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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1919)
.THE BEE: OMAHA, FfrIDAY DECEMBER 26, 1919 : "UNCLE HENRY" ; ASKS HELP FOR L ANNUAL FEAST ; . Demands of Children Far in I Excess of Preparations - And More Gifts Are - Needed, - "Uncle Henry" DeLong says he lis "up against it" preparing for his annual post-Christmas tree for poor children. lit issued invitations to 100 : children whom Santa Claus might have overlooked and planned to give them the usual feast Saturday noon at the DeLong mission on - East i Broadway, Council Bluffs. Clamor 'ing wtoungsters have swelled the list by pleading for tickets until the pum Jber, issued exceeds 250. It will prob ably reach 500, and "Uncle Henry" is appealing to the public to send baskets of provisions tp the mission, 529 East Broadway, to prevent these f httle boys and girls being sent away , hungry. "It will be the seventy-third Christmas I have spent in Council Bluffs, and it may be the last time I will be given the opportunity to help bring a little Christmas cheer to little hearts that will feel but little of it." said Uncle Henrv yesterday. "I remember so keenly the pain of mv own first Chnptmas in Council Bluffs that I can never forget it It was on that cheerless and bitter - Christmas , morning that I formed the resolution to try every year to bring Christmas joy to other deso late little hearts. My parents' were dead and Ihad been 'bound out' to a .Mormon, Bishop Clark. My mother's dying gift was the feather bed upon which sHie closed. her eyes, for the last time. We came from Nauvoo in a covered wagon in the summer of 1847. The-good bishop appropriated the feather bed and I slep with the , .dog on the bare ground under the wagon. , ... "There were several children in , 4he Mormon family, and on that first Christmas eve I hung up my M Stocking the same as they did. When I got up from my pallet of straw ' the Clark children were shouting with joy over their gifts of candy, .cakes ana loys. in nunc i iuuuu only 'cow chips' and a cruel hickory stick. HearVbroken I cried aloud, 'If my father was living somebody would feel that stick.' I spoke too loud. .. " , "The Mormon bishop harfrd it and iumoed out of his bed, that warm feather bed upon which my angel you'll feel it right now,' he yelled. I got an" awful beating with that V jpruel stick, and right there I said ."will never let a Christmas pass without trying to do something for ether little boys and girls. And 1 (have kept that vow faithfully. i "T -m nnur 8.1 VMf nM 311(1 thlS -may be my last chance. I hope my friends will help me to make good ? just once more. Give me the Christ . mas trees you used Wednesday j night and help me gather some little 'goodies' for these 500 boys and girls who will come to the mission i Saturday noon and afternoon." i i u T i : Says He Carries His Alarm I Inrlf in Kppn j It From Being Stolen When Henry Richards, 2524 Jones street, chose4 a. m. Christmas to 1 take his alarm clock for a walk, he ccurted trouble. Kicnaros amoiea aown jueaven-- worth street toward Sixteenth promptly at 4 yesterday morning. Under his arm his alarm clock' was safely tucked away. He passed Policemen Joe Janda '-. ; and Bob Munch . near Seventeenth - srreet A few feet farther on his J clock became filled with Christmas soirit or something and started a - slirilj ringing. The ctfps thought Richards had struck a burglar alarm. ' They hurried back "to find Richards 2 wrestling in the dark trying to find ' something to shut off his alarm ii nut n I According to the police report Richards became "fuddled when the h rt- 1. ' it. r 11.. K'Kl intra ne misirusicu iwu iuuiu- mates and thought he'd better get . ' his clock awav 'from their hands. That didn't account sufficiently for his choosing 4 a. m. to spirit the clock awajro he was incarcerated t and held for investigation.