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12 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919. TWO FATALITIES IN I). P. YARDS IN COUNUUFFS Man's Body Found With Head Crushed Aged Man Dies From Switch Engine Accident. The dead body of Henry Ward, 40 years old, Union Pacific car re pairer, was found with the head crushed in the railroad yards in Council. Bluffs by two fellow em ployes, A. C. Tulley and 1'eter John son, early yesterday. Ward, who lived at 2310 Avenue D, Council Bluffs, is survived by his wife and three children. It is be lieved that his head was caught and crushed between the bumpers of two cars shortly after midnight while working with the coufitinjr pin. Albert Beal, 66 years old, living at 2946 Avenue D, Council Blurts, who. was struck late Sunday by a switch engine while picking up coal in the Union Pacific yards, died ear ly yesterday at the Edmundson hos pital. His injuries consisted of a broken left arm, crushed left hip and inter nal injuries in the chest. Investigation disclosed that the home of his daughter. Mrs. Mary Devaney, with whom he had been living, was out of coal, and he was attempting to get enough stray lumps from the railroad yards to keep the home above the freezing point. Both bodies were removed to the undertaking parlors of Coroner Cut ler. An inquest will probably be held for each case today. For automobilists a lock has been patented for securing robes or bag gage to the rail of a car or to fasten steering geers against movement. Big Bluffs Brigade ' Of Business Men Hike In Qirs to Chop Wood Seventy-five hardy male residents started from the Council Blurts Chamber of Commerce at 8 yester day morning, in automobiles, armed with saws and axes, and determined to put in a full day in the timber- land, four miles northeast on the River-to-River road. Forty acres of heavy timber at the Al Downs farm were donated to the cause of relieving the fuel fam ine in Council Bluffs. , ihese volunteer wood choppers are working in snow more than a foot deep on the leveL Each car ries, a tin cup and is served hot cof fee everyTew hours. More volunteers will join this brigade this morning, koberr Wallace, in charge of trans oortation. started out yesterday morning, wearing two pairs of silk stockings which covering lie soon learned did not protect his feet. He returned to town for wool socks and overshoes.' Former Chief Clerk Of City Engineer Uies After Breakdown E. T. Peterson. 55 years old, 3227 Cass street, president of the Kerr Abstract and Title Co., and for 18 years chief dcrk in the city engi neer's office, died at his home yester day. He sulfered a stroke of par alysis last April, and general breakdown in health caused by over work, from which he never recov ered. He was an active member of the Kouitze Memorial church. Mr. Peterson is survived by his wife and fur children, Emily, of Hollywood, Cal.; Harry, of fc.1 PasoTex.; Leon, employed by the Union Pacific here, and Lucille, em ployed in the register of deeds of fice at .the court house, two Dro thers, Charles, in, Ferndale, Cal., and Emil, of Omaha, also survive him. NAME "BAYER" ON -GENUINE ASPIRIN Bayer introduced Aspirin to physicians 18 years ago. "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be genuine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Then you are getting the true,-world-famous As pirin, prescribed by physicians for over 18 years. Always buy an unbroken package of "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" which contains proper directions to safely relieve Colds, Headache, Voothache, Earachcj- Neurafgia, Lumbago,' Rheu matism, Neuritis, Joint Pains, and Pain generally. ' , Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost but a few cents. Druggists alio sell larger "Bayer" .packages. As pirin is the trade niark of Bayer Manufacture of Moncjaceticacidester of Salicylicaicid. POLICE FAIL TO CHECK WAVE OF CRIME IN OMAHA Highwaymen and Burglars Run Wild, Terrorizing Citi zens and Defying the Authorities. Hiarhwavmen and burelars ran fwild in Omaha again Sunday night and early yesterday, with police, as' usual, apparently powerless to check the wave of lawlessness.' -" Surprising four negroes looting the pawnshop of M. Singer, 518 South Thirteenth street, early yes terday morning, Officer Buglewitz reported a gun battle with them, after they had escaped him through the rear door of the pawnshop. Headquarters, immediately sent out four detectives to scour the neighborhood. Four negroes at the Bell hotel, Thirteenth and Howard street, identified by Buglewitz as the men with whom he had exchanged shots, were arrested. Charged JVith Burglary. The negroes' were charged with burglary, and gave thejr names as M. Bachman, 2811 Douglas street; A. Smith, 1531 North Twenty-first street; Pete Writh, Thirteenth and Davenport streets; and' C. Smith, 2102 North Twenty-seventh avenue. Two masked highwaymen held Up the Rogers cafe, 1805 Farnam street, early yesterday and got away with $25 in cash from the till, according to police reports, Nick Nicholas, waiter, , was in charge of the cafe at the time, and told police that the men entered the cafe quietly, shoving a revolver into his face with the command to throw up his hands. While one of them kept him cov ered with the revolver, the , other searched the cash drawer, according to Nicholas. Both men escaped. Robbed by Two Bandits. '" Two highwaymen