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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1919.
UfJl STUDENTS
INSPECT OMAHA
BUSINESS LIFE
Beautiful Second Mrs. Leet
POLICE CONDUCT
PROBE IN DEATH
REAM
and "Billy" Who Shot Himself
OF MATT RAKIC
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Four Hundred Young Men Are7
Guests of Commercial
Bodies On Tour to Supple
ment Studies.
Yesterday wai University day in
Omaha and everybody knew it. Four
hundred of the young men students
Ojf the state university, aboard a
special train over the Burlington, ar
rived shortly after 10 o'clock.
At the Union stock yards, about
100 of the students, interested in
live stock and various departments
of the packing house industry, de
trained and spent a considerable
portion of the day.
At noon they were the guests of
the Union Stock Yards company,
lunching at the exchange. Carl
Smith was in charge of groups, 1
to 5, inclusive, and dkiring their
tour of the big plants they saw
everything thT goes with the pro
duction of the output of the houses
that have made Omaha famous as
a meat packing center.
Rain Dampens Ardor.
When the special train reached
Omaha, a drizzling rain set in and
for a time it dampened the ardor and
. the clothing of the students.
The students were divided into 20
groups and each group, convoyed by
an Omaha man started out to take
in the city.
Group No. 6, under the guidance of
G. M. Wallace, visited the public li
brary and the grain exchange.
Another group interested in chem
ical matters went to the smelter, the
art glass factories, the engraving
plants and the manufacturing plants
of the -pobbing chemists. - i
Other groups, interested in botany
and plant culture of various kinds,
journeyed to Forest Lawn, the
woods in the vicinity of Florence
ard tp a number of the larger green
houses. Students interested in mechanics
and engineering, and there were a
host of them, toured the Union
Pacific shops, electric light plant,
waterworks pumping .station, gas
plantvand power plants of the numer
ous large buildings in the business
center.
' A large number of the students
went to the flouring mills and the
great grain elevators of the Omaha
" terminals, while still others visited
the Lininger art gallery and the sev
eral large private galleries of the
city.
Boys who are specially interested
in financial affairs made tour of
the banking houses, a still greater
number going to the implement
establishments and jobbing houses.
Visit Medical School.
Among the students were a num
ber who are preparing themselves
for the medical profession. All of
these were escorted to the Univer
sity of Nebraska College of Med
icine, which they expect to enter
upon completing the preparatory
. course in Lincoln.
At noon there was a gathering of
students at the Chamber of Com
merce, where lunch was served,
after which they again, a little tired,
but anxious to see the city, resumed
their rounds.
In making their tours about the
city the boys traveled in chartered
street cars, stopping as long as they
desired at points of interest.
At 6 o'clock last evening the
boys were dined at the Hotel Fon
tenelle and shortly afterward at the
Auditorium there was a public re
caption, followed by a dance that
continued until the returning train
departed for Lincoln at 11 o'clock.
. The medical students were not
scheduled for the Auditorium gath
ering, but instead they were enter
tained at the University club. They
heard short talks on the activity of
: the medical profession in military
life. The addresses were given by
returned members of the medical
corps.
(Wife Gets Divorce
And $15,000 Alimony;
Alleged Infidelity
A decree of divorce and $15,000
Powell from Myrtello Powell by tfomedy, "A Royal Vagabond," is fan
Judge Troup sitting in divorce court October attraction; Going Up,
yesterday.
- Mr. Powell is superintendent of
a downtown building at a salary of
$350 a month.
Mrs. Powell alleged infidelity in
her petition, which was filed March
17, 1919.
- Mr. Powell, in his answer, denied
that he was cruel to his wife and
that her health was impaired. He
stated that she had started a suit
for divorce in October, 1918, and that
. they separated then. After three
. weeks, he said, she came to him and
asked for a reconciliation, that he
consented and that she condoned
s any failings of his up to that time,
and they returned to live together
again. -
He stated that, following her last
petition for divorce, he turned over
to her property and money worth
$2,600. Included in this was the fur
niture of their home at 2567 FowJer
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San Francisco, May 2. (Special.)
"Billy" A. Leet, wealthy Omahan,
who recently attempted suicide fol
lowing the filing of a divorce peti
tion by his second wife, is recover
ing here. Mrs. Leet, who has been
separated from her husband for
some time, emphatically denied that
she intends to arrange for a reconciliation.
