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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1920)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEt JANUARY 18, 1920. ADVISORY BOARD NAMED TO SERVE CITY BUILDING m Selected From Organizations rto Co-operate With Muni : cipal Departments Pro- posing Ordinances. k A. 1C. Arend, George B. Prinz, Kodman M. Brown and Frank H. Meyers, representing civil engineers, architects, building contractors and real estate board, respectively, have been named by their organizations ,'to serve as members of an ad visory board to co-operate with the city building department. - "There are various matters of a technical nature which comes with in the activities of the city building department, and it has been deemed advisable to seek the co-operation of this advisory committee, in work ing out rules and regulations and preparing ordinances," City Com- 'missioner Zimman stated. ;' The members of this new commit tee represent the interests with which the building department come : into contact from day to day. The advisory committee will hold . its first meeting with the city build ing department next Monday eve ning in Mr. Zimman's office. . Snow and Colder Weather Is Predicted for This Week Washington, Jan. 17. Weather - predictions for the week beginning i Monday are: Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys Occasional 'snows indicated over north and snow or rain over so'uth portion un til aftvr the middle of the week. .Temperatures will average below j normal over norm portion ana near- ly r.ormal south portion. I Mrs. William Rockefeller I Dies at Her Winter Home ; Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17. Mrs. -William Rockefeller is dead at the TKockefeller winter home on JekyI -Island, near here. POSTOFFICE AND STORE IN VILLAGE NEAR HERE LOOTED Two Robbers Escape Toward Omaha In High-Powered Automobiles. pplead' Robbers looted the general mer chandise store and , postomce'' in Bennington, 15 miles northwest of Omaha, yesterday morning ami made their getaway in two high powered automobiles after taking groceries, shoes and clothing valued at $1,500. Detectives are searching the city for suspects, as the thieves were seen speeding toward Omaha at 2 yesterday morning with bright side lights of their cars sweeping the roadways. Doctor Passes Thieves. P. H. Kirschner, proprietor of the store and, in charge of the postal station in the same place, notified Omaha police shortly after the rob bery. Dr. C. W. Hykey of Ben nington gave- out information that he passed the burglars' cars, loaded with loot, early yesterday several miles out of Bennington, on the road toward Omaha. The doctor was returning from a sick call. Bennington is a town of about 100 inhabitants. After breaking open a side door of the store by means of a brace and bit, the burglars drove their cars beside the building and then began operations of looting the place. Most of the groceries taken were in case lots. The thieves also took nearly 100 pairs of shoes, leav ing the boxes scattered about the floor. Much of the loot was packed in sugar sacks taken from the base ment. Noise Wakens Town. After looting the store of grocer ies and clothing, the. thieves broke into a cage compartment in the rear of the store used as a postal station. A quantity of stamps and pennies were taken out of a small safe which had been left unlocked. The town was awakened by the noise made by the burglars in start ing their motor cars. As far as could be learned, only two men committed the burglary. Dr. Hykey said he observed each car he passed was occupied by no one but the drivers. There is no town marshal in Ben nington Bee Want-Ads Produce Results. Will Mickel is Manager of New Mickel Music House A new company has been organ ized to be known as the "Mickel Music House," with an authorized capital stock of $500,000, and has purchased the retail interests of Mickel Brothers Co., at their pres ent location in the Mickel building at Fifteenth and Harney streets. f-inv nw features will be added to their present business, it being the purpose of the Mickel House to rtrru s rnmnlete line of nianos. Victor Victrolas, as well as all small musical instruments. The entire secoad floor of the Mickel building is to be remodeled into an elaborate sales room, and at tUm mim time an electric elevator will be installed to make this sales rnnm o ezkv Cl aCCCSS SS tholffh it were on the ground floor. One of the most distinct innovation of the new Mickel Music House will be a "Concert Ticket Booth." Hence forth the big concerts to be given in Omaha will be "ticketed" from here. T? T fta.tnn of" Hastinar. Neb.. will be president of the new com pany. Mr. uaston is tnorougniy familiar with the music business having had extensive experiences in this line. Will E. Mickel, form erly secretary of Mickel lirotners Co., has resigned his position with that firm to become general man ager of the Mickel Brothers Music House. Will F. Mickel sava that no ex pense is to be spared to make this house the snow place ot umana in the musical line. He says