-
.
fiftS 1 BEE : OMAHA, TUESDAY MAY 20, 1919.
AUTO LOAD OF
WHISKY FOUND
IN DAKOTA CITY
Davis, Driver of Booze Car,
' ; Under Arrest and Brought '
; : '' - to Omaha for
V . . Hearing.
A high-powered touring car con-r
Uining 444 quirti of whisky was
- captured at Dakota City, Neb., Sat-
. urday night and the driver of the
r ; car, James Davis, arrested.
Pavis will be brought to Omaha
. for a hearing before United States
" Commissioner McLaughlin on a
charge of violating the Reed amend-
ment " He told arresting officers at
Dakota City that he purchased the
whisky at Trosky, Minn., and was
bound for Willis, Neb., when cap-
' tured on the state line, according to
reports received by federal officials
here.
' Walter Turner, negro porter on a
; land excursion car, was arrested
Sunday and is being held in county
jail for alleged violation of the Reed
amendment. Department of justice
officers found 47 pints of whisky in
. Turner's car, they say.
Want to Amend Petition
In Suit for $120,000,000
t . Permission to amend the $120,
. 000,000 suit filed a few weeks ago by
: Louise Osborne Ferson and her sis
ter, Grace Osborne, was granted by
District Judge Sears. They want to
add the names of other defendants
. besides Armour Co. and others
named in the original suit The sis
t ters claim to be the inventors of a
baked bean biscuit which, they say,
has been used by the defendant
without their permission.
Detention Home Measure
By Mr. Ringer Advocating
Bee Reform Is; Approved
i
Council Sitting As Committee of Whole Refuses To
Make Investigation of Charges of Petty Graft In
Connection ; With Home, . Despite Demand of
( Councilman Butler. .
Accepting the principal reform
recommended by The Bee in con
nection with the Detention home,
but refusing to institute an invests
gation of the charges of petty graft
in connection with the institution,
the city council committee of the
whole yesterday morning recom
mended for passage Police Commis
sioner Dean Ringer's new ordinance.
Commissioner, Butler voiced em
phatic opposition to the, measure, or
any other measure, passing the
council until the charges against the
home had been investigated.
Should Probe Accusations.
"I believe that this council is
charged with the solemn duty of
investigating accusations which
have been brought against this in
stitution," declared Mr. Butler. "If
there has been anything wrdng there
we should know about it before this
ordinance is passed. I move that
we set it over and first hold a spe
cial meeting where the whole situa
tion may be gone over. beyere
criticism has been directed against
this institution and its administra
tion, and in my opinion we cannot
afford to ignore them.
"It seems to me that the members
of the city - council should show a
disposition to run down charges
which reflect on the integrity and
honor of its members. . )
Cannot Pass Unnoticed;
"Were I at the head of the Deten
tion home, if the public looked to me
for explanations,, which they have a
right to expect and insist on getting,
I should make it the first order of
business to discharge this debt as
the public duty of a public servant.
In my opinion this is too serious a
matter to pass over unnoticed." .
There was no support voiced to
Mr. Butler's recommendation.
T.he ordinance will be presented
at the next meeting of the council
for final passage.
Dean Ringer, Dr. Manning and
-Dr. Palmer Findley, recently follow
ing numerous and bitter protests
against arresting women without
warrants, holding them in the home
and compelling them to submit to
examination and treatment without
hearings in court, abandoned this
policy. They announced this plan
had been discontinued, and in the
future no one would be committed
to the institution without a proper
hearing in open court.
What New Ordinance Says.
The new ordinance covers this
feature as follows:
"The health commissioner, his as
sistants and deputies, and the sur
geon in charge of the Detention
home and his assistants, are hereby
empowered and directed, within a
reasonable time, to make examina
tions for the existence of venereal
disease of all persons convicted in
a court of competent jurisdiction,
of prostitution, as keeper of a dis
orderly house, as an inmate of a
disorderly house, or of women so
liciting to detain such persons so
convicted as aforesaid until the re
sults of such an examination shall
have been determined; and to pro
vide such medical and surgical treat
ment as shall be necessary in such
cases, and such as is customarily
and generally used by the medical
profession in the scientific ascertain
ment and treatment thereof."
The ordinance also 'provides for
the treatment of men suffering from
social diseases in the same manner.
It will likely be presented to the
council for passage at the next
meeting.
No reference is made in the ordi
nance to the abandonment of the
"practice of administering morphine
and codaine to the inmates. Serious
objections . have been registered
against this practice, which is car
ried on to the extent that some have
been given as much as four injec
tions of morphine each day for a
period extending from six weeks to
three and four months, in defiant
violation of the law.
Proposes Amendment
Commissioner Zimman asked that
an amendment be made to the or
dinance orovidinar that those, dis
charged from the Detention home
cured of venereal diseases, but not
of the dope habit, be sent to a state
institution. Such an amendment was
agreed to.
