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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1920)
NO DECREASE IN FLU' YESTERDAY, SAY SJDWARDS Daily Average Continues at 70 More Than 400 Cases ' Reported Here Since ' - January H; Nearly 70 cases of influenza were reported to the health office yester day, equaling the average for the first four days of this week. The total for this week is more than 300 and the total since January 14, when the first case was reported, is more than 400. - " 1 , Pr. J. F, . Edwards,, health com missioner, reported that eight deaths from influenza have occurred since January, 14. Urges Week's Quarantine. Sixty per cent of influenza victims in Omaha this month were from 20 to 40 years old. J. H. Dillon, chief of the state bu- reauof health, has urged the health commissioner to enforce a quaran tine of at least one, week in all in fluenza cases. ., - , . ,1 The Nebraska Telephone company yesterday reported that it was short ,129 operators on account of illness. ' Deaths Reported. The following deaths from influ enza' were reported Wednesday: Jb ' Keph Abrahams, 38 years old, 1 516 North Sixteenth street; D. M. Wis '.doraV'42 years old, 2122 Locust ; street; Karl E. Pott, 30 years old, 806 North Forty-ninth avenue. Three deaths from pneumonia were reported during the. last 24 hours. Dr. J. F. Edwards; health com missioner, yesterday asked members of the police department to co-oper Value-Giving Offer for SATURDAY 3 See- our Ad rertlsement In tils paper on Trldaj ONE Solid CAR f- Guaranteed felt Mattresses 45 lbs. of pure layer 10 75 Fejt; holee of three patterns, art ticking, roll edge, Bowen's Bedding : Department offers "Value-Giving" Box Springs ta4 Mattresses of Guaranteed Established 1866 s iBowen'sl 1 -'- MiFt flUA, im i mi rmttT. Kmni mrnjm am ny(j ill IIIS 2 v i y I... , I ate in "the enforcement: of the anti spitting ordinance. Tweirty members of the fire de partment reported off duty yesterday ou account of illness. Dwight E; Porter, principal of the High School of Commerce, is ill. It is believed that he is suffering from influenza. ' Superintendent Beveridge report ed that more than 80 teachers were absent yesterday on account of ill ness. I ' Last Hours Spent With Ouija Board . (Contlnned From Tf On.) cause my partner did not carry out my instructions. I had ordered him to jump over the rail the minute we entered the place, but he was an, amateur af d wasted too much time. It took him about four minutes to pick up what money we did get, when it should not have taken more than a minute." . ' "Who was your partner in the Brooklyn robbers?" he was asked. ; "I don't care to say. I don't want to ' implicate him. He is married and I think by this time has left the country. I. met him first in Norfolk, Va., a short time .before the Brooklyn 'job.'" - Hamby said he had never had arty women accomplices jn any of his robberies "because they talk too much." The day he was brought to Sing Sing the prisoner was asked what "interests" he had In life. He lighted a cigarette and watched the match burn itself down and go out before he replied: - "The only interest I have is to see that I spend the time from now until I go to the electric chair in smoking, reading and making my self comfortable. I know there is no possible chance of acquittal I am guilty and that is all there is to it." At another time he said: "Nothing ever bothers ( me at all. The. sooner the end comes the bet ter. . It's immaterial to me. I'd sooner have it all over with than have this fuss. This place is nice. Everything here is very nice. There isn't anything I want that I haven't got here." Judge Fawcett of Brooklyn, who sentenced Hamby, said he was thje "worst" ' crminal of 6,000 who had come before him in his entire career on the bench. Hamby's "philosophy of life" was embodied in the fol lowng statement he made just be fore being sentenced to die: ' "It is nothing for me to die be cause I am coming back. It may take a few years or it may take several thousand years, of course, but time does not count. Being brought into this world is like be ing placed in a class of small chil dren, with each trying to compete with the other. Some of us are suc cessful and some are not As for myself I have flunked.'.",.. . , v, : .' , 1 . , " - According to an Italian univer sity, professor, radium can be found, in ordinary dew. A. WELL - KNOWN PHYSICIAN WRITES: ; "I prescribe grapefruit for all my patients, and tell them to be sure and get as other grapefruit to the At wood is as cider apples to pippins." - Olfwoog L ORAPEFRurrorjHfwre: rlANWISIV Sold entr under thli trad mark. TRIMBLE BROTHERS Omaha, Neb. , , Wholesale Distributors. (BMM5iO0 Time Tested,., THERE are feW surer or more de pendable tests of a bank's "sound-.-- ness and stability than the test of time. WITH 1920 this bank enters on its fifty -fourth year of service; to the people of Omaha and surrounding territory. . 