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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1919)
fHE BEE: . OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH' 28, 1919. . STATE SPRINGS SURPRISES AT KATLEMAN TRIAL v Alleged Wichita Thief Testi fies That He Drove Stolen Car to Nebraska City for Defendant. - Virgil Ott of Wichita, Kati.. was produced by the state yesterday as a t r . . xr . t , witness against Maurice Kaueman, on trial in district court before Judge Rediclc and a jury on the charge of aiding and abetting Wil liam McKenna and L. C; Jones in automobile stealing in Omaha. v . The appearance of Ott was a sur prise to the defense aud the admis , sibility of his testimony was argued tor more than an hour. Judge Redick decided that Ott's testimony is admissible as tending to support the theory of the state that there was a conspiracy and plan by Katie man and someone else to steal auto mobiles." s Arrested in Wichita. Ott is under arrest in Wichita on the charge of automobile stealing and therefote the authorities here were able to bring him from there to testify in the Katleman case. , Ott's testimony, as outlined by County Attorney Shotwell, is that he brought a stolen Hudson car from Hutchinson, Kanv. to Omaha; that he asked a taxicab driver whether he knew where he could sell a "hot" car; that the taxi driver introduced him to Maurice-, Katle man, who introduced him to "Red" NmI. whn. in turn marlf arrange ments for Ott to drive the car to Nebraska City and. leave it on the east side of the court house with the cushions turned up. This is the procedure to which both McKenna and Jones testified in the cases against Katleman and Meal. AnBtner blow at the defense came when the state placedvDaniel Horri gan, Omaha attorney, on the stand. - Mr. Horrigan testified that McKen na sent for him when he was in the county jail under a seven days' sentence for vagrancy, following the theft of the first of two Oakland cars-which, McKenna testified, he stole under orders from Katleman and Neal. - V . ' Mr. Horrigan said that he told McKenna he would require $15 to file an appeal and get him released. McKenna, he stated, telephoned from the jail office to Maurice Katle man and then asked Mr. Horrigan to go to 'the Katleman store in the Securities building, Sixteenth and Farnrrf streets, for the money. Went tor Money. The attorney went there. "What did Mr. Katleman say when you told him McKenna asked you to come to mm tor tne money: asked the county attorney. "He seemed reluctant to give it," said Mr. Horrigan. "Did you have to urge hjin to jjive ine money: x "Well, he said he thought it was loolish to let him have it but he'd take a chance.", . The defense also hd its inning, when W. H. Browrf of Auburn, Neb., the proprietor of the Frontier hotel iit Nebraska City, testified that Mc Kenna and Jones registered there at the time, when they say, they took the Second Oakland car to Ne braska City after stealing it in Otna- 1 - - i . !- 1 1 . 1 I i . f 1 r . ii4 ti uic arnica ocnesi 01 Jaueui.i'i aud Neal. Both Jones and Mc Kenna have testified that Maurice Katleman came to e'e them at the Frontier hotel on . the morning- of Sunday, September 29, 1918. They had arrived there with the car at 4 o'clock that morning. Mr, Brown testified yesterda that a marf called at the hotel be tween 9 and 10 o'clock that moro- l i i . t. .J : . .1 a . i- s nig tiiu aaiicu ii uc uiicucu iu. uic room occupied by McKenna and Jones. Describes the Man. "He was a large man, about '250 pounds m weight, 40 to 45 years old, with a light moustache and slick, shiny, hair," said Mr. Brown. Attorney Baker asked Maurice Katleman to lise. "Is this the man?" he asked. "No, sir. He looked nothing like that man," was the answer, Mr. Brown admitted on eross examination by the county attorney that he has known "Red" Neal all his life and that he saw him in Ne braska City once or twice a month for years. Neal was found guilty three weeks ago after a trial in this same court on the same charge as that on .' hich Katleman is now be ing tried. Mr. Brqwn's testimony , bore out the