It is proposed to file complaints
before the insanity board in such in
stances and it will then be up to this
board to find a place in a state in
stitution for sftch uncured drug
addicts. v :
'I believe that these unfortunate
peopje should be given dope while
in the course of being cured," said
Commissioner Zimman. "It is the
only way that they can be humane
ly treated." V
"Then you would kill them with
kindness, would you, ' inquired Com
missioner cutler.
MRS. THOMPSON
EXPECTED TO SUE
BENNER ESTATE
Attorney for Mrs. Thompson
Files Objection Against
Probating of Benner Will
In Otoe County.
There's Two Sides to Every
, Question, Declares Jerry
Terry Howard yesterday sent a let
ter with 20 signatures to United
States Senator Borah, asking him to
come to Omaha to spea kon the
League of Nations. Jerry wants the
other side of the question elucidated
after Mr. Taft and his party come
to Omaha two weeks rence.
From Caruso's power
to Lauder's wit!
' S " ' i'" '
From the thrill of the mightiest music
to the chuckles of the drollest comedy
Through the whole gamut of music and
laughter, revelling as you go in the great
est beauty, the highest art, the merriest
laughter originated by the brain and heart
of man This is your privilege if you have
aVictrola, for it is chosen by the world's
supreme artists as the medium of-their
genius V
V' , . .
Victors and Vlctrolas in great variety from $12 to $950.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important Notice. Victor Records and Victor Machines ar scientific
ally coordinated and synchronized ia the processes of manufacture, and their
use, one with the other, Is absolutely essential to a perfect reproduction
at n dealer otx th 1 of each mo nth
Vie tiro
"VlctroIaH k tha Regbwred Trmaemari ol tht Victor TIkin Mithlrw Cocnpmr
.. . ' r dwlamtlns th product! of thli Company only.
A suit for $50,000 ;for alleged
alienation of the affections of
Charles X.' Thompson may be filed
soon against the estate of the late
Mrs. "Happy" Theodora Van Wyck
Benner, F. A. Mulfinger, . attorney
tor Mrs. Thompson, intimated yes
terday.
Mr. Mulfinger filed a motion Sat
urday in the Otoe county court, ob
jecting on behalf of Mrs. Thompson
to the probating of Mrs. Benner's
will in Ctoe county, alleging that
the proceedings to probate the will
there is a fraud upon Mrs. Thomp
son and done to embarrass the
prosecution of her right.
Filed Divorce Petition Here.
, Mrs. Thompson filed suit for di
vorce in the Douglas county district
court on the day following the ar
rest of her husband and Mrs. Btn-
ner in the office of the former in
the Railway Exchange building,
April 18.
Mrs. Benner died in her apart
ment in the Portland, April 26. Be
tween the time of the arrest and of
her death, she and Mr. Thompson
had been seen together several
times. Mr. Thompson is manager
of the Umaha City Directory com
pany. ,
Mrs. Benner was a wealthy
woman and the estate left by her is
valued at between $500,000 and $1,-
000,000. She was a daughter of the
late Charles Henry Van Wyck,
United States senator from Nebras
ka from 1881 to 1887, four times a
congressman from the state of New
Nork and one of the country's most
prominent men of his time.
She was diverced from her hus
band in 1915. and had lived in Om
aha with her only son, Van Wyck
Benner from that time until her
death.
The objection filed in the Otoe
county court by Mrs. Thompson's
attorneys states that during the last
five years on numerous occasions
Mrs. Benner had declared Douglas
county to be her legal residence.
Prison Sentence For
Postal Employe Who
Used Cancelled Stamps
Clarence W. Woodard. an ex-em
ploye of the postal department at
the Union station, pleaded euiltv
yesterday morning in federal court
to the charge of using cancelled
postage stamps, and was sentenced
to one year and one day in the penitentiary.
Woodard was arrested last No
vember. Over $34 worth of can
celled stamps were found on his per
son at the time of the arrest, ac
cording to federal authorities.
Evidence brought before the fed
eral grand jury last session showed
that he had been removing stamps
from large parcel post packages and
selling them instead of new stamps.
He weighed a package and took the
required amount of money from the
sender, then placed cancelled
stamps on the package and kept the
money, according to evidence.
Several specific cases were listed
against him in the grand jury, in
dictment. vi
Permanent Injunction
Against 7 for Quarter
Car Tickets Is Asked
A motion was filed in district
court today to make the temporary
injunction against the "seven-for-a-quarter"
street car ticket ordinance,
permanent.
This fight started when the city
council passed the ordinance in 1914
and the population voted vociferous
ly for it at a special election held
March 10, 1914. On April 8 a re
straining order was secured by the
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway Co.. to stop the placing
of the ordinance in effect. On May
13 a temporary injunction was
granted the street railway company
pitting up a bond of $100,000.
it is merely a formal motion to
traighten out the records, say at
torneys for the street railway company.
