THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; DECEMBER 7, 1919.
POLICE UNABLE
TO COPE WITH
MOTORTHIEVES
Incompetency of Omaha De-
partment Shown In Com
parative Table of Unre
covered Cars In Cities.
Innumerable burglaries, thefts and
the general wave of crime which has
swept Omaha in the last few months
are not the only evidences of police
incompetency here.
Automible bandits, daring and
reckless, have plied their lawless
trade in and around Omaha with
exceptional success. Cars of varied
makes, sizes and horsepower have
disappeared from the principal thor
oughfares of the city with startling
regularity, with hut few arrests of
even suspects for the crimes.
A study of statistics makes the in
competency of the Omaha police de
partment in this particular line, over
and above the recent avalanche of
high-jacking and downtown robber
its, more apparent. '
In the list of IS cities of the
United States, Omaha leads in the
percentage of stolen automobiles
. not recovered, with a high record
of .16 per cent.
TliA if r( 1 fki r1icti in in li nst-
1 1 v. iun v . v. i . t .in 1 1 . . . iiiv I
hce department has been roundly
scored, both from within and from
without, Maj. Gen. Leonard W6od
and the grand jury which probed the
riot of September 28, both being
! laced on record as emphasizing
wis tact.
The total percentage of stolen au
tomobiles not recovered in IS of the
principal cities in the United States
follows:
Percentage of Cars,
City v Not Recovered.
Salt Lake City 1 per cent
San Francisco 1 per cent
Oakland , 4 per cent
NcatUc! S per cent
l.os Anitales S per cent
Portland ...10 per cent
I'lnvclantl r. 13 per cent
Oklahoma Cttjr IS per cent
I'incinnutl ,...17 per cent
Columbus ....12 per cent
Chicago 26 per cent
Voston .....SO per cent
Detroit ...... SI per cent
Denver , ...31 percent
Omaha 38 per cent
Use of Surplus Trees
for Firewood Urged
By District Judge
District Judge W. G. Sears de
clared that a "registration" of trees
in the city that can be spared
should be made at once by the city
authorities with a view to putting
men to work cutting them in fire
wood to relieve the coal shortage.
'"There are thousands of trees in
parksY streets, on vacant lots and
elsewhere that could be used for
fuel," he said. "No railroad trans
portation would be required. Green
wood will soon freeze into good
fuel in cold weather.
"Every person having trees, that
can be 'spared should list them with
a city registration bureau created
.for that purpose and then forces of
men should be put to work cutting
the trees down.
"Thousands of cords of wood
could be cut on this plan and it will
probably be needed." ' 1
Pershing Will Not
Leave Train On His
N Stop Here Dec. 24
The passenger department of the
Burlington railroad yesterday re
ceived information that the tram on
which General Pershing will travel
from St,"Joseph to Lincoln, via Oma
ha. December 24, will be due here at
6:40 a. m. and will proceed to Lin
rnln at R-?5 a. m.. allnwincr one hour
and 45 minutes here.
The general and staff of 20 will
travel in two .'Special cars and will
not leave their cars at Omaha.
The ceneral will visit his birth
place at Laclede, Mo., on the way
from St. Louis to Omaha.
The Chamber of Commerce an
ticipates that the general will favor
Omaha with a formal visit after the
Christmas season.
Sheriff Clark Says "Army"
Of 16 Deputies Must Drill
Sheriff Clark has organized his
army." It is 16 men "strong
which, the sheriff says, is' consider
ably stronger than the standing
nrmy of the South American repub
lic of Cabbagina. .
"We are going to drill every day,
all 16 of the deputy sheriffs," he
said. "The guns are on the way.
Deputy Sheriff Pat Welch has been
appointed "captain' and drill mas
ter. Unsettled Weather for
Coming Week Is Promise
Washington, Dec 6. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday, issued by the weather bu
reau today, are: Upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys, unset
tled weather, occasional rains in
- California and rains and snows in
Washington and Oregon; tempera
tures will be somewhat below nor
mal in Washington and Oregon and
normal in California. " .