- , Send Greetings by Radio. Vs SanN Diego, Cal., Dec J 25. Partic- ulsre nf iUa mnnnpr in whirh Clirisfr- mas greetings were flashed to Amer- incan naval craft in all parts of the ' Pacific and the China and Japanese - waters, were given out at the- radio 1 station here. . " - PUm Cured in 6 to 14 Days. Druireists refund money if PAZO OINT MENT fail, to cure Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c :: I "JL ft' ' 4fl00R BARKER BLK OMAHA.NEB. POPULAR PRICED GUARANTEED DENTISTRY Perfect Comfort After. Meals mm - - m - ' al ITI I I ! VVT l r- sBox' TRY THEM ESTABLISHED ISM 'Why soffit from Indiewtlon whfn quirk relief can be obulned jt Ukinc RITTER'8 D1UE8T1VE IjOZBXGKSt ror tU-ft jraars a faiorlte nawdr with all classes of psapls. Every Ublet vrepped In tinfoil, thus preeerruif its full orldnsl suemth at all times. Can bs carried In rest soeket. Price 35 can la . Bold by 8heraun Mc Cwaasl aaa smi elruwisM esannriisra career in High . finance ends in jail sentence Proihoter of Charity Scheme Pleads Guilty to Conspir- acy Charge. 1 ' Duval pleaded guiltjr Wednes day before District JudgeRedick to a charge of conspiracy to commit larceny and was sentenced to 60 fays in jail and fined $200. ' Thus ends the adventure of Eugene in high finance. His in tended victim was a fellow country man. Vincent Ledorech,, a cook at the Hotel Fontenelle, Novem ber 8. ' i Eugene and ariother man, uni dentified, met Vincent and , told him that the other mans father, a tormer resident of Omaha, had died i;i the far west, fabulously wealthy. Rememl'ei ing on his dying bed the poor of his native city,.be decided to' leave them a trifle of $100,000. He wrote it into his will, said Eugene Furthermore, he wrote in his will that $20,000 should be paid to the man who would discover and pay to the poor of Omaha the $100, 000. Could Vincent do this small task and thereby earn the $20,000. Thus Eugene appealed and M. Vincent responded that he would try 4o distribute among the poor the $100,000. Qne detail remained before the money was' paid over, said M. Eu gene. A bond in cash must be put up to indicate that the provisions of the will would be carried out. Vincent agreed to put up $1,500 in cash. He withdrew that sum from the bank and the three went to the nigh school grounds where the $100,000 was put in a tin box with the $20,000 and the $1,500. M. Vin cent was' to keep the box contain ing all the money, the funds for the poor, his -fee of $20,000 and .his bond of $1,500. ' At this point, he became i suspi cious. A dispute ensued and it ended in Vincent grabbing his two friends and proceeding to haul them off to jail. One man jerked loose and fled. Vincent landed the other at the Hotel Fontenelle and called the police. , Four Persons Hurt x In Auto Accidents On Christmas Day Four persons were injured yester day in automobile accidents. J. G. McNicmols. 54 years old. 3331 Webster street, suffered frac tures of both Tegs and both bones in the left arm and internal injuries when run down by an automobile driven by J. Warren Best, 421 North Thirty-first street, at Thirty-third and Burt streets. ' Best was arrested and later was released on a bail bond. McNichols was taken to Lister hospital. His condition is serious. Peter Logios. 4922 North Twenty- eighth street, was- struck by an automobile bearing license number 19187, Neb, when he stepped from a street car at Tenth and Mason streets yesterday moring. He suf fered severe bruises. The car did not stop. Mrs. R. Smith, 2625 Decatur -A tt.ll.. 131... 1011 XT.U dlVtly ailU UUIC JJ14U, AS VI 111 Twenty-sixth street, were sitting in a ford car with the lights turned out last night at Twentieth and Clark streets when a street car came along and pushed their automobile 15 feet dowa the' street. Mrs. Smith's side was wrenched and the Blau woman's neck sprained. M. M. Blau left the car standing in the Two poys Found With Stolen Jewelry and Cash In Their Possession Elmer Covely; 17 years old, and Parwin Howard, 16, both of Chi cagd, were arrested yesterday by Detectives Dolan and Hageman in a rooming house at Twenty-second and Howard streets with $900 worth of jewelry in their possession. Covely had $250 cash and