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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919. BLUFFS WOMAN ASSAULTED BY STRANGE MAN sMiss Josephine Volmer At - tacked in Her Room at Hogan Home; in Criti cal Condition. - Miss Josephine Volmer, 37 years old, head of the chocolate depig ment at the Woodward Candy fac tory, is in a critical condition at -Mercy hospital from the effects of a criminal assault upon her in her room at the J. P. Hogan home, 709 Fourth street, Council Bluffs, be tween 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning. She was attacked by a man who entered her room by re moving the screen from the window. Awakened by Hand. . Miss Volmer was awakened, she said, by the clutch of a hand on her throat. Wildly raving and talk ing almost incoherently, she is un able to tell what followed, but the disordered condition of the room t.howa that a terrible struggle en sued. Miss Volmer's screams were heard by neighbors fully an hour before help came. Firemen at No. 1 hose house were awakened and made an investigation in the imme diate vicinity. Officers W. C. Brown and Joseph Rauterkus, heard the screams when they reached Main street and Eleventh avenue at 4 o'clock and traced them to the Hogan home. They got there just after the Hogan family had been aroused by a neighbor. Some neighbors thought the cries came from a sick woman. Mrs. McSorely, a neighbor, believing it was a little boy at the Hogan hoitie who had undergone a slight surgi cal operation during the day, called to him from her window. It was then she realized that it was a woman's screams. She aroused her "husband and he awakened th Ho gans. Thy found Miss Volmer raying. The room was in fearful dis order and covered with grime. The white coverings of the bed were also b grimed by contact with dirty cloths. Blood was on the pillow and a rag, used as a gag. stained with blood, was lying on the floor. "Oh, why didn't you come when I called vou! Why didn't you come when ! called" Miss Volmer was moaning. Mrs. Hogan called the police sta tion and officers arrived in a few minutes. Dr. Mafy Tinley at once ordered Miss Volmer taken to the hospital. She was in such a hyster- I TIASUYjVtGo filmland "PHOTO 'PIAY OFFERJNGT FOR TODAY' 1 The Ideal Family Loaf. Patronize Your 1 Neighborhood Grocer JAY BURNS BAKING CO. 7? J 4 1. is healing my eczema so quickly! You don't have to waita know that Resinol is healing your skin trouble! The first application usually stops the itching and makes the skin look health ier. And its continued use rarely fails to clear away all trace of eruption, crusts uA soreness. Doctors have prescribed Resinol for many years, and it contains nothing that could injure the tendercst skin. Sold by all druggists. 6 Beu-ans Hot water Sure Relief BELLrANS CjrOR INDIGESTION THE following night, in "The Great Gamble," the new Pathe serial, after Blake steals the will the police raid his apartment. Nell takes refuge in a dark vestibule, a vounir man enters. To account (nt her disarray she tells him of be ing accosted by a rough. Ralph Darrell, a wealthy engineer, invites her into his apartment until she is better. Darrell thinks that Nell is Morton's daughter. A college tnend of the engineer calls. He is in town to sell 10,000 worth of bonds. Nell sees Blake across the street. She signals to him, "$10,000 small safe.' She leaves with Darrel, who takes her to Morton's house, thinking she is Aline Morton. Then Blake makes his entrance into Darrell's apart ment, opens the safe, takes the bbnds. Darrel's friend tries to stop him but Blake draws a knife and fatally wourtds him. Muse Constance Talmadge in "Betsy's Burglar," being manhan dled by a tribe of ruffians, kidnaped, bound and forcibly carried over a perilous automobile journey, at the end thrown into jail, were oniy a few of her adventures in "Betsys Burglar," She was rewarded for all of these hardships by the realiza tion of her great love. Strand "Nugget Nell," is a trav esty on the wild and movie west. Dorothy Gish is the star and the story provides her with many situa tions, She getting real comedy out of them, clad in a costume never be fore seen, she mounts her broncho