THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY; 'APRIL 11; 1919.
BOOTLEGGERS
HAVE THEIR
DAY J COURT
Sheriff Interferes With River
Booze Line and Operators
Lose Stock and Go to
Jail, or Are Fined.
Yesterday was tootlegger day in
district court at Council Bluffs.
Pleas of guilty were entered in sev
eral cases and fines and jail sentences-
administered. " "
A. M. Hiatt and his brother, W.
II. Hiat, fishermen farmers, who
live on the Iowa side of the river at
The Narrows, north of Big lake,
were in court. They were operat
ing the lows 'end of a booze line
across the river that had its western
terminus just north of the Douglas
county line, tantalizingly near to
Sheriff Mike Clark.
The Nebraska end of the booze
ferry had been previously located at
the north end of East Omaha, but
when the booze hounds became too
inquisitive the ferry was moved
north far enough to put the Nebras
ka end in Washington county.
The East Omaha operations were
of minor character, compared with
the plant at the new location. Motor
boats and swift launches, capable
of navigating the river to the Mis-,
souri state line, were put in opera
tion. Big business was under way
when Sheriff Groneweg of Potta
wattamie county raided the Iowa
end and caught the Hiatts in pos
session of a cargo of 240 bottle- of
liquor. A. M. Hiatt pleaded guilty
and was fined $400 and costs. His
brother asked time to consider the
situation.
O. J. McDonald, 1503 South Sev
enth street, who admitted that he
had been selling pint bottles of
liquor at $4 each, was sentenced to
90 days in, the county jail. Lawton
Strothers, who pleaded guilty to a
similar charge, was sent to the coun
ty jail for" 60 days. Both men had
sold booze to state agents. ;
Bill Dunn, who has been in jail
for a week or two for booze selling,
was sentenced to 60 days in jail but
sentence was suspended pending
good behavior.
Nebraska Army Officer
Returns From Overseas
Maj. John G. Maher, Former Commandant of Quarter
master Depot, Will be Back in Omaha Saturday
Morning Sends Wire Telling of Arrival in U. S.
"Tell ill my friends and order
out all police and bands. Will ar
rive in Omaha Saturday morning
one hundred thousand strong for
U. S. A." '
The above telegram received by
John Sullivan, 1115 Farnam street,
announced tne return ot Maj. jonn
G. Maher, of the army quarter
master department, to the United
States. -
Major Maher " before being or
dered overseas was in charge of the
Omaha quartermaster depot and be
fore hk promotion wai paymaster
assigned to the Omaha depot.
During his service overseas he
was assigned to duty in all coun
tries allied with the United States
according to letters received by
friends from various cities in which
he was stationed.
Japanese Kill Many Koreans
. Engaged in Demonstrations
Peking. April 10. More than 20
Korea.'i demonstrations occurred
near Seoul March 27, according to
the Korean Daily News. Japanese
soldiers attacked the crowds and
many Koreans were killed.
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TRIES TO STOP
"IIOLB-UP"TIIAT
PROVEDARREST
Woman 'Sees Man Halting
Boys at Gun, Point; Believ
ing Robbery, She Tries
" to Interfere. -
Alleged 'Dope' Fiend
Bound Over to Federal
Court on $1,000 Bond
Victor J. Bloml arrested two weeks
ago with his wife, when a quantity
of morphine and cocaine was found
in his room at the Hotel Fontenelle,
was held on $1,000 bond for trial in
federal court by Commissioner Nee-
ly at a hearing yesterday.
Blont's attorney entered a plea
tha the evidence held against his
client could not be used because it
was obtained without a search war
rant. Acccording to testimony, City
Detective Dolan entered Mr.
Klom's rooms at 1 ' o'clock in the
morning, forced. .Mr. Blom and hisn
wife to arise, dress and accompany
him to the police station, after find
ing "dope" in their possession.
Commenting on the claim of
Mom's attorney that the "dope"
could not be used as evidence, Com
missioner Neely said:
"I think the evidence, although
obtained illegally and without au
thority, is admissable to the case.
After finding the drugs in his posses
sion, Mr. Blom was subject to ar
rest." -
toy Burglars Feast
on Loot from Bakery,
Drug Store and Cafe
Albert French, 16, and Earl Gold-
n, 13. both colored, were .arrested
last night OH a charge of burglary.
They are accused of plundering
three buildings in one block Wed
nesday night and making oil with
drugs, confectionery and money.
After mixing a half-barrel of flour
into a paste on the floor of the F. H.
liantin bakery. 2308 North Twenty
fourth street, they ransacked the
place for pies and cookies and es
caped through a rear door.
In a drug store next door, owned
by E. A." Wil'-iams, negro, the boy
burglars broke showcases, gum ma
chines and stole perfumes, soaps,
candy and 200 pennies. The place
was .wrecked.
A restaurant at 2302 North Twenty-fourth
street, owned by Frank
Grant, was visited.