Howard $112 when they were arrested. Each loy had a gun. They were held for investigation at central police sta tion. - Detectives Dolan and Hagerman said they have identified many ar ticles of jewelry, found in the boys' room, as those stolen Monday night and Tuesday night' from Drake Court and St Clare apartments. On Monday night three apart ments in Drake courK were ran sacked and $170 worth of clothing, $200 worth of jewelry and a small amount of cash taken. Tuesday night two apartments in St. Clare apartments, 2222 Harney street, were plundered and a large amount of cash and jewelry taken. ; The boys deny that they commit ted the burglaries, but refused to say where they obtained the valu ables. Yiddish Players Present ' "The Victims of the World" David leyrowitr. heading the Goldman company of Yiddish pleay ers, opened a two-nights engage ment at the Auditorium last night, presenting "The Victims of the World," a play based on the sorrows of the Jew in Russia. A big crowd was thrilled by I the realism of the company, several of whom were in the original New York cast of, this show. The contrast between the freedom offered the Jews in Ameri ca and tlVe hardships they are corn pled to endure in the European countries was ajitly depicted. This evening the same comnany will Are sent "For the Sins of Their Parerfts." This is ' the latest -musital comedy which was presented to capacity houses in New York City. Former Police Officer Charged With Assault Bert Hiatt former police officer, was arrested Wednesday night on order of Chief Eberstein and charged with assault and battel y. Fred Haarman" and wife, 2430 South Twenty-fourth street, told Oiief Eberstein that their car and Hiatt's collided at Twenty-fourth and L streets and in the Ensuing debate Hiatt assaulted Haarman SECOND VOTE IN ITALY ON FlUtiE QUEST0N HELD Seventy-Five Per Cent of Votes Cast in; Favor x Or Government - "Proposals. Rome, Dec. 24. In consequence of doubts regarding the first plebi scite at Fiume another was taken on Sunday which resulted in 5 per .cent of the votes being cast in favor of the Italian governments proposals relative to the future occupation of the city, according to the Giornale d'ltalia. Major Giuriati, chief of Capt Gabriele D'Annunzio's cabinet, is reported to have resigned. Newspapers state the basis of agreement was as follows: The Italian government will keep in its possession the whole of the armistice line, reaffirming the right of Fiume to decide its own fate. Fiume will receive financial assist ance so that it may resume its activi ties under the regime ipf a free port. During the transitional period, it is said, the Italian government wifl not exercise its sovereigny rights over Fiume, the independence of which shall m no way be diminished or violated. The government will not accept any solution tending to separate Fiume and the surrounding territory from the mother country and meanwhile will occupy. ; and guarantee the integrity of Fiume and its territory with regular troops, which will be exclusively of Italian nationality. Many Delegates Coming , For Young Judea Meeting For the first vtime in the history of the Zionist organization of Oma ha a Young Judea convention will be held in the city. The conven tion will take place on January 2, 3 and 4. v Omaha is considered to have one of the largest Young Judea move ments in the west and for that rea son the general office in New York, is desirous or making Omaha the western office" for all Young Judea movements in the future. The convention will open on Fri day, with a short business session. Saturday evening a Zionist mass meeting will be held at the Bnei Israel synagouge, Nineteenth and Burt. Sunday evening, January 4, the convention will close with a ban quet in which all the active Zion ists in the city and all the delegates will participate. Rabbi Philip Kleintnan of New York will be the principal speaker at the conference. Delegates from, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, Fort Dodge, Ames. Des Moines, Fremont and