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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918. PICKERING AND IIAYVARD ARE TO GET GROSS Nebraska Man's Regiment is Decorated by French for Bravery in Late Of , tensive. ' Official notice of the citation of the 369th infantry, formerly the 15th New York infantry, for the Croix de Guerre by the French command . ing, general, and of officers of the regiment for the same coveted honor, as a result of gallantry in the September and October offen sive in Champagne, has been re ceived in Omaha by M. C Peters from Col. Abner Pickering, for merly of Fort Crook, now in charge of the alien enemies' internment camp at Fort McPherson, Ga. Colonel Pickering's son, Lt.-Col. John K. Pickering, well known in Omaha, is among the officers cited lor the decoration.. " The regiment was commanded by Colonel Hayward, another Nebras ka officer, who, although wounded, insisted upon leading his men into action. i The official citation by the Frinch commanding general reads as fol lows: "Under command of Colonel Hay ward, who, though injured, insisted on leading his regiment in the 'bat tle; of Lieutenant Colonel Pickering, admirably cool and brave; of Major Cobb (lulled); of Major Spencer (grievously wounded); of Major Little, a true leader of men, the 369th, R. I. U. S., engaging in an offensive for the first time in the drive of September, 1918, stormed powerful enemy positions ener getically defended, took, after heavy fighting, the town of S , cap tured prisoners and brought back six cannons and a great number of nachine guns." As a result of the citation each of the officers mentioned will re ceive the Croix de Guerre, and the regimental colors also will be deco rated. News of the citation was given in press. dispatches recently, but men tion was not made of the Ne braska officers who received the decoration. Express Company Foreman Fined on Larceny Charge Tempting articles, suitable for Christmas gifts, and food to solve the high cost of living ust for the taking, proved to much for Max , Tiedke, foreman for the American Express company, according to his testimony in police court Wednes day; I He was charged with having stolen a fine traveling bag, worth $20, and admitted to Special Officer Heizler of the company that he had also taken a woman's skirt, leather vest, butter, .eggs and chickens. Tiedke was fined $20 and costs. More; Than. Thousand U. S. Wounded Men Are Landed vt-. v !. r ii r .1 mw iuih, 1,. Tiuiir. American soldiers who arrived here yesterday from overseas on the steahv Kroonland landed today, when the troop ship reached its dock after; spending the night down the bay. . - Brie City News Lighting Futures Burgess-Granden Have Hoot Print It Beacon Press. Frank M. Conlln has resumed his practice at 801 City Nat'l Bk. Bldg. Will Hold Bazar in Court House The Walnut Hill Methodist church will "hold a church bazar in the lobby of the Dou&rlaa county court house, December 1 6 and 17. , x Commissioners at Convention Sophus Neble, A. D. Compton and L. K. Adams, county commissioners, left Tuesday evening to attend the good roads convention in Chicago. " Two City Hall Folks Sick Harry Silverman, secretary to Police Com missioner Ringer, and Miss Marian Figge, both in the city health com- "flu." - , Entertain Eniployes-r-The Eggerss O'Flyng company gave a 6 o'clock dinner and business meeting for the heads of the departments of the company at the Rome hotel Wednss day night' p Talking Ball for January The sol diers of Fort Omaha are busy mak ing plans for the big military ball which will be held at the Municipal Auditorium on the evening of Janu ary 11. 191. No Heat at City Hall Officials and employes in the city hall shiv ered and put on their heavy coats for several hours Wednesday morn ing. The heat was turned off while a broken pipe was being repaired. ; Tractor School The Avery com pany will .give a demonstration of tractors antrschool of instruction at its Omaha branch office to represen tatives in this territory Monday, Tuesday ana v eunwuoj vi veek. postpone Convention The con vention of the Nebraska State Man ufacturers' association, which was to have been held at the Rome hotel en Friday and Saturday, has been indefinitely postponed on Account of the Influenza. , Want Boys In Navy The navy re cruiting station has receivedN orders to continue enlisting boys 17 years of age, with their parents' consent, as seamen. Those who enlist now will not be sent to the training sta aon .until after the holidays. Christian Science Lecture There will be a free Christian Science lec ture by Mrs. Ella W. Hoag, C. a ot Toledo, O., at First Church of Christ (Scientist), Twenty-fourth and St Marys avenue, Thursday eve ning, December 1 J, at 8 o'clock. Sickness Delays Court The case 01 jnna JVUlMIVllll, wiiwwii nwym at Kansas City, charged with con spiracy to violate the Reed amend ment scheduled for a hearing in federal court Wednesday, has been postponed because of the death of one of the witnesses. Rockholm was formerly a saloon keeper at Lin coln, r 1 Postpone Church Dinner The beefsteak dinner scheduled for the Hanscom Park Methodist church ' ti.iiI, mlffht has been oostooned A u U BMJ cr - on account of the