Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1919)
V THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, - JULY 9, 1919. BOARD PLANS v EXTENSION OF ' COMMERCE HIGH Plans Being Made for Sub mission of Another Bond Issue at Election in , September. The Board of Education U con sidering the submission of another bond issue at the September pri mary election, to increase the size of the new High School of Com merce for which plans are being drawn. , No formal action has been taken, but the tentative proposal is to sub mit a proposition of not less than 5600,000 and it may be $750,090. treasury $850,000 for this new school. According to estimates, this amount will pay for a building of 1,200 capacity. Supt. J. H. Bever idge is confident that by the time the building is ready, the enroll- Next Time Buy Tim to Re-tire tacruki. GOOD LOOKING, GOOI VALUE TIRES Big Sale of Dinner Sets Saturday at Union Outfitting Co. Firm Makes a Fortunate Purchase of a Carload of Dove of Peace Dinnerware. One Thousand Dove of Peace Plates ' Given Ab , eolutely Free to Those Who Come and In spect' the Sets. 1 One of the greatest money saving events that has occurred in Omaha in months, comes as the result of a special purchase of a carload of Dinner Sets by the Union Outfitting Company which will be' placed on sale Sat urday at about Half Price. This Dinnerware comprises the famous and much talked about Dove of Peace Dinner Gets which created such a sensation when they recently appeared in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other metropolitan cities. Even though you may not need new Dinnerware at this time, you will be interested in seeing these beautiful sets. Every woman who' calls at the store before next Saturday to inspect the wonder ful values will receive a Dove of Peace plate absolutely free. This fortunate purchase is further evidence of the ever growing purchasing power of the Union Outfitting Company, lo cated just out of the High Rent District, where, as always, you make your own terms. When Your liver is out of Order You know the signs a neavy head, sick stomach, bad taste in the mouth, latent dyspepsia. Pay strict attention to these symptoms and get prompt relief , bv using Beecham's Pills. A few closes will stimulate the , liver, help the stomach, reg ulate the bowels and make a great difference in your general feeling. Nothing will put you on your feet so quickly as a dose or two of "gtf & puns btetSalef Aavk . THE WOMAN IN BLACK By EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY Copyright. Ill, by CHAPTER XVI. Mr. Bunner on the Case. "Calvin C. Bunner, at your serv. ice," amended the newcomer, with a touch of punctilio, as he removed an unlighted cigar from his mouth. He was used to finding English men slow and eeremoniousi with X'llyiurti-lEiau shrdlu shrdlu shrd strangers, and Trent's quick remark plainly disconcerted him a little. "You are Mr. Trent, I expect," he ment will be not less than 700. To erect a building of 1,700 capa city and to provide technical fea tures in compliance with the fed eral aid provision of the Smith Hughes bill, the board figures that $1,500,000 will be necessary. "We intend to explain the mat ter fully to the taxpayers and then let them decide whether more bonds should be voted," said Mem ber Arthur R. Wells. TIRES FDSErS. A remarkable Product Every tire worth more than it costs. The Over-sizeNon-Skid Fabric; The Big Fisk v Cord; - The Red Top, Extra Ply, Heavy Tread. i For Sate by Dealers A rers wKockooje fir iKems selves, anal not because a pi ano Is played y this er tkat virtuoso? v Do you loolc xer . demand sweetness af tone, a, of greater importance than a purchased reputation?, Then you are practically certair, to purchase a guaranteed rhichis musically the most f va iluable piano Shown and Sold On Convenient Terms by SCHMOUERSMUEIXERPIAM)0Q 1- 1311 -1313 Bamam St t .OMAHA, NEBRASKA Footwear of Style and Quality Anticipating a great Oxford season we selected the smartest, niftiest, staunchest models that America's best boot makers will produce this season. Our stock of Oxfords this year has bent literally "hand picked" the very snappiest models were carefully chosen for our patrons, who, demand the latest, smartest and'beit. FOR JBEST MSUTS ; the Century company. went on. "Mrs. Manderson was telling me a while ago. Captain, good morning. Mr. Murch ack ribwledged the greeting with a nod. "I was coing up to my room, and I heard a strange voice