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    THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1919.
LOOT READY TO
MAIL AS XMAS
GIFTS FOUND
Girl Who "Tried to Make
Good" Arrested for Grand
Larceny From Home of
Employer.
Mrs. Cleo 'Olson, known to the
police at Cleo Pearson, "the girl
who tried to make good," was bound
over to the district court by Judge
Foster in Central police court yes
terday on a charge of grand larceny.
Her bond was fixed at $1,000.
Burdell Olson, her husband, ar
rested at the same time Sunday
night in their room at 2222 Farnam
street on an investigation charge,
was arraigned on a vagracy charge
and fined $100. He was wearing a
valuable ring, which he said his iwife
gave to him and which police say
was stolen.
The Olson woman has led Omaha
officers a merry chase for four
weeks, police say. Two grips filled
with clothes belonging to Mrs.
Grace McAdams, 3009 Poppleton
avenue, were found in her posses
sion, police say. Mrs. McAdams
obtained her belongings at the po
lice station yesterday.
Companion to Convict.'
According to a police report, Mrs.
Olson was employed as a maid in
the McAdams home for a week in
November. Mrs. McAdama left her
in charge of a 23-months' old child
on November 25. When 6he return
ed home late in the afternoon, the
maid had disappeared with nearly
$300 worth of Mrs. McAdams'
clothes and had left the baby alone
in the home.
Police traced the Olson woman to
Kansas City and back to Omaha.
Mrs. Olson was married to Bur
dell Olson four months ago, she told
police.
Before her marriage, she was the
companion of Ray Jensen, who is
serving time in the state penitentary
for burglary and shooting with in
tent to kill. Jensen was captured
early one morning last May after he
had shot and seriously wounded De
tective Carey Ford. .
Loot for Christmas Gifts.
Mrs. Olson, then known as Cleo
Pearson, was arrested at the time
and was held for several weeks, po
lice say. Upon her release, she
promised Matron Gibbons at the po
lice station that "she would reform
and make good."
Some of the articles stolen from
the McAdams home that were found
in the possession of the Olson wom
an were wrapped in Christmas pack
ages addressed to friends, police
say.
Says Second Trial
Of Davis Will Take
All of Next Week
County Attorney Shotwell said
yesterday that 'the second trial of
George Davis, charged with assault
with intent to commit murder and
assault with intent to do great bod
ily injury to Mayor Smith will prob
ably take all of next week, allowing
for the New Year's holiday, when
no court will be held.
He says he has about the same
evidence as in the first trial. The
jury which heard the evidence in
the first trial was unable to reach an
agreement.
Trial of Claude Nethaway,
charged with conspiracy to commit
the murder of Will Brown, tRe ne
gro lynched by the mob at the
court house the night of September
28, is set for January 5 in district
court
Discharged Soldier Held
On Charge of Stealing Trunk
Conrad Field, discharged soldier,
was held to federal grand jury yes
terday when he was examined by
the United States commissioner on
a charge of stealing a trunk from a
railroad car containing interstate
shipments. Federal officials state
that Field shot his own hand in
France to gain release from military
EX-SCREEN STAR SUES PARENTS FOR $32,000 SAVINGS Mrs.
Frank A. Brady, formerly Miss Muriel Ostriche, movie star, is suing
her parents for $32,000, which sum, she says, represented her sav
ings of two years in motion pictures. Mrs. Brady, appearing in the
supreme court, New York, declared that she gave the money to her
father and mother to take care of. Mrs. Brady is 23 Tears old. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Ostriche, who declare that
she was not legally "emancipated" when she gave them the money.
There is a law which gives parents the right to a minor child's earn
ings. Sines her marriage Mrs. Brady has not appeared on the screen.
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Divorce
Courts
I Edward Simon, lawyer and mem
ber of the wholesale grocery firm
of Simon Bros., was ordered by Dis
trict Judge Troup to pay $100 at
torney's fees to his wife's lawyer
and to pay her $75 a month tempor
ary alimony during the pendency
of his suit against his wife, Gertrude
Simon, for divorce, filed in district
court a few weeks ago.
Rudolph Benish filed suit in dis
trict court asking a divorce from
Daisy Benish, his common-law wife.
He charges her withvextreme cru
elty. Daisy Heivey was granted a di
vorce from Ira Heivey by Judge
Wakeley in divorce court on the
grounds of extreme cruelty. She
was given custody of one child.