and single-handed holds up an en tire village, has a sudden and violent love affair and then she decides to garb herself in feminine costume with high-heeled shoes and gets t heaps oi comedy out of the antics in her shoes. Sun "The Woman Under Oath," an exceptionally gripping melo drama. The story is round a young man who threatens to shoot a man who .s afterwards killed. He is ar rested and when the jury gets set tled 11 sav "guilty" and one "not guilty." They plead with this wom an to change her mind, and then she A t Neighborhood Homes LOTHBOP Tw.nty-fourth and Loth rop. Bryant Washburn In "Venus In ths East" and SmIUnf BUI Far sons In "BUI Ssttles Down." GRAND S I x t n t b and Blnn.y. Charles Kay In "Ths Sheriff's Son" and a Mack Sennett comedy, "Cu pid's pay Off." DIAMOND Twenty-fourth and Lake. Harry Morey In "Ths Golden Goal," also a comedy. APPOLO Twenty-ninth and Leaven worth. Alice Joyce In "The Spark Divine," also comedy. ical condition that considerable dif-. ficulty was experienced in getting her to the hospital and it was neces sary to place her temporarily in one of the nervous disease wards of St. Bernard's. Miss Volmer is a mem ber of St. Francis Catholic church and frequently sang in the choir. Finger Prints on Roof. The assailant had climbed to the top of the porch over a tarred roof, and there were finger prints in the tar and about the room. He had left the room through the hallway, passing through the lower part of the house and out a side door. About 3:30 o'clock neighbors saw a man running i,own the street. Ow ing to her extremely hysterical con dition Miss Volmer is unable to give any description of the man, only declaring., that "he was such a big man." Sergeant Nielsen, finger print ex pert of the Omaha police depart ment, examined the finger prints but was unable to learn anything of value. , i . - The outrage aroused the town and business men yesterday were talk ing of offering a reward of $1,000 or more for the arrest of the man. Presbyterians to Raise Fund of $13,000,000 Stonybrook, N. Y.. July 30. A special endowment fund of $2,000,000 for Presbyterian colleges in the United States and another of $1,000.- 000 for aged and disabled pastors, will be included in next year's bud get of the Presbyterian New Era conference, it was announced today. The full amount of the budget has not yet been determined, but it is expected to exceed $13,000,000. Iowa Seaman Killed When Mine Explodes Washington, July 30. Robert I. Simpson of Iowa Falls, la. was killed and another seaman injured in the explosion of a mine close aboard the mine sweeper Curlew in the North sea, the navy department was advised. Simpson was knocked, overboard and his body was not re covered. The Curlew was dam aged slightly. Permit System on Grain N to Be Effective August 1 Washington, July 30. The permit system devised by the railroad ad ministration and the grain corpora tion for controlling the shipment ot this year's record grain crop will be put into effect August 1. Coal Strike Not Ended. London, July 30. Failure of the attempt made at Leeds, in a confer ence of coal miners and their. em ployers to end the coal strike, caused surprise and disappointment. The leaders of the miners refused to accept the governments formula to bring an end to the controversy or to be bound by the action of the miners' federation, declaring in f.avor of a return to work. For the mo ment the deadlock is complete. tells how she got on the jury to save this boy's life, she herself being the murderer. Impressive scenes with boy and mother and sweetheart. The direction is good and the star convincing. Rialto "The Avalanche." Elsie Furguson appears in three different parts, first as Chichita, the daughter of a Spanish gambler who is killed. She then becomes the associate of' a wastrel who commits suicide be cause of his gambling debts. She then places her child in a convent, weds a gambler and goes to New York and the pair open a gambling resort. Helene, the child, escapes from the convent after 15 years and finds her way to New York where she elopes with a novelist. During their honeymoon the gambling in stinct she has inherited asserts itself with unusually