-The boys fried bacon and eggs,
made sandwiches and ate more pies,
then returned to the drug store,
where they , left three sandwiches
tor the proprietor. '
Request Legislature to
Lift Street Railway Bill
The city council yesterday morn
ing adopted a resolution, offered by
Commissioner Zimman, calling upon
the speaker of the house at Lincoln
to lift a bill td give to the Omaha
city gpvernment regulatory author
ity over street railway lines now ex
ercised by the Nebraska State Rail
way commission.
While in Lincoln Wednesday Mr.
Zimman discovered that the bill had
been sidetracked inadvertently.
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Branch' Postoff ice Will
Be Established in Dundee
A branch postoffice will be estab
lished in Dundee, according to
Postmaster Fanning. Three carriers
will distribute mail from the branch
when ib is established. t - ,
Fifty men are needed for post
office clerkship positions, according
to the postmaster, and examinations
for these position., will be held on
April 26 .
Chamber of Commerce Urges
Merit System for Police
The city council received from the
Chamber of Commerce a letter
recommending the merit system of
appointments and promotion in the
police department as against the
seniority system. ' Th latter plan
was embodied in an ordinance pass
ed last Tuesday, so the communica
tion waj placed oa file.
AIRPLANES WILL
BRING CHICAGO
MAIL HERE SOON
Aerial Postal Service Between
Omaha and Illinois Metrop
olis Assured Fact, Says
Postmaster Fanning.
Airplane mail ' service between
Omaha and Chicago is now an as
sured fact, and four planes will ply
the air between the two cities in 'a
short time, according" to Postmaster
Fanning, just returned from Wash
ington, D. C
ComnQsioner Manley of the
Chamber of Commence wired the
postmaster while he was in Wash
ington relative to the subleasing of
the contemplated aeroplane landing
field at Sixtieth and Center streets.
Fanning replied that the land should
not be leased for longer than Au
gust 1, as the land would be needed
by that time.
The postmaster bases his state
ment on an interview with Assistant
Postmaster General Praeger, who
has charge of the aerial mail service
in the United States.
It is also announced that there
will be 15 new army auto trucks in
Omaha carrying mail within the
next 60 days, which will replace the
street car mail service now in use.
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Three Alien Enemies
Paroled from Camp in
Georgia Return Home
Three alien enemies, who have
been paxfiled from Fort Oglethorp,
Ga., where they were interned dur
ing the war, reported to federal
authorities in Omahd yesterday
morning before going on to their
homes. They are: Gus Stiebert, a
bank cashier at Scottsbluff, and
Lubbe Jurgens, a Coleridge farmer.
Lubbe Jurgens told federal of
ficers that he would take out his
second citizenship papers as soon as
possible. During his internment, his
wife has. been farming their 220-acre
farm without any assistance, he
says.-
Aged Man Found Wandering
in Street Early in Morning
Peter Burke, 75 years old. was
found early yesterday wandering
in the vicinity of Twenty-fifth and
Cuming streets by police. He was
wearing only his underclothing and
a dilapidated hat and was suffering
intensely from the dampness and
cold. "
His family, at 2880 Cass street,
did not miss him until early in the
morning, when they notified the po
lice. . He was, returned to his home.
MAN HELD CAPTIVE
IN HOTEL 20 DAYS;
IS ROBBED OF $900
Schuyler Man Says Confidence
Sharpers Drugged Him by
Means of 'Doped' Grange.
Two unidentified swindlers drug
ged Frank Delmont, Schuyler, Neb.,
on March 18 and kept him a prisoner
for 20 davs in an Omaha hotel while
they fleeced him out of $900, accord' Ta5
ing to Delmont s complaint to the
sheriff at Schuyler.
He returned to Schuyler three
days ago in a dazed condition from
the effects of the drug administered
to him through eating an orange
doped with a narcotic, Delmont says.
He made no reporjt of the affair
to the Omaha police.
Met Men on Train.
According to his story, his abduc
tors were two men whom he met oh
a train on March 18, enroute from
Hutchison, Kan., to Omaha. Both
men attempted to sell him some
land. He told them he was not in
terested in any money deals. ,
At- a small station on the way
here the ."con" men bought some
oranges and bananas, which they
shared with Delmont.
"After I ate the orange I knew
nothing until just three days ago.
when I awoke in a room in a hotel
across the streeffrom the court
house," Delmont said. .
Threatened With Arrest. A
"I saw both men standing over
ine," he continued. . "I asked them
where I was. One of them gave
me a 10-dollar bill and told me
to get out of Omaha or the police
would arrest me. I see' now that
they trimmed me.
Uemiont said he missed $4UU in
cash and a check for $500. The sher
iff of Schuyler has sent circulars
bearing the descriptions of the
swindlers throughout the country.
Managers of several hotels in the
immeuiaie vicinuy or ine court
house deny any knowledge of the af
fair.
