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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1920 REQUEST BIDS TO PAVE 17 MILES OF ROADS IN COUNTY Will Be First Work Done Un der Provisions of Bond Ms-. '.' sue of Last Spring. , The first bids for paving Douglas county roads under the provisions of the $3,000,000 bond issue voted by the people last spring were called for bv the board of county commis sioner! yesterday in a resolution to advertise for bids to pave a little less than 20 miles of the approximately 115 milts provided for in the issue. The roads to be paved first are 17 miles of the Lincoln highway, be- ginning at the end of the present paving and extending through Elk horn, Waterloo and Valley to the Dodge coui.ty line, 4.64 miles of the , O-L-D road beginning at Millard land going south to the county line ; and 3.4 mile of the Washington highway beginning at the north city 'Jiinits and extending to ,the county 'line. ' 3 Advertisements will call for bids "under the state and federal specifi cations for a roadway 18 feet wide !and constructed of brick, concrete, asphaltum or bithulithic. Contrac tors will be asked to bid on each of 'these matenals. Bids must te in by February 24, 1920, and contracts will be let in .live-mile lengths, not more than five miles being given' to any one con GET YOUR WILL MADE TODAY BY THRIFT LAWYER It May 'Save Litigation LaterMany Attorneys , Will Do the Work v Free. - l Sentenced to Prison Levi Deering, negn pleaded "guilty to a charge of larceny from She person before District J.idge Redick yesterday and was sentenced "Jlo the penitentiary for one to seven "years. He stele $50, four diamond rings, two wedding rings and sev eral watches, of a total value of $490, from Sam Christensen Decem ber 27, 1919. , Trust Your Complexion To Cuticura The majority of skin and scalp troubles might be prevented by using Cutieuri Soip exclusively for all toilet purposes. 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The hair dries auicklv and evenly, and is soft. fresh looking," bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to handle. Besides, it , Today fs "Make Your Will? day in the national thrift campaign, and the Omaha Barristers' club, com posed of 150 of the leading young attorneys of the city, will make the wills of all comers without charge, for the e day. The club has ap pointed a committee of 10 of its members to handle the matter. Ap plicants may call on any one of these 10 who will either make the will, or arrange for some- other member of the club to handle the applicant. The service is offering of the lawyers to national thrift week. ( The connection between making a will and thrift may not be ap parent at first glance, but, as ex pressed by the committee, "if any doubter will but spend a few days in' the Douglas county court honse and see the vast amount of litiga tion underway simply because of lack of wills,' they will quickly be convinced that the making of a will is one of the thriftiest things a man can do."' i Here are the names of the commit tee of the Barristers' club who have charge of the free service for to morrow: W. W. Hoye, First National bank; R. A. Van Orsdale, City National bank; G. L. DeLacy, City National bank; R. D. Neely. City National bank; Edward F. Daugherty. 1202 W. O. W. building; W. C. Fraser, Keeline building; Robert Switzler, City National bank; R. M. Cross man, State Bank building"; Anan Raymond. First National bank; Yale Holland, City National bank J Hotel Chambermaid Says Guest Stripped , Room of Furnishings Divorce Courts ' A man registering at the Hotel Rome, as Bill Rogers, CJolumbus, Neb., left his room early yesterday morning after taking'as.much of the furnishings as he could, leaving but the bureau, bed and window curtains, according to a' report made to po lice by Rome Miller. A chambermaid entered the room soon after the guest signed out and discovered that he had stolen, two pair of blankets, one bed spread. one pair of pillow slips?" two sheets, two ' bureau or table scarfs, five towels, and even the bars of soap and shaving lotion from the wash room, Mr. Miller said. . The glass showcase in front of the store of N. Lashinsky, 518J4 South Tenth street, wal scashed Monday night and clothing stojen. The. plate glass window, in the front of E. Samarow, 609 . North Sixteenth street, was broken early yesterday, when a burglar hurled a brick through the glass and stole everything in ithe window.' Health Lommissioner7 Warns Qmahans to Beware of All Colds i Three cases of influenza were re ported to the health office M.mday from 2017 Dorcas street, 3502 Clay street and 4111 South Twenty eighth street . "Watch every cold and avoid crowds," is jthe advice of Dr. J. F. Edwards, health commissioner. Five cases of influenza have been reported this month. Other con tagious diseases reported Monday: Scarlet fever, 