Omaha Men Break Jail In
Missouri and Come Here
Two Omaha men, who are re
ported to have broken out of jail at
Albany, Mo., Friday night, are be
lieved to be m hiding here, accord
ing to a telephonic report received
by Omaha police yesterday from the
sheriff at that town. Both men
are said to have stolen an automo
bile from the sheriff and started
toward Omaha.
Both men were in jail at Albany
for the theft of an automobile at
St. Joseph. Mo.
Urges Gentleman Burglar
to Reform and Return His
Loot as Christmas Gifts
.I- .. . i i
Woman Appeals to His Better Instincts to Close Suc
cessful Career and Direct His Culture and Edu
cation Into a More Accepted 'Profession Ad
mires His Spunk and Ability, but Not His Voca
tion. '
Expressing keen interest in the
secret motive which has propelled
the Gentleman Burglar into his ad
venturous profession, and a firm be
lief in his inherent cultured instincts,
another Omaha woman, in an open
letter to The Bee, proposes a wager
with the fearless, yet cunning, Mys
tery Man.
Probing deep Into his apparent
deep respect for womanhood, and
attempting to focus his thoughts on
that dearest friend of man, his
mother, she appeals to Mr. Burglar,
as a sporting proposition, to forsake
his chosen profession and, envel
oped in the universal i Christmas
spirit, return the valuables which he
has purloined from Omaha homes
in the last few months, and. with
out disclosing his identity, wind up
his adventurous career with the
sense of a noble deed done.
Interested in Letters.
The letter to the Gentleman Bur
glar follows:
"Omaha, Neb., Dec 5. Mr. Gen
tleman Burglar:,
"Hoping the editor of The Bee
will be kind enough to publish my
letter to you. I wish to say:
"Glad to hear from you again,
Mr. Burglar. I, with many others,
have read your letters in The Bee
with interest and I dare say, read
The Bee continually, hoping you
would write again.
"The second letter, however, dis
appointed me and 'frankly' I was
glad when I later read your denial
of having written it Then for wee'es
we heard nothing from or about you
except your visit at the Donahue
residence, which was rather inter
esting, not only to you, but to a
good many readers of The Bee.
Admires His Spunk.
"Then your letter in Monday's
Bee. 'Mr. Burglar' frankly I admire
you, your spunk and ability, but not
your vocation.
"Yet in spite of all I believe in
your better self, and firmly believe
you wOuld make just as good, would
you apply your talents, education
and energy to something honorable
and worth while.
"Nor would I put your chosen
career to the lack of ambition or
call it a lazy man's work indeed
not I am sure it takes both skill.
ambition and lots of courage to be
as successful a burglar as you seem
t0Yet I dare 'bet' a bunch of
posies against anything that you
don't really and , trully enjoy your
chosen profession and that : you,
deep down in your heart are not
near so proud of your success as
your letters indicate.
Maybe to Forget
"You have started the game. May
be for the sake of adventure or ex
citement or to forget perHaps
someone or something ' f the past,
and have been successful so far, but
the future is yet unknown to you as
to anyone else.
"Neither did I think for even a
moment that you are 'a born woman
hater or afraid of women, as seemed
to be the impression of your first
letter. Yet perhaps I am not so
sure that it is not a woman who is
behind vit all.
. "But why sacrifice your good
name, reputation and future happi
ness for just a woman when there
still are so many to be had.
"And also remember, Mr. Burg
lar, that perhaps there' is another
little woman 'true to the last,' who
FOR A ROSE TINT
COMPLEXION
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These wonderful wafers are to bt
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They make the skin more radiant
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Pimples, blackheads, rough,
chapped skin, muddy complexion,
sallowness. disappear. Never again
smear your delicate skin with grease,
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and ohl how effective.
cares and whose heart . you are
breaking should she know your
mother. -
Not for a Livelihood.