An unidentifiied woman in the
Hunter Inn, Twenty-fourth and
Dodge streets, yesterday tried to
prevent what appeared to be a hold
up in a rear shed of the inn when
Charles McClure, janitor of the
Kingsbury apartments nearby, was
holding two boys prisoners at the
point of a gun.
The boys, giving their names as
Thomas Dermody, Twenty-seventh
and California streets, and Thomas
Carroll, 2878 Binney street respec
tively 16 and 17 years old, were
seen coming from the shed with a
rubber matting which is said to
have been solen -from the Kingsbury
apartments.
When McClure rushed at them
with a gun and commanded them
to keep their hands held above their
heads, the woman caught sight of
the act from the fire escape. 1
Snatching a loaded gnn from a
bureau drawer, she ran out into the
shed in an attempt to prevent a
"hold-up."
When McClure saw the woman
pointing a gun at him, he lost no
time in explaining the situation.
The woman called the police. The
boys were books d a t the central
station for investigation.
City Health Department
Reports on Disease Here
The following cases of diseases
were reported to the health depart
ment during March: Influenza, 55;
typhoid fever, 1; smallpox, -127;
diphtheria, 14; scarlet fever, 13.
There were half as many smallpox
as reported - during March,
1918.
Births reported during March,
1919, 333; 1918, 346.
Deaths reported during March,
1919, 259; 1918, 252.
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Breaks Leg in 20 Foot Fall
From Building Scaffold
William Carl!, 3622 Dodge street,
yesterday morning fell 20 feet from
a scaffold inside the motion picture
house under construction at our
teenth and Douglas streets. He
suffered a compound fracture of the
left leg and severe contusions of
the head. He was taken to the Lord
Lister hospital. None of the work
men saw Carll fall. s
Seek Landing Places
Washington, April 10. The de
stroyer Barney, which . has been
cruising on the north Atlantic coast,
observing possible landing places
for r..vy seaplanes on the transat
lantic fTight which will start from
Rockaway beach, L. I., next month.
has reached Newfoundland.
Build op for the Spring
Attack! Put the body in
condition for an invasion
of the germs of grip, pneu
monia or "Spring fever."
At this time of the year
most people suffer from a
condition often called
Spring Fever. They fee!
tired, worn out, before the
day is half thru. They may
have frequent headaches
and 7 sometimes "pimply"
or pale skin and white lips.
The reason for this is that during the wintertime, shut up within
doors, eating too much meat and too little green vegetables, one
heaps fuel into the system' which is not burned up and the clinkers
remain to poison the system a clogging up of the circulation
with inactive liver and kidneys. Time to put your house w order.
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in the body, sparkle to the eyes, and a wholesome skin, nothing does
so well as an herbal extract made from Blood and Stone root, Oregon
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fifty years as Dr. Pierce's Golden Sf edical Discovery. . By reason
of the nerves feeding on the blood, when the blood Is pure the nerves
feel the effect, and neuralgia or other nerve pains disappear because
such pain is the cry of the starved nerves for food
Atchison, Kant. 'Tat a great many years Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
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it to be wonderful. When my boy was convalescing from scarlet fever he had
breaking out in blotches all over his body, face and limbs. One bottle of 'Golden
Medical Discovery' completely cleared up his skin and also proved a splendid
tonic. Personally I have found the 'Discovery splendid for bronchial troubles
and catarrhal conditions." Mrs. M. E. MUU, 710 Atchison St.
Mdeem, Kan. "I was troubled with scrofula, in fact, I had it from infancy
up until I took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which was when I was
fifteen years old. I took about fifteen or sixteen bottles of it and got entirely rid
of the disease. It has never returned since that time and I have often recom
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Thousand VGobs" on Way to
Coast Pass Through Omaha
The Great Lakes training station
is sending 1,000 sailors through
Omaha to Mare Island, near San
Francisco. They are going out on
special trains over the Northwest
ern-Union Pacific at t hamate of 200
a day. The first detail went through
Omaha as a second section of train
No. 19 at 4:30 o'clock, yesterday
morning. Hereafter the trains car
rying the sailors will 'pass through
Omaha at about 6 o'clock in the
mpming
Railroad Chiefs Urge Heavy
Loading of Sugar in Freight
The railroad administration haw the food administration.
sent out a request that in handling
sugar in carlots the minimum load
ing be 60,000 pounds per car. This
proposed increase in loading is in
lint with the requirements, ia prM
tice during the period when carload'
ing was under the supervision sf
Since the food administration dis
continued exercising jurisdiction
over the matter minimum loading
has run as low as 30,000 per car.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS. C. P. DRYDEN, 123 W. Broadway.
ATLANTIC AUTO CO., 28-30 4th St. SCHOENING HDW 706 W.st Bro.dr
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MOTOR INN, 3323 U.renworth St.
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