14; diphtheria, o; smallpox, 2. Hung Juries Seem to Be Getting Common In Omaha A jury in District Judge Leslie's court which has been hearing the $30,000 damage suit of Mrs. M. M. Soule against the Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs Street Railway company nas Deen :n acnoeraiion since 6 Mon day afternoon without reaching a verdict. . Mrs. Soule was in an autdmobile driven by her husband, when it was struck by a rapidly moving street car at Eighteenth and Cuming streets, June 23, 1918, She says she was dragged more than 100 feet and sustained a fractured skull, s per manent injury to the nerves of her right eye and ear and various other injuries. ' Omaha Fifth Heaithiest City In the United States Omaha is the fifth healthiest city in- the United States, according to statistics issued by the Chamber of Commerce bureau of publicity ' Its death rate was only 10.7 per 1,000 people during 1919. The healthiest city, in the country was Spokane, Wash., where the death rate was 7.2 .per 1,000 people during 1919. . Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Me., and St Paul, Minn., are the other thiee cities with death rates lower than Omaha. Kansas City,. Mo., ranks 33d, with a death rate of 15.6 per 1,000 people during 1919. New York City ranks 23d, with -4.3 deaths. to each 1,000 people. " Janitress Breaks Down In ' Effort to Support Family Exhaustive daily work in an effort to keep up her family of four chil dren and mother, resulted in a phy sical breakdown of Mrs. E. Janich. L2534 California street Police were called to take tier home at B:JU Mon day night from the Keeline building, where she had been employed as a janitress. . - Mrs. lamch collapsed on the sixth loosens and takes out every particle ; floor. She said her husband aband- of dust, dirt and dandruff. 1 M1 "uEGXL i af aasaggsW 15 W oned her eight months ago shortly after he had returned from France. Viscount French Becomes Home Rule Convert, Report London, Jan. 20 Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, has be- i come a convert ta nome rule, it is asserted by the Duhlin correspond ; ent of the Pall .Mall Gazette, William Dolson declared to his wife, Lesta, that their child was not his and in the next moment threat ened to kidnap the 3-year-old child, she alleges in a petition for divorce tiled jn district court She says he has assaulted her at different times. The court granted an order restrain ing him frorn molesting her while her divorce suit is pending. He is a wsjgher employed by the Omaha Grain exchange at $90 a month, she says. She says She has been com pelled to work to support , herself. Oran Lembkin "was" given a di vorce from Beulah Lambkin by Judge Wakeley in divorce court on the grounds of desertion.' Charges of cruelty and nonsup port won a divorce for Addie Case from Robert Case in divorce court, Judge Day signing the decree. Harry S. Woodruff, jr., charged his wife, Odette, with Cruelty and Vas given a divorce by Judge Wakeley in divorce court r i Marie Hicks was granted -a di vorce from Edward-vHicks on grounds of cruelty in divorce court, Judge Wakeley signing the decree. Floyd Baldwin, who lives at Elli ott, la., was sued for a divorce in district court by Hazel Baldwin on grounds of desertion. They were married in 1907. She asks for cus tody of their three children. . Edith Ohmit filed suit in district court for a divorce from Irwin Oh mit on allegations of extreme cru elty. She says he makes $300 a montlvbut has noi supported her properly. He has compelled her to live with his parents, she says, and has never taken her out with him. He told her to get away from him and stay away, she alleges. She asks for restoration of her maiden name, Davis. Neil Ryan returned home intoxi cated frequently, his wife, Eleanor, alleges iri a petition for divorce filed in district court. She says he threat ened to do her harm and that she was. compelled to work to support her5elft She asks for restoration 'of her maiden name, Burstall. . . Florence Schmidt was compelled to leave her husband, George, a year.after their marriage because of his cruelty, she alleges in a petition for divorce filed in district court. She asks for custody of their child. Nathan N. Bernstein, a soldier who recently returned from the Philip pine Is4ands, filed suit in district court for a divorce from his wife, Isabelle, alleging that she has an un governable temper and refused to live with him. , Extreme cruelty is the allegation made by Boyd Senter in a petition for a divorce from Fern Senter filed in district court. Alleged Automobile Thief Bound Over On $5,000 Bond Fred Brown, ex-convict, Avlio was arrested last Thursday for the al leged theft of an automobile belong ing to Hynie Borsky, 2210 Wirt street, vt-as bound over to district court in Central police court yester day on ' two charges. They were stealing and concealing a stolen car, and receiving