Nine Methodist Churches Over
bp In Centenary Fund Drive
Nine local Methodist churches
have already oversubscribed their
quotas in the drive for funds to be
used by the national Methodist cen
tenary council for world reconstruc
tion purposes.
The drive for the $164,000, the
Omaha quota, was officially opened
yesterday. Nearly all of this sum
has already been raised by the Oma-
a churches.
The district quota is $311,425.
More than $180,000 of this sum has
been raised. Thirty-one Methodist
churches outside of this city com
prise the district.
.Next Sunday will see the close
f the campaign and by that time
Methodist leaders here hope to see
both the local and district quotas
greatly oversubscribed.
In many of the churches the sums
were raised in record time, the
Florence Methodist church over
subscribed its t quota by $1,000 in
10 minutes. '
Large Tractor Makers to
Open Warehouses Here
Omaha is to become a main dis
tributing point for harvesting ma
chinery, tractors, motor trucks and
threshing machinery, J. M. Gillan,
manager of the industrial bureau,
Chamber of Commerce, said yester
day morning.
Several large eastern manufactur
ers have made inquiries for ware
house floor spate with the object in
view to Open branches here.
"A deal is now pending which frill
result in the erection of two large
warehouses on Omaha property of
the kind desired by these eastern
ers," Mr. Gillen said ..
Alarm System Saves
Omahan's Car as Auto
Thieves Pay 2d Visit
" Elmer Beddeo, 5109 Izard street,
a year ago experienced the loss of a
new automobile, which was stolen
from his garage and not recovered
until a moi)th later.
He hit upon the idea of electrifying
his garage, with an alrm system, and
an electric switch in his home which
would turn on the garage lights by
pushing a button. This electrifica
tion cost him $300. ,
At 2:30 a. m. yesterday the alarm
went off for the first time, awaken
ing the Beddeo family and also the
neighborhood. Mr. Beddeo turned orf
the garage lights, looked out and told
his wife he could discern the forms
of two men. - He telephoned the po
lice station. Four policemen were
on the scene, and with drawn re
volvers surrounded the garage, but
the intruders had disappeared.
The Beddeo garage has been
equipped so that if even a window
is pushed the alarm will ring, iron
bars inside the windows are charged
with electricity. Mr. Beddeo was
kept busy for an hour explaining to
his early-morning callers how he
protected his automobile against
theft.
Three Grocers Arrested On
Stolen Property Charge
With the recovery of four of the
14, 60-pound tubs of butter stolen
Friday night from the David Cole
Creamery company, Fourteenth and
Jones streets, detectives yesterday
morning arrested Albert Wohlner,
2115 California street, Sam and Harry
Rosenbloom, 1615 Burt street, all
three grocers. They are charged
with receiving stolen property.
The butter, regularly sold tor 60
cents a pound, was on sale at Wohl
ner's and Rosenbloom's stores for
55 cents a pound. They denied
knowing it had been stolen.
Thompsoa-Belcieix &Co
J $fablihed 18 8 6 ?( j
The
Fashions for Summer
A showing of Exceptional
Completeness ( and Charm
Correct m o d e s f or
women who practice
discrimination in
matters of dress. Ap
parel suitable for ev
ery occasion.
Suits, Coats, Capes,
Dresses, Skirts, Furs
and Blouses.
Private Display Rooms
FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BEE WANT ADS
,I'M
I Ull
tL "Vr"; v Tf
.V: .
"2!
jSShnTn II .IMtt iiiiiiiiiillif
me twm
and such pie crust!
Tasty, golden hued, so rich
and tender it falls into delicious flakes at
a touch. Awaysz certai nry when you use
BEST BY TEST"
I IS
The greatest quality value ever offered
in a baking powder. It never loses its strength.
It can't fail in the slightest degree; therefore, no
waste no disappointments. x
The perfect results it gives the greatest
economy provide the best means of answering the Food
Cost question of today so far as baking goes.
Yoii Save When You Buy It.
You Save When You Use It.
Made in the largest, finest, most sanitary bak
ing powder factory in existence. Try it. You'll see
clearly why it's the world's biggest Selling baking
powder why it is given preference by leading Do
mestic Science teachers, millions of house
wives. Once used no other will satisfy.
PIE CRUST FOR ONE PIE
2 level cuPs of flour 1 level teaspoon salt
I level teaspoon Calumet X cup shortening
Baking Powder cup cold water
Hew to mad It Sifl together the dry ingreiients. work
tit the thortemog. motslen to a dough unth as little told water
as possible.
Be sure to cut out and paste this recipe in your recipe book for
future reference. Of the many thousands of different put trust
recipes, you'll give this "better one" your preference.
NOTE THIS
When you buy a pound,pf Calumet you get
a full pound 16 oz. Some high priced
baking powders are now being put on the
market in 12-ounce cans instead of a pound.
'XP? sure you are getting a p6und when you
want it. io snort weights with calumet.
1MhlWHlll'
i ii
i
tarn.
lllr
if
j t -
, 1