THE BEE: OfrfAHA, SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1919.
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SoutK Side
HUSBAND FILES
CHARGE AGAINST
VFE'SF R I E N D
jSouth Side Man Causes Ar
rest of Neighbor; Claims to
Have Found Them To
gether in Home.
Frank , Rachwalski, 4311 South
Forty-first street, has caused the
arrest of Konstanty Oeorek, For
tieth and I streets, on a statutary
charge. Ugorek is alleged to have
caused the separation of Rachwalski
and his wife for the last nine
months.
On a charge of disturbing the
peace Rachwalski was fined $10
and costs by Police Judge Fitz
geraia last Aionoay morning, ine
wife appeared as the complaining
witness. She stated that the hus
band had deserted her for over nine
months, but had suddenly returned
and grasping the youngest of his
live children in his arms had at
tempted to run away with it.
,In his own defense the husband
stated at the time that when he en
tered his former home he found his
wife and Ogorek there together.
Department of Labor
to Co-Operate With
Packing Companies
Morris & Co. yesterday received
the following telegram from Wil
liam B. Wilson, secretary of labor:
"I am in receipt of a communi
cation signed jointly by you as rep
resentatives of your respected com
pany asking that the existing labor
agreement between your company
and employes thereof under which
you have been operating during the
period of the war be continued in
fine with the policy of the depart
ment of labor for the term of one
year after the declaration of peace.
"I am extremely gratified at the
attitude .expressed in your commu
nication and desire to assure vou
of the full co-operation of the De
partment off Labor in effecting a
continuance of these agreements
and shall designate two members
of the president's mediation com
mission and a representative of my
office to go to Chicago in the next
10 days to take the subject up with
Judge Alschuler and those inter
ested. The continuance of the pol
icy outlined in your letter, I feel,
will have a very beneficial effect
upon industry generally."
Omaha Junk Peddlers to
Hold Meeting Saturday
The Omaha Junk Peddlers' asso
ciation j will' hold a meeting at 8
o'clock Saturday evening at Wolk's
hall, Twenty-fourth and Seward
streets.' -The committee of three,
composed of E. Vaks, S. Feldman
and A. Richards, will give" a report
I of business matters which the as
sociation has had under considera
tion for some time. All South Side
members of the association are re
quested to . be present.
South Side Brevities
Get your milk from Square Deal Dairy.,
,1. G. Grabowsky, Prop. Phone South
1766-4.
Open Forum meeting every Thursday
night at A. O. V- W. temple, Twenty-fifth
and M atreeta. Everybody welcome. La
bor talks and Rood entertainment Admla
pion IS cents. Open Forum Committee.
Tot Is Rescued
From Death By His
Little Playmates
Jack Ford, jr., 5 yean old, 2216 N
street, was resrtied from deitth yes
terday morning when he slipped into
a mire hole at Twenty-first and N
streets.
His 3-year-6ld sister Ardith, and
Billy Brennan. 5 years old, of Twenty-third
and N streets, were hero
ine and hero of the occasion. The
little victim sank to his neck and
would have been smothered unless
his companions had displayed pres
ence of mind.
The mire hole is at the bottom of
an embankment and is at a location
that is being filled in. There is 10
feet of water and debris. The dan
gerous nature of the spot was not
indicated by the surface.
D fvo r c e
Cour t s
Lela Harvey was granted a di
vorce from Henry Harvey by Judge
Troup, sitting in divorce court. Her
maiden name, Carter, was restored
to her. Judge Troup also gave Mar
garet Bunten a divorce from Alonzo
Bunten, and restored to her her
maiden name, Nielson.
Olive Bearden was given custody
of the 11-year-old daughter and $30
a month alimony in a decree of di
vorce granted her from Charles
Bearden by District Judge Troup.
, Georgia Mascott alleges fa a pe
titiot for divorce filed in district
court that her husband, George Mas
cott, struck her and called her vile
i.ames. She asks that her maiden
name, RiSch, be restored to her.
Margaret Noon filed a suit against
Henry Noon for divorce in district
court yesterday on the allegation of
extreme cruelty. '
Catholic Sisters Take Out
First Citizenship Papers
'Twenty-three sisters in St
Joseph's hospital took out their first
citirenship papers in the office of
the clerk ot the district court yes
terday.. All were natives of Ger
many and all have been in, this
country for five or more years.
Mother Superior Mary Hedwig was
one of them. She came to this
country in 1876 from Qermany but
had never become a citizen.
Police Officer Shot During
Gun Battle With Burglar;
Wound May Prove Fatal
I
Detective Lies at Point of
Death in Hospital; As
sailant Hit in Four
Places.