dramatic results. "The Woman Michael Married," a screen dramatization of the story by DuVernet Rabell, which appeared in Ainslee's of December, 1918, star ring Bessie Barriscale, will be shown at the Empress for three days, start ing today. Miss Barriscale is cast as Mira Sacky, a professional fem inine swimmer, whose ambition is to get enough money to enable her to cultivate her voice. She had enough worldly wisdom not to ac cept money from a man, but instead placed the man in a position where she had a legitimate claim on him. The dubious romance so daringly and orieinallv begun, led to some bewildering situations that make for an exceptional drama of sustained interest. Polk Is Optimistic for Ratification of German Peace Treaty Paris, July 30. (Havas.) Frank L. Polk, American assistant secre tary of state, who arrived here yes terday to become head of the Amer ican peace delegation, was quoted today by several newspapers as be ing optimistic regarding the ratifi cation of the German peace treaty by the United States senate. The terms to be presented to the Bulgarian delegation which is here awaiting the completion of the treaty were said to be the principal object of Mr. Polk's attention, but, it was added, he was understood not to have brought with him Presi dent Wilson's decision on the dispo sition of Thrace. It is the impression in peace con ference' circles that the United States will not accept any mandates and that Great Britain probably will assume mandates for Constantinople and Turkey. $3,839,000,000 Raised in British Victory Loan London, July 30. The recent Brit i s h Victory loan subscriptions amounted to 767,800,000 ($3,839, 000,000) it was announced in the house of commons. New Bill at the Empress. A complete change of program greets Empress patrons today with Hirschcorn's Swiss song birds, heading the new bill, an excellent ensemble of four beautifully blended voices. Witty lines, unusual situa tions and many laughs abound in the travesty, "Down Below," in which Delmore Fisher and Delmore feature. Specializing in eccentric and soft shoe dancing, Stone and Manning offer a unique and enter taining exhibition. Whistling solos and ukelele playing are also intro duced in the act. A master of the piano, a clever story teller, and a pleasing entertainer is Billy Kel-gard. YOUNG SISTER OF DEAD SOLDIER HAS DISAPPEARED Mrs. Clara Saunders Not Seen Since Attending Fun eral of Charles Plumer. 'South Side WTYYYYY1 My KGlllUU KJl Grape-Nuts lj should be on i i every table ! daily. ? Rsabuilder! j 11 Prices: Solid Gold Crowns and Bridge Work. Good Rubber Plates Very Best Plates . . . $5 $10 $15 Better Dentistry lis a natural result of applied knowledge and practical experience, a combination only found in dental offices of eenerous natronairp anA unquestioned standing. It has been my hobby and my pleasure to gather around me the best dental specialists money could hire; to install business system in the dental profession ; to use only the best ma terials, and give only conscientious work that I could unequivocally guarantee. This is the secret of my success and WORK GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY Painless Withers Dental Co. 423-428 Securities Bldg., 16th and Farnam SU., OMAHA. Office Opn 8:30 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sanday, 9 to 1. Very Reasonable Prices Mrs. Clara Saunders, 22 years old, disappeared mysteriously yesterday following the funeral of her brother, Charles Plumer, and relatives of the girl harbor grave fears for her safety. He disappearance was reported to the police early this morning. De tectives searched all night for her in vain. West Lawn cemetery, the place where Plumer was buried yesterday afternoon, was searched from end to end when relatives said she might have wandered back to her brother's grave. Plumer, severed his jugular vein early Monday morning when he fell through the glass door of a china cabinet in Mrs. Saunders' home while scuffling with his cousin, Rob ert D. Perkins. The police were called to the Saunders home, 2022 Ohio street, Monday morning and arrested Per kins. Plumer died in Swedish Mis sion hospital Monday and Perkins was