Lincoln will attend the conference. James E. Croft Funeral ' Will Be Held This Morning James E. Croft, 50 years old, 1914 Chicago street, veteran Union Pa cific auditor and recently employed by the Shaffer Refining company, died at his home Wednesday. His son, Cornelius Croft, was killed about two years ago by Mexican bandits. Mr. Croft resided n Omaha for "30 years and was a rtieimber of the A. O. U. W. and I. C. M. A. He is survived by his mother, Ellen, and a son, James F. Croft. i Funeral services will be held at 9 this morning in St. Philomena's church. The pallbearers, will be veteran railroad men witlr whom he had worked. They are: T. Malloy, William Croriin, B. Spellman, J. Hunt, C. Kirk and F. B. .Howard. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Girl Attempts tond Her ' Life oq Christmas Day Sixteen-year-old Bessie Childs, 1105 South Thirteenth street, suffer ing a "brain-storm," -attempted sui cide Christmas day at 3:55 p. m. by taking acid. Her mother, Mrs. F. Childs, knocked the poison from the girl's hands before she could swal low it. The girl was severely burned about the hands, face and chest. According to Dr. C. Riggert, who attended the girl, her mind has been affected by disease, leaving her sub ject to "brain storms." Dr. Riggert removed the girl to the county hospital for safe keeping. M. H. Bliss Dies o'f Heart Disease After Week's Illness M. H. Bliss, resident of Omaha for many years and formerly en gaged in the crockery business here, djed Wednesday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. R. W. Hay ward. 5155 Davenport street, after a week's illness of heart disease. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 from the residence of his daughter with burial in Forest Lawn cemetery. Brie j City News Divorce Courts Elizabeth Smith was granted a divorce from Frank Q. Smith by Judge Wakeley in divorce court on grounds of nonsupport. She wai given the household goods, thej equity in the home at 4812 Under wood avenue, custody of the child and ahniony of $25 a month. Frieda Sutton, wearing a corsage of roses and looking like a bride ex cept that she wore a black dress, ap peared in divorce " court and was granted a divorce from Slayter Sut ton by Judge Wakeley and restored to her maiden name, Meyen. .She charged- her husband with nonsup port. The decree gives her $190 alii mony. . . . ' Charging h abandonment, Mattie Brady was given a divorce from Barneys-Brady in divorce court by Judge Troup. They were married in 1887. She was given custody of her two minor, children. unoRctuldrei of for chil Custody of for children and $14 a month -alimony were given Anna Grimberg' in a decree of divorce from Frederick Grimberg, granted by Judge Troup in divorce court Unva Root lTtut it Beacon Praa Vacuma Cleaaen BarMaa-Orandan Co Baltimore Oyatera, Denver celery, California head lettuce tor Cm-lst-mas. Buffett's Grocery. Adv. Former Omaha .Yoman Dies Mrs, H. F. Rhodes, formerly of Omaha, died Monday at the homa of her daughter, Mrs. Ben McCutheon, In Belle Fourche, S. D. County Wards Entertained Two hundred people at the Douglas County hospital were entertained by the "Y. V. C. A. Student Club" of Commercial High school with dances, songs and reading, yester day. Among the entertainers were Ester Stokes, Ellen Mattern and -Ida JoyKnapper. , Hold'' Regular Services Regular Friday evening services will be held In Temple Israel tonight at 8. The Sunday entertainment will be held Sunday morning at 10. 