His first wife, formerly Anne
Robertson, who was granted a di
vorce from him in January, 1917, on
a charge of cruelty, is now living in
San Francisco.
The second Mrs. Leet, now suing
the young Omahan for divorce was
married to him in .November, lyi.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Martha Ruddy, daughter of a
wealthy manufacturer of Aurora, 111.
Railway Commission Will
Appeal "Blue Sky" Case
The Nebraska State Railway com
mission, by Attorney General Davis,
filed notice in the Douglas county
district court yesterday that it will
appeal its suit against the Painless
Withers Dental company of Omaha
to the state supreme court
The commission filed suit several
months ago alleging that the Pain
less Withers company was selling
its stock in Nebraska without a per
mit from the commission. Applica
tion had been made for this permit,
bat while the commission was de
liberating on the question the appli
cation was withdrawn. Thereafter,
it was, alleged, the Painless With
ers company sold its stock in the
state at $100 to $125 a share. The
State Railway commission alleged
that the stock was not worth that
Brandeis Booking for Next
Season Include Good Things
Stars Like Ruth Chatterton, Fisk O'Hara, David
Belasco, Neil O'Brien, As Well As Plays Staged
By George M. Cohan, Klaw & Erlanger, Included
In Engagements. J
Managers of the Brendeis theater
have been busy for some weeks ar
ranging the schedule of attractions
for next season at that theater and
announce a list of plays and com
panies promised ' that looks very
good.
Ruth Chatterton, who appears here
as co-star with Henry Miller dur
ing the first week in June, will go
on to California. On the way back
she will be seen at the Brandeis on
August 29 and 30 in her new comedy
by4 George Scarborough, "Moonlight
and Honeysuckle." It is a comedy
of Washington life at the present
day. An early booking is Winchel
Smith's and John Golden's produc
tion of "Lightning;" Fish O'Hara in
a new play will be shown during
Ak-Sar-Bn week; "A Tailor Made
Man" will return in September; Neil
O'Brien will come for two days next
season with a new minstrel show;
David Belasco will present "Dad
dies;" George M. Cohan's musical
which comes this season, has been
booked for a return next year; Klaw
& Erlanger's new musical comedy,
"The Velvet Lady," and Cohan &
Harris' "A Prince There Was" are
among the November bookings;
Mitzi will be seen and heard in
"Head' Over Heels;" David Belas
co's, "The Boomerang," will be a
return booking and "The Rainbow
Girl," missed on account of the
"flu" is contracted for next year,
and "Polly With a Past" will come
again at about the same time; Fred
Stone in "Jack O'Lantern" will be
here for a week beginning Sunday,
January 5; time is marked for Wil
liam Gillette in his new comedy,
"Dear Brutus," by J. M. Barrie;
John Corts' production of "Flo
Flo" will be another musical com
edy offer; David Belasco will pre
sent "Tiger Rose," and Francis
Star will also be here under' his
management in "Tiger Tiger;" Julia
Sanderson and Herbert Cawthorn,
are contracted for four days in
March; Maude Adams will be seen
in a new play; time marked though
not contracted includes "Listen Les:
terl" a musical comedyji "Dark
Rosaleen," "Friendly Enemies,"
"Tumble In," Otis Skinner in a new
play and Raymond Hitchcock. Ne
gotiaitons are now under way to se
cure the famous Ziegfeld "Follies."
for a week some time next March.
The Tuesday Musical ciub will
hold their series of concerts at the
Brandeis again next- season and
have already arranged for three of
the dates for their jnusicals.
U. S. Reconstruction
Hospital-Teaches 1 50
Different Trades
fiiam Witrfers, Gilbert Withers,
; price.
Wifliai
Harrison Bowes, John Bartli and
W. Skovgard are defendants with
the Withers compan
One hundred and fifty trades and
professions are being taught at the
reconstruction hospital for wounded
soldiers at Des Moines, according
to Charles Levings, director of the
Army and Navy club, who just re
turned from Des Moines after in
specting the hospital.
"Any soldier who is unable to
hold his old job is welcomed at the
hospital," said Mr. Levings. "A
man with a 10 per cent or higher
disability compensation may enter
the hospital. We have had numer
ous cases in Omaha of boys who
found they were unable to hold
their old job. Although they have
been discharged from the army, they
may enter the hospital as civilians
and be trained.
"The boys should also hold their
government insurai:e."