"As you see, I do not believe you
are burglarizing, even for the sake
of a livelihood, nor that you are
working for some one else, and for
'one' I would not be surprised in the
least,' should there some fine day
be shouted: 'Extra! Extra 1' And
the big head lines should state the
fact that our gentleman burglar had
'quit his job, and that somewhere
could be found packages shall we
call them Christmas presents, all
done up in tissue paper and green
and red ribbons with owner's nanie
and address on each package
the valuables, perhaps dear keep
sakes, which you had chosen to bor
row during the last few months.
"And ts Christmas is soon' at
hand, and after that the beginning
of a new year. Why not make the
resolution, 'Never to burglarize
again And, going back to the
statement I made before about the
'bet', shall we say a bunch of posies
against a box of candy?
"Can you convince me in any way
I am wrong: and therefore have lost.
I shall be glad to pay the penalty,
and as I have an idea that you do
not wish to send me your, personal
address.V Why not agret that the
loser shall pay the 'bet' in the form
of a Christmas greeting to Miss
Fairfax.
"I am one of her admirers, and
constant readers of her Lovelorn
column, and I am sure you like her,
too; everybody does. 1
"Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
"I am (a woman, of course),
"C. A. L."
Another Letter.
"Merely a woman," who wrote
such an interesting letter to the
"Gentleman Burglar," has also an
swered Mystery Man's last letter,
and it is even more remarkable and
daring than her first. It will be
published later.
A transparent shield to1 be fasten
ed to one side of an umbrella has
been patented to enable a person
to see where he is going in a driv
ing rain. ' '
JONES MAY HAVE
TO GO BACK TO
STATE PRISON
State Witness for Police Chief
Probably Will Be Returned
for Violation of His
Parole. .
Lovell C. Jones, who with Wil
liam McKenna, was a state witness
for Chief of Police Eberstein in the
case of Morris Katleman and "Red"
Neal, alleged "higher-ups" of a gang
of automobile thieves, probably will
be returned to the state penitentiary
for violation of his parole. He was
sentenced to 30 days in jail yester
day by Police Judge Foster in Cen
tral police court for vagrancy.
"Please, judge, let me go," Jones
pleaded. "I was paroled from the
'pen' on November 20, and they'll
sure send me back if I'm sent to
jail."
Jones' pleading failed to move the
police judge.
Jones was arrested Thursday for
investigation in connection with the
sale of narcotics here recently. He
gave his address as 607 South thir
teenth street '
He was paroled from prison with
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tenced tor automobile stealing, lone
and McKenna alleged before being
taken to prison that they were
promised immunity by Chief of Po
lice Eberstein in case they would
testify against Neal and Katelman.
The recommendation for parole
was signed by Judge W. A. Redick.
Hog Thieves Use Autos.
Albion, Mich., Dec, 6. Farmers
in this section are being harassed by
"hog thieves de luxe", who are cap
turing young pigs Und meat hogs in
large numbers, using high-powered
automobiles to haul away their
swag. .
FRESH
MEATS
Order your Chiekana, Ducks, Geese
and Turkeys now for Christmas.
Visit our Sanitary Meat Market.
Try HARPER'S today, it will pay.
H. H. HARPER CO.
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The Combined Reports
From Our Sioux City,
Lincoln and Omaha Stores
Show the Amazing Total
of 106 Members to Date
Our 13th Annual Christmas Club Is rapidly
filling up! Telephone reports from Sioux City
and Lincoln, added to the number of members
1 here in Omaha up to 5 o'clock last night show a
grand total of 106. The Club has been over one
third filled in the first two weeks! Remember
300 memberships fill the Club and when the
Club is filled this liberal offer cotnes to an end.
Join the Christmas Club Now !
Save $75 on a Piano $155 on a Player
$375
Is the
Price of
the
i
Club Piano
This splendid new
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beattifully finish
ed in Mahogany
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their wonderful
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ays for
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A handsome 6
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Bring Along
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you may have it de
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