POLICE CHIEF
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Detectives Paul Sutton and L
H. Stoley Accused of In
competency and Conduct
Unbecoming Officers.
Charges against Detectives 'Paul
B. Sutton and L. II. Stoley, alleg
ing incompetency and conduct un
becoming police officers, were filed
with Mayor . Smith by Chief of
Police Eberstein on the return of
Police Commissioner Ringer .' to
Omaha Friday morning.
A few days ago the chief stated
that he would not file the charges
until the return of Mr. Ringer from
the east.
The charges will go to thj city
council next Tuesday morning,
when a time will be set for hearings.
Neither of the accused officers
have indicated that they will resign
rather than face the charges which
were made in connection with their
visit to the home ofNels A. Neh
leen, 3523 Patrick avenue, 10 days
ago. '
"My recomme.Jation will be that
these officers should be dismissed
from the service," the chief replied
to a qustion, "although I am of the
opinion that Sutton was the leader
in what occurred at the Nehleen
home." -
r "Chief Eberstein lias told -me of
the Sutton-Stoley affair and all I
care to say at this time, is that I
will stand by whatever the chief
recommends," Mr. Ringer said.
Heretofore Commissioner Ringer
has used all his influence in council
to protect accused policemen and
particularly Detective Sutton, and'
other members of the former morals ;
squad.
SUES FOR $20,000
AND $500 ALIMONY
AFTER DIVORCE
Bhej City News
Divorced Wife of E. H. Cahow
Wants to Live in
Style.
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Ernest W. Cahow, vice president
of the Great .Western Commission
company, South Side, live stock
dealers, was sued by his divorced
wife, Gertrude Cahow, in district
court yesteraay ior u.uuu in a
lump sum and $500 a month alimony.
1 The suit is in the form of a sup
plemental petition for a modifica
tion of their decree of divorce grant
ed in district court June 1, 1917, in
which Mrs. Cahow was given cus
tody of their minor child and $150
a month alimony for life.
Built Up Big Business.
They were married December 24.
1892; and lived together until April
7, 1917. She alleges that her hus
band built up a business which is
paying him $30,000 a year income.
4 About 1907, she alleges, he began
' insisting that she get a divorce from
him.' She alleges that he said he
. was infatuated with another woman,
whom he 'was supporting with her
children, and finally on April 7,
tyi, ne brought an attorney to their
home and induced her. to sign a pe
tition for divorce. !
He did not appear in court and
she was granted the divorce. She
said she was told that she should
let the allowance of $150 a month
stand, as the decree could be easily
modified. '
Must Live in Style.
She alleges that she has learned
since then that his income was at
least $750 a month then and that
now he receives at least $30,000 a
year. . i '
.She charges that he has threat
ened to stop paying her alimony and
to leave the state.
- It will require $500 a month for
her to live with her minor child in
the style to which she was accus
tomed, she says. She asks that the
divorce decree be modified so as
to give her $20,000 in a lump sum
and ?50O a month tor lite.
Husband, Suing for
Divorce, Says Wife
Likes Carnival Life
Albert Hayford complains to the
district court in a petion for divorce
filed yesterday that his wife, Helen,
is stage-struck and that soon after
their marriage June 19, 1916, in Pon-
tiac, Mich., 'she became obsessed
with the idea that hers should be a
theatrical or carnival life.
I He says she is possessed of no
theatrical ability or talent, yet the
stage or carnival spirit so possesses
her that she is not happy unless she
is on the trail of some carnival. He
says because of this he is unable to
establish, a permanent Rome.
He also charges that since their
marriage she has begun to smoke
cigarets and "hit the booze."
Chicago Man Died of Heart
. Disease, Says Investigator
Special Investigator Dempsey of
the county attorney's office has com
pleted a probe into the death of
George D. Frase of Chicago at the
Hotel Fontenelle last Tuesday and
found that he died from , natural
causes.
