THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEEt JANUARY 18, 1920.
ADVISORY BOARD
NAMED TO SERVE
CITY BUILDING
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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.
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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.
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