THE BEE:" - OHAHA, SATURDAY, MAY-IO. 1919.
South Side
5 SILK DRESSES
DISAPPEAR FROM
S, SIDE STORES
' Police Believe Mentally De
ranged Girl, About 16 Years ,
Old, Is Responsible for
Thefts.
A girl believed to be about 16
years old with an inordinate love for
silk dresses is causing South Side
clothing store proprietors a great
deal of worry and some financial
loss. Within the past six weeks
five silk dresses, all differing in
color and valued at about $150, have
been "lifted" from South Side stores.
All of the dresses were made to fit
girls about 16 years old.
The latest exploit of the supposed
ly ypung shop lifter was when a
silk dress valued at about $50 dis
appeared from the counters of the
Chicago Bargain store, 4824 South
Twenty-second street, bttween 8
and 9 o'clock Thursday morning.
In a similar manner and at about
the same time six weeks ago, four
variously colored silk dresses were
taken from the Digis Dry Goods
store, 4834 South Twentieth street.
South Side police authorities are
working on the theory thai a some
what mentally deranged young girl
is responsible for the thefts.
Mrs. Ella May Thomas of
The South Side Dies at 19
Mrs. Ella May Thomas, 19 years
old 2509 South Twentieth avenue,
died at a local hospital Thursday
evening. She is survived by her hus
band, James, her mother, Mrs. D.
Warren, and three brothers and one
si-ier. Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
the residence. Rev. E. B. Taft will
officiate. Interment will be in the
G'aceland Park cemetery.
Charge South Side
1 Auto Man Drove Car
That Hit Students
; Carl Kline, 3714 South Twenty
fourth street, an automobile sales
man, was arrested yesterday charged
with reckless driving. H, L. Miller
and Frank Ellenberger, Creighton
dental students, were injured when
struck by the Kline car, at Twenty-
fourth street anrt Wnntwnrtd ..
rue yesterday. Miller's condition is
serious. Me suffprer! a
back, broken leg and internal injur
ies.
Witnesses of the accident say the
car was going 50 miles an hour anH
in attempting to , cut between a
sireei car ana pedestrians, struck
Miller and Ellenberger. The driver
failed to ston. W. I- Hull A.ntr,
student, who was with Miller and
tiienoerger at me time narrowly es
caped Deing strucK.
Police Thursday arrested James
Griffin. South Side horse huvrr. nwn.
er oT the car that injured the two
ptrsons. He said Kline was using
the car. Kline told Thief n( n--
tives Dunn that he "didn't know he
sfucic anyone.
Testifies That He
"Paid Numerous 'Dope'
Bills for His Wife
Charles R. Allen, testifying before
Judge Holmes in municipal court,
declared that in 1912 he paid a bill
ot $200 at Tobin's drug store, South
Side, for strong drugs sold to Hattie
A'len, then his wife.
Allen testified that his former
wif was a drug addict during 1910,
19? 1 and 1912, and that the bill he
reterred to in particular was one of
many bills he paid. hTe mentioned
that she bought $12 worth of drugs
on one day. He referred to mor
phine, cocaine and other forms of
dope."
Mrs. Allen left her husband in
1915 when they were residing at
2224 Farnam street. The husband's
testimony was in connection with a
suit brdught by Dr. L. S. Fields for
$980 for services claimed to have
been rendered to Mrs. Allen from
February, 1916, to October, 1916.
Allen's former wife testified that
she obtained strong drugs on the
orders of physicians, but denied that
she ever had been a drug addict.
South Side Brevities
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Room for rent to lady. Call South 2043.
Dr. Cox. dentist. New location, 322 Se
curities Bldg., Sixteenth and Farnam St.
Express and light hauling. Call K. A
Z Auto Express, So. 1089 or 80. 8750. Adv.
Wanted Window and card writer. The
very best opportunities for a good man.
Philips Department Store, South. Omaha.
For sale, (-room house, 3 rooms and
reception hall downstairs, 3 bedrooms
and bath upstairs, and lot 60x160; 8601
S. 27th St. Tel. So. 2740.
NOTICE.
Open forum meetings every Thursday
night. Good entertainment and labor talks.
Admission J 6c. Everybody welcome.
OPEN FOHUM COMMITTEE.
We wish to thank the many kind
friends and nelghobrs for their kindness
and sympathy shown. Also for the many
floral offerings tendered in the sickness
and death of our beloved wife, sister and
daughter. Mrs. Sylvia Campbell, E. C.
Campbell, L. Barnes, George Barnes.