Mr. Frase was stricken with heart
disease while engaged in buying the
stock of the Chicago Bargain store,
South Side, last Tuesday. He was
if moved to his room in the Hotel
Fontenelle and died a few hours
later. The cause of death as stated
by the doctor was acute dilation of
the heart.
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Chicago Man Joins Staff
Of Cathedral Phonographs
Included in the recent additions to
the . working force of the Omaha
manufacturers of Cathedral phono
rraphs is the appointment bt J. B.
Videman of Chicago, as superin-
tendent of the mechanical division.
Jlr. Wideman was for five years as
f istant superintendent of the Wood
stock. Typewriter company, Wood
stock, I1J. He also had entire charge
of the mechanical department of one
of the , Goddard Tbol , company
plants at Chicago
fiate Kuot I Yin I It Beacon Freaa
Vacant Cleaaw Buraeas-Oranden CO
To Elect Officers W. A. Fraaer
Grove, Woodmen Circle, will meet In
Crounae hall next Friday evening
for the election of officers.
Personal Injury Suit John Kel
son, a boiler repairer, sued the
Union Pacific railroad In district
court for 325,000 damages for in
juries alleged to have been sus
tained when he fell from a scaffold
ing while repairing a boiler.
Salvation Army Services Enslsrn
and Mrs. Ernest Marshall of Des
Moines will conduct special services
at the Salvation Army, 1711iDouglas
street, Sunday at 11 a. m. and 2
and 8 p. m. Ensign Marshall la
private secretary to Col. A; B. Peb
bles. New Cracker Bakery The larg
est and most modern cracker bak
ery In the south is to. be erected
during the year 1920 on a large site
In Memphis, Tenn., by the Iten Bis
cuit company, according to an an
nouncement made by the Omaha of
fice of the firm yesterday.
Omaha Sailor Promoted Word
has been received at the navy re
cruiting station here that John F.
Bilek, 3928 S street, South Side, has
been advanced in rating from fire
man, third class, to fireman, second
class. He is now stationed at the
receiving ship, Charleston, S. C.
No Sunday Services There will
be no Sunday school or Sunday
school entertainment at Temple
Israel Sunday on account of repairs
to the heating plant. The entertain
ment has been postponed one week.
It la expected that the regular serv
ices will be held next Friday.
Sues for Injuries Alleging that
his wife sustained Injuries in an
automobile collision at Thirty
eighth avenue and Dodge street on
September 10, George Sparks filed
suit for $16,500 damages in district
court against Clayton Erb and his
wife, Cora Erb. :
Are Secretly Married Page H.
Nickerson and Miss Eva Cunning
ham surprised their parents and
fiends by being secretly married last
Wednesday at Papillion, Neb. The
newly weds are living for the pres
ent with the parents of the groom,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nickerson.
Lodge Plans Dance Last Wed
nesday evening Omaha Homestead,
1404, initiated a large class of can
didates, after which refreshments
were served. Next Wednesday eve
ning,. Christmas eve, the district
manager. M. P. Jacobson, will give
a dance in the Yeoman castle. Cap
tain Heath's degree team will give
a masquerade ball New Year's eve.
Temperatures at various points
about an industrial plant are re
corded at a central location by a
new electrical thermometor.
A Christmas Gift Thai
Never Fails to Please
To the growing boy and girl
a bicycle means:
Daily fun for years to come.
Exliilerating out-door exer
cise that brings the priceless
glow of red blooded health.
Advantageous saving of
time, task and money.
What better gift can one give
or receive?
T7ii Christmas a Bicycle!
Give an Excelsior
Bicycle
Be sure that the bicycle
" you give is an Excelsior
the finest bicycle made.
Excelsior bicycles excel all
others in quality and serv
icei and yet they cost no
more than -ordinary
bicycles. "
Let us deliver you an
Excelsior for Christmas
morning.
We invite you to visit
our store and. select a
bicycle from the finest
stock in the city. Open
Evenings till Christmas.
Nebraska
Motorcycle &
Bicycle Company
624 South 16th Street, Omaha.
Two Doers North
f Hotel CastU.
Phone Tyler 2987.