exhonorated by a coroner's jury. Mrs. Saunders was unnerved by the tragedy. "At the funeral yesterday," ex plained Perkins to the police this morning, "she acted strangely. She was seen at 8:30 in the evening at the Y. W. C. A. home, Twenty-first and Cass streets, but as far as we know, has not been seen since. She left no note and said nothing to any of us about going away." Mrs. Saunders is described as be ing S feet 6 inches tall and weighing 115 pounds. She was carrying a Red Cross hand bag at the Y. W. C. A. home. South Side Municipal Market Sells Out Early The municipal children's market did a rushing business Wednesday morning in vegetables, fruits, chick ens and eggs. A liberal amount of produce was sold and the market forced to close early. Sweet corn at JO cents a dozen was the prin cipal offering. Jellies, preserves and canned fruits will be sold on the market soon. Sour cream cjieese is also in demand. Omaha Pioneer, Mother of 17 Children, Dies at Home Mrs. Theresa M. Cherney, mother of 17 children, died Tuesday night. She was a pioneer resident of Oma ha coming here 35 years ago. She was 53 years old and has 10 children still living. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon in her residence. 5635 South Twenty-fourth street, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the Laurel Hill cemetery. C. E. S. Brewer, of Millrlver, Mass., has just completed his hay ing, using: the same scythe that he has used for the past 66 years. South Side Brevities Light baggage and expresa; call office, South 1281 or Sovth 1669. P. J. Ford. Light baggage and expreaa; call office South 1281 or South 1168. P. J. Ford. South Side Eagles met Tuesday night In a business session at their hall, Twenty third and N streets. Joe Swoboda, 2141 Drexel atreet, was fined IS and costs Wednesday for lack of an automobile license. The Ladles' Eagles Booster club will en tertain at cards at the Eagle hall Thurs day afternoon at 3 o'clock. C. D. Sarrat, living In a bunk car near Albright, reported to police that someone broke into his car and stole hla revolver Monday. V. V. Foltlk. formerly with 'the Acme Transfer company, has purchased an In terest In the McKeon Transfer Co., Twenty fourth and J streets. CALIFORNIA RAISINS. $3.50 a box and California fresh grapes. N. Johnson, Groceries and Meats, 2912 Q St. Tel. S. 2208. The Kensington of Upchurch lodge No 2, Degree of Honor, will meet with Mrs James MfCahle at 4314 South Twenty-first street, prhursday afternoon. The price of alfalfa and hay at the stock yards has been reduced to 140 a ton and corn to $2.40 a bushel. Hay was J6 higher and corn was 10 cents more. Kor Sale 12-room house, built for two families; modern, except heat: desirable location: streets nnd alleys paved: cement sidewalk; good shade; a snap for some body. Phone South 33. G. B. Harding Coal Co. Louis Oreenberg, 2411 V street, and Lee Richards, Wellington Inn were charged with fighting at Twenty-fourth and N streets Wednesday morning. Green- Peace Treaty Coupon Here's your chance to show how you stand. Put an X on the Peace Treaty coupon indicating whether you fa vor ratification with or without reservations, or are op posed to the league as a whole, and mail it to Peace Treaty Editor of The Omaha Bee. Your vote will be sent direct to the senator from your district. How I Stand On Peace Treaty I favor ratification WITHOUT reservations I favor ratification only WITH certain reservations. . . . I am against the League of Nations as a whole Name ; Address . . . . . Wert I also charged wttn resisting aa of ficer when police intervened. Joe Sempeck. 