theory of the defense that Mc Kenna and. Jones had disposed of their stolen cars to someone else and are seeking to put the blame on Katleman. Attorney Baker for Katleman, in the course of a searching examina tion of Lovell C Jones' career, brought out the admission that he was once owner of half interest in the Wick & Moore saloon, 912 Dodge street, notorious resort for years. Me said he bought tne halt nerest in m out remained in tne usiness only about five weeks. following that he said he worked a waiter and cook in restaurants Omaha and also on Union Pacific Iroad dining cars at various times. e stated that be has one-eighth Indian blood. " British Soldier Seeks Relatives Who Lived Here J. J. Morton, a British soldier, has asked Omaha police tovtrace relatives who formerly lived vin Omaha. The letter was written in London, England, and is dated February 2, 1919. . Morton states that his sister, Mrs. W. F. Frattner, and her daughter, Belle, lived at 1720 North Twenty fifth street. Belle Frattner was em ployed at the W; R. Bennet com pany, now the Burgess-Nash depart ment store. Police have not yet found them. Says Husband, Earning $200 " a Month, Won't Support Her HelerJa G. Walker has filed suit in district court asking a divorce from Harvey D. Walker to "whom she was married 29 years ago in Lock port, N. Y. She charges that he has not supported her, although she al leges he earns $200 a month. She also alleges cruelty. Red Cross Drive for Old Clothing Is Nearing End National Organization Collects Wearing Apparel, Shoes and Other Necessities of Life of Which Peoples of the War Stricken Countries' Are Deprived. Everyone who has a pair of old shoes gathering dust in the closet or a dress or suit which hasn't been worn for weeks, or a new outfit 'of spring clothes to. replace the gar ments oPwinter, or a pile of under wear with holes in it or worn spots the kind that is "on its last legs," or anyone who has little boys or girls that "grow so fast they never get a chance to wear their clothes out" the ' American Red Cross calls you' irilo service to run an er raixl. ,-.. Take your old clothes or your shoes , or your underwear or the things your. children didn't get a chance to 'wear ,out, carry them down to the nearest RedCross sta tion and let them be drafted into service to cover the underfed, un depressed bodies of the' refugees overseas. There is very little, if any, material sacrifice involved. It mere ly means a little time, a little effort. And the good that will result is :n- conceveable to the well-fed, well-J- dressed American public. The plea for old clothes is one that touches the heart of every per son in this country.' It cannot help but do so when the things which we will never use again the dis card, the worthless can be the means of saving the lives of people who have already suffered hard ships which baffle the comprehen sion. ' The vital thing now is to crystal ize that feeling, that sympathy intp the actual gathering up of the clothes and taking them to Red Cross headquarters. This is the errand that the Amer ican Red Cross assigns to everyone who has 4 pair of old shoes, or a dress or a suit, or,underwear with holes in it, or children's outgrown dresses. The need for these gar ments in Europe is very great in deed. Thousands upon thousands of refugees are in rags. You can get the location of the nearest station or substation by calling Ted Cross headquarters. NewkTax on Telegrams to v Become Effective April 1 Beginning on April 1 the new war tax on telegrams will be effective. The old tax has been acharge of 5 cents on each individual message, regardless of the amount of the tolls; the new schedulerovides that a 5-cent charge shall be made on all messages where the tolls do not amount to more than 50 cents, and a 10-cent tax will be charged on messages where .the tolls are more than 50 cents each. --.. . League of Nations Will - : Be Mentioned in Treaty London, March 27. -Any doubt that the covenant of the league of nations will be mentioned in the peace treaty was removed by an authoritative statement from a re sponsible British source