. Custody of five children and ali
mony in the total sum of $65 were
granted to Hermione Stokes in a
decree of divorce given her in di
vorce court by Judge Wakeley. Mr.
Stokes was also enjoined from in
terfering with her and the children.
Butchers Identify
Negro as One of Trio
- Of Bold Highwaymen
Identification of a negro who is
alleged to have assisted two others
in holding up and robbing two
butcher shops near Seventeenth and
Clark streets S arday night was
made yesterday, according to Chief
of Detectives Dunn.
A. Grady, 425 North Thirteenth
street, is being held at the central
police station upon the identification
by Adam Nitz. 1552 North Twenti
eth street, and Henry Hainan, 1702
Clark 6treet. Both men were picked
out by Grady from anio..g 40 ne
groes who were arrested Sunday for
vagrancy. k
Nitz and Haman were held up in
their stores by a trio of negro high
The Bee's Free Shoe
Fund
How to relieve
skin troubles
If you are troubled with
eczema if your skin is rough,
red, pimply and blotchy if it
itches and bums simply apply
to the affected part a little
Resinol Ointment. It will
even give quicker results if
first bathed with Resinol Soap
arid warm water.,
Resinol Ointment contains
i medicinal agents that act quick
ly and directly upon the skin
heal its hurts and help it to
keep healthy and attractive.
Procure a package from your druggist today, and let it rid
you of those annoying, unsightly and embarrassing affections of
the skin. , j
RESINOL SNA VING STICK teethes Under skins
Resino
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C0HNERC1AI PRIJCTERS-LlTHCKJRAPflERS STKlDlC EMBOSSERS
kOOSCUArOCVICC
" 'Tis but a few days before
Uiirstmas
A gift to help buy shoes for poor
kiddies is an expression of the real
Christmas spirit.
Two pairs of shoes were received
from Mrs. William Glandt of Route
6, Benson. Neb.
The money gifts are coming in
from good people who remember the
unfortunate children whose lot is
extreme poverty, so extreme that
they can't even have shoes unless
they get them from The Bee's fund.
PrrvlooHly acknowledged $798.40
fa nil, Orleans, Neb.. S.OO
Mrs. Alfred Nordstrom, Wakefield, .
Neb. ,1.00
Cash D 8.00
i Total $806.40
Can you help make the kiddies
happy tor Christmas: mere are
many who will be made happy just
bv a pair of shoes purchased from
The Bee's fund.
Address The Free Shoe Fund, care
of The Bee.
Big Increase Shown
In Christmas Mail
At Omaha Postoffice
First-class mail handled at the
postoffice last Saturday was 22 per
cent more than the corresponding
day of last year, jand parcel post
business showed an increase of 11
per cent, according to a telegram
sent by Postmaster Fanning to the
Postoffice department at Washing
ton. "They will have to build a new
postoffice fto-meet the growing de
mands of this city," Mr. Fanning
remarked, as he' strolled through the
congested quarters of his depart
ment The incoming parcel post pack
ages are being received and sorted
in the basement of the postoffice.
Twenty-nine trucks laden with
Christmas packages were taken out
of the general postoffice this morn
ing and started on their way to dis
tribute Christmas cheer to Omaha
homes.
Fifty extra clerks are assisting in
the Christmas rush.
Loss of Life Mate Is
Said to Have Hastened
Death of Mrs. F. Krug
x The death of her husband but a
day or so over a month ago is be
lieved by friends to have hastened
the death of Mrs. Frederick Krug,
81 years old, who died at the family
home, 818 South Twentieth street,
Saturday night. Her husband died
November 19 last
"Mrs. Krug's one ambition was to
make a perfect home for her hus
band and children," said Mrs. John
G. Brandt, a friend of the family for
many years. "She was extremely
devoted to her husband throughout
his life and took a deep interest in
his successes and in lightening the
load of his disappointments."
Iowa Man and Fiancee
On Shopping Tour Are
Held On Larceny Charge
William Little. Perry, la., and his
betrothed, Miss Bertha Chess, Coon
Rapids, la., were arrested Sunday
night by detectives on a charge of
grand larceny. Little is also being
held for federal authorities on a
Mann act charge.
Both were arrested, police say,
after they took a dress off the coun
ter of a shoe repair shop at 1508
Harney street '
Little and Miss Chess declare
they are to be married soon .and
came to Omaha on a shopping tour.
