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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1919)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; NOVEMBER 16,' 1919. LARGEST RUBY IN THE WORLD FOUND BY POOR OMAHAN LaboreV Had Stone Worth $100,000 In His Posses sion for Years, Thinking : It Worthless. ' Poor Omahan Discovers He Owns Largest Ruby in the World, Valued at $100,000 (Cootinntd From OM.) .hat his stone was a genuine pigeon blood ruby. It was so large, how- ever, that they would set no valua . tion qn it. They-advised him to take it to Chisago to be cut. So Mihok went to Chicago with little English and less money. He entered a jewlery store and handed the precious stone to" the proprietor, who attempted to retain it, he says. After some difficulty he regained possession of the stone, and return- ' ed.home in despair. Incidentally he j i ' found that he had lost his position . as furniture polisher in a large fur niture house. A few days ater he appealed to Edmund1' H. McCarthy, lawyer, 628 Bee building, with whom he was ac quainted. McCarthy took the stone to Chicago. It was cut and polish- ed by Gustav Gillmann,' lapidist, 1134 Webster- street, who pro nounced it the largest flawless ruby in the world and valued it at more " than $100,000. Watches Jewel Closely. During the cutting and polishing process Mr. McCarthy never once allowed the stone to leave his sight, he says. He Veturned the stone to Mihok yesterday, a great shining j'jwel, larger than a pigeon's egg. "And now I can send the kids to n OVtAok as a Left:,, John Mihok, laborer, who carried the $100,000 pigeoon blood ruby in his pocket for many years good luck stone, before discovering its true worth. , ; . -. Upper center: The "Great Mihok" ruby, said by experts to be the largest flawless pigeon blood ruby in the world, after it had been cut and polished. , ; Lower center: In the rough the great ruby resembled a huge piece of quartz, except for its unusual brilliance and its varied colors. This is a view of the "Great Mihok" before it was cut and polished. Right: Edmund H. McCarthy, attorney, who financed a trip to Chicago for the cutting of the "Great Mihok" ruby. He will receive one-half of the proceeds of its sale,' according to his agreement with John Mihok, the owner. v. school' so long as thev care to so?" Smiled Mihok, his eyes feasting on the great gem. "Is it not so? And was not my good luck stone a reg ular good luck stone," he added. Mrs. Mihok, jl frail little wonftin, n "MTjkTTrjg.fr ir t- gw ,n a fn i i itnii YT"' jmT-- r"Trjafc fTh iHi"1 '"ill""1"1 rt'Mm" n"" iaBtfT"'iiifS' '-"IP-...,.':"wi;!gW"gWi;ai"ii;..tf"" Opposite Hotel Rome. Out of High-Rent District. OTFIIT'FBK A E. COR. 16th & JACKSON STS. The .. i Stove $50,000 Sale Continues All Day Monday If you have been planning on buying any type of a Stove, Range or Heater, it will pay you to take advantage of this sale, as present conditions in the steel and iron market are forcing stove prices higher and higher. ' These Stoves Were Already Low in Price, as we placed our orders months ago, long before big advances in the price of iron and seel occurred. With regular prices greatly reduced, you make a'double saving. Howard Overdraft ....... k . Heaters Reduced Regular Sale Prjce , 1 Price $29.50 Howard Heaters, $26.50 $39.50 Howard Heaters, $32. 56 449.50 Howard Heaters, $40.00 $52.50 Howard Heaters, $12.50 $57.50 Howard Heaters, $46.50 $67.50 Howard Heaters, $52.50 $69.50 Howard Heaters, $56.50 $84.50 Howard Heaters, $65.00 Extraordinary Values in Sof t Coal Heaters paaaaisaaffeMlll III 111 II j JB-,ats-,BBSIiiiB Range A big "Federal" Combination Range with an ideal baking oven, spacious warming closet, four holes for coal and three direct gas burners; regu- flCC Cf larly $85 ; Monday's price . . . pO J. JU $72.50 COMBINATION, $59.50 'PRIDE' Steel Range, with large, fine baking oven, high warming closet, pouch feed doors for coal or wood, and nickeled trimmings ; regularly $79.50 ; Monday's price . . . . ; "Federal" perfect baking Cast Iron Range with tea shelf; regularly $62.50; Monday's prices $49.50. . "Federal" large size Cast Iron Range with tea shelf; regularly $69.50; Mon day's price, 854.50. ' $7.50 Anchor Aluminum Tea Wringer., $3.69 Kettle., $1.95 $59.50 lOPiece Batty Brown Baking Sett, $1.69 Aluminum Rice Boiler., $1.17 1 1 I i y ft I A peered shyly over htr husband's shoulder fqr a glimpse of the flanf- ing jewel which was to bring her ease and rest. There was the trace of a tear in her. eyes as she stam mered: "Perhaps we -can add a room or two to our house, now, John?" And John who. had some concep tion of the value of money, assured her that they could add several dozen ' rooms if she wanted them. Local jewelers say the stone will become world-famous when it is placed on the market. It is 8.5 hard, and its specific gravity is 4.0S. The largest perfect ruby in the world is only YlYi carats, ac cording to local authorities. It is owned by the" King- of