Mr. Levings will make another
trip to Des Moines next week for
a further investigation, after which
he will make a written report to the
War Camp Community Service.
Typewritten Sheets Only
Paper In Albany Thursday
Albany, Y. May 2. The only
the Bulletin, a single sheetf repro
duced typewritten news issued by
the Victory Liberty loan committee.
The composing rooms of the regular
papers were still tied up by a walk
out of linotype operators.
Sentence 7 Persons
Found In "Dope Joint"
On Vagrancy7 Charge
Four women and three men were
sentenced to 30 daVs in jail each
yesterday morning on charges of
vagrancy.
When they were arrested in a raid
on the home of Flossie Kane, 1213
Cass street, Thursday, two bottles
of cocaine valued at $50 were found.
Sergeant Thestrup, who led the
raid, testified that nearly every
"dope" fiend arrested here during
the past six months obtained the
drugs at the Kane home. Those ar
rested were: Flossie Kane, Gussie
Burnes, 808 North Sixteenth street;
Margaret Golden, 2124 South Main
street, Council Bluffs; Dollie Flem
ing, 2509 M street: F. E. Potter
Harlan; Lawrence Lowreyy. Council
Bluffs, and William Watts, Thirty
sixth and Q streets.
Alleged Showman Fined
When Richard McCarthy, who de
clares he is from Boston, New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Council
Bluffs, told Police Judge Fitzgerald
Friday morning that he was a show
man, and his partner, Al Johnson,
said he was a waiter, the police
judge askedi "Were you waiting
for the show, Johnson?" Both were
fined $50 and costs for vagrancy.
Chief of Detectives Dunn testified
that McCarthy and Johnson were
arreted after they had attempted to
swTndle a farmer from Wahoo, Neb.,
out of money bjr matching dollars.
Police Surgeon Says Death
Probably Caused by Fall
Down Stairs; May Dis
cover Foul Play.
Police are investigating the eir
cumstances surrounding the death
of Matt Rakic, 1246 South Ihir
teenth street, who was found yes
terday, fully dressed, with a prob
able fracture of the skull, lying in
a pool of .blood at the foot of the
stairs of his home by John Vupetich,
a room-mate.
Whether Rakic was the victim of
foul play or of an accident is what
the police are trying to determine.
Police Surgeon Edstrom, after an
examination of the body, said death
was probably caused by a fall down
the stairs. -County
Attorney Shotwell has as
sumed charge of the body and is in
vestigating the case.
Commissioners Want
To Use Paving Brick
Made of Nebraska Clay
The board of county commission
ers announced yesterday that in
vesications will be made of Ne
braska clay with a view to making
the vast amount of brick required
for paving 115 miles of Douglas
county roads.
"It is said that' Nebraska clay is'
not suited o making vitrified brick,"
said Zommissioner Unitt "But we
will take that question up with the
state authorities and geological ex
perts of the state university. We
have Iieard that there is a shale here
which might be used to make hard
brick.
"The cost of the brick will be
a very heavy item, and if possible,
we want to keep that money in the
state and employ Nebraska work
man in making the brick. Wi have
no intention of making the brick
ourselves, but if the raw material
is li we hope that private enter
prise will get to work on it.
Municipal Ice Stations
- Will Be Opened Saturday
Municipal ice stations at Twenty
fourth and O, Eighteenth and Vin
ton, Twenty-fourth and Blondo and
Twenty-sixth and Leavenworth
streets will be opened on Saturday
and beginning on next Monday they
will open on every other week day
until the summer season, when they
will be open every day.
The stations at Sixteenth and
Hickory. Eleventh and Dorcas,
Twenty-ninth and Woolworth and
Sixteenth and Corby streets will be
opened on next Tuesday and will be
open on every other week day until
the demand warrants an every-day
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Short Policeman Arrests
Tail Negro On Glass Charge
Motorcycle Policeman Cain is the
shortest man on the polici force.
Thursday he arrested Walter Pit
man, said to be the tallest man,
black and emancipated, west of Chi
cago. The Charge against him was
breaking glass on the street. In
police court Friday morning, Pit
man testified: "An' jedge, thet plice
man dun treated me roughly." Pit
man was fined" $5 and costs. He
broke a vial, two inches long, in the
street in front of the police station.