today. It was said that fome reference to the league must be contained in the treaty if only because the treaty will require the Germans to cede their colonies to the league's mandatories, says a Renter's dispatch from-Paris Col&f Coughs and Grippe ' BT DE. SAMUEL HAMILTON Commonly' the first symptom of a cold is a chiilv feeling, accompanied by sneezing or a tickling in the throat. The .most frequent causes are getting wet or cold feet, or going from hot rooms suddenly into coia ones, caicmng coia irom contact witn other persons in crowded street cars or assemblies. Frequently there ia an inner cause, namely, the stagnation of the blood, caused by constipation or biliousness. No one ever takes cold unless con stipated or exhausted, and having what we call mal-nutrition, which is attended with impoverished blood and exhaustion of nerve force. There is a continual absolution of noiaons into the svstem. unless the entire intestinal tract is kept clear and clean as possible. For this there is nothing better than Castor Oil, or a vegetable extract of May-apple, aloes, jalap, rolled into sugar-coated pills, and sold in every drug store as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. It is the common practice of every doctor in the land to give a good purga tive in any case where he cannot be sum of what will develop. The first thing to do as every one should know is to "clean house!" For the cough there is nothing better than the old Golden Medical Discovery, a botanical extract which Dr. Pierce put on the market fifty years ago. This contains no alcohol but does contain wild cherry bark, cohosh, Oregon grape root, and other botanical extracts which are not only good for the system, but check the cough, and this is the very best alterative and tome that I know o to take for the grippe, as it offers a scientific method of treating the blood by improving the nutritive functions of the patient. The "Medical Discovery" accomplishes this by first restoring the enfeebled digestive organs, so that food the natural tissue builder will be digested and taken up and assimilated by the svstem. There is nothing better for diseases of the stomach, lungs and blood than this old remedy which every druggist keeps in liquid or tablet form. "! -i I Spring's Favorite THE Louis heel Oxford has first call of all the low cut models Vhown for Spring. Our stocks are now complete in Black Satin, Black Suede, Patent leathers, Black, Brown and Gray Kid. Every pair is of strictly Drexel quality backed by thirtyyears of value-giving in retailing fine footweaivMay we show them to you? , Sizes 2 13 to 9, widths AAA to U. DREXEL SHOE CO. 1419 Farnapi St. , Mail Order Solicited.' Parcels Post Paid. I li i! SI II l 1 1 u I I I II i 131. i.i m w vm m w k .van w w 1:1 K.UTV - VAyABSQR, DIRT Wipe Downward! ;f Begin and end itrofce lightly, ,,v inn niuvnuifi Will 1.1 can x: your wall Paper like magic, f I i sbtorb.it. j IvS u. .... .l nr.n D. nn Clcuienyouhavcuscd.you'Unevcr IS know whit Wall raprrUe.ner can do tiD TO try AB50RENE. lie Sjl 1 U Vft U a.1 I a . . nr, IS void Of AI3UIU4e Neiv:'A'ijjarer A visit to our large. Bargain Basement will conclusively prove the fact that apparel and necessities for Spring can be economically and advantageously purchased here. 'New stocks and ilew assortments are now ready for your approval. , " The Economy Center of Omaha I'Jo men's and FSisses' Apparel for Spring and Summer Showing Fashion's Latest Approved Styles , The Basement Ready-to-Wear Section is a most interesting place for the woman who wants to combine style and economy. Latest styles, good workmanship and quality are, , prominent features of these sections. " . A Delightful Showing of Moderately Priced Suits i We are now showing hundreds of Women's . and Misses' Stylish Suits i copie of higher priced models; all wool materials, good linings, good workmanship. - New Box Backs. Fancy Braided Suits. New Long and Narrow Skirts, as well as staple styles. ' We have styles to satisfy most any suit cus tomer that wishes a good suit ata low price. 