Bishenpur, India. - Ir. McCarthy has named the gem the "Great Mihok." He will take immediate steps to market it. , The "Great Hihok" is now safe in a safety deposit vault in a down town bank. POSSES SCOURING ROADS AND FIELDS FOR JAIL BREAKERS Escaped Prisoners Reported Near Logan, la., on- Foot. v Thorough Investigation (Continued From Jhic Oae.) is necessary in order that the peo ple of the city of Omaha.as well as myself, may be -informed whether the law. enforcement officers of Omaha performed their full duty on the occasion of said riot. . , ."SAMUEL R. M'KELVJE, - ; ' "Governor." , One of the members of the Omaha police department upon whose con duct the night of the riot the search light will be turned, it is said, is Capt. Henry P. Haze, who just nas been exonerated by the grand jury. Captain Haze was charged with criminal conspiracy and subornation of perjury. x . In Charge of Police. Captain Haze was in charge of the policemen outside the court house the night of the riot, i According t the statement of Captain Heitfeldt, who was in charge at the police sta tion, Haze telephoned him at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon that the crowd had been dispersed and the danger point was passed. On the strength of this iuformition, Cap tain Heitfeldt declared he dismissed to their homes 50 extra policemen, who were being held in reserve at the statioff. Captain Haze made, this report at the very hour when, under com petent leadership, the 'men at the police station could have dispersed the mdb, which a few hours later lynched a negro and burned the court house, in the opinion of those who have acquainted themselves with the facts in the situation. So far as is known Captain Haze has not even been taken to task for this by either Commissioner Ringer or" Chief Eberstein. The commissioner atfd chief have re mained indifferent to Haze's bun glesome blunder until Governor McKelvie, prompted by the lethar gy of the heads of the department, deemed it imperative that some ac tion should be taken by outside authorities. shall be held and that his persona representative be allowed to exam ine witnesses. "I will be glad to co-operate with the governor in anything that tends to do any good for the community," said Mayor Smith, when asked for an expression. "I wish to are the governor's letter or demands before making any further comment." "It ought to be done and I am for it," asserted City Commissioner Towl. Commissioner Ure is not opposed to the idea of holding a public hear int. but. he asked to be given time to read the governor's demands be fore expressing any definite opin ion.. . Commissioner Zimman also said he wished to review the governor's request. Carter Glass Will Succeed Martin as Senator, Report Washington, Nor. 15. The New, Leader announces this afternooi , that Governor Davis hat appointee Carter Glass, secretary of the treas ury, successor to the late United States Senator Martin. ' , The governor declined to make anytstatement and Glass said the an nouncement of the appointment would more properly come from the governor. ' , Omahan in Capital. Washington, Nov. 15. (Spl.'Tel.. T. W. Blackburn is in Washington for a few days looking after the in terest of the insurance companies he represents. Towl Wants Er,obe; Other Commissioners Not Opposed The mayor and city commission ers are not disposed to resist Gov ernor McKelvie's demand for a pub lic hearing into the court house riot n general and the conduct of the police department in particular. Ihey will not go into details, they asserted, until the official demand has been received, but they indicate that they do not want to be in con tempt of the governor's wishes. Governor Promised Actions. During the Saturday afternoon, following the riot, Governor Mc- elvie held a conference with the city officials at Hotel Fontenclle, when he stated that the removal of Chief of Police Eberstein was neo rssary for the welfare of the Omaha oolice department. He also said he had certain authority which he would invoke if the Omaha city of ficials did not act. On .a later oc casion, when he was in Umaha, he stated that he would cive the crtv officials a reasonable time in which to act. The governor appointed Ralph Wilson a special representative to make an investigation of the court house affair. Mr. Wilson appeared ,before the city council and requested, that the commissioners hold a pub-i lie hearing at which he might parJ ticipate, explaining that this course, would satisfy the governor. He said he would be willing to wait un- til the grand jury had concluded its deliberations before this public hearing Should be called. The city council vyoted against holding the proposed hearing. Mr. Wilson then announced that he believed he would have to make an independent investigation, although he was con fident 4hat a joint public hearing would be the best method to pursue in bringing out all of the facts and all of the truth. Towl Wants Probe. It is now understood that the governor is going to