in here, so I thought I would take a look in." Mr, Bunner laughed easily. "You thought I might have been eaves dropping, perhaps, he said. No, sir; I heard a word or two about a pistol this one, I guess and that's all. Mr Bunner was a thin, rather short young man with a shaven, pale, bony, almost girlish face and large, dark, intelligent eyes. His waving dark hair was parted in the middle. Hi! lips, usually occupied with a' cigar, in its absence were always half open with curious ex pression as oi permanent eagerness. By smoking or chewing a cigar this expression was banished, and Mr. Bunner then looked the consum mately cool and sagacious- Yankee that he was. Born in Connecticut, he had gone in the worlds After all, the best advertisement a footwear house can have is a reputation for giving maximum quality and value. We attribute much of our rapid expansion to the fact that we are ad vertised by our pa trons. 16th and Douglas. TRY BEE .WANT ADS into a broker's; office on leaving col lege, and had attracted (he notice of Manderson,x whose business with his firm he had often handled. The Colossus had watched him for some time, and at length offered him the post of private secretary. Mr. Bun ner was a pattern business man, trustworthy, long-headed, method ical and accurate. Manderson could have found many men with those virtues: but he engaged Mr. Bun ner because he was also swift and secret, and had besidesa singular natural instinct in regard to the movements of the stock market. Trent and the American meas ured one another coolly with their eyes. Both appeared satisfied. with what they saw. "I was having it explained to me," said Trent pleas antly, "that my discovery of a pis tol that might have shot Manderson does not amount to very much. I am told it is a favorite weapon among your people, and has become quite popular over here." Mr. Bunner stretched out a bony hand and took the pistol from its case. "Yes, sir," he said, handling it with an air of familiarity, "the captain is right. This is what we call out home a Little Arthur, and I dare say there are duplicates of it in a hundred thousand hip pockets this minute. I consider it too light in the hand myself," Mr. Bunner went on, mechanically feeling "unA der the tail ot his jacket, and pro ducing an ugly-looking weapon. "Feel of that, now, Mr. Trent it's loaded, by the way. Now this Little Arthur Marlowe bough it just before we came over this year, to please the old man. Manderson said it was ridiculous for a man to be without a pistol in the 20th cen tury. So we went out and bought what they offered him, I guess never consulted me. Not but what it's 'a good gun," Mr Bunner con ceded, squinting along the sights. "Marlowe was poor with it at first, but I've coached him some in the last month or so, and he's practised until he is pretty good. But he never could get the habit of carry ing it around. Why, it's as natural to me as wearing my pants. I have carried one for some years now, be cause there was likely to be some body laying for Manderson. And now," Mr. Bunner concluded sadly, "they got him when I wasn't around. Well, gentlemen, you must excuse me. I am going in to Bishops bridge. There is a lot to do these days, and I have to send-off a bunch of cables big enough ta choke a cow." "I must be off. too." said Trnt. "I have an appointment at the Three luns inn. I "Let me give you a lift in the ! automobile," said Mr. Bunner cord ially. "I go right by that joijit. Say, ! Cap. are you coming my way, too? No? Then come along, Mr. Trent, and help me get out the car. The chauffeur is out of action, and we have to do 'most everything our selves except clean the dirt off her." Still tirelessly talking in his meas ured drawl, Mr. Bunner led Trent downstairs and through the house' to the garage at the back. It stood at a little distance from the house, and made a cool retreat from the blaze of the midday sun. Mr. Bunner seemed to be in no hurry to get out the car. He offered Trent a cigar, which was accepted, and for the first time lit his own. Then he seated himself on the foot board of the car, his thin hand clasped between his knees, and look ed keenly at the other. "See here, Mr. Trent, he said after a few moments. "There are some things I can tell you that may be useful to you. I know your record. You are a smart man, and I like dealing with smart men. I don't know if I have that detective sized up right, but he strikes me as a mutt. I would answed