and concealing stolen property. His bonds were set at $5,000. Brown is also charged with the theft of a car belonging to Ernest Meeves of Bennington, Neb. He was arrested when he is said to have offered to return Borsky's car for $200. Police Head Warns Autoists To Observe Motor Laws "There are many violations of thr traffic ordinance by motorists who fail to carry two headlights and a tail light. Many "have only one headlight and many have no tail lights on their cars," announced J. Dean Ringer, superintendent of po lice. , ' " ' "I wish to warn motorists once more before we begin a drive 'on these violators,", he added. Mr. Ringer explained that many recent accidents were due, to viola tion of the ordinance requiring spe cific lighting features off automobiles and motorcycles. , . Norwegian fishermen use micro phones suspended from their boats to locate schools of fish by sound. ' w GET SLOAN'S FOR YOUR PAIN RELIEF Just on trial convinces you Sloan's , Liniment helps drive away rheumatic twinges HY endure pairf'when you know bloan s Liniment will relieve it promptly? It couldn't remain the World's Liniment for 38 years if it wasn't highly beneficial in reliev ing rheumatic aches', stiff joints, sore muscles, lumbago, neuralgia, strains, bruises, exposure to weath er results.- . Penetrates without rubbing, leav ing no stained skin, clogged pores, mussiness. A pain and ache lini ment that stands alone in doing what it is meant to do. Get a bottle today and keep it handy. AH drug- gists. Three sizes r35c, 70c, $1.40 OWNING HOMES WOULD PREVENT SOCIAL UNREST Speaker for Thrift Campaign Urges Omaha Board to Encourage Small House Building. Co-operation between the better architects of a city in the whole pro duction of plans for 'small homes, will solve the home shortage prob lem and do much to relieve social unrest of the country," according to Edwin H. Brown of Minneapolis, who spoke before local architects and members of the Omaha Real Estate board at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. The average small home builder is unable to secure the efforts of better architects, Mr. Brown said, and the result is that houses are lit erally "slapped" together. If the good architects of a city co-operate to produce standard plans for homes the cost of building witt be les sened, and the houses better built, he declared. Individuality Not Cost. "Making plans standard does not mean that the individuality of the home is to be lost," Mr? Brown con tinued. . "It does mean that material can be saved by properly drawn plans. This is being done in Minne apolis by a group of architects, with the assistance of a financial cor poration which furnishes 80 per cent of the cost of building the home, if necessary. The cost of a well built six or seven room home has been reduced to about ,$6,000. "By this system' hundreds liave been furnished with homes that would otherwise have been living in two and three-room flats. Owner ship of a home does away with un rest and a floating population." Right of Child. Thomas R. Kimball, president of the National Board of Architects, presided at the meeting. "It is my belief that the American child has the right to be brought up in decent homes," he declared at the close of Mr. Brown's speeci. Members of the Real Estate board and architects expressed themselves enthusiastically in favor of Mr. Brown's plan. ' , v Mr. Brown's speech is in line with a drive to' be started by the Cham ber of Commerce to construct more homes in the city. Bowman Loses Suit for Damages at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Jan. 20. (Special t ele gram.) Affirming 'the superior court decision, the court of appeals dis missed the suit of Fred M. Bowman, auto salesman of Omaha," for $40,000 damages from Mrs. Catherine Dun can, a wealthy resident here. Mrs. Duncan was the mother of Jackson Duncan, a minor, who was killed when he drove his mother's automobile against an iron pole on Reading road, near the McMillan street bridge, on the night of July 2, 1918. Another man in the machine also was killed and Bowman and several actresses were injured. Bowman alleged Mrs. Duncan was liable for the acts of her son, as he was using her automobile, and sued her. Judge Hickenlooper sustained a demurrer to the petitionand this decision is affirmed by the-court of appeals. . Postal Authorities Hold Up U. S. Papers In Ireland Dublin, Jan. 20. American news papers arriving during the last few days have been seized by postal au thorities, supposedly because of ar ticles referring to Irish affairs. My HEART and My HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations -of a Wife SAGE TEA DANDY TO DARKEN HAIR It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring Back Color and " Lustre to Hair, T. FOR RENT TYPEWRITERS All Makes - Special rates to students. - CENTRAL TYPEWRITER EXCIIAIiGE D. 4121. 