held up and robbed W. H. Mick. 1103 South Twenty-fifth avenue, of $8 at Twenty-seventh and Rees '. streets late Sunday night, according to a report to police. Mick was waiting' for a street car him from behind, he said. Both men had guns. The robbers were ne-, groes, Mick Said. Man Charged With Conspiracy to Murder Negro Placed on Trial Ralph Snyder,, charged with con spiracy to commit the murder of Will Brown, negro, lynched the night of September 28, was placed on trial yesterday before a jury in District Judge Redick's court. Next Monday. George Davis, charged with assault with intent to kill Mayor Smith will be put on trial. Davis is out on $14,000 bond. There- are three other charges against him. Joseph O'l-Iara, charged with criminal assault, will be tried Wednesday Principals in Society Divorce Granted Monday ' ' I ' ' - Mrs. McDermott and her son. ) 31 Running oh Three Wheels It, is easier to pull a loaded wagon that has only three wheels than it is to run a business without sufficient income to meet expenses. Each may struggle along for a time, but neither can travel fast or far, and the strain is sure to be great. -A business that-iaciss the revenue to pay for the best material and workers can not give the best service. When the service suffers, all users of the service also suffer. That is the problem now facing the telephone company. Unless it charges rates that make it possible to purchase necessary material and pay wages that will hold good employees, it can not give you good service. !'-. ' ' " ' ' :' The future of your telephone service rests on the charging of fair rates. , NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COKPANT OlVOfrCE WITH ALIMONY GIVEN MRS. M'DERMOTT Awarded Lump Sum oM $2,000, With $275 Per Month for Herself And Children. Dr. Bernard A. McDermott, prom inent physician and surgeon, did not appear in divorce court yesterday afternoon to contest the suit of Helena Sophia McDermott for a divorce on the ground of cruelty. Judge Day awarded a divorce to Mrs. McDermott with custody oiii the two children and alimony. The name of Mrs. Minnie Storz Higgins, wealthy daughter of Gott lieb Storz, who was named bv Mrs. McDVmott as co-respondent in her divorce suit filed September 9, 1919, was not mentioned in . the court room. Mrs. McDermott testified that her husband had become in toxicated at times. A financial settlement, which had been made by Dr. and Mrs. Mc Dermott and -signed, was presented to Judge Day, who approved It. Tiis provides for payment of $2,000 to Mrs. McDermott in a lump sum and the payent of $175 a. month aimony and the award of the house hlod goods to Mrs. McDermott. The children, Bernard, 9 years old, and Alice, 6 years old, were given into the custody of Mrs. Mc Dermott and Dr. McDermott wat given the privilege of seeing them whenever he wishes. The divorce decree provides that Dr. McDermott shaHsjray $100 a month for main tenance of the children in addition to the alimony which be has agreed to pay Mrs. McDermott. Manager of Morris Declares She Knows Nothing of El Buedor In a recent story in The Bee about profiteering landlords, and particu larly in regard to recent increases in rent during the coal shortage at the Morris and Somberg apart ments, the former at Eighteenth and T)nAa and trie latter at 6W South Twenty-sixth street, Mrs. A. A. Co- valt, the new manager at tne Mor ris? says she was put in an improper light anent her statement about the El Beudor. "The reporter evidently misunder stood me," said Mrs. Covalt, "when ti nnotpd mfi as savino- 'thev raised rents over at the El Beudor at least once a week, I did tell him he should go over to the EL Beudor and see the agents of the Mo-ris apart ments, who have un office tl ere, but I said nothing about the EI Beudor rents because I know nothing about them." r The El Beudor is one of a num ber of apartment houses in Omaha thaf have been exposed by The Bee in its campaign against rent profit eering. At the fune-the agents kept the-real owners ot the Duuaing in the dark. . . 1 I "rm Dr. B. A. McDermott. o prevent snoring an inventor has patented a sort6f halter that keeps the sleeper's mouth closed. If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best Have you ever stopped to reaon why it js that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all t once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain the article did not fulfil the promises of the manufasturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those i who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist ssys "TaVe for example Dr. Kilmer's ""-Swamp-Boot, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case It shows excellent re' suits, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy has so large a sale." According to sworn statements ' and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is dn to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfils al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur inary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. Yon may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. ( Address Dr. Kilmer Co., Binghamton, N. Y and enclose ten cents; also mention The Omaha Bee. Large and medium- size bot tles for sale at all drug stores. Husband Seeks Wife Who Has Disappeared With Two Children Lawrence King, 5416 South Twenty-seventh street, has appealed to the police for