Influenza situa tion. Plates were reserved for SOO diners, t The cateress has been as sured that, the dinner, will be held as soon as the flu" situation Im proves. I ' Fine Oreutatie goodsi at Suudsr land's. The Abandoned Room By Wadsworth Camp CHAPTER XXII. "I've been asking myself since he came back," Graham answered, "if there's any queer power behind his quiet manner. Maybe he is psychic. Maybe he can do things we don't understand. I've wondered if he had, without your knowing it, ac quired sufficient influence to direct your body when your mind no long er controlled it It's a nasty thought, but I've heard of such things." , "You mean Carlos may have made me go to the hall last night, perhaps sent me to the old room those other times?" , Now thai another had expressed the Idea Bobby fought it with all his might. "No. 1 won't believe it. I've been weak, Hartley, but not that weak. And I tell you I did feel Howell's body move under my hand." "Don't misunderstand me," Gra ham said gently. "I must consider every possibility. You were excited and imaginative when you went to the old room to take the evidence. It was a shock to have your candle go out. Your own hand, reaching out to Howells, might have moved spasmodically. I mean, you may have been responsible for the thing without realizing it." "And the disappearance of the evidence?" - Bobby defended himself. "If h had been stolen earlier the coat pocket might have retained its bulging shape. We know now that Paredes is capable of sneaking around the house." "No, no." Bobby said hotly. 'You're trying to take awav my one hope. But I was there, and you weren t. I know with my own senses what happened and you don't. raredes has no such influence over me. I won t think of it "If it's so far-fetched" Graham asked quietly, "why do you revolt from the idea?" Bobby turned on him. "And why do you fill my mind with such thoughts? If you think I'm guilty' say so. Go tell Robin son so." He glanced away while the angry icolour left his face. He was a little dazed by the realization that he had spoken to Graham as he might have done to an enemy, as he had spoken to Howells in the old bedroom. He felt the touch of Graham's hand on his shoulder. "I'm only working in your ser vice," Graham said kindly. "I'm sorry if I've troubled you by seek ing physical facts in order to escape the ghosts. For Groom has brought the ghosts back with him. Don't make any mistake about that. You want the truth, don't you?" "Yes," Bobby said, "even if it does for me. But I want it quickly, can't go on this way indefinitely." Yet that flash of temper had given him courage to face the ordeal. A lingering resentment at Graham's suggestion lessened the difficulty of his position. Entering the court, he scarcely glanced at the black wagon. ' There were more dark-clothed men in the hall. Rawlins had re turned. From the rug in front of the fireplace he surveyed the group with a bland curiosity. Robinson sat nearby glowering at Paredes. The Panamanian had changed his clothing. He, too, was sembrely dressed, and, instead of the vivid necktie he had worn from the court house, a jet-black scarf was per fectly arranged beneath his collar. He lounged opposite the district attorney, his eyes studying the fire. His fingers on the chair arm were restless. Doctor Groom stood at the foot of the stairs, talking with -the clergyman, a stout and unctuous ' --n- , ',--- figure. Bobby noticed that the great stolid form of the doctor was ill at ease. From his thickly bearded fare his reddish eyes gleamed forth with a fresh instability. The clergyman shook hands with Bobby. "We need not delay. Your cousin is upstairs." He included the company in his circling turn of the head. ' ' "Any one who cares to go " Bobby forced himself to walk up the staircase, facing the first phase of his ordeal. He saw that -the district attorney realized that, too. for he sprang from his chair, and, followed by Rawlins, started upward. The entire company crowded the stairs. At the top Bobby found Paredes at his side. "Carlos! Why do you come?" "I would like to be of some com fort," Paredes answered gravely. His fingers on the banister made ;hat restless, groping movement. Graham summoned Katherine. One of the black-clothed men open ed the door of Silas Blackburn's room. He stepped aside, beckoning He had an air of a showman crav ing approbation for the surprise he has arranged. Bobby went in with the others. Automatically through the dim light he catalogued remembered objects, all intimate to his grandfather, each oddly entangled in his mind with his dislike of the old man. The iron bed; the chest of drawers, scratched and with broken handles; the closed colonial desk; the miserly rag carpet all seemed mutely asking, a si Bobby did, why their owner had de serted them the other night and de livered himself to the ghostly mys tery of the old bedroom. Reluctantly Bobby's glance went to the center of the floor where the casket rested on trestles. From the chest of drawers two candles, the only light, played wanly over the still figure and the ashen face. So for the second time the living met the dead, and the law watched hopefully. Robinson stood opposite, but he didn't look at Silas