Divorce
Courts
Charging that her husband. Wal
ter V. Straley, struck, beat, smacked
kicked and choked her since their
marriage in 1917, Hazel Straley has
hied suit m distrfct court for a
divorce. She also charges that Stra
ley drinks to excess. He is a taxi
cab driver and makes about -$100 a
monch, she says. She asks to have
cstody of their 4-year-old
daughter.
Ross Frankl charges in a peti
tion for divorce in district court that
her husband, Joseph, abused lier.
called her vile names, and went out
with other women.
Marie L. Matousek alleees that
her husband, Frank, accused her of
infidelity and she has applied to
the district court for a divorce, ali
mony and the restoration of her
maide-i name, Novak. They were
married in Omaha in 1917.
Porter Camn. 3026 Evans street.
has applied for a divorce in dis
trict court from Laura Camp, to
whom he was married in 1915. He
says she left him in April 1917,
and that the last he heard of her
she was living at 504 South Dear
born street, Chicago.
The Ideal Family Loaf
Patronize Your
Neighborhood Grocer
JAY BURNS BAKING CO.
M anufac
t u r e d, Re
built and Re
paired. New
cores Install
ed, Fenders
straightened.
and made new.
If your radiator boils or leaks,
send it in. Estimates Iree. Work
guaranteed.
OMAHA RADIATOR
MFG. CO.
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150 Dozen J If
Pajamas . & ' M
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Made by one of
the best manufac
turers, from sam
ple pieces of the
best mercerized
striped madras,
pongee and fancy
satin stripe crepe
in plain colors
and neat striped
patterns, many
trimmed with silk
frogs, some plain.
Regular $4 and
4.50 values.
MAIN FLOOR
MEN'S STORE.
Men From the Froni
Want tip Stylish
Clothes We Self
1THE "front" may have
x been in the trenches
in France or in the routine
duties of an 'American can
tonment; the "front" may
have been at the handles
of a plow or in a store or
shop or office.
There were many fronts in
this war; and many men
"from the front."
They want stylish dothes;
and we have that kind for
them.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
make them for us; waist
seam models for young
men; quieter sack styles for
older men; clothes with all
wool quality with dig- C
nity and refinement P30
Others at $40 up to $65
Waist Seam Overoats, Top Coats,
Motor Coats, Rain Goats
These are very exceptional values; the garments will
speak for themselves. There's an "air" in these Spring
styles that's distinctive
Other Spring Overcoats in all the latest types, single
and double-breasted, raglan military styles; many waist
seam
$15, $20, $25, $30, $40, $50
Tn Men's Furnishings, Too, This
Store Is Keeping Ahead of
the Growing Demands
A store extremely wide in its scope destined to meet the demand of men who
buy merchandise of the highest character. You'll find this is a great service
store.
Munsingwear Union Suits for
Men for Summer Comfort
In fit, in comfort and in service, Munsing-wear excells. Each
suit represents the finest fabric procurable, and satisfaction is
carefully woven in, too.
For regular, stout, slim or short men. Finest cotton, lisle
and mercerized yarn; long or short sleeves, ankle or lengths
Priced $2 to $4. Sold in Omaha by Brandeis Stores only.
Athletic Union Suits,. 1.25
About 300 fine madras and nainsook athletic union suits hi
plain and Jacquard weaves; cut extra -full; perfect fitting and
very special at this price, suit 1.25
A Real Of fering ' Saturday in
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7- Every shirt in this lot made to sell at considerably
more money. Woven madras, percales and crepe effect
Many of these shirts are regular $2 values; all sizes, 14 to
IB; an unusual opportunity to make a good saving.
Fine Madras Shirts
Here are some exceptional bargains, made of the best
quality corded madras, fast colors, in patterns that are
very new. Neat and bright patterns, in all sizes.
MAIN FLOOR MEN'S STORE.
$2
Your Style of
Hat
Is Here
Discriminating men, here
are hats of superior quality.
Styled right, all of them,
and the latest shades and
shapes to choose from.
From the best and most
prominent makers in the
country, and priced at
2.50 to' $20
Boys'Headwear
3 and 25c
About 75 dozen boys
Hats, floor stock and sample
lines, values from 50c to $1,
in two big lots Saturday,
at 39 and 25
Boys' Straw Hats, 1.50 to $3
Boys' Panama Hats, $4 and
$5.
Men's Caps
65c
Odd lots and sample lines
of men's caps, including
Blue Serges, $1 values, in
on. lot Saturday. 65
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