THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1919. WIFE DIES FOUR HOURS AFTER HE GETSJ1IV0RCE George Gifford Now Urges Judge Day of the District Court to Set Aside Decree. Four hours after Judge Day in district court signed a decree of di vorce in favor of George Gifford .gainst Susan Gifford, the husband received a telegram stating that his wife had died at the home of her daughter, Geraldine Bacon. Los An geles. Want Decree Set Aside. Mr. Gifford then asked his attor ney to request that the judge set the decree aside, which irrter the court ?:as taken under advii.:nent. It is not prohable, however, that the de cree will be filed by the plaintiff husband, in view of the circum stances. , Gifford filed his first petition for divorce on the grounds of desertion, Augost 5, 1917, and then withdrew that filing. He filed another peti tion in 1918 and Mrs. Gifford filed a formal answer, denving the lega tion, but on December 2.3. 1918, her daughter wrote to Mrs. Gifford's at torney here to drop the case as far as she was concerned. Charged Desertion. When the husband appeared be fore Judge Day to obtain the decrte, he alleged that his wife had deserted him. In his petition he stated that during the last 10 years of their married life his w ife had been away for nine and one-half years. The Giflords were married in Northfield, Vt.. in 18P7. Mr. Gif ford has lived in Omaha 14 years and is in the commission busiess. Five years ago he went through bankruptcy court. August '18, 1918, Judge Sears is sued an order allowing the wife $50 temporary alimony, and in his de cree just signed Judge Day allowed the same amount as permanent alimony. Nebraska Lutherans Will Raise $500,000 for Devastated Europe Co-operating with Lutherans throughout the United States, the Lutherans of Nebraska will inaug urate a drive for the purpose of raising $500,000 for reconstruction work in the war zone of Europe. The church in the United States has set its marlc at several millions of dollars. The apportionment for Omaha is $9,000. The drive for raising the money is to be Februaty 15-26. Monday number of the Luth erans held a preliminary meeting and laid the groundwork for the drive in Omaha and Nebraska. To give the movement impetus and bring it before the people of the city, a mass meeting has been called for Tuesday night. February 11, at the Immanuel Swedish Lutheran church. At this meeting Rev. Lars Larson of Washington and Rev. Mr. Mees of Brooklyn will be the prin cipal speakers. The executive committee for Ne braska, which will have charge of all details in connection with the raising of the money,-consists of Rev. Luther Kuhns, Rev. Emil G. Chinlund, Rev. A. T. Larimer, Rev. S. V. Jensen, Rev. R. Uhvelden, Omaha: Rer. Paul Buehring. presi dent Hebron academy; Rev. G. Kreebs, Syracuse; Rev. G. H. Michelman, Grand Island; Rev. S. E. Yerian. South Omaha, and Rev. Roy M. Badger, Lincoln. IY!en Accused of Stealing Tires Jump from Train "The two men got away with their hand-cuffs on, but I've still got the woman." telegraphed Sheriff Walk er of Bloomington, Neb., to Omaha police. Walker came to Omaha Sunday and was given custody of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Waterman and John Rose of Lincoln, Neb., accused of stealing an automobile at Macon. Neb. They were being taken tack there for trial The Waterman s and Rose were arrested in Omaha early Saturday morning when a patrolman found them in possession of an automobile filled with tires supposed to have been stolen. The car was found to belong to a farmer near Macon. The two men escaped from a train. Nebraska Has Mere Banks Per Capita Than Any State According to the report compiled by H. H. Milliken. chairman of the publicity bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Nebraska is not only one of the leading banking states in the union but has more banks per capita than any other state. Mr. Milliken has gathered the fig ures from all the states, but uses only 11 in making the comparison. In the following table, first is shown :he name of the state and then the per capita per bank. The figures are: I r. a .... Nebraska Kansas . . M innesota i iwsouri . Ir.d.ana .. Tun i.i:s 1.207 Illinois 4,82 1. MS Ohio 4.15S l.CI Pmnsvlvaais. s.lle : l? Niw lor ls.46 IN THE DIVORCE COURT. Jay D. Rising" hat filrd a jwition for vorc from llxabtth Rising, whom tie rhsr with abandonment In HI. Tbe bunbnnd states that h believes bit wife and daughter. Lorene, are now in Kansaa Cur. The P.:slnfs were married in Butier rountr, Nebraska. September, 1103. and daughter Is It 3 para old. Slats JI. charfea Louis Johnson with t! h v i r, J struck ber and t small children, rnej were married in Falla City. Neb.. l'y :;. lilts. Tbe wife das applied tor decree of divorce. Xathft X. licrtca Is chsrrw) or hit !f. NeiHe, nitb. eilreme cruelty. The a-its fcas applied for a decree of divorce tr.d tor