any ques tions he had the gumption to ask me I have done so, in fact but I fee! encouraged to give him any no tions of mine without his asking. See?" Trent nodded. "That is a feeling many people have in the presence ot our police," he said. "It is the of ficial manner, I suppose. But let me tell you Murch is anything but what you think. He is one of the shrewdest officers in Europe. He is not jery quick with his mind, but he is very sure. And his experience is immense. My forte is imagination, but I assure you in police work ex- IS You smack your lips over it, ; I IIJ because you like its taste, its M II quality, its genuine gratifi- a H! cation. It satisfies thirst. H ufll! Demand the genuine by full name j U I -."i nicknames encourage substitution III 11 Hi The Coca-Cola Co. ffl Mk ATLANTA, GA. Jf JUDGE VICTIM OF WRATH OF HEAD OF POLICE FORCE Resolution Directed Against Holmes, Who Rebuked De partment, Adopted by Ringer and Three Others. . Judge Holmes of the municipal court is the latest victim to be vis ited by the wrath of Police Com missioner Ringer, who was sup ported in the city council yesterday perience outweighs it by a great deal." "Outweighsnothingl" replied Mr. Bunner crisply. "This is no ordinary case, Mr. Trent. I will tell you one reason why. I believe the old man knew there was something coming to him. Another thing, I believe it was something he thought he couldn t dodge. , Trent pulled a crate opposite Mr. Bunner's place on the footboard and seated himself. "This sounds like business," he said. "Tell me your ideas. "I say. what I do .because of the change in, the old man's manner this last few weeks. I dare say you have heard, Mr. Trent, that he was a man who always kept himself well in hand. That was so. I have always considered him the coolest and hard est head in business. That man's calm was just deadly I never saw anything to beat it. And I knew Manderson as nobody else did. I was with him in the work he really lived for. I guess I knew him a heap better than his wife did, poor woman. I knew him better than Marlowe could he never saw Man derson in his office when there was a big thing on. I knew him better than any of his friends." "Had he any friends?" interjected Trent. Mr. Bunner glanced at him sharp ly. "Somebody has been putting you next, I see that," he remarked. "No: properly speaking, I should say not. He had many acquain tances among the big men, people he saw 'most every day; they would even go yachting o hunting togeth er. But I don't believe there ever was a man that Manderson opened a corner of his heart to. But what I was going to say was this: some months ago the old man began to get like I never knew him before gloomy ana sullen, just as it he was everlastingly broodening over something bad, something that he couldn't fix. This we -t on without any break; it was the same down j town as it was up home, he acted j..st as if there was something lying heavy on his mind. But itwasn't until a few v.-ceks back that his self- j restraint began to go; and let me I tell you this, Mr. Trent" the Amer- j ican laid his bony claw on the oth- er's knee "I'm the only man that krfows it. ' With everyone else he woyld be just morore and dull; but when he was alone with nte in his office, or anywhere where we would be working together, if the least little thing went wrong, by George! he would fly off the handle to beat the Dutch. In this library here I have seen him open a letter with something that didn't just suit him in it, and he would rip around and carry on like an Indian, saying he wish he had the man that wrote it here, he wouldn't do a thing to him, and so on, till it was just pitiful. I never saw such a change. And here's another thing. For a week before he died Manderson neglected his work, for the first time in my experience. He wouldn't, answer a 'letter or a cable, though things looked like going all to pieces over there. I supposed that this anxiety of his, whatever it was, had got onto his nerves till they were worn out. Once I advised him to see a doctor, and he told me to go to hell. But nobody saw this side of him but me. If he was having one of these rages in the library here, for example, and Mrs. Manderson "would come into the room, he would be all calm and cold again in an instant." (Continued Tomorrow.) by Commissioners Ure, Towl and Falconer in the adoption of a reso lution directed against the judge. The resolution charges that Judge Holmes, while serving as