1 TheOntaha National Bank rariiAin4Sevnteeirtil Capital and surplus, : $2,000,000; ' ROBBER SUSPECT BEATS DETECTIVE AND GETS AWAY , . Accomplice of Ralph Murray, Wanted for Bluffs Holdup, Strikes "Officer With Handcuffs and Runs. Ralph Murray, suspected of hav ing robbed the Prudential Insurance company office in Council Bluffs two nights ago, and an accomplice, John Brown, escaped four detec tives near a garage at 606 North Eighteenth i street, at 1 yesterday morning, when Brown severely beat I)etective Andrew Trapp while the officer was putting handcuffs on him. W. H. Moran, 1305 North Twenty-fifth street, one of the proprietors of the garage, who was with Mur ray and Brown when the detectives surprised them, was arrested and is being held at Central police station for grand lafceny. An automobile belonging to Ruth Livingston, 609 North Sixteenth street, which had been taken from the garage, was found in Moran's possession, police say. Trapp Has Black Eye. Detective Traoo is sufferiner from a blackened eye, several cuts about the face and head and a bruised right hand which he received in the battle with Brown. Murray escaped while his accom- War Heroes and Brides Plan to Fight High Cost v 1 V (Continued Prom ge .Ons.) service at Fort Omaha in 1917, short' ly after his graduation from the council Blurts High school. His bride was a member of the same graduating class, and their romance also dates back to the time when they attended high school parties to gether. He was sent to France with the Eleventh balloon comoanv and was seriously wounded in active service by shrapnel. He was sent back to this country and spent months re cuperating in army hospitals, most of the time at Fort Des Moines, la. He continued his courtship during brief furloughs until he was finally discharged in normal health and ac cepted a position with the real es tate firm of his uncle, Harry G. Mc- uee. ' Couples Were Close Friends, f The two vounc men have heeft close pals and chums since parlv boyhood and their sweethearts have been mtimate friends since high school associations. The couples spent much of their time together during the last few months and it was during this period that they hit upon the scheme of fighting the H. C. of L. by establishing themselves in a single cottage and dividing ex penses. A similar economy will result from their sensible plan of spending meir noneymoon togetner. 1 neir destination was Icept a secret from their friends and relatives, J)ut they announced their intenton of making their honeymoon as simple and in expensive as possible. Upon their return they will make their home af 218 Third street, just around the corner from the high school, where their romances had thrir inception. Pa sais I holler less fbrcandif when I have mi fill or r post TOASTIES Superior corn flakes rich in natural sweetness. Factory Specialist at Union Outfitting Co. for New Home SewingMachineWeekj Demonstration Will Show the Many Kecent im provements That Make Sewing Easy. Handsome "New Home" Sewing Machine Given Away Friday, Feb. 6. The. woman who has sewing to do for herself and little ones this spring will welcome the spe cial offer made by Union Out fitting v Company during "New Home"- Sewing Machine Week, starting Saturday. From Saturday, January SI,' un til Friday, February 6, you can have a Sewing Machine delivered to your home on the payment of ONE DOLLAR, ready to do your spring sewing. i A Special Factory Representa tive will be present to show why the "New Home" Sewing Ma chine because of its many im provements, runs lighter, sews faster and makes a more perfect stitch. And think of getting a Sewing Machine FREE! It is possible if you visit the ' store during the demonstration. At the Union Outfitting Com pany, located out of the High Rent District, no transaction is ever considered complete until the customer is satisfied; and, as always you make your own terms; :::t';::,!.. . THE BEE: OMAHA, FK1DAY. JANUARY- 30, 1920. One of Men Who Made Daring 'Escape From Police When Captured Ralph Murray. plice was engaged in the fight with the detective. He is wanted by Omaha police for the theft of an au tomobile belonging to L. Lotz, S01S Cuming street, police say. Murray has also been identified, detectives say, as the man who tought detec tives a running gun battle in automo biles from the Douglas street bridge to Seventeenth and Orace streets. where the car was wrecked 10 days ago. Say Identified by Pictures. Ed Francke, one of the proprietors of the garage, told detectives that Murray and Brown had been hang ing around the garage for the past two days. Murray has . been, identihed ,by pictures as the robber who held up nine, men , in an insurance company office in Council Bluffs two nights ago, police say. Council Bluffs police also are in vestigating a report that a high school boy is said to have boasted to his friends that he was the gun man who held up tlie insurance office. The lone robber obtained $800 in cash and a diamond ring valued at $2,500 from his victims. Revive Old Tale About Pershing's Promotion (Continned From Pa One) honor the man whose work in the Philippines had been so' signally successful. ' i On November 18. 