4121 South Twenty-seventh street, was convicted of illegal pos session of intoxicating liquor Wednesday morning in police court. A 60-day sent, ence was Imposed. The case was ap pealed to the district court Ramon Kaufman. Clark. Neb., charged with stealing a ISO Liberty bond from Frank Torrea of the same town, was found guilty In police court Wednesday and sentenced to 30 days In Jail. Torrea stated that Kaufman had lent htm $60 when he bought the bond. BABY BUGGY SALE. We have a large assortment of Sldway guaranteed baby buggies and reed car riages on sale at special reduced price. Just the thing for the baby for this hot weather. KOUTSKY PAVLIK CO. SEASONS IN AND OUT. Don't holler about prices on wearing appareal. let's hope for nothing worse. Here at Flynn's now you can purchase all kinda of bargains. Men's good serviceable wool suits, $18.00 to $35.00; fine all wool serges. $25.00 to $50.00. Ladles' dresses, silks, crepes and serges in the most de sirable colorings and styles at $5.00 to $20.00 less than city prices. A good op portunity presents Itself to the woman who can make we are showing both In winter and season weights that cannot be dupli cated later at th prices. We can show you a $1.00 to $2.00 saving on a number of styles of men's shoes; these were bought before the recent raises and we are going to sell them. Men's stylish up-to-date good straw hats, 25c. 60c and $1.00, and the ladies can pick hats for outing snd second best wear at from 10c to 3c Girls and boys' hats very cheap. It's good ad vice when we say ahop and save at Flynn's. Skinner's the Best Macaroni and Spaghetti made of Durum Wheat Greatest Mattress Sale of the Year Next Saturday at Union Outfitting Co. A Special Purchase Makes It Possible to Sell Them at About Half. Every Mattress Is Well Made and There Is Almost Every Wanted Style. In view of the advancing price of cotton and cotton materials this Special Purchase Sale of Mattresses, which takes place at the Union Outfitting Company next Saturday is of more than ordinary interest. The sale prices will be the talk of Omaha, for they are just about HALF of what such high grade mattresses are regularly selling for and in view of cot ton conditions, are the lowest th3t will be quoted again on mattresses for months to come. Every mattress is filled with selected materials, built in a last ing and sanitary manner by a maker who insists that all of his mattresses be just so. There is every kind, from the plain felt ton stvle to the box mattress with roll edge. The sale again Dnngs convinc ing evidence of the ever increas ing Buying Power of the Union r"fitHTio f!nmranv and its ability to lower prices because of its economic meinoas oi upcra tion and location out of the High Rent District As always, you make your own terms. OMAHA'S NEW STORE Your neighbors are buying Hardware, Groceries, Paint and Wall Paper at Harper's. SPECIAL SALE in the GROCERY DEPART MENT THURSDAY Fancy, Select, Fresh Country PerO Only one dozen to a customers These are the very best eggs that we can buy. Visit our sanitary meat market downstairs. HARDWARE Tennis Rackets . . 95 Tennis Nets $4.25 Fish Hooks, per doz 5 Fish Lines, 2 for 5( Furnished Lines. . . . 10 Minnow Pails. Gun Cases 75 Cleaning Rods Dog Muzzles 25 Dog Collars 20tf Fly Traps 25 Fly Swatters 10 Ice Cream Freezer... $3.50 Electric Irons $3.60 Electric Fan $10.00 Electric Percolator $8.90 Electric Toaster .'$6.80 Electric Tea Pots $9.80 Electric Reading Lamp $18.90 DEPARTMENT Razor Strops $1.20 Clark's Safety Razor 45 Blade Razor $1.90 Shaving Brushes QQj: Nickel Plated Flashlights $1.00 Alarm Clocks $1.60 One-Pint Thermos Bottle $2.50 Ladies' Scissors. . . . '. $1.05 Button Hole Scissors $1.25 Butcher Knife 35 Bread Knife 15 Paring Knife 15 Knife Sharpener 25tf "Daisy" Glass Churns $1.65 Fireless Cooker $15.00 Ice Box $10.75 Clothes Hamper $1.40 Garbage Can.. $1.69 Sprayers 50 FOR THE CHILDREN I-Go Cars $1.25 I-Go Express Wagons $1.50 to $3.50 "La-La-By" Swings $1.90 Foot Balls $1.95 Roller Skates $2.20 H. H. Harper Co. 1713 Howard Street East End Flatiron Bldg. at 6,000 and 8,000 Miles by Diamond Plus Quality Diamond Tires are adjusted at 6,000 miles for Fabrics, and 8,000 miles for Cords Because the mileage is in the tires. They are underwritten at a Plus Mileage basis because they are made with Plus Quality in them. The Diamond Tire is a leader among tires in quality of material and workmanship. Few tires can equal it in mileage service. Years of service attest the invaria ble Plus Quality of Diamonds. The Plus Mileage Adjustment ap plies to all Diamonds now in us or in hands of dealers. ADJUSTMENT Fabrics - 6,000 Miles Cords 8,000 Miles Omaha Tire Repair Co. Henry Nygaard, Prop. 2201 Farnam St. Phone Tyler 1552. rx 0 SQUEEGEE TREAD