Fair Weather In Sight
For Late Xmas Shoppers
L. A. Welsh, weather forecaster,
states that he has ordered fair
weather for today for the benefit of
Christmas shoppers. ' i
"Not much change in tempera
ture," is the additional forecast.
Clear weather was reported through-
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VICTIM OF RAID
BY POLICE WILL
PREFERGIIARGES
Judge Fines Man for Drunk
enness When Disorderly
Charge Against Families
Blows Up In Testimony.
Police Officer Samardick, in
charge of three plain clothes police
men, kicked in the tear door of the
home of Bert Fox, 1903 Emmet
street, forced their way into the
home and arrested the owner, his
wife and Mr. and Mrs? N. W. Green,
3712 North Nineteenth street, at 11
Saturday night, according to testi
mony in Central police court yester
day. Judge Foster fined Fox $25 and
costs on a charge of drunkenness,
following a verbal battl between
C. B. Keller, his attorney, and City
Prosecutor Murray. He was dis
missed of the charge of keeping a
disorderly house.
Mrs. Fox was unable to appear in
court on account of illness. Her
case was ordered continued until
December '29.
Mr. and Mrs. Green were dis
charged. Mr. Green is assistant
manager of the women's ready-to-wear
clothes department at M. E.
Smith and company.
Will Prefer Charges.
Green stated after the case was
over that he would prefer charges
against Samardick. ,
According to testimony, offered in
police court, Policeman Samardick
struck Fox in the face when the lat
ter demanded a search warrant of
him.
Samardick testified that he arrest
ed the four on charges of being in
mates of a disorderly house because
of the alleged loud noise going on
in rox s home.
Officers Were Not Sure.
Green was playing the piano, his
wife was singing and Mrs. Fox, who
was under the care of a physician,
was reclining in an easy chair, testi
mony showed, when the police vis
ited the rox home.
The four children of Bert Fox and
a 6-year-old child of Mr. and, Mrs.
Green were asleep upstairs when the
police came, Fox said. Mrs. Fox
called a neighbor to care for the
children at the time of their arrest
The three police officers who were
with Samardick on the arrest testi
fied that they were not sure whether
Fox was intoxicated or not.
Help the Poor
of Your City
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Help for the poor families of
Omaha is still needed in the . cam
paign of the Associated Charities to
spread Christmas cheer to the
needy of the city. Donations have
been received at the headquarters of
the organization at ' 519 Farnam
building for many of the cases pub
lished in The Bee, but there are still
many families who are yet faced
with the outlook of going without
food or clothing, or even fuel, on
that day of all days, when everyone
is supposed to be happy.
Mrs. G. W. Doane, secretary of
the Associated Charities, expresses
herself as quite gratified with the
way in which Omaha people have
responded to her call for Christmas
help. But there are more to be
taken care of. These last few days
before Kris Kringle's holiday are
fure to be busy ones, but every
Omahan should have time to send
some little thing for these unfor
tunate families.
Following are four more cases
taken from Mrs. Doane's list of
Omaha's deserving poor:-
Case No. 25.
UNUSUALLY CLEAN HOME.
Clothing Patched as Much as It
Can Stand.
Widow and four children, boy 13
years old; girl 12 years old; girl 11
.n aM and hnv 0 vrars old.
Mother's pension, $25 a month.
Home exceedingly clean and neat.
Their clothing patched as long as
it ...ill hr1A tmrerW ' Rent SR. SO a
month. If this and fuel were taken
care of during the winter months
;t nrnM mate tri world seem
brighter to the little mother, who
is making such a Drave struggle to
keep her family together.
' ra No. 26.
BOYS WORK AFTER SCHOOL.
One Boy a Helpless Invalid, Needs
Constant iare.
WMivw and five children. Bov 17
years old; boy 16 years old; boy
14 vnn nlrh eirl 8 vears old and
boy 4 years old. The 17 and 14-
year-old boys work atter school
Their earnings and a mother's pen
f $20 ner month constitutes
their entire income. The 16-year-
. . aaa m S .
old boy is a neipiess mvaiio. a con
stant care to his mother. Clothing,
fuel and shoes would be very acceptable.
Case No. 27.
HOME IN BASEMENT.
Mother Has Been Deserted with
Family.
Woman deserted, with five chil
dren. Boy 12 years old, boy 11 years
old, girl 8 years old, girl 3 years old
and bov 1 year old. Ihe mother
does daywork at home. Has a
mothers nension of $3 a month
which the Associated Charities sup
plements with whatever is necessary.