Blackburn who could no longer accuse. He stored instead at Bobby, and Bobby kept repeating to himself: "I didn't do this thing. I didn't do, this thing." And he searched the face of the dead man for a confirmation. A chill thought, not without excuse under the circumstances and in this vague light, raced along his' nerves. Silas Blackburn had moved ons since his death. If the power to move and speak should miraculously return to him now! In this house there appeared to.be no impossibili ties. The cold control of death had been twice broken. Katherine's entrance swung his thoughts and released him for a moment from Robinson's watchful ness. He found he could turn from the wrinkled face that had fascina-, ted him, that had seemed to ques tion him with a calm and complete knowledge, to the lovely one that was active with a little smile of en couragement He was grateful for that. It taught him that in the heavy presence of death and from the harsh trappings of mourning the magnetism of youth is unconquer able. So in affection he found an antidote for fear. Even Graham's quick movement to her side couldn't make her presence less helpful to Bobby. He looked at his grandfa ther again. He glanced at Robin son. As in a dream he heard the clergyman sayr "The service will be read at the grave." . Almost indifferently he saw the dark-clothed men sidle forward, lift a grotesquely shaped plate of metal WAR, PUZZLES BRITISH CHECKED GERMAN DRIVE West of Cambral, one year ago to day, December 12, 1917. Find another soldier. YESTERDAY'S AKSWEIi Upside doicn between two. from the floor, and fit it in place, hiding from his ,eyes the closed eyes of the dead man.' He nodded! and stepped to the hall when Rob inson tapped his arm and whis pered: "Make way, Mr. Blackburn." He watched the sombre men carry their heavy burden across the hall, down the stairs, and into the dull autumn air. He followed at the side of Katherine across the clear ing and into the overgrown path He was aware of the others drifting behind. Katherine slipped her hand in his. "It is dreadful we shouldn't feel more sorrow, more regret," she said ' Perhaps we never understood him. That is dreadful, too; for no one understood him. We are the only mourners" Bobby, as they threaded the path behind the stumbling bearers, found a grim justice in, that also. Because of his , selfishness Silas Blackburn had lived alone. Because of it he must go to his long rest with no other mourners than these, and their eyes were dry. Bobby clung to Katherine's hand "If I could only know!" he whis pered. She pressed his hand. She did not reply. (To .Be Continued Tomorrow.) AUTOS COLLIDE, SIX NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH Car Driven by E, J. Thornton Struck Broadside by Mo-' tor Driven by J. A. Hoi quist on California. Six person were hurled violently out of an auto driven by E. J. Thornton, 2822, North Forty-fifth street, at Thirtieth and California streets, about 8 o'clock Wednes day morning, all escaping with mi nor injuries. Thornton was driving east on Cal ifornia street, when his car, loaded with passengers, was struck broad side by a car driven by J. A. Hol quist, 2831 Cass street. Thornton's car was whirled com pletely around, the passengers, and driver catapulted through the air by-the force of the impact, and then the car upset, the wheels be ing in the air when the police ar rived. ' Eunice Kelly, 3204 Fontenelle boulevard, was cut over the eye and suffered severe bruises about head; Cleo Bess Thornton, daughter of the owner of the car. hurt about the back and chest; Marian Denison, 2516 North Forty-fifth street, hurt in back. Thornton and Holquist,' owners of the colliding cars, swore out com plaints against each other at the cen tral police station for reckless dnv- Siren Whistle Will Notify Kiddies If Schools Are Closed Superintendent Beveridge an nounces that he has arranged with the Chamber of Commerce for a signal to be used during the winter, to tell the school chil dren when there will be no school. The siren whistle will blow any morning at 8 o'clock when there is to be no school because of extreme cold or any other reason. ing and the warrants were served while they were in the building. The compainants mutually agreed to a continuance of the heating of their respective cases. Two Runaway Lads Seen in Elkhorn Last Sunday Frank Ruckman, 14, and Arnold Brandt, 11 who left their homes at Fifty-sixth and Grover streets Sat urday, were seen in Elkhorn, Sun day, according to information gath ered by juvenile court authorities. They had taken a bicycle in Gretna but abandoned it when ac costed by a farmer. When last seen they were headed toward Fre mont. Ford Car is Recovered as Owner Arrives to Report It A Ford car belonging to P. W. Bryant, ,4424 North Twenty-third street, stolen some time Wednesday night, was found by Detectives Rich and Anderson? on Hamilton street west of Military avenue, i When Mr. Bryant arrived at police station Wednesday noon to eport the loss the detectives were arriving with the car. Fine Chauffeur Ten Dollars for Overcharging Passenger "I want to break up this business of overcharging on the part of taxi cab drivers," said Assistant City At torney Berger, in