14.85 19.00 22.50 to $25 Lovely Dresses for Spring - , N Our Basement Dress Section is filled'with the very latest style Dresses, and every woman will be interested upon seeing the attractive assortment. Materials of Taffeta,' Silk, Satin, Jersey Cloth, Serge, Crepe de Chine and Georgette. The Dresses shown, are copies of high priced models, all well made and in quite price range. $10 12.95 13.85 to $25 Smart Coats and Capes for Spring You'll be surprised at the splendid assort ment of good, up-to-date styles. A splendid opportunity to make a saving. Coats 6.95 to $25 Capes 8.95 to $25 A special sale of Women's and Misses' Suits, all good styles ; made to sell at from 1 A A A $15 to $19, at, only, each, . 1U.UU A very special lot of Women's and Misses Spring Coats, grouped at the small price AA of only, each, U.UU An Unusual Sale Friday of SilkVnd DIa..a Cotton DIUUdCd Hundreds of Splendid Jap Silk Blouses, all-the wanted colors, many different styles; real values 2.50 and 3.00. Very special, 1 QC at each 1 Crepe de Chine - and Georgette Blouses, all new up-to-date, ' clean, crisD. Drettv SDrine Blouses: the real value, J.'.io; very special at 2.85 Two very iplendid loti of Cotton Blouses, worth more than the asked prices, many different styles, each at 97c 1.95 . New Spring Skirts . .Hundred of splendid, new, right-up-to-date styles. All-Wool Serge, Fancy Plaid and Stripes, Silk Poplin, Satins, etc. If you want a good Skirt at a low price, come to the Basement Skirt Section,. 3.95, 4.95 and S.95 000 Pairs Women's Slippers Special for Friday and Saturday & 2.95 All on one big tables-patent colt, mat kid, vici kid leather, low or high neei, complete run oi sizes, irom 2 to 8, values from O OC 4.00 to 4.50. at tVD Boys' and Young Men's Shoes Heavy box calf, button and blucher style, strictly leather in soles and counter, wide, roomy toe, every size wanted, O '7C 1 to 5, at 2.95; same shoe in youths', 9 to 13, ti3 Men's Shoes, 2.95 Just now you will be look ing for everyday wearing Shoes that will stand hard wear. Special for Friday Men's Heavy Calf Shoes, bluch er cut, full soles, leather heels and insoles, 4.00 values, sifces in this lot from 6 t O OC 10 Men's Romeo House Slippers Vici kid, McKay sewed sole,, plain toe, low heel, QC sixes 6 to 11, 1 0 Women's Rubbers On. sale Friday only, 500 pairs of Women's Storm or Low Cut Rubbers, low or high heel; regular 1.00 grade; AtZg sizes IVt to S, xOC A Sale Friday of Show Room Sample Chiffon and Velvet Bags A Lot of About 300, Choice At 19 All Popular Colors Various Sizes Beautiful silk and brocaded lin ings Large mirror jand purse. . Entire show room samples at a price that makes " an important saving opportunity for those who take advantage of the offering. The lot consists of large Shopping Bags in velvet and chiffon, Beaded Bags, large Mirror Top Bags in colors of brown, tan, black. A low price while' the small quantity lasts. r An Extraordinary Sale of TJeu Spring Hall Paper We have chosen these lines and marked them very " special for Friday. A mighty good opportunity to buy the latest designs in Wall Papr at- big saving. Plain 30-inch Oatmeal Papers, all new shades, with artistio cut-out borders to match; special, 1 Ol roll, ICi'SC A large assortment of new designs in papers that are suitable for parlor, living room, dining roomw library or hall, shown with a pleasing decoration; worth to 35c; special, 1J roll, f ' , . . IOC New Bedroom Papers in delightful colorings and designs; each have a border to match; in two lots; 11. and 1 A roll, llC 14C Twenty patterns of new papers in this shipment; nice for any room in the house; border to match; special, per roll, OgC A large display of patferns in both light and dark effect, with cut-out border's to match. These papers are 11' worth to 28c; roll, ' ilC Heavy Gilt Papers in rich color effects and handsome pat terns. These-papers are worth to 35c; special, 1 Oi rollr laS'SfC With the Arrival of Spring Time Comes the Necessity of Garden Tools and our Hardware Section is keeping apace with the demands for these important requirements, are prepared to serve you amply and economically. , , We Spading Forks