Rent $5 a month. Dark basement
rooms. If someone would volun
teer to pay the rent for the winter
this mother could move to more
desirable rooms. Fuel and shoes for
the children are also needed.
Case No. 28.
DESTITUTE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Widow and Children Have No In
come at AIL
Widow with three small children.
one a young baby: In really very
destitute circumstances. No income.
Associated Charities supplying all
needs at present. Rent, coal, cloth
ing and food needed. Who will help
us care for this family.
Army Orders. -
Washington. Dec. 23. (Special Tele
gram.) Captain BIKlow B. Barnet, adju
tant general'! department, la relieved from
dutlea at Camp Dodg-e and will proceed to
Camp Custer; Captain Lynn Bojrcs. field
artillery, la relieved from duty at Camn .
Dodie and will proceed to Fort SUl . 1
Brie) City News
Have Root Prut It Baacon Press
Varnma CUaner BurtaM-Qranden Co.
" Wantrd Stock girt Julius Orkin,
101U .uougi&s. , .
Balttmoro Oysters, Denver celery,
California head lettuce lor Christ
mas. Buffett's Grocery.
. Three Couples Married Miss Bon
nie Stanley of Shenandoah, la., and
Walter Chapman, Oretta Ross and
Eugene A. Washington and .Miss
Dorothy E. Gough and William H.
Clark were married by Rev. Charles
W. savidge. .
Hebrew Club Elects N. S. Yaffe
was elected president of the Omaha
Hebrew club at the annual election
of officers. A. Richards wasichosen
vice-president S. Novitsky treasur
er, and Sol Rosenberg', secretary.
Trustees for ihe ensuing term will
be A. Kaplan, J. Robinson and 8.
Altchuler. The club will give a ball
at the Auditorium March 15, for the
benefit of Jewish war sufferers.
,-Sues Street Car Company Belle
IC. Sprague, a teacher in the Omaha
public schools, filed cult in district
court against the Missouri Pacific
railway- and the Omaha & Council
Bluffs Street Railway company, ask
ing 10,000 damages. She alleges
that she was badly injured In an ac
cident on January 21, 1918, when a
runaway railroad car hit a street car
where the belt line crosses .Twenty
fourth street.
Christmas Pros: rain Called Off
TheChristmas program and tree
which the National woman's Service
league planned to stage in the city
Auditorium Wednesday evening has
been called off owing to the fact that
arrangements have been made for
another event In the Auditorium on
that night. Omaha children will not
have a municipal tree this year,
since the city has also decided not
to hold Its annual public affair.
Allege Breach of Contract Suit
for $42,000 is being tried between
rival window cleaning companies be
fore a jury in District Judge Day's
court. The American Window
Cleaning company is asking this sum
from the National Window Cleaning
company for alleged breach of con
tract The former company alleges
that it bought out the business of
the latter company October 28, 1918,
and that the latter company agreed
not to enter the window cleaning
business in Omaha for a period of 10
years.
New York Rabbi Will
Address Omaha Zionists
Rabbi Philip Kleinmani of Jew
York will be the principal speaker
at the conference of Jewish com
munal workers and educators of
Omaha to be held here early in
January. The conference is called
y the national office of the Zionist
Organization of America, and the
purpose is to acquaint local workers
with aims and policies of Young
Judea work and the educational ma
terial that it has developed.
Resigned Envoy Here
New York, Dec. 22. William E.
Gonzales, retiring American minis
ter to Cuba, arrived here from
Havana today on the steamship
Esperanza. He will spend a few
weeks in this country preparatory to
leaving for his new post as ambassa
dor to Peru.
PRINCIPALS IN
GANG FIGHTS UP
IN POLICE COURT
Two Fined, One Jailed, Others
Dismissed Chinamen Tes
tifyBandaged Heads
Prominent On Victims.
Among the persons arrested be
tween 9 and 10 Sunday night for
fighting, drunkenness and disturb
ing the peace, two were fined $2Si
and costs each in Central police
court yesterday and a third was
given 30 days in jail.. The others
were discharged.
John Kahler, 1920 Castelar street,
and Rudy Masilko, proprietor of a
pool hall at 2205 South Sixth street,
were the two men fined. Each ap
peared in court, their heads swathed
in bandages, from beatings they re
ceived in gang fights.
Chinese Waiters Testify.