the custody of ons cbtid. They er married in B-air, Autu?t JS, 117. Louie A. Adams has filed a diTorcs pe tition, rharairx bis wife. Alii-e. with de rton tills they were residine1 in Ster liMjr. t'oju,. in 1913. They were married in Mints, March 11. and hue & j til. drta. Auto Rustling Trust's Master Mind High-Up in the Insurance World Sioux City Insurance Adjuster Relates How He Made $10,000 in Two Years by Co-Operating With Police Local Thefts in Past Year Reached Almost $1,000,000 Mark. That the activities of the gang of automobile thieves op erating in a chain of middle western states the last year, and whose operations have grown so bold the last few weeks as to demoralize the police departments of a half dozen cities, are under the direction of an executive head in either Chicago or Indianapolis is now generally accepted. This is the firm conviction of business men and members of a private committee investigating thefts in Omaha which in one year alone represent the loss of approximately 1,500 cars valued at nearly a million dollars. And, further than that, it is be-v lieved the master mind of the or ganization is in the employ of one of the automobile insurance com panies. Because of his official connection, it has been pointed out, he is in po sition to engineer the collections on policies covering the loss of automo biles by theft, furnishing false affi davits and proofs when actually there has been no loss. This sys tem is said to be an incentive for thieves to hide away cars until a re ward has been offered and collected. sometimes from the owners and fre quently from the insurance com panies. In the majority of casrs. where the company has paid a re ward and the owner has refused to offer to pay for the return of the automobile, the car is disposed of at one of the numerous "fences" lo cated in the small towns in the mid dle west, it is said. Made $1,350 on Own Car. To illustrate the system, C. J. Wooldridge, an insurance adjuster of Sioux City, who recently was ar rested for alleged swindling in con nection with his business, told his questioners that he had made 1,350 on an automobile which was stolen from him. He declared his machine was recovered from an Omaha drug gist after he had obtained $1,200 in surance on it Later he said he sold the car for $800, remitting $650 of the insurance money to his com pany. Wooldridge, who made his headquarters in Sioux City, is be lieved to have operated extensively in southern Iowa and eastern Ne braska. The prisoner has revealed many secrets concerning the opera tions of the theft syndicate, of which he was a self-acknowledged mem ber, bit it is thought he has held back a great deal of information lie could furnish, throwing additional light on the activities of the gang of thieves in this section of the coun try. Made $10,000 in Two Years. Wooldridge told an investigator that his share of the plunder dur ing the past two vears had amoun ted to $10,000. He also declared that he -was working in connection with members of the Sioux City police department, adding that oth er police departments throughout the larger middle western cities were in collusion with the thieves. Omahan to Question Wooldridge. It is said a representative of Om aha automobile interests will go to Sioux City to question Woold ridge. The insurance companies proper are not believed to have had any knowledge of the dealings of their representatives in the field. "We expect to prove," said a member of the local investigating committee, "That some one and perhaps several persons, at the headquarters of the various insur ance companies, possessed criminal knowledge of these activities." A sample of the work, which has come to the notice of Omaha au tomobile men, is given in a recent case here. A car was stolen from the owner and $800 was paid to him to cover the loss. Later the insurance men obtained possession of the machine from the parties who committed the theft. Repre sentation was made to the insur ance company that the automobile Government Warns Against Fake Income Tax Experts A warning against fake income tax experts has been received from Washington, at the internal rev enue office in the federal building. Employes, temporarily in the rev enue office at Washington, have gone throughout the country, as suming the duties of authorities in questions of the income tax. In this way they have imposed upon the people of the country, and often misinterpreted the reading of the law itself. To protect the people throughout the United States, the government has provided a committee of bureau that will explain and give official in formation regarding the intricacies of the income tax in each city or district People "West of Benson" Organize Improvement Club The peopTe residing west of Ben son will organize an improvement club at a meeting called for Wed nesday at 8 p. m. at the Benson city haiL "The call for