City Detective Cary C. Ford. 321
North Thirty-fifth avenue, was shot
in the abdomen and perhaps fatally
wounded in a running gun battle
with Ray Jensen, alias Joe Johnson,
Madison, S. D., at S o'clock yester
day morning in the Munictpal Tri
angle park, Thirty-first street and
Dewey avenue.
Jensen was slightly wounded four
times by bullets fired by Detectives
Ford and A. V. Lundeen.
Drives to Police Station.
After being wounded. Ford
stepped into the emergency car the
detectives were using and drove to
the police station.
He fell in a faint on the station
garage floor from loss of blood.
He was rushed to the Lord Lister
hospital, where he was operated
upon. Early this morning he was
resting comfortably. "If he pulls
through, says Dr. E. C. Henry, it
will be the result of sheer grit.
. Attempts to Escape.
Jensen, confessed burelar. at
tempted escape three times from the
clutches of Detective Lundeen, who
escaped the bullets fired by Jensen.
I he burglar was taken to central
police station, where his wounds
were dressed. He will recover. He
suffered gunshot wounds on the
head, through the right wrist, in the
right shoulder and in the mouth.
His only words at the station were;
"They'll never know who I am."
A diamond ring. ladies watch.
money and a mesh bag. sto'.-n at
2:30 o'clock this morning fro. a the
home of Mrs. B. L. Curry, 4202
Davenport street, were found on
Jensen, besides a gold watch which
was taken at 4:45 o clock yesterday
morning from the home of H. H.
Allen, 4167 Farnam street.
The burglar used a ladder and
climbed through the second story
window into the Allen home.
Detectives Stop Burglar.
The gun battle started at Thirlv-
first and Farnam streets when De
tectives Ford and Lundeen, driving
an emergency car, stopped Jensen to
question him when he was seen loit
ering east on Farnam street.
Detective Lundeen, a participant
in the battle and who captured Jen
sen after he attempted escape, even
after having been wounded, said:
At the corner of Thirty-first ana
Farnam streets, we stopped to ques
tion the fellow. I stepped out of
the car and showed my badge to
him. He immediately darted away,
headed for the park. I went after
him and fired twice in the air. Ford
jumped back into the car and cir
cled east around the block to head
the fellow off.
Turns and Fires.
"I chased the fellow into the park,
over ruts and mud holes into a hol
low. Just as he went into the hol
low, he turned and fired at me. He
missed. I chased him to the park
work house, just as Ford came be
hind me in the car.
"Ford jumped out. I yelled to
him that I was all in. Ford dartsd
past me directly after the fellow.
He came out of the hollow. We
three were then on level ground, the
burglar still running. Suddenly he
turned and fired three times at us.
I fired twice more at him and he
fell. Ford fired several times when
the wounded burglar fired again. I
said to Ford: 'Did you get him?
Ford replied: 'I think I have, but
he got me.
Goes After Gunman.
"And Ford sank to the ground. 1
knew the burglar was wounded, so
I helped Ford into the car and told
him I was going after the gunman.
That was the last 1 saw of rord
until he was in the hospital. When
I returned to get the gunman, he
was gone. I saw him skulking along
fence in the rear of the home of
C K. Smith, 537 South Thirty-first
avenue. 1 went alter and caught
him on the porch of the home."
lensen becsed Lundeen to shoot
him, saying: "I was born in a peni
tentiary and i m going to die in
one."
Omaha police have no record of
ensen. The only charge placed
Confessed Burglar
and Officer Who Was
Probably Fatally Shot
mnnjS
i
Ray Jensen, alias Joe John
son, confessed burglar, cap
tured after a gun fight with
city detectives. Jensen was
slightly wounded four times.
Mayor Asks Merchants
to Suspend Business
for Victory Parade
Mayor Smith has issued a
proclamation in which he requests
that a general suspension of busi
ness be observed in Omaha on Mon
day, frt m 11 a. m. to 1. 30 p. m., on
account of the Victory loan parade.
The proclamation follows:
To tha PeoDlt of Omaha: On Monday.
April 21, the patriotic people of Omaha
win enter upon tne iinai campaign lor
the Victory loan, the last and moat Im
portant loan made necessary by the world
war.
A splendid parade has been arranged. In
which oar returned soldiers, thousand! of
them, will be In line, escorted by troops
from Fori Omaha and Fort Crook and
civic bodies.
Let ua Rive these boys ' a rousing; re
ception and a splendid welcome home.
To that end I request that all business
houses and offices, so far as possible, close,
between the hours of 11 a. m. and 1:30
p. m., and let all citizens turn out to wit
ness the parade. Show how rejoiced you
are that the boys are home.