1905 Farnam St. You can turn , gray, faded hair beautifully dark and lustrous almost over night if you'll get a bottle, of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound" at any drug store. Millions of . bottles of this old famous Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the addi tion of other ingredients, are sold annually, says a well-known drug gist here,, because it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that no one can tell it has been applied. Those whose hair is turning gray or becoming faded have a surprise awaiting them, because after one or two applications the gray hair van ishes arid "your locks become luxU; riantly dark and beautiful. This is the age of youth. Gray haired, unattractive folks aren't wanted around,, so get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphui1 Com pound tonight and you'll be delight ed with your dark, handsome hair and your youthful appearance with in a few days. ' The Adventure That Came to Madge Btside a Lonely Road. Marion Vas ailing and fretful for two days, the usual duration of her digestive attacks. Although" in no danger, she took up her mother's entire attention, leaving my father and me to our own devices. I was careful, however, to convey the im pression to my father that I was extremely busy with affairs of my own for he was like a boy. in his enjoyment of the fishing in the bay, and I wished to give him every op portunity his belated vacation af forded. . The two beats which had so ex cited our curiosity by their, persist ent hovering around our camp dis appeared the day after our bottle fishing excursion with Mrs. Ticer and her son, Jerry.- The familiar adage, "Out of sight, out; of mind," was never more- clearly exemplified than it was in my own behavior where they were concerned. I forgot altogether my vague ap prehensions concerning the strang ers who Jiad occupied them so per sistently, dismissed as a vagary pi imagination the theory I had con cocted concerning . the identity of the big man in the second beat, and flinging all care to the winds re velled in the solitary little excur sions through the surrounding coun try which my ownership 'of a car and my newly acquired ability to drive it enabled me to, take. ' ' 1 "Off again?" Lillian queried upon the afterncjon of the second day fol lowing my unexpected meeting with Dr. Pettit. "Do you need me for anything?" I quickly countered, while I hastily searched my conscience for a pos sible remissness in my share of the simple household 'duties of the camp. Not that Lillian would have reminded tne by even a. hint if I had shirked my ehtire half of the work, but her query had startled me into the remembrance that I had spent ah unusual amount of time traveling around in. the machine dur ing the days just precefiing. "No, indeed," Lillian said heartily. "It does my heart good to see you so enthusiastic -over anything again. You were getting fearfully blase and quiet, my dear, back in Marvin. In fact, you were headed for as nice a little case of nervous breakdown as one would not wish to see. So you can imagine how glad I am to see you turn into a rampant, roaring motor fiend." "Oh!" I protested laughing, "surely I'm not, so bad asthat!" "Pretty close tof," she retorted. "Which way are you headed -now?" "Anyway you happen to want me to go," I said promptly, for I guessed she had . an errand she would like performed, but with''" her usual consideration I knew she would not hjreach it if it did not fit in with my planS. "No, tell me." she said stubbornly, "for it really isn't important." "I thought of driving to South hampton." I admitted. - v . Through the Woods. x , "T thought so," she said. "I know you've 'been dving tOv.try that wood road again. Well, yoii. couldn't have a lovelier day, and there are not many cars on the road, so you won't be bothered dodging much. And if you really are going there do get me some bristol board. There's a cleVer little shop there where you can get the kind I want, and it's the. only one anywhere around. ' I'm not entirely out, but I shall be soon, and if you're going today it will save a special trip later." "I shall be charmed. I'm sure," I said laughingly, and with a technical direction or two as to the quality she wished and a commission from Marion for some "fcut-ouf dolls" 1 departed well pleased that Lillian had uttered no. objection to the route I was taking. . For the "wood road" to South hampton, while the prettiest, most fascinating spot I had seen in many a day, was yet rather" a lonely thorouehfare, winding up. and down steep hills, with continuous woods upon either skle. There were few houses along it, but there were enough cars traveling it to give one a feeling that if anything happened one would not be entirely alone fot very long. Madge's Skill Tested. It had appealed to my sense of the romantic ever since I had first seen it,, and it was