the meeting is signed by P. J. Flynn. J. W. Welch, J. F. Barton. Geo. W. Hamilton, Arthur Thomas, Edw. C. Schindler. Reno Rosenfield, I. E. Crandall, Thue Mathiasen. Peter Hansen, Thos. F. Rhoy, E. W. Norris, Hal E. Howes, John M. Anderson, J. E. Barton, H. H. Peckham. Ben C Roe C. A. Wallace, H. A. Rasgor shek, W. May, F. E. Stanley and C H. Bowley. Miss Anna Ryan to Tell of War Relief Work in France Miss Anna Ryan, 6:ie of the 16 graduates of the Smith college, which formed and equipped a war relief unit, will address the Uni veisity club Wednesday at 1 p. in. and tell of the unit's work 'over there. The Smlia college relief vr.it has been commended for the splendid work its mcmbcis did among the soldiers. was badly in need of repairs, for which afterwards a bill of $200 was submitted. The car then was sold to the company, and the agenf re mitted to the company $150. The insurance company received con siderable less than the repair bill amounted to. Insurance Man Made $850. Another example which has come to the notice of the investigators is a case where a Maxwell car, owned by an insurance agent, was reported stolen. When the insurance com pany remitted $600 on the policy the agent sold the automobile for $250. This represents a net profit of $R50. Of the 1,039 automobiles stolen in Omaha during the year ended December 31, 1918, 669 machines were recovered. Rewards were col lected on nearly all of these, it was said, through a conspiracy between the thieves who held the machines for the rewards and the double dealing of insurance agents, aided by the activity of the men in the general offices of the company. The men at headquarters are said to pass vouchers and claims supported by false affidavits, which would be caught almost immediately were they checked with a purpose of :e tecting irregularities. These men are believed to have been reaping a large share of the plunder be cause of the advantage given them by their official connections. The man whose brain has evolved the system of operations in the field is the agent, it was declared, who is in position to keep in close touch w:ith the activities of the thieves. The men who commit the actual thefts simply execute the orders of the agent who engineers practically every deal, according to information which has come to the investigators They steal the automobiles from the street or from garages, take them to a place indicated by the agent di recting the deal and are given their share of the spoils when final dis position is made. Very few auto mobile thieves in this section of thr country are operating on their own responsibility, it is said. Occasion ally, however, a thief will dispose ot a car to a fence, which is run in connection with the trust There are few of these independent thieves in the middle west, it is pointed out Arrest Non-Trust Thievei. Where police departments have become involved in the affairs of the syndicate, it is said their con nection with the system has usually terminated with an agreement not to molest the thief when he steals an automobile, or sometimes the policeman, detective, agrees to go with an insurance representative to arrest a thief who does not belong to the trust If an automobile is recovered on a mission of this char acter the reward usually is divided with the policeman, and the inde pendent thief is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. "At the first intimation of wrong doing on the part of one of these high up manipulators." said a local automobile man. "These fellows immediately will begin to point out a number of just such cases, where they have attempted to kill two birds with one stone. "We have been told by a man who knows that in every town .of any size in the middle west there are crooked insurance men, who have friends on the police department with whom they can work by paying a fair share of the booty." Many Eastern Concerns Want Representatives Here Industrial Manager Gillan of the Chamber of Commerce asserts that never in the history of Omaha has there been a time when eastern manufacturers were so anxious to place their goods in this territory as now. According to Mr. Gillan he is re ceiving six to a dozen letters a day from eastern manufacturers and their general agents, asking for the names of brokers, or agents who will handle their lines in Nebraska. Right now the demand from the east for reputable brokers to take over these lines greatly outnumbers the applicants. Many of the lines sought to be sold in this territory are practical and are money makers, it is said. Careless Use of Soap Spoils the Hair Soap should be used very care fully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it The best thing for steady use is just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thorough ly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dan druff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, y bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every TEPr"V?r 0f jjjg famiiy for months. Adv. ..OUTS FOR SOLDIERS TO BE CONGRESS ISSUE This and Many Other Questions to Come Up at the Trans mississippi Readjust ment Congress. "Shall municipalities erect memor ies for those who served in the re cent war?" .will be one of the ques tions discussed by the mayors of the principal cities west of the Missis sippi in the civic group meeting at the Transmississippi Readjustment congress in Omaha, February 18 to 20. Mayor Ed P. Smith of Omaha is chairman of the civic and public health group and has extended an invitation to the mayor of every leading city west of the Mississippi to attend and participate in the dis cussions. A plan of action will be formulated for presentation to the general assembly and the machinery created for carrying it out St. Louis First to Answer. Mayor Henry W.. Kiel, St Louis, was the first mayor to accepet the invitation and will head a strong del egation, which will also participate in the waterways and foreign trade groups. Other problems which will come up for serious discussion in the civic group are: How to hasten work on public improvements to the end of em ploying surplus labor. What shall be the attitude of municipalities toward public serv ice corporations as regards rates, extensions and improved sen-ice? Should municipalities encourage gardening and what assistance, if any, should be given to the mar keting of produce? Should municipalities co-operate with civic agencies in home own ing and home building campaigns to the end that home owning will prevent bolshevism? Nebraska Mayor Asks Smith to Write His Speech Mayor Smith's reputation as an orator has spread to such an extent that he received a request from the mayor of a Nebraska town to write him a speech to be delivered at an occasion in the near future. The mayor replied, declining the invitation, but telling the secrets of i forceful public speaking and advis- J ing his fellow mayor how to go about preparing his speech and de livering it with telling effert. ' m mm lilisf if Acid-Stomach Steals Strength and Good Feelings From Millions One of the worst features of acid stomach is that.very often it literally Btarves its victims in the midst cf plenty. And the strange thine about it is that the people w'th acid stomachs seldom know what their trouble really is. No matter how good or wholesome the food may be, or how much they eat, they do not gain in strength. This is clearly explained bv the fact that an acid-stomach cannot properly digest food. Instead of healthy, normal digestion, the excess acid causes the food to sour and fer ment. Then when this mass cf sour, fermented food, charged with excess acid, passes into the intestines, it he roines the breeding place for all kind3 of germs and toxic poisons, which in turn are absorbed into the blood and in this way distributed throughout the entire body. And that is exactly way n is mat bo many uiousanos oi people eat and eat and keep on eating and yet are literally starving in the midst of plenty. Their acid-stomachs . make it absolutely impossible for them to get the full measure cf nour ishment out of their food. And it doesn't take long for this poor nour ishment to show its ill enects in a weakened, emaciated body. You may say: "Mv stomach doesn't hurt me. That may be true because many victims of acid-stomach do not actually Buffer stomach pains. Then again, there are millions who do suffer ill kinds of aches and pains head iches, rheumatic twinges, gout, lum bago, pains around the heart and in tie chest who never dream that an l A 11 El )(rOR YOUR ) IT'S NOT YOUR HEART; IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS Ediiey disease if no rp?etr of per sona. A majority of the ills afflicting people today can be traced back to the kidney trouble. The kidney are tbe most Important organs of the body. They are the 1- teren oi your blood. If the poisons which are swept trora the tissues by the blood are not eliminated through the kidneys, disease of one form or another will claim you as a victim. Kidoey (urease is usually indicated by weariness, sleeplessness, nervousness. despondency, backache, stomach trou ble, pain in loins and lower abdomen, call atones, rraveL rheumatism, sciatica and lumbago. these derangement are nature s tstablisnea 1694. 1 hss B0PTDBE , than 20 years to the exclcMve treatment of Bup hir and hsve perteeted the best treatment in existence today. 