police court Wed nesday morning, as L. M. Todd was arraigned. x The latter is chauffeur in the employ of the Omaha Taxi Cab company. Sam Houser, manager of the company, testified the driver had collected $3.40 from a lady who had been driven in a car belonging to the company from the 'Castle hotel to the Immanuel hospital. The regular charge was $1.90 and the company refunded the $1.50 out of which the lady had been defraud ed by the driver. Todd was found guilty and was fined $10 and costs. ' . Church Women Bazar Gives Unique Touch to Court House Rotunda Court house visitors Wednesday morning were struck by the feminine touch given to the rotunda by-the Ludden Memorial church women's bazar. Exquisite handwork, rag rugs, embroidered 1 and crocheted linens are included in the display which will be continued until Friday when othe churches take over tht bazar. . v Mrs. Laura B. Snyder, Miss Caro line Sheppard, Mrs. Hattie Hauser, and Miss Sylva Sarto, are the worn en charge. Copies of Miss Sarto'i song, "Marching Through Hunland," also are being told. . The DIE! During and After The Old Reliable Round Package mm ft AGrDjwrjjgs No"1"''"' ""SiU Ell IrWlick's Malted Milk Very Nutritious, Digestible The KKAL food IMInm Instantly prepared. 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McCORD-BRADY CO.. OMAHA., distributors' ; TTl I t . tAe CHristmas Siorefor&vetyBodif WW; Wednesday, December 11, 1918 STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY v ' Phone Douglas 2100 , , , i .......... ,. DO YOU REALIZE JUST HOW NEAR IT IS TO CHRISTMAS? AND how important it is that you do your Christmas buying now? Our Christ mas stocks were never in better variety or range of selection and since the government has lifted the ban on the purchasing of gifts there being no restric tion on what or how much you buy everyone should do their part in making this Christmas the most gladsome occasion any of us have ever experienced. Of course we realize transportation facilities are no.t at their best, but it is not a hard matter to get down town and back, if one is so disposed. So come down to Burgess Nash Thursday make a day of it have lunch in the Cricket Room, you can complete your gift list without leaving the store. . Always Trunks and Hand Luggage Very Acceptable as Gifts at Christmas Time AND never have we shown a better selected assortment than the one arranged for your choosing on the Second Floor. There's every luggage need represented, and the prices avwell as the display, are very attractive. We Feature the Hartmam Wardrobe Trunks at $35.00 to $175.00 All Hartman wardrobe trunks have the cushion top, not a wrinkle at the end of the trip is a fact, not a slogan as applied to Hartman cushion-top ward robe trunks, and the absence of wrinkles is due main ly to the use of the cushion top. A patented feature found only in wardrobes of Hartman make. Hartman trunks are made to fit your financial, as well as your traveling conveniences. Three-ply basswood, fiber covered, bound with black fiber, well riveted brass- plated hardware, fouV drawers, large hat bgx, laun dry bag and shoe bag, $35.00. Other Hartman wardrobes in velvet and cretonne' finishes, $42.50 to $175.00. Women's Fitted Bags, $15.00 to $55.00 Lined with moire silk, pocket on one side, 7 to 12 pieces of white ivory toilet articles. Genuine leather seal and walrus grain. Some cases have removable toilet kits, $15.00 to $55.00. Suit Cases and Bags, $4J95. to $45.00 Very complete line of Gladstone suits cases and bags, $4.95 to $45.00. 1 4 BurfMi-Naih Co. Second Floor' Women's. Fitted Suit Cases, $20.00 to $100.00 Made of black seal cowhide leather. Edges English sewed, two-clasp locks. Lined with fine quali ty blue1, purple and yellow silk. Plain and hand-decorated ivory. We have a nice selection of cases of this character, $20.00 to $100.00. ' Holiday Slippers tor Every Member of, the Family Dancing and Party Slippers, $4 to $10 Black and white satin. Fine black French kid skin. vv Patent kid, plain and beaded vamps; Full Louis and Baby French heels. Bur..-N.h Co. SLIPPERS are a time-honored gift at Christmas time. Our selec tion , is very wide in range of assort ment and the val ues are unusually good. House Slippers at $135 to $2J50 Comfortable, yet good look ing, including: ' Black kid with low heels. Comfy, felt .slippers, in all colors. Felt Juliet slippers, . turn leather soles. Indian moccasins, beaded. Fancy color in felt for chil dren. Big range of styles and col ors. ' , Socond Floor Gloves Are The Favorite Gilts tor Christmas A WOMAN can never have too many pairs of gloves Add another pair to her dojlection. v French Kid Gloves s Finest quality, beautifully made and trimmed. A large variety of styles and color ings, including dark brown, taupe, grey, beaver, , etc. $3.00 to $3.75 pair. Gloves for Street And general utility wear; medium , weight leather, $2.50. Fur and Fur Lined Gloves f 5 Also fleece-lined gloves in a variety of styles, $2.5,0 to $10. X White Glace Gloves 18-button length with strap wrist, $3.00. White Doeskin Gloves Eight-button length; these, $3.Q0. , White Kid Gloves Two-clasp at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 pair. i Burfct.-Na.ti Co. Main Floor s3