that he fiL m linnch Omaha i. in need of and will appreciate such a mus- Divorce Courts WillE. Mickel. ical house as theirs will be vTien they have completed their remodel ing. Mickel Brothers Co. will continue the marketing of the Victor prod uct in a wholesale way through this territory, having besides, the wholesale house at 1414-1416 Har ney street, where they have been located for the last year a large wholesale house in Des Moines, la., in which state they are the only distrbutors of the Victor product. The wholesale business has grown with such leaps and bounds during the last few years that it has be come necessary for them to devote their entire time to that end of the business. Left Creche Because She Had to Build Kitchen Fire Because she had to build a fire in a kitchen range to prepare a meal for her playmates, was the reason assigned to the two days' disap pearance of Catherine Bristow, 11 years old, from the Creche, a chil dren's home, 1235 Park Wilde ave nue. The little girl returned to the home early yesterday. She left the Creche Wednesday afternoon when she said she could find no wood to start the fire. The girl is among several in a class who are learning cooking and housekeeping at the home. She said she' stayed at a friend's home near Fifth and Pierce streets, and returned to the Cheche when she became lonesome for her playmates. Standard Oil Wins Point In Suit for 120 Million The effort of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey to escape being a defendant in the $120,000,000 suit of Grace Osborne and Louise Os borne Ferson against 47 large cor porations and rich individuals, was sustained by District Judge Sears yesterday, and John O. Yeiser, at torney for the plaintiffs, says he will appeal immediately to the supreme court and file an affidavit of 400 pages. W. D. McHugh argued for the oil company and held that legal service was not secured on the New Jersey corporation by serving pa pers on officials of the Standard Oil Co. of Nebraska. He said the for mer company does no business through the latter company, but is entirely separate and distinct. A decree of divorct was granted by Judge Wakeley in divorce court to Jessie Ludbeck from Frank Lud beck with the xustody of their child. She charged him with cruelty. Alice Wilson applied to the dis trict court for a divorce from Her- ! man Wilson, alleging extreme cruelty. AlthouglvSamuel Kish earns $204 a month as a switchman for the Union Pacific railroad, he does not support his wife, Mary, she charges in a petition for divorce filed in dis trict court. She asks to be restored to her maiden name, Kosik. Charles Carter says in a petition for annulment of his marriage filed in district court that Cora Carter had another husband, living at the time he married her in 1917, but that he did not know it at that time. He alleges that she often struck him and that it became unsafe for him to live with her. Charging lier husband, George Christie, with extreme cruelty, Es telle Christie filed suit in district court for a divorce and restoration of her maiden name, Murphy. Josie Kaspar charges Joseph Kas par with extreme cruelty in a peti tion for divorce filed in district court. Joseph Hug didn't live up to his name in his married life. His wife, Minnie, filed suit in district court, stating that he threatened her with violence and made conditions such as to render their married life irk some and nonresponsive. Soon after Claramond Hummell and Herman Hummell were mar ried, December 1, 1919, he ceased working and she had to work to support them both, she alleges in a petition for divorce filed in district court. He is intensely jealous, she alleges, and on one occasion "black ened" both her teyes while he had her locked in a room. She says he has threatened to kill her and she asks for an order of court restrain ing him from molesting her in her home, 1818 Dodge street. n Centra furniture Stone ii A. new coal delivery motor truck fills baskets on a low platform, then elevates them to be easily placed on the shoulders of a man to be carried. 1U& iTi ... W fl Si - -" furniture-Carpets-Draperies BI3-I5 HOWARD ST. i e buy . I BOWENS I J? 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I This Magnificent Walnut Dining Suite, $378.50 Comprising Extension Table, Buffet and Chairs A more beautiful suite is difficult to Imagine, the Queen Anne design being so perfectly ex ecuted. The quality is unquestioned, genuine black walout being used In its construction. There are five Blue Leather Seat Diners and one Arm Chair. The China Closet is not included in the price quoted. r Fi V.. Genuine Walnut Bedroom Suite only $433 50 Suite Consists of Four Pieces Similar to Illustration I Y V V . ' Queen Anne Is the most popular design in bedroom furniture today. . And this particular suite is most beautiful in walnut Suite consists of beautiful Bed, exquisite Toilet Table, Urge Chlfforobe and handsome Dresser. Here are four pieces of the finest kind of furniture. f We Own and Operate , The Metropolitan Van and Storage Co. 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