Six Chinamen, all waiters at the
Mandarin cafe, 1409 Douglas street,
appeared against Kahler. They
testified that Kahler refused to pay
for a meal and a fight followed, in
which all received minor cuts. Three
of Kahler's friends fled when police
arrived, Chin Chin, manager of the
cafe, testified.
A large number of pedestrians
fathered when Kahler and his
frends sought escape to the street,
with the Chinese waiters clinging to
their shoulders, police say.
Al Schulz, 3003 South Ninth
street, was given 30 days in jail on
a charge of drunkenness and dis
turbing the peace. He was arrested
upon complaint of his former wife,
who testified in court yesterday that
Schulz attempted to break into her
home at 1728 South Twelfth street
Stopped Other Fights.
Sebastian Fisciaro, 1404 South
Fourteenth street, and A. Lcferla,
1832 South Thirteenth street, were
dismissed on charge of fighting.1
Ihey were arrested in the pool hall
of Rudy Masilko, where a fight was
in progress when police arrived.
Police quelled fights at Sixteenth
and Farnam streets and also at
Twenty-fourth and Grant streets
last night. No arrests were made.
700 Veterans of Kolchak's
Army Freeze In Hospital
London, Dec 22. Seven hundred
soldiers of the army commanded bv
Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-
Russian government n Siberia, have
frozen to death in a hospital near
Omsk, according to a wireless dis
patch from Moscow. Severe fight
ing is going on in the Narva, Kiev
and Kharkov region, the statement
declares.
Hour Sale
9 A.M. to 10 A.M.
TUESDAY
Men's Hose
An opportunity to secure a very
good everyday hose, combed Maco,
lisle and cotton, black and gray, dou
ble heel and toe, reinforced sole.
ONE HOUR
ONLY
Downstairs Store
6 Pair,
$1.00
Burgess-Mash Company
"VERYBODYS STORE"
One Hour Sale
12 to 1 P. M.
TUESDAY
Women'
s
House Slippers
300 pairs of women's comfortable
sample house slippers, with felt inlets
and leather soles; low heel felt slip
pers with padded soles; felt slippers
with elk soles. Ribbon-trimmed felt
slippers, leather soles and covered
heels. A dozen different kinds.
Sizes 2i2 3,
3V&and4.
Second Floor '
Choice
$1.19
Burgess-Nash COI
"EVERYBODY STORK"
Hour Sale
9 A.M. to 10 A.M.
TUESDAY
Georgette
and Silk
Elo
uses
III "Sk. ..Atf
All-silk Georgette in navy, black,
brown, gray, flesh, and white Crepe
de Chine and Striped Tub Silks in all
desirable shades. '
Limited num
ber to each cus
tomer. Second Floor ,
Sizes 36 to 46
$3.00
ess-Wash Got
7Ae Oirittntas Stotv for 6veryody
Sale Starts
At 9 A. M.
TUESDAY
Women's
Kid
GJo ves
On Sale Tuesday
A large assortment of kid gloves in
all colors, taken from our regular stock
and reduced for Tuesday only-
Children's Mittens
10c per pair.
Limited number
to a customer.
Mala Floor..
Choice
$1.00
ess-Mash Com
tjfie Cfirisimas Store for &ven6odtf
dsTii
Hour Sale
7 to 8. P. M.
TUESDAY
Men's Union Suits
A fine ribbed, medium weight union
suit, "Kawana" Mills product, combed
soft cotton, long sleeves, ankle length,
closed crotch, standard cut, ample
room. An exceedingly well-fitting,
comfy garment. Ecru color.
Downstair Store
One Hour
$1.49
Burgess-Mash Company
BVKRYBO0YS STORK"
i in
Fistula-Pay When Cured
SaleStarts
At 9 A.M.
TUESDAY
Men's Belts
An entire sample line of a local job
ber's stock of men's leather belts. A
limited number,
ON SALE
TUESDAY
While They Last ;
30c
Burgess-Mash Company
"EVERYBODY STORE'
A mild iTitem of treatment tbat cures Piles. Fistula and
other KectalDUeeie In a ihort tiros, without a lerere hit ',
Ileal operation. No Chloroform. Ether or other genera :
, anaitaeue uaed. A cure uueranieea 1 o eTery cae aoceptea
for treatment, and no money to be paid onti 1 cored. Write for book on Recta 1 Diaeaiea, with camel i
and testimonials of more than 1000 prominent people who bare been permanently cored. 'j
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