One lot of 4 - tine Spading Forks, T 79c Other four - tine Spading Forks, ,h, ..4, Robber Hose I' We ar"e Omaha's ! sellinjr agents for the Electric Hose j & Rubber Com : pany's line' the best I and largest manu j facturers of rubber hose in the U. S. 4 - ply, inch Black Delmarvia Hose, 50- 7 Ef" ft length, I Oil 4 - ply, i - inch BJack Delmarvia Hose; 50- Q OC ft. length, Garden and Lawn Rakes A good able Garden PA RaVe, each, OUC Best quality Steel Bow Rakes, for lawn or garden, each, 98c to 4 Full size Garden Hoe, riveted ylfi 1.49 I blade, each, SEEDS Vegetable and Flower Seed; a 10c package, in large variety; all . C t'resh stock just received; pkg., wC Grass Seed; very best quality white clover seed, per 7EJ pound, OC Blue Grass Seed; very best Af quality and fresh stock; lb., lC Large Package Transmits- AfX issippi Lawn Mixture; pkg., 4vC Small package, OC each, - mOC Shovels and am sr ' n nnnoc m L 300 ilew Trimmed Hats At Jk&L Small and Urn alian. trimmed with flowers, feath ers and ostrich, in big var iety of colors. Special each 4.95 Wonderful assortment of Children' Hats Children's Hats in many dif ferent styles and all colors, for children 2 to 12 years. 1.25 to 2.95 --BASEMENT 39c A high grade Shovel, round or Knilarp nnint onrl inaitoo urifk 1 l - - . wg.MV.WB II I 1. 11 I long or short handles J gg 36!nch Dress Wrapper and Shirting Percale; new Spring styles ; per OP yard, OOC 36-inch Shirting Madras will launder perfectly; extra value, at, per yard, Mill Remnants, 27-inch ' Dress Poplin and 27-inch Mercerized Repp; plain A shades; also embroi- OP - dered effects; yard, wOC 500 pieces fin Zephyr Dress Gingham; plaids, checks, stripes and plain shades; special, per OP yard, f OOC Silk finished Dress Fou lard; new Spring printings; wanted popular shades; lus trous finish; special, OP -yard, ' ODC Fancy Printed Valour Flannel, in a variety of neat checks and striped effects, for house dresses, kimonos, etc.; exceptional 1 Q values, at, yard, 1 2JC ' 36-inch Linen Finished Suiting; heavy qual- Q ity; long lengths; yd., 1 7 C Mill Remnants, 36-inch Percale, in a big assortment ' of shirting styles; also blue grounds, in long, serviceable lengths; special, per yard, Black Sateen, highly yarn mercerized: heavy quality, for underskirts, linings, etc.; 26 inches wide; special, yard, . Ladies' Union Surfs of fin cotton, lace trimmed, tight knee style; sizes 4 to CA - 9, at, each, , OU C Women's CoMon Vests, sleeveless, fancy lace yoke, plain tape; all sizes; OP each, -&OC Women's - Cotton Union Suits, color pink, sleeveless and cuff; knee style, Hf P all sizes; each, JC Women's Cotton Pants. In t'ght knee and lace trimmed ftyle; all sizes, each, Infants' Sample Shirts, in wool and part wool, up to 75c values; each, OOC Children's Knit Waists,' good strong elastic, gft 25c 25c 50c taped, at, each, Women's Bodice Vests with top strap, in pink and white; eaacn:Ze835cnd39c Women' j Silk Lisle Hosier. in Black, White, Brown and colors, with double soles and garter tops: f, JE pair, OOC Men's Cotton Socks; col ored, in seamless 1 g style; pair, , IOC Children's Cotton Hosiery, color black; all sizes, pair, ul C Birdseye or Diaper Cloth, 24 inches wide; the soft and non-irritant quality, in 5 or 10-yard lengths; 1Q special, yard, 17C, Table Cloths Made of heavy quality mercerized Damask; 70 inches square; wears and launders like lin en ; in the Pekin stripe only. .Friday, special, QQ each, . J. O Toweling The unbleach ed kind ; linen weft toweling, soft and absorbent 7. quality; yard, 1 C Bed Spreads -- Hemmed ends, crochet kind, in the summer weight; regulation size, t or Knday only, each, Wash Cloths Thes ara made of a heavy quality Turkish toweling, with crochet edge in colors of Pink, Blue or Yellow. , Fri day only, each, 44-Inch FIna French Voile, in all the wanted new shades for Spring. Made of two ply yarn; worth 60c, OQ special, yard. OcC ISO Dozen fileached PH. 'SJ iow cases, made of rem nants of sheeting, size 40x 36; while this lot Oj lasts, each, 1 0 2 C 32rlnch Zephyr Dress Gingham, genuine Renfrew and AmosVoag brands, in !?l48c"',39c 1.75 10c