make good in.' demanding that this public hearing THOMPSON BELDENl COMPANY - Chief of Detectives Dunn received word at noon yesterday from Mis souri Valley : (la.) authorities that the five men who broke jail at Le Mars, la., Friday night, after shoot ing Sheriff William Maxwell of Ply mouth county, and his son, Hugh, and slugging the sheriff's wife, had abandoned the automobile, in which they made their escape, about seven miles from Logan, la., and disap peared on foot. Posses of citizens from Missouri Valley, Logan, and surrounding territory, armed with shotguns and rifles, are scouring the roads and fields for the escaped men, reported the authorities. Several Omaha detectives, heavily rmed, who set out yesterday morn- iiicr bv automobile for Missouri Val ley to assist in the pursuit of the jail breakers, returned to Omaha about noon, reporting that they could not reach their destination because of bad roads". ' All the escaped men from the Iowa jail are armed with shotguns, revolvers and several boxes of am munition, a rep,ort from Le Mars states. Chief of Detectives Dunn seflt his men out following' receipt of a telegram from Sioux Gty po lice that the escaped . men headed toward Omaha in a touring car. Sheriff Myers of Harrison county telephoned Chief of Detectives Dunn that he has alt roads' covered by several posses of armed men. A reward of $2,500 for the cap ture, "dead or alive," of the five prisoners who escaped from the Iowa jail was raised b.Ahe citizens of Le Mars yesterday. V Latest reports from - Le Mars, stated that Hugh, the sheriff's son, wounded in the head and back, will die. The sheriff is considered in a serious condition, but will probably recoyer, the reports state. The men who escaped were Lee Barrington, Harry Smith, W. Cul lon and James O'Keefe, captured by Sioux City police after robbing the Westfield bank at Westfield, la., on October 2Z, and William Convey, who was awaiting trial for attempt ing to shoot Sheriff Maxwell. A report in an issue of an Omaha newspaper last night telling of a cer tain house on the, South Side which was thought to shelter two of the five bandits was branded by the police of both Central station and South Side station as utterly false. "That's all bunk," said Sergeant Carter of South Side station. "II such a house existed the police would be foolish to 'tip off their hand' by letting a newspaper print that they were watching the house." The information was said to have come from John Dunn, chief detec tive at Central station. At 11:30 last night Chief Dunn said as far as he knew the story was "all bunk." - The Superiority of Genuint SCOTCH MOLE THE rigorous climate of Scotland de velops the pelt of the mole into a rich, lustrous fur of softly shaded depth and of superior quality. A number of throws, capes and coats of Scotch mole are on display in the Fur Room on the third floor. $iSJ5, $55, $275, $650, $750, $1$50 Depending upon the size of the piece. "Music Is Essential.' The Aeolian Player Piano Best in the United States at the price. Do not risk n happiness by getting a cheap player piano. Buy an Aeolian Player it mil cost less in the long run. ' A very limited number of these QUALITY Players may be had. Now $645 at the One Price No Commission Store. (t)AKFORD MOsic Co. 7 807 Farnam r, .r.T!aCT.i.-!ijj-iTT-T-twJirg.iiiiiiii I mi THOMPSON - BELBEN ::' S? 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White or flesh-colored envelope chemise with ribbon or lace shoulder straps, or with built-up shoulders, in sizes 34 to 48, priced from $6.25 to $13.50, Pajamas, one and two piece pajamas in flesh color or combinations, such as maize and black, rose and green, flesh color and orchid, in beautifully from $11.50 to $18.50. The Silk Undergarment Section on the Second Floor. embroidered pajamas that are exquisite, $11.50 to $30. Bloomers of crepe de chine or satin, very plain or lace-trimmed, with either open or closed knee, $4.50 to $6.50 a pair. ' Boudoir caps of crepe de chine, sheer laces and col orful ribbons, designed to match the gowns and pa jamas, an assortment at all prices. The Way to Save Coal Have LEW WENTWORTH Strip Your Windows and Doors with ATHEY METAL WEATHER STRIPS It will keep out 88 Cold Air and' . Dust, and save you 25 on Fuel for homes and buildings. Phone Tyler 3022. 415 Karbach Block. XIstea fa, J Hoot." Fall Footwear 'Sold Up to $U a Pair Monday for $7.65 Dark brown patent leather with cloth tops, black kid with gray tops and dark gray, ivory and black ' kid button shoes with low heels. Splendid values. , Monday and -Tuesday Only for $7.65 a pair All Sales Final ' Embroidered and Lace Hosiery ' A number of exclusive de signs in lace hosiery, lace boot hose, allover lace and lace clocks, priced $4, $5, $5.50, $6.25 and $6.45 a pair, i Black or white, pure thread silk hose with self colored embroideries, $4.25 a pair. Pure silk hose with self colored clocking come in black, white, navy, cordo van, African brown and field mouse, from $3 to $5 a pair. it-