Leonldas Barnes, Marlon Barnes and Wil
liam Barnes.
Philips Department Store, the fastest
growing store in Omaha, "Watch Us
Grow," offers the following specials: 26
per cent off on all Mina Taylor dresses
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fji
Vttemt of thinff ' y,JrA I
.ciesinol
will help your skin
There's many a girl who goes through
the pangs of jealousy and envy when
she sees her friend, the girl with the
radiant complexion, enjoying things.
I f you are a sufferer from skin troubles
and know the embarrassment and pain
they bring, waste no further time
fretting about your ailment but com
, mence immediately the Resinol Oint
ment treatment. Pimples, blackheads,
mmneraSnBBBai
blochy patches on the face, rough red
skins, speedily respond to the soothing,
healing medication this ointment con
tains. Even quicker results maybe obtained
by joint use of Resinol Soap with Resi
nol Ointment. Apply the ointment at
night. Wash the face with the soap
by day.
Sold by all druggists.
Brief City News
Lighting Fixtures Burgesa-Qranden Co
Have KtMit Print It Beacon Press,
Burglary Ins. Wheeler & Welpton
Returns From Overseas -Sergt L.
J. Horwich baa returned from over
seas andT is now at the home of his
parents, 4217 South Twenty-second
street.
Dr. F. W. Lake has returned from
military service and resumed the
practice of medicine, with offices at
619-623 City National Bank building.
Phone: Douglas 660; residence,
Blackstone hotel.
Xew Oil Well Burlington officials
are advised that Thursday a 125
barrel well was brought In at a
point 15 miles west of Edgemont,
just over the South Dakota line, in
Wyoming.
Wants to Annul Marriage Ivah
wooten cnarges that wintam
Wooten was married to her in Oma
ha September 25, 1918, although he
had another wife living at that time,
She asks the district court to annul
her marriage.
High School Debate -The Ecrem
moc Debating club, taking the nega
tive of the question "Resolved,
That the United States Join
League of Nations" defeated the
Webster Debating society in a de
bate held at the High School of
Commerce.
Frank Roach Transferred Frank
Roach, for a long time with the ad
vertising department of the Union
Pacific, but subsequently secretary of
the Union Pacific Family war Serv
ice club, has been transferred to the
department of Federal jflanager Cal
vin, there to become pass clerk.
Dinner for Swift Employes Swift
& Co.'s employes have organized a
"Get-Together" club to hold dinners,
dances and other affairs. Their first
dinner was held at the Henshaw
rathskeller last evening at which
more than 200 Swift men were in
attendance.
Stock Diner for Trip Orders have
been Issued for the stocking of the
commissary car that -ill be attached
to the Burlington train carrying the
125 or more Chamber of Commerce
boosters on their trade excursion.
They will leave on the western trip
a week from Sunday night.
Files Damage Suit Charles
Eggers has filed suit in district court
for $10,000 damages against Ru
dolph Dietz, a grocer, 4820 South
Twenty-fourth street. He says he
was struck by Dietz's delivery truck
April 19 at Thirty-first and Y streets
and was thrown 40 feet and badly
injured.
Invnnts New Annllance Floyd
Taylor, 1918 Cass street, states that
his brotner, t. uayior, .lkjuis
vllle, Neb., has been offered $40,000
and royalty on an invention per
fected for cleansing air used in sta
tionary air compressors. The Louis
ville man has been working five
years on his Invention. A i'niia
deluhia company is B&id to have
made the proposition to the Nebras
ka Inventor.
Man Who Inflated Body of
Fellow Workman on Trial
Jacob Kobielak was placed on
trial for manslaughter yesterday be
fore District Judge Redick and a
jury. He is charged with causing
the death of Albert Socha, a fellow
workman, at the Cudahy Packinfi
company's plant. March 27 by forc
ing compressed air at high pressure
into his body.
Nearly all the witnesses are Pol
ish and had to be questioned
through an interpreter.' Kobielak's
defense is that the air was forced
into Socha's body by accident. ,
Troop Trains to Pass Here.
Six troop trains, carrying some
1.J00 soldiers, nearly all casuals, will
pass through the city, two Saturday,
two Sunday and two Monday, going
to Fort Russell, Wyoming and
American Lake, Washington, where
tr boys will be discharged. Three
o the trains come in over the Great
Western, three over the Northwest-
un and all go out over the Unior
Pacific. ' '"
BEATRICE GIRL DIES.
Beatrice, Neb., May 8. (Special.)