Parts nd Supplies for all makes
of motorcycles and bicycles.
Mail Orders Filled Promptly.
Don't Crank Your Head Off
USE A MANIFOLD HEATER
Mr. Ford Owner Tnoniands of motor
wis Ford owner are now utins this sim
ple device, which attaches to the mani
fold. Makes the cranking of your ear
as simple matter on cold winter mora
ines as on hot summer mornings. This
little starter starts the car on the first
turn over. Simply dampen the wick with
gasolene, and touch a match to it. It
burns just long enough to heat your mani
fold and put your gasolene in shape for
ignition. If your dealer doesn't handle
this product send us 11.00 and we will mail
it to you. Honey refunded if not sat-
wiiea. - , .
AH Dealers $1.00 All Dealers
Gard-Hawkirs Company
Franklin, Nan, ,
Divorce
Courts
Nora Searight charges her hus
band, William, with desertion in a
petition for divorce filed in district
court.
Roscoe Conklin Tubbs deserted
his wife, Lula, a month ago, she al
leges in a petition for divorce and
custody of their three children, filed
in district court. "(
Arthur Tinker has continually as
saulted his wife, Nellie, since their
marriage in 1906, she alleges in a pe
tition for x divorce filed in district
court. '
' James Patton alleges thathis wife,
Alma, has not attended to. her
household duties and that she has
preferred the society of other men
to his own. So he asked the dis
trict court for a divorce. ,
Ruth Stevens refused to live with
Otho, her husband, he alleges in a
petition for a divorce which he
filed in district court.
Frenly Bates alleges that his
wife, Margaret, has confessed to
misconduct and he applied to the
district court for a divorce.
Mack Walton fays in a petition
ior divorce from Eleanor Walton
filed in district court, that he has
discovered she was guilty of miscon
duct before their marriage. July 6,
1919. ' J
Negro Woman Charged
With Killing Her Husband
A complaint charging murder in
the first degree was filed Saturday
against Bertie Lollis, ncgress. 2505
N street. The woman is now under
guard at St. Joseph hospital suffer
ing from a gunshot wound said to
iiave been self-inflicted after she
shot her husband Sunday night.
Ella Sf.ll, 4826 South Twenty
sixth street, and John L, Stovall,
2722 R street, were taken into cus
today Saturday afternoon by officers
from the county attorney's office and
are being held as -witnesses in the
Lollis case. Mrs. Lollis will be given
a preliminary hearing before Police
Judge Fitzgerald next Saturday
morning. She is said to be recovering.
Stock of Des Moines
. Coal Dealers Exhausted
Des Moines, la., Dec. 20. Special
Telegram About half the retail
coal dealers here report their sup
ply of coal exhausted and orders
being taken for future delivery only.
Operators report the output this
past week from 60 to 70 per cent
of normal, but predict larger out
put this coming week. Milder
weather is affording some relief to
householders.
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. William and
Mary
Fernery, .
$7.25
The Ideal gift for
the home. Choice of
mahogany or oak
finish.
Piano
Bench
$16.75
Choice of
oak or mahog
any finish.
An exceptional
value during
this sale. Simi-
'
Davenport
Tables '
$49.50
And Up.
' Gives that added
touch to the living
room. Many styles.
Buy on
Your
Credit!
Just stop and
consider what
"Hartma n'a
Easy Terms"
mean to you.
By using your
credit you are
able to buy
sensible, prac
tical gifts for
your loved
ones, and you
can pay for it
on install
ments to suit
your convenience.
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Mahogany
and Cane
$27.65
Very comforta
ble. Choice of
tapestry, blue or
mulberry velour.
Oak
Dresser
$27.50
Large size mir
ror. A gift that
will give service.
A sensible gift
for the home.
IBs
jr"t
Simmon's $
Steel $
Crib, 3
$12.45
Continuous posts, i
complete with
spring, vernis mar-
tin or white enamel vj
finish.
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Easy Terms,
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$2
This Fine
Dresser
$27.50
Offered in golden
oak, very artistic de
signs with large size
mirror.