'No Flour Purchase The United States Grain corporation made no purchases of flour thisweeK. It is difficult to furnish shipping orders to mills owing to the congested con dition of storage 'facilities for pack age goods at seaboard points. About 200,000 barrels were offered. With the return of European farmers to pre-war conditions the farm tractor" sales it Europe are in creasing. " Christmas Spirit Revealed' In Armenian Relief Pledges ; Answers to the ChruWas plea of tnc Nebraska branch of the Near East Relief committee have been most gratifying, according to E. Uwis Holland. . H. H. Baldrige, state chairman, sent out thousands of letters' into Nebraska appealing for donation) to the Armenian chil dren in the Christmas spirit, and pledges and gifts are already pour ing into the office of John C. Whar ton, state treasurer. More than 90,000 people in Nebraska received the appeal by mail during the week. More pledges" are expected before January., 1. Longest Steel Span Ever Placed In Omaha At 4ir Mail Haijgar . ' ' . Completion of the steel work on the aerial mail hangar at Ak-Sar-Ben landing field was marked by the placing of a 125-foot steej span at 1?.:30 Wednesday. The span is the longest ever placed in Omaha, ac cording to steel men. Assurance that the hangar would be completed by January 1 was re ceived from architects by Chamber cf Commerce officials Wednesday. Col. John A. Jordan, in charge o! maintenance and extension of aerial mail serv'ce, before leaving Omaha Tuesday night, stated he would se cure a heating plant for the hangar immediately and. that aerial mail, planes would begin arriving on Jan- uary 8. , s . - r Calvin H. Taylor Family To Spend Winter In West Calvin H. Taylor, prominent -Oma ha attorney, has gone to California with his wife, son, and mother-in- y' law, to sped the winter. Mr. Tayi' ;. lor and family will live in Los An-i geles until spring. All Sales Final .. . We can permit of no ex changes, returns, approvals or credits during this sale. Alterations in t order of sales, y ) MM Of I5R-2I DOUGLAS STREET Compare Parisian prices with the best values you encounter elsewhere. You'll readily be convinced of their lead ership. ' .. SALE OF ALL SALES-Choice of Our Entire Stock ol I o INT1T1' Arc 1 -1 ill v 7T.V.V.V.V,ViV.V,V.V.1W.V.V.V.V.V, v.v.v.v.v.vic.v.v'.v.v.v. m ...... ......... .v.v.v.v..".-.....-.......v.. w m'irf' vAv.'.vJJ L V.V .V.V .".V.V.V .V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V, .V.'.V.V.V ..v.v.v.v. mm 11 HALF PRICE Two" gar inents for tlie price of one. Think what great news this will prove to be to you and hundreds of other , women living within a buying radius of the Parisian. $75,00pStock of Coats. Suits and Dresses at Priee Garments that are individualized, by a style superiority and cleverness of design that is only to be found in garments of the bet ter type. MATERIALS the Coat$ The Suits The Dresses 1 aw , ;fl 6. ATm I1Y 141 F Beyond a shadow of, a doubt this will prove to be the great-. x est sale news of the year, because Parisian prices are always the lowest; and , now, at half price, they simply: cannot be equalled. Hundreds of Beautiful New Garments at HliF Mr '."'-' The importance of this great sale will sweep the city from north to south from east to west. Hun dreds, will make immediate plans to be here when the doors open Saturday morn ing. ."- STYLES SILVERTONES PLUSHES VELOURS i BOLIVIAS CRYSTAL CORDS KERSEYS . , SEALETTES POLO CLOTHS GOLDTIPS f SUEDE VELOURS SERGES CHECK VELOURS TRICOTINES, POJRET TWILLS, SILVERTONES I GABERDINES NOVELTIES r SERGES TRICOTINES I TRI COLETTES PAULETTES GEORGETTES JERSEYS TAFFETAS A VELVETS COMBINATIONS The Coats . The Suits The Dresses A Long and short models, tai lored effects, belted styles, rich ly lined coats. Many are gor geously trimmed with rich furs. All colors. - Severely tailored creations, rich, fur trimmed suits. Many of these ,suts are highly suitable for early spring wear. All colors. " Dresses for business, street, afternoon and evening wear, ev ery wanted color, models for Miss and Matron. Many advance ' spring styles included. lere'slhe Way We'll Sell Coals, Suits rid Presses All $25.00 All $29.50 All $35.00 All $45.00 All $55.00 Garments to Go Garments to Go Garments to Go .i Garments to Go Garments to Go All $65.00 Garments to Go at $12.50 at'$14.75 at$17.50 at $22.50 at $27.50 at $32.50 All $ 75.00 Garments to Go at $37.50 All $ -85.00 Garments to Go at $42.50 All $ 95.00 Garments to Go at $47.50 All $100.00 Garments to Go at $50.00 All $1 10.00 Garments to Go at $55.00 All $125.00 Garments to Go at $62.50 83"