Vivian, the young daughter oi
Mt. and Mr. Herbert Bruce oi
West 'Beatrice. - died Wednesday
or aprons, Victor brand men's best lisle
or rockford hose at UV4c a pair.
42-plece dinner set, beautiful patterns, a
set for ?
1 nrn vnrriff rihhnn. S varda for. ....... 2dc
15c men's handkerchiefs at. each 60
On sale Sat., May 10, Wlig Brothers
basement store. 86-Inch width percales,
lights and darks. In first class quality,
per yard. 16c; one more lot muslins,
bleached and unbleached, per yard,
13c. On sale now, boys' unlonalls
pair, 95c; men's union suits, each, 95c;
table damask, beautiful patterns, worth
to tl.vO yd., at yd., 69c; window shades,
dark green, first quality, 6-ft. long-, each,
45c; ladles' house dresses, each, 95c
Phillip's Department Store, the fastest
growing store In Omaha. ':watcn us
Grow." Now more than ever before are
we ready to give our clients values m
mtrrhanillmi at nrlces much below the
wholesale price. All Mlna Taylor dresses
and aprons at 25 per cent off the regular
nrice- Warner's Rust-Droof corsets at 99
cents each; men's Victor brand lisle hose
at 11 H cents pair; cnuaren s discs, noso,
in all sizes, at UM, cents pair: boys' Cor
duroy pants, a pair at 89 cents; 42-plece
dinner set, fine quality, at 29.59 a set;
tile . flflAnrtment water sets and berry sets
at 99 cents set. See our Window Shoe
sale, what $1.99 will do.
Kawinis Club to Boost
Movement for New Park
At it meetinc at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday afternoon the
Kawinis club members determined
fr crpt behind the movement looking
toward acquiring Child's Pomt for
est reserve as a park tor ureaier
Omaha, the cub will reDort us
action to the Chamber, with the re
quest that a committee be named
to go into the matter, ascertaining
the cost of purchasing and the steps
that would.be necessary to bring
about the desired results. ,
The making pf stainless steel cut
lery, which originated in England,
was suspended during the war.
The result is achieved by adding
about 13 per cent of chromium.
Like a thunderbolt from
the clear sky comes this
sensational suit announce
ment, telling of values
that standalone in magni
tude of their savings.
Sill
CLOAK CO.
15R-2I DOUGLAS STREET
In order to accommodate
the greatest throng of suit
buyers ever assembled in
this store, we have ar
ranged all sale suits on
racks, to facilitate quick
service,
If
Saturday the Biggest Suit Sale
EVER HELD IN OMAHA
CHOICE $29.50 TO $40
That you would never dream possible to buy
in any store at any sale THIS SEASON at
We are going to do the biggest suit business because we have
the biggest suit values. This isn't an idle newspaper boast, but the
SUITS ARE NOW IN THE STORE MARKED and READY TO
BE SOLD WHEN THE DOORS OPEN TOMORROW AT 8:30.
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The manufacturer who contributed these wonderful suits never produced a
garment to retail for less than $30. You will find the suits at a saving of $10
to $15, yes, and MOKE models for Women! for Misses! for Juniors!
Whether you live in town or fifty miles away. Make It Your Business to come to this
Sale Tomorrow and take home the Best Suit you ever bought at the price $21
mm j
$29.50 to $45.00
DRESSES
uome, ana f wnen you see
these fine Satin, Taffeta, V 1
Crepe de chine, yes, and
Geaded Georgette Dresses
for t$19, you will not be sat
isfied with buying only one
at this great bargain price . .
$25.00 to $35.00
COATS and CAPES
A-
The price is low, but wait S
till vmi spp tViPSP. o-nrmpnts. -I I
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then you will know why this v
store is the talk of the town
for its wonderful value-
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CHINAWARE
42 PIECES
$4.95
42 PIECES
Every customer (old or new) of the Alamito Dairy Co. is en
titled to take advantage of this extraordinary offer. We have
just purchased a limited number of 42-piece dinner sets, Puritan
Pattern Chinaware, attractively decorated in' conventional design
and gold bordered. t
Any Alamito customer presenting $5.00 worth of Alamito
ticket stubs or 50 bottle caps, together with $4.95 in cash to our
Leavenworth street salesroom, will secure this dinner set an in-
spection of which will satisfy you that its $15 retail value is not
overestimated. '.
These sets are individually packed in strawboard cartons and
. can easily be carried by an adult.
Alamito Dairy Company
Phone Doug. 409. 26th and Leavenworth Sts. Council Bluffs Phone 205.
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