Then let ua all Join In carrying through
this Victory loan. Let us finish the Job
ana oring in remainder oi tne ooya
home. V
ED P. SMITH, Mayor.
Colonel Grant Issues
Statement On Big Parade
Colonel Grant today issued the
following statement to all returned
soldiers: "Any organizations that
want to appear as units in the Wei
come Home Parade Monday may
do so provided they furnish their
own organization and have more
than 25 men."
The Medical Corps has already ar
ranged to march as a unit.
Any organization planning to
march under this regulation, will
please telephone before noon Satur
day, April 19, to Ralph Coad, Tyler
2976. '
Bee Want-ads pay i:s profits to
the people who read them,
Brief City News,
Have toot Print It Beacon Press.
Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran-
den Co. ' ,
Best Meal In the City for 35 Cts.
at the Washington Market, 1407
Douglas street
Team of Horses Stolen Wayland
Magee, farmer,, living near Benning
ton, notified Sheriff Clark that some
body stole a team of horses and
wagon from his farm Thursday.
Summer Resort Rates Railroad
officials announce that . this year
rates to the summer resorts of the
west .will be effective June 1. They
will be about the same as last year,
or one and one-half fare for the
round trip.
Sues Restaurant Proprietor
Jennie I. Rose, a waitress, has filed
suit in district court asking $3,000
damages from Peter Mehrens, pro
prietor of a restaurant at Twentieth
and Farnam streets. She says she
was injured by falling through an
open trap door in the, floor on No
vember 30, 1918.
Statement on Warrants City
Commissioner Ure has submitted to
the city council a detailed statement
of outstanding warrants issued by
the village administrations of Flor
ence and Benson before annexation
to Omaha- It will be necessary to
draw on several department funds
to clear up these old accounts.
Homo Prom Overseas Corporal
John Sullivan, son of Mrs. P. A.
Sullivan, 1306 South Twenty-ninth
street, has arrived home from over
seas. He was sent across last July
and was in the 348th field artillery,
attached to the 91st division. He
was formerly a hog and sheep buyer
for the Cudahy Packing company.
Sues for Woman's Death Jacob
Brick, administrator of the estate of
Mrs. Pearl Brick, has filed suit in
district court against the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Railway con
pany for 110,000 damages for the
death of Mrs. Brick. She stepped
from a moving car on Sixteenth
street, ' between Farnam and Har
tley streets, December 13, 1918.
Detective Cary C. Ford,
who was fatally wounded in
a running gun battle with
Ray Jensen, alias Joe Johnson.
against him at the station was burg
lary. Detective Ford was recently dis
charged from military service. He
has been on the police force for two
years. I
W. U. EMPLOYES
FORM NEW LABOR
ORGANIZATION
Local Union Will Be Affiliated
With American Federation
of Labor; Change of
Working Hours.
A local union ot employes of the
plant department of the Western
Union, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor, has been or
ganized, under the direction of W.
Boning, head of the valuation de
partment of the central district. The
union is connected -with the Asso
ciation of Western Union em
ployes. Blank forms for membership have
been distributed among the em
ployes and a drive is being conduct
ed for more members.
A meeting of the Western Union
Employes' association was held last
Monday night to assist the differ
ent departments in organizing local
unions.
Daily working hours of the em
ployes of the plant, commercial and
traffic departments of the Western
Union have been changed, the hours
in practice during the summer
months to be from 8 a. m. to 4:30
p. m. The former working hours
were from 8:30 o'clock in the morn
ing to 5 in the afternoon. A half
hour is allowed the employes for
noonday lunch.
Omaha Man Ordered to Take
Course in Architecture
Word has been received from Lt.
Warren H. 'Hamilton, now stationed
near Paris, France, that he has been
ordered to take a course of inten
sive training in architecture. The
information was received by rela
tives living at 4151 Davenport Street.
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"The Store of the Town"
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Silk Shirts
Carefully Selected Fabrics and exclusive
designs. Manhattan and Metric makes.
Crepe de Chine,
Peau de Crepe,
Broadcloth and
Jersey Silk. . . .
Easter Neckwear
65c to $4.50
Browning. King & Co.
Geo. T. Wilson, Mgr.
"EVERYBODY STORE
Friday, April 18, 1919-
-STORE NEWS FOR SATURDAY-
-Phone Douglas 2100
Your New Easter Suit is Here
Ready for You to Put On
AND we assure you it possesses every requirement you can demand. The clothes
ideals of several countries' foremost designers are here, ready for you to slip on
and see their distinctiveness, and to feel their comfort and to give them the enthusiastic
approval which is their desire. ,, . N ,
The showing, which is remarkably complete, represents the skill and genius of the highest class
tailor shops, revealing the very newest ideas in men s clothes. Every garment is made to conform
without specifications to the .
ltoirg8 - Emu , frtaMara
which means the best at any price, with a
price range of
$25 to $60
The fabrics new in weave, in color, in texture.