acting po lice judge June 13, destroyed a com plaint against Frank Maloney, charged with unlawful possession of intoxicating liquors,, in the face of Maloney's admissioii of guilt. The resolution provides that the alleged offense be brought to the attention of Governor McKelv.'e. Attack Upon Judge. This action by the police commis sioner is obviously and palpably an attack against Judge Holmes, 'who recently dismissed charges against Mrs. Thomas Brown, whose home was violated by Detectives Herdzina and Armstrong. Un that occasion the judge, serving as acting police judge, heard 17 witnesses for the prcsecution and then dismissed the disorderly house charge without re quiring the deter se to oner, evi dence. In giving his decision on the Brown case, the judgev rebuked the nicthods of the police department and cited the net that tne ot the elemental principles of the law is that every man s home is ms castle, and that it should not be violated except by due process of law. Holmes Not Perturbed Judge Holmes was not in the least perturbed when informed of the ac tion of Mr. Ringer, supported by three other members of the city council. "There is absolutely nothing to the charge. I will have to look up the records before I can make a posi tive statement as to just what tran spired, but my recollection at this time is that the complaint against Maloney was dismissed at the ' in stance of City ' Prosecutor Thomas Murray, who asked if it would be all right with me if the case should be dismissed and he gave me to under stand that he had a friendly interest in the matter. I was told that Ma loney was a returned soldier and had bought a bottle of what was sup posed to have ,been whisky, but the arresting officer, who was standing at the side of Murray at the time, stated that after the arrest it was learned that the bottle contained tea, and that the soldier bad been imposed upon by the person pre tended to have sold him whisky." Bee Want Ads will attain the'desired results. MOVING STORAGE PACKING We gre at your service at a few minutes' notice. We have the1 very lat est equipment to do it the easiest aprJ quickest way possible. OMAHA VAN & STORAGE CO. 806 South 16th Street Phone Douglas 4163. v b m i i. mm IM mm. TheN Bee's Fund for Free Ice and Milk Mr. "Three-in-One" was in again yesterday and left another contribu tion to help the poor babies. This is the second time he has contributed this year. "I don't know of any cause that is more deserving of help than this one," he said. "And I find it a real pleasure to have a share in bringing health and hap piness to these kids." Every penny you give to this fund goes to buy either pure milk or cool ing ice for the babies and small chil dren of the deserving poor of Omaha. The work goes on every day nd the fund is in need of all the money it tan get. If YOU can do something, SEND or BRING your contribution to The Bee office. It will be acknowledged in this column. Previously acknowledged. .$297.55 M. Alfolk 2.00 Tom Flynn 2.00 "Three-in-One" 15.00 Carl Poray 1.00 Total $317.55 New Record Price for Hogs. A new top on hog prices was es tablished yesterday at the South S de market when 159 head sold at $22 a hundred. The top price Mon day was $21.80. Hogs sold 65 cents higher in Chicago yesterday than here, due to the difference in freight costs Stockmen generally predict a continued advance in the price of hogs. Home Builders' Offices Being Moved to 18th & Dodge St. W- B. Jones, Superinten dent of Home Builders' Construction Department, has moved his office from the Brandeis Theater Build ing to Home Builders' new building, 18th and Dodge Sts. All qther departments of the Home Builders and-the American Security Co. will' complete the transfer of their offices to the new lo cation by the 15th of July. ttome&uiiaerS NCOftPORATCD American Security, Fis. Agti., Omaha, Nebraska. G. A. Rohrbough, Pres. C. C. Shimer, Sec'y. erior I'he United States Na tional Bank of Omaha offers you not only superior service and superior facil ities, but aUo the expert service of an organization of experienced rnen who are known for their in tegrity and ability. Come in today and let us discuss your busi ness problems with you. Our officers are not only bankers of long experience, . but are also successful business executives na tneir am is ai your command. You will like this bank we invite you to become one of our patrons. Woman Suffrage Defeated in Legislature of Georgia Atlanta, Ga., July 