with a feeling of em barkation upon a distinct adventure that I turned the nose of my car down the shaded woodland road. For a good half hour I sped along, perfectly content, thrilled with the "joy of motion, the exquisite beauty flying past me. Then with a loud re port that almost made me take my hands from the steering wheel one, of the tires exploded, and l'brought the. machine to a stop with the grim reflection that now'! would have the opportunity to tesjt the result of the instruction I had received in the gar age as to the changing of & tire. I carefully went over in my miner the instructions I had been given and found that I remembered them per fectly. But my untrained hands made a sad mess of the task, and I was ruefully regarding the sit I had made in a perfectly good inner tube when from the road behind me an other machine slackened speed, then stppped abruptly. "Well, Lady Fair I" burlesqued a voice I knew, and. at which I invol untarily shivered. "Is it thus we meet again?" I turned it was Harry Under wood. (Continued Tomorrow.) South Side Boy, Hit by Truck, . Reported Much improved The condition of John d'Connell, 11 years old, 3217 R street, who was struck by an automobile while at tempting to cross Q street near Thirty-third at 4 Monday after noon, is improved, physicians at St. Joseph hospitat say. The automo bile that struck O'Connell was driven b W. H. Osborn, 3337 Polk street, an efnploye of the Cudahy Packing company. Sinn Feiners Attack Hall At Drombane; No Casualties Thur!e, Tipperary, Jan. 20. Sinn Feiners on Sunday night attacked Drombane village hall, which is oc cupied as a police barracks. After an unsuccessful attempt to blow it up with dynamite they besieged it for several hours. Finally they were driven off by the police, who return ed the'r fire. So far as is known there were no casualties. Public School Attendance Largest In City's History The average daily attendance i the Omaha public schools last eelt was 30,434, the highest in the historj of the city. s The total enrollment of th schools since the beginning of ihi school year, . last September, in 31.703. Keep The System Clean And You'll Be Healthy Elimination helps to avoid colds, headaches and epidemics ANYONE who has watched himself knows there is noth ing so important to health and comjfort as regular daily elim- . ination. Half of the minor illness es of life are due to neglect of this. The five million men who were in our army know the importance the doctor attached to this function. By all means try to -regulate yourself by intelligent diet and exercise, but when these fail you will need a laxative, one as near to nature in its action as skill can ' make it. In the opinion of many -thousands of good Americans such a one is Dn Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which is a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin. It acts promptly, gently and with out griping and will with certainty regulate any tendency to con- stipation .that you may have. Take it when you feel drowsy, dizzy or bilious, .when you feel a cold or a fever coming on, when there is an epidemic, when you have eaten anything about which you are in doubt. It is at such times that you need to be free of poisons and of fermenting foods. Vou can buy Dr. Caldwell a Syrup Pepsin at any drug store. Thou sands of families have it con stantly in the house against emergencies. - In spite of the fact that Dr. OiU veil's Syrup Pepsin is the largest selling liquid laxative in the world, there being over 6 million bottles sold each year, many who need its benefits have not yet used it If you have not, send your name and address for a free trial bottle to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 511 Washington St, Mona'ceHo, Illinois, DR. CALDWE LL'S SYISUP IPilPgOM THE PERFECT LAXATIVE Lumbago? Lessen the pain BAUME ANALGISSIQyE BENGUE will give you quick relief. Put it on your shopping list Than. LMmlng A On.. N. I. , 1 mmmrmmtmrnm Ilk srrvx-.iJ:W:i,tn - A .Portabie Electric Sewirig machim: starts (tomorrow) Thursday LLd' mm 5 ew Wheieybu i . what you like and when you like Machines offered in this sale with a Yh tH. iO O. down payment of . . . re D 0 II IJ in Equal Monthly Payments. (J' O W V A complete set of attachments furnished with the Portable Electric Sewing Ma chine to do such things as binding, tucking, hemming, ruffling and quilting. ' 4 Styles Vibrator, minimum down payment or . . . vv i 1 1 If I III Rotary 2-Spool Rotary, Chain Stitch The Electric Machine has a full sized head costs less to buy than a foot power' machine, and a cent's worth of electricity runs it for several hours then, too, they are offered at last year's prices. Sale Ends Saturday. January 31 As your Spring sewing will soon begin, why not do it electrically? Mekaslka; t ; 'ower Co, Farnam at Fifteenth. "Your Electric Service Company" 2314 M Street, South Side!