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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
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Mrs. McDermott and her son. )
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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.
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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.
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tion alone, the Monitor Oil Company justifies all the confidene'e placed in it as a means
of rewarding its supporters. Another brace of petroleum geysers is looked for in the
heart of Texas' richest areas.
PLEASANT GROVE, RANGER and DESDEMONA
Success Likes Company and Seldom Ventures Forth Alone. Multiplica
tion Is Mathematics' Most Pleasing Diversion When Your Dollars Are Con
cerned. Monitor Oil Has a Big Advantage in the Richest Proven Ter
ritory in the Field.
The most necessary asset to an operating company is acreage and there is not a company in the United
States with a more positive assurance of production from such acreage as Monitor Oil is drilling in the
unused portion of Pleasant Grove cemetery and Desdemona. On every side, measured in distance of feet
from the Monitor location, are big producing wells. The famous Pleasant Grove cemetery bang up
l against acreage which has already produced thousands of barrels of oil, is one of the
RICHEST SPOTS ON EARTH
Immediately adjacent to the Monitor well are two wells recorded as producing 160,000 barrels o oil in
six months. Other wells a stone's throw from the M onitor well, form a hedge of productiveness entirely
surrounding it. The Desdembna well is in that ide ntical district made famous by Hog Creek Oil which
recently sold as high at $15,000 for every $100 put into it. In territory absolutely proven, on a line
with and in between big producing properties; the Monitor well is as certain of being a big one as an oil
well can be.. x - - , . .
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soundness of assurances for big production, it is good policy to advise quick action.
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