1 da not inject paraf. fine or wax. as it is dsnererous. The advantages of my treatment are! No loss of time. No detention from business No dancer from ehioroform, shark snd blood poison, and as laiing uf ia a hcipiul. Call or write Dr. Wray, 20a Bee Bids.. Omsts, Briej City News Bojrol Sweepers. Burf est-Grandeo Co. Have Root I"rint It -Beacon Tress. Judge Troup Is IU Judsre A. C. Troup of district court is confined to his home on account of an ear affec tion. Holcomb Visits Omaha H. H. Holeomb, friecht traffic manager of the Burlington, is over from Chi cago for the day. Mayor Talks at Beatrice Mayor Smith will go to Beatrice to deliver the address at the annual banquet of tha Beatrice Chamber of Com merce this evening. Son of Judge on Jury 'Wallace Troup, son of Judge A. C. Troup, of the district court, was ucrepted for jury service in Judce Estelle's court where a street railway damage suit is being heard. To Talk Poultry A public meet ing will be held this evening at 8 o'clock, at the City hs.ll in Benson, for all who are interested in poultry raising. Lectures and talks will be given by government agents. To Speak at High School Dr. Guernsey Jones of the State uni versity will deliver the Recond of a series of lectures at the Central High school this afternoon at 4 o'clock. His subject will be "The Social Revolution In Germany." Carncs to Spend Summer in Frniu-e K. It. Carries, supervisor of phy sical education in the public schools, who is doing Y. M. C. A. work in France, has cabled that he will not be home before the latter part of the summer, but will be here in time to resume his work next fall. May Operate Plant for Month- Permission was given the Mid-west Fertilizer company by city council to operate its plant at Twenty-fourth and Dorcas streets for a month In order to use up its supply of raw ma terial preparatory to moving to a new location where disagreeable odors will not trouble neighbors. Craemer Goes to Truck Show C. A. Craemer. manager of the local branch of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, left Sunday eve ning for Chicasro to attend the Motor Truck show. The Goodyear people are much interested in the perfor mance of big pneumatic tires and their use in connection with heavy motor trucks. Mr. Craemer intends to g-ive much time to this phase of his work. Service Flags Are to Be ' Demobilized February 22 The Iten Biscuit company on February 21 celebrates the demobi lization of their service flags. The idea, fostered by the War Camp Community Service, and the singing under the direction of Har ry Murrison, is being taken up, not only by Omaha, but letters of in quiry have come from Iowa, Kan sas and neighboring states. A program of music and speak ing has been arranged by Itens un der the direction of Pcnn Fodrea, which will be in the cafeteria, if the weather prevents the outdoor assembly. acid-stomach is the real cause of tha trouble. Naturally, the sensible thing to do is to strike right at the very cause of this trouble and clean the excess acid out of the stomach. There is a quick, easy way to do this. A wonderful new remedy quickly removes the excess acid without the slightest dis comfort. It is EATON IC. Made in the form of tablets they are good to eat just like a bit of candy. They literally absorb the injurious excess acid and carry it away through tha intestines. They also drive the bloat out of the body in fact you can f airlv feel it work. Make a testof EATONlCj in your own case today. Get a big box of EATONIC from your druggist. See for yourself how surely it brings quick relief in those painful attacks of indigestion, bitter heartburn, belch ing, disgusting food repeating, that awful bloated, lumpy feeling after eating and other stomach miseries. Banish all your Etomach troubles bo completely that you forget you have a stomach. Then you can eat what you like and digest your food in com fort without fear of distressing aftereffects. If EATONIC does not relieve you, it will not cost you one penny. You can return it to your druggist and get your money back. So if you have the slightest question about your health if you feel you are rot getting all tha strength out of your food if you are not feeling tip-top, ready for youi work, full of vim and vigor do give EATONIC a fair trial this very day and see how much better you will feel. ACID-STOMACH signals that the kidni neei neljji lou should use GOLD MEtiAL Haar lem Oil Capsules immediately. Tbe soothing, healing oil stimulates the kidneys, relieves inflammation and de stroys the germs which have caused it. Go to your drnprist today aod get a box of GOLD MEDAL, Haarlem Oil. Capsules. In twenty-four hours yon should feel health and vigor returning. After you feel somewhat improved continue to take one or two capsules each day, so as to keep the first-class" condition and ward oS the danger of other attacks. Ask for tbe original imported GOLD MF.DAI, hrsnd Thr.. ... M- i funded if they do sot tela you, a successful treatment for Kuptnrt with- b in m m T O D out retorting to a painfn and uncertain surgi cal operation. I am tbe only reputable physi cian srbe will take sack cases upon a guarantes to give satisfactory results. I bavt devoted more mmm.m I! Mond.r, Feb. 3, 1919. 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