And each is guaranteed unqualifiedly as to fast
ness and wear (important just now, you know.) .
We Feature for, Saturday Young
Men's Suits for Ages 16 to 20,
$18.75
Featuring the new waistline models. The mate
rials are cheviots and cassimeres, in fancy tans,
browns and stripes. Full lined. Newest style
patterns.
Special!
Men's New Spring Top Coats
$18.00
.Mixed gray with self collar, belted back or all
around. Silk yoke sleeve lining, taped seams.
Exceptional valueB, $18.00. Others from $25.00
to $40.00.
Burfets-Nash Co. Fourth Floor "
Two Extra Special Values in Men's Easter Wear
A Sale of
Silk Fibre Shirts
at $3.29
THAT should interest eveiy man
Saturday, because the values
are way out of the ordinary.
Like the neckwear described,
they were bought under price and
that's the way we offer them to you.
Made of splendid quality of
silk fiber and silk-striped shirting
material in a wide variety of colore
and strikingly smart patterns.
There are all sizes and differ
ent length sleeves.
Really you can't afford to miss
this opportunity to buy your sea
son's supply of shirts.
Here's an Extraordinary Offering
Men's Neckwear
at 65c
A FORTUNATE trade deal brought
this big group of four-in-hands to
us at a big price reduction.
They're all cut full flowing ends,
from a superior quality of all-silk
neckwear fabrics.
The designs and colorings are ex
ceptionally pretty and in great variety
fine all-over, floral and figured ef
fects. There's no doubt but there is a
coloring and pattern to suit you, and
at a price way below what they were
intended to sell. 1
You'll want a half dozen or more
when you see them.
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor
Bring the Boy Here Saturday and Fit
Him Out with his New Suit for Easter
$4.95 to $30.00
WE doubt if you'll find a better selection anywhere from which
to choose just the sort of clothing the average boy likes
and moderately priced, too.
Boy' Suits, $9.95 to $30.00
Plain or fancy colors, some with mili
tay bafeks and waistline models with
belt.
Boys' Corduroy Suits, $7.95 to $9.95
Boys' suits of corduroy, for ages 6
to 18 years. Especially well made,
$7.95 to $9.95.
Juvenile Suits, $4.95 to $18.00
Many new arrivals in juvenile suits,
plain or fancy colors, $4.95 to $18.00.
Boys' Top Coats, $5.95 to $18.00
Plain or fancy colors, made with the
new waistline effect, $5.95 to $18.00.
New Spring Hats and Caps
For boys and juveniles, of fancy or plain colors, 75c to $2.50.
Boys' waists, "K. & E." quality, guaranteed fast colors, 98c
to $3.00.
Boys' neckwear, Windsor or 4-in-hand styles, 39c to $1.00.
Burfess-Nash Co. Fourth Floor
A Remarkable Sale of Banister 's
Shoes for Men
at $8.95
Which is Positively Less Than
the Factory Price
THERE is no need to tell of the splendid quality of these shoes
for the knowledge that they are Banister's shoes is enough
guarantee.
There is a last for every shape foot in the assortment, in
black kid and black Russia calfskin.
A few lasts included are:
The Wolcott
For the business man.
The Gotham
A veiy dressy shoe.
The Rialto
A narrow toe last.
The Envoy
A medium toe last.
The Lip ton'
A medium toe last
The Stratford
Button, black Russia calf.
Burg.ss-Nash Co. Fourth Floor
EN'S New Hats
for Easter
M
$3.50 to $8.50
ALL the new favored
shapes, styles and
shades are represented
here in splendid assort
ment.
Special attention is di
rected to the showing of
the popular light weight
felts so desirable for
Spring and Summer wear.
The new shades are
green, brown and gray.
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor
1 Here's Another Remarkable Offering of
Burke Golf Clubs
We were fortunate in securing another lot of those Burke
Golf Clubs t6 sell for $1.50, which created such active selling
in our sporting goods section a week or so ago.
Every golf player in Omaha should be interested in this
remarkable offering. Including:
Drivers
Brassies
Mid Irons
Mashies
Putters
Choice
-1.50
All these clubs, hand forged, have viscalized calf grips
and the kind that would probably sell for double or more than
the price offered Saturday.
Burges.-Nasta Co. Fourth Floor