Oak or Ivory
Bed
$15.65
Wood beds with
the latest approved
sanitary steel side
rails. Full size.
Chiffonier
to Match
$24.85
Has large size
mirror and is roomy
as shown in illustration.
Will There
Music and Song
in Your
Home This
Christmas?
O HOME is complete Christmas without the"
glad spirit ringing through the household. A
Grafonola gives everlasting pleasure to every member
of the family and will bring pleasant recollections of
the Yuletide every time it is played;
, $1
Per Week
No
Interest
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Easy Terms.
Use
Your
Credit!
Use it free
ly. Buy all
of the ar
ticles you
need and
pay the bill
in easy in
stallments that's the
"H art man
Way" it's
the system
that has met
with the ap
proval of
hundreds of
Omaha folks.
Steel Bed Outfit
$26.85 :
A full size bed with 2-incb. contin
uous posts, fcomes in white enamel
or Vernis Martin finish. A very com
fortable spring with a soft, restful
mattress included.
End Table
$12.45
Just the table you have
wanted. Brown mahog
any as shown.
Records!
k Yes, Look!
SACKED
A-2801 "Silent Night."
. "Oh. Holy Night."
A-2788 "Oh, Coma All Ye
Faithful."
"Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing;."
POPULAR
A-2S21 "Tell Me," Al Jol
son. '
A-2816 "Freckles" Nora
Bayes.
Complete Stock of Records.
IE
1 MnrWc
$25 to $250
A Sensible
Xmas Gift
$9.50
A gift of service
for all. Choice of
blue or Spanish
leather.
54-in. Top 6 ft.
Period Table
$58.75
In the popular
William and Mary
period. Exactly as
shown.
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Give Her New
Dining Chairs
$8.45 '
Nothing will please
better. An improve
ment to your dining
room. Spanish leather.
Lamps and Shades on Sale
i $22.85 I $36.50 1 $27.85 1 $25.50 1 $16.75
14-ln. at lk
shad. with
fringed dg-e.
Popular col
ors. .
S-in. silk
had. In a
t. rl.tr of
color combinational
Mahogan y
finished has.
with 24-lnnh
hade complete.
28-inch a Ilk
shad, with
tassels and
fringe. Good
value.
24-lnch shad.
In charmlnu
color combi
nations. Good
value.
The Three Pieces
Cane and mahbgany' frames.
Not just one pattern of up
holstering, but several
charming designs in velour
or damask that will h
to please you. Complete with bolster roll and'
pillows as shown. Marshal spring, loose
cushions.
A Fitting Gift For the
Entire Family
$295
Oak Rocker
$5.65
A rocker of comfort with
wide panel back. An inex
pensive gift.
Steel Bed Outfit
$26.85
A combination bed outfit with mat- 5
tress included, at a saving to you.
The "Super-Rigid" Three-Unit Bed in 5$
Vernis Martin. finish only. Exception
ally priced during the holidays.
Period Style
Tea Carts
$24.98
Choice selection in
various styles. Values
for Monday.
Reed Chaise
Lounge
$46.50
Neatly upholstered,
in art cretonne, frost
ed blue finish.
Telephone
Stand Sets
$22.75
Similar to cut, in
Jacobean or mahog
anv finish.
Combination Range
"Her Gift"
$98.75
V$ Nothing is more welcome on Xmas
v man a combination Range. Les
sens tbe burdens of the kitchen.
A special
Oak Chifforobe
"His Gift"
$54.50
Here's a gift he'll be proud of.
A place for all his clothes, etc.
Give this useful article for Christmas.
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Just Like This
Table
$26.75
It will give Joy to everyone in the
family. Genuine quartered oak
with 26x42-Inch top. Golden fin
ish.
The Joy of the
Kitchen
$49.75
Joy to the fullest meaning of the
word. Gratify HER wish for a
"Seller's" Kitchen Cabinet on pay
ments of only tl per week.
16th Between Harney and Howard.