assistance in locating his wife, Mrs. Elvira King, who mysteriously disappeared with her two small children last Wednesday afternoon. The Kings came to Omaha from Central City. Neb. Mr. King is a Mexican. His wife is Spanish and unable to speak English. They stop ped at a rooming house at Thir teenth and 'Jackson streets' The woman left with her two children to go to a restaurant, according to Mr. King, who believes his wife lost her way and is still wandering the streets unable to- communicate with any one she meets. ALIMONY ASKED IN SUIT AGAINST EDWARD SIMON Wife- of Wholesale Grocery Man to Contest His Divorce Action Says He Won't Support Her. Edward . Simon, member of the wholesale grocery firm of Simon Bros., a lawyer and former candi date for city commissioner, was sued m district cort yesterday by 1iis wite, uertrude simon, tor temporary alimony durilig the pendencv of a suit for divorce filed by Mr. Simon, October 18, Mrs. Simon says her husband has failed to support her since Decern ber 10, 1918. She says she intends to contest his suit for divorce and has filed a motion calling upon him to make more definite his allegations of cruelty. She declares he has ab solutely no grounds for seeking di vorce. She sets forth that Edward Simon is one of the incorporators and is now part owner of the. firm of Simon Bros., with a capitalization of $4UU,UW. I he other two owners, she says, are his brothers, Jacob and Louis. He also makes some income as a lawyer, she says. She is entirely without funds, she alleges, because of his refusal to support her. She says she secured a position as sales woman for the Nebraska Power company last December at $05 a month after her husband had failed to support her, according to her allegations. After she was there two months she- was discharged to make room for a returned solder, After being out of work for a month she secured a position at the Nebraska Ladies' Suit store but only worked one day when she was over come by a nervous breakdown and was sent to the Birchment hospital, sccording to her allegations. She savs she was sick for six weeks and returned to her boarding house on - May 30, and as soon as she was able to travel went to Bay City, Mich., where she is staying with relatives. The Simons were married-in Chi cago. April 30, 1916. They lived in the Harney apartments. DRIVER OF AUTO THAT KILLED BOY IS ORDERED HELD . Witnesses at Inquest Testify v John H. Wise Was Intoxicated. ; Witnesses testifying at a coro ner's inquest held at Duffy & John son's mortuary yesterday morning declared that John H. Wise, driver of the automobile which ran down and crushed to death 13-year-old Wil liam Kucera last Friday, was intoxi cated at the time of the accident. Hans Mortensen, 2567 St. Marys avenue, testified that Martin Hogau. a Burlington railro'ad employe, and a companion of Wise when the car struck the Sunderland Bros, truck to which the boy had hitched his sjed, threw away a bottle of what anneared to be liauor immediately after the accident. Arresting Officer John Grift stated that he detected the smell of intoxi cants on- the breaths of both men. He stated that Walter Wise, 13- year-old son of the driver, ex claimed: rapa, it you hadn t got ten that bottle this would never have happened." Wise was ordered held for further investigation by the county -attorney under $3,000 bonds. Postoffice Officials Urge Omahans to Do Xmas Shopping Now "SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poi- sons from stomach, liver and bowels. Hearing of Alleged Highjackers Is Set Over Until Wednesday The five alleged "highjackers" who were arrested Friday night 'at Fortieth and Farnam streets in con nection with recerft robberies of liquor from Omaha homes are be ine held at Central police station under heavy bond. Charges of breaking and entering have been filed . against them by Chief of Detectives Dunn. They are Frank O'Neill, 1608H Cass streel: , Dave Gilinsky, 630 South Seventeenth street; A. D. Pierson, 2161 K-os street; Bart Wil liams, 3907 North Twenty-sixth street, and William Larsen, 522 South Sixteenth street. With the curtailment of train service almost 33 per cent on ac count of the fuel shortage, mail serv ice will also be greatly delayed and postoffice officials are urging Oma hans to mail their Christmas pack ages as soon as possible. . Many disappointments are prom ised those who neglect to mail their packages early. Unless packages that are to be sent a considerable distance are mailed now there is every possibility, according to post office officials, that they will not reach their destination until after Christmas. Many mail cars traveling west of Omaha have been taken off of trains and for this reason officials, ere hav- Mng considerable difficulty in taking care of the Christmas mails, and only such packages as are mailt d within a few days will be assured of delivery. , Accept "California" Syrup of Fig! only look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Giv it without fear. Mother! You must say "Califor nia. An electrically operated washer has been invented for cleaning car pets without removing them from floors. Get Back Your Grip On Health Nuxated Iron! Master Strength-Builder Of the Blood Help Make Strong, Sturdy Men and Healthy, Beautiful Women 3,000,000 People Use It Annually Owl Druf Co., Sbermaji & McConnell. 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