8. Ratification y of the federal woman suffrage amendment was- defeated in the Georgia senate todav when a mo.' i tion to disagree with a committee . icyurc against raiuicauon was lost by a vote of 37 to 12. . A Comfort Gart MRS. E, MORGAN GAINS 22 POUNDS TAKING T A NL AC Was Told That an Operation Was Her Only Hope r Health Entirely Re- K stored. "Anyone who had noticed the dreadful condition I was in can - Ml A readily see the wonderful change Tanlac has made in me," said Mrs. 1$; M. Morgan, residing at 1817 Nor ton street, Kansas City, Missouri, ir. telling of the remarkable benefit! she has derived from the medicine rceently. "I have actually gained twenty-, two pounds in weight on five bottles of Tanlac," she continued, "ano-j- have improved so much that my neighbors often speak Tf it. My ' health had been all broken up for more than a year and I was so nerv ous that the least noise would upset me. My appetite left me and what little I did eat would sour on mj r stomach causing gas and intense ; ' pain. I would bloat terribly anc during these times my heart would , palpitate frightfully, almost cutting ' off my breath, and I was so weak and dizzy that I could not walk a v block without stopping to rest. I was badly constipated, had raging headaches, and was losing weight and strength all the time. I would roll and toss most all night, unable to sleep, and would get up in the mornings even more, tired than on going to bed. I was constantly under treatment and all the. time taking some kind of medicine, but nothing helpsd mesnd I finally got right ' down in bed "At the time I got Tanlac I had . been confined to my bed for a month. I had been told that an op- eration would be necessary and was almost in despair, as I always had , a horror of the operating table and the knife. Up to this time I had not thought seriously about Tanlac being good for me, although I had often read the wonderful results others claimed to get from it. But, being so anxious to avoid an opera tion, I decided first to try Tanlac and sent for two bottles. Well, be fore I had finished my second bot-. tie my appetite was better, the as stopped forming on my stomach and I did not suffer from shortness of , breath and palpitation any more. Now, to put it all in a few words, my nerves are normal and I have no more headaches, dizzy spells or trouble of any kind. Tanlac hat , not only relieved me of my physical r suf fering, but it has eased my mind, too, as I fully believe it has saved -, me from an operation. I can truth- ' fully say Tanlac has made me feel . like a new person and I can't praise it enough." Tanlac is. sold in Omaha and all Sherman & McConnell Drug Com pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy ,' and West End Pharmacy. Also For- -rest and Meany Drug Company in : South Omaha and the leading drug gist in each city and town through' out the state of Nebraska. Adv. After each meal YOU eat on. ATONIC and get full food value and real atom. acn comfort, ustaotiy relieves burn, bloated, fatty feeling. STOPS acidity, food repeating ana stomach misery. AIDS digestion; keeps the stomacn sweet and pure EATONICUth bt rcmadyaad eetyoeata a cent er two a day to wait YoawlU b4 lifhted with ramlta. Satisfaction caaraatia sr money back. Plata call and try lb - -"Fallow th Beaten Path," 15th ad . Faro am St., Omaha FREE TO ASTHMASUFFERERS A New Hon Method That Anyone Can Use Without Discomfort or Loss of Tim. . , We have a new method that controls Asthma, and we want you te try it at ear expense. Ma matter whether your ease is of lone; standing er recent development, whether it is present as Hay Fever at chronic Asthma, you should send for a free trial of our method. Mo matter In what climate you live, no matter what your age or occupation. If yon are troubled with asthma, ear method should relieve yon promptly. We especially want to send it te those apparently hopeless cases, where all form -of inhalers, douches, opium preparations, fumes, "patent smokes," etc., have tailed. We want to show everyone at oar ex pense, that this new method is designed to end all difficult breathing, all whees ' ing, and all those terrible paroxysms at " once. , This free offer is too important te neg lect a single day. ' Write now and begin the method at once. Send no money. Simply mail coupon below. Do it Today. FREE TRI AL COUPON r?.CNTI!:S '3THMA CO.. Koom 4M-X. Niagara and Hudson Sts., Buffalo. N. Y. Send free trial of your method tot ID