelps. The Phelps wo man went to Chadron ostensibly as an Omaha woman in quest of divorce. She assumed the name of "Mrs. Low rie" and sought the acquaintance of Mrs. Hood. ' Mrs. Hood, learning that she was being shadowed, engaged County At torney Crites of Chadron as her coun- iieiore tisie rneips wcm vi w""u, pn ahe tonfided her mission to Paul B. Sutton, with whom she collabo- raieo in staging mc wniuus u.b - acene of My 14, .1917, in the office cf Mr. Crites. The alleged plot was to get "Crites and Mrs. Hood under compromising circumstances, and then cash in on the evidence. Since the Chadron affair Mr. and Mrs. Hood apparently had patched x up their differences. They were in Omaha together last summer and appeared happy when they patron ized a Sixteenth street jewelry store. or men sewer uhiiiuv"sui.v War Time.Prohibition Bill , ;To Be Pressed in Congress Wasfiinpton. Tune 7. Food Admin ictrator Hoover's declaration that prohibition should be by legislation and not byNforcing the food admin istration to be responsible for "an orgy of drunkenness" 1 drew from Representative Randall of California today the statement that a full war I M 111 1 . :mA JM proniDiuon measure win us congress at mis session. President Wilson's letter to Sen ator Sheppard . of Texas opposing Representative Randall's amendment adopted by the house to make un available a ' $6,000,000 gricultural ap propriation unless the president exer cises -powers under the food control act to prohibit the use of grains in making beer and wines was read to the senate today. "Franklv I was very much dis- tressed bv the action of the house,' said the fetter. "I do not think. that it is wise or fair to. attempt to put such compulsion on ,the executive in the matter in which he has already acted almost to the limit, of his au thority." V . . New Mayor Lends No Aid To -Seekers of Pardons and comfort to pardon seekers. Mayor '.Smith is not lending aid The 'only pardon he has granted was in behalf of a youth, 17 years old. wtin rim from a farm in Sarov ( .Annf A a rTmr.mrA in ih rtiv anil got into trouble. , A juvenile officer promised to vouch for the boy's return-to the farm and for his future conduct "No pardons will be Issued for vio lations of the liquor laws,"' the mayor stated. ', Friday morning representatives of the : teamsters union called at the mayor's office for a pardon to remit a fine of $100 and costs imposed in police court againsran officer of the national organization of 1 teamsters. This' man was arrested- here, while en route" from Kansas City to another !tv anif ha nil rharffH -'with- vinla. tion of the prohibitory law. Irish Sjiip. Worker Dt'ivel 1 2,20. Rivets in Nine Hours Belfast, June 7. To drive in 12. 209 jeven-eighth-inch rivets in nine hours in to.' a standard ship was the -feat accomplished at the yards of Workman c Clark here yesterday by John Omir, who last week beat the houf record for the United Kingdom. -In his work yesterday, Omir drove in more than.. 1,000 '-rivets every hour and,, on two occasions passed the 1,400 mirk. Inhis best minute he ; drove twenty-six rivets. MntfM. Clnna ii PkinnnA la mayv uuenu uinuayu iu Engage Gas Plant Expert Mayor -Smith will go to Chicago Friday night to consider the engage-' ment of an expert to appraise the Omaha gas plant in connection with the prospective municipal acquirement of that utility. Bed Cross Workers Land London, -June 7. Forty Red Cross workers from all parts of the United States arrived in "England today on the ay to France, Italy and Sviytzer Iand.V Those - going to Switzerland will provide relief for several thou sand homeless .Russians there. FARMER GETS . Tiller of Soil Copt Lion's Share of Loaf HIS ON BREAD Every time an Omaha man buys a pound loaf of bread the. Nebraska farmer receives 3J4 cents s .his share of what the loaf brings. In 1913 the farmer of this state only received 1JS cents as his share of the money realized in the sale of a loaf of bread, but since that time his proportion has been gradually in-, creasing, The Omaha miller who grinds the flour only gets 6 per cent of what the loaf will bring, and in his share is included the cost of the lack or barrel which contains the flour. Prices of bags are going up, too. The "down trodden farmer,", for the first time in many years is get ting the lion's share for his wheat and the miller and baker must be content with .the crumbs from the loaf. n Dancing Contests Held Three ' Times a Week at Krug Park One of the most novel and inter esting attractions at Krug park is the dancing contests held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. These contests will be given for 15 nights ! and each' night the couple dancing the fox trot, waltz and one-step the best will have an opportunity at the end of the fif teen nights to participate in the, grand elimination contest when some one couple-will be proclaimed oy competent judges the best dancers, will receive a silver loving cup. Un usual interest is being shown and good crowds are being drawn to the Danceland pavilion each evening. Results of Enemy Bombardment of America n Trench VaWiiildi ' I MV'$ 1 m 1 'If (if - wi 1 .w vyj limm&MML Kl 4JL 11 This photo shows the condition of an American trench after a fierce bombardment by the enemy, 'which State Health Board Men .Make Survey . of Omaha Sewers Dr. Wild and William Grant of the state -board of health accompanied City Engineer Br pee and city com missioners on a survey of the sewer situation of Omaha Friday. Before approving a sewer bond issue of $400, 000 for thu city, the federa-k govern ment requires a report from the state board of health as to the essentiality B Cowtrrt f VAraaw, Ai was still in progress when the pic ture was taken. (Readers of this newspaper who wish a photographic copy of this picture may obtain it by sending 10 cents to the Dlvisio'n of Pictures, Committee on Public In formation, Washington, D. C Enclose this clipping.) Fine of $50 Levied Against Speeder by Judge Madden "I am going to stop this speeding, and I'll stop it by imposing heavy fines," Police Judge Madden declared in police court, as he laid a fine of $50 on H. B. Miller, negro, Eighteenth and Webster streets. Miller was ar rested Thursday night for going more than "35 miles an hour," according to the arresting officer. First War-Time Folder is Issued by Union Pacific The Union Pacific has issued its war-time folder and time card. 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