1910, ex-Presi dent Roosevelt, then one of the editors of the Outlook, in reply to a letter of Senator Warren en closing a clipping from the Wash ington Herald which imputed ul terior motives to the senator in connection, with the Pershing pro motion, wrote me senior senator as follows: ; Brands Story a Falsehood. ' "Dear Senator Warren: It does not seem to me that the quotation in question is -capable of miscon struction, whether taken apart from its context or not. Your son-in-law was oromoted so strictly on his own merits that I had absolutely forgotten that he "was your son-in- law until 1 received your letter. even now, 1 cannot rememDer whether he was married to your daughter or engaged to her at the time he won the victory, because of which, I promoted him. My im pression is that he was not yet marr;ed to her. In-any event the promotion was made purely on the merits, and unless l am mistaken, vou never snoke to me on the sub ject until I had announced that he was to be promoted. Ihe article that you enclosed from the Wash ington Herald is a tissue of mali cious falsehoods. It is not a case ot a man writing under an erroneous imoression. it is a case of a man being guilty of malicious and wil ful untruth, r-aithtully yours, In a oostscriot to the letter the distinguished American in his fa miliar handwriting added: lo pro mote a man because he marries a senator's daughter would be an in famy; and to refuse him promotion for the same reason would be an eaual infamv." President Roose velt in a message to the 58th con cress, second session, speaking of the necessity for" legislation that would permit of the promotion of men who had shown signal ability and fidelity in the. discharge of their duties urged upon congress the en actment of a law similar to the prac $2 "J CJ ..Jliiaiif linnn'u'i in m i SPECIAL SALE LADIES' SHOES FRIDAY 8:30 A. M. Friday we 700 pairs of Ladies' Shoes at the ridiculously low price of $2.95 I. . plenty $3 and tice pursued at West Point in ad vancing cadets. He said in this mes sage, "Ability, efficiency, fidelity and all other qualities determine the rank of a man year after year at West Point and his standing in the army when he graduates from West Point; but from that time on all ef forts to find which man is Best or worst and reward or punish him ac cordingly is abandoned; no bril liancy, no amount of hard work, no eagerness in the performance of duty can advance him and no Slack ness or indifference that falls short of a court martial offense can retard him. Until this system is changed we cannot hope that our officers will be of as high grade as we have a right .to expect, considering the ma terial upon which we draw. Pershing Prospects Good. Then he uses the Pershing case to justify his recommendation for cor rective legislation in the best Roose veltian style: Moreover, when a man renders such service as Captain Pershing rendered last spring in the Moro camoaiVn. it oiio-lit tn Vi nnsihl to reward 1iim without at once jump ing him to the grade of brigadier general. And speaking of General Pershing and the campaign now in progress to draft him as republican presi dential candidate, William R. War ner of Colorado, sneaking of oohtics n the Centennial state, says in the Washington Post this morning: Colorado hasn t made up its mind as to whom it will favor for president, either republican or demo cratic. There has been a lot of ac tivity on the part of 'adherents of General Wood and of Governor Lowden. They were early at 'work in tne state, and there are Wood clubs and Lowden clubs in 'different parts of the state. But this does not mean that the state is for either Wood or Lowden. Indeed, if one is to judge from the opinions ex pressed casually by republicans in various parts of Colorado the voters haven t any choice, lhey are wait ing to be shown. General Wood is well known m the state and so is Governor Low den. For that matter, so are other candidates. Senator Harding made a strong impression when he visited Colorado and General Pershing is probably better known than any other man. The apparent impression that Pershing is not popular with the soldiers who served overseas, I find, is entirely erroneous. The men of the expeditionary forces who fought in t ranee and who had op portunity to meet Pershing as com mander or otherwise have nothing but praise for him.t I don't know whether General Pershing has any political aspiration, but if he has, then, in my opinion, he has the edge on a lot of other fellows who are looking toward the White House." "All Steer MmatihelNttme Implies YcnTget ' more" th'arinHgspace and security when you buy " ... GFAllsteel Office Furniture You get, in each section, the ut most in convenience and perma nence, because this equipment is all that the name implies Alhttel. Alhteel construction insures free dom from cracking, warping or sticking. Alhteel finish will last through long years of service,xand never become shabby. We have GF Alhteel Equipment on display for your inspection. Orchard & WUhelmCo. Sixteenth and Howard Sts.. Department of Office Furnitur. 95 place on sale about Your choice of the lot while they last. Plenty of good styles, in all colors, with high, low or medium heels, in all sizes from 2 to 6. SPATS Just the thing for Spring wear. Nobby spats in all colors to match any shoe- of sizes. This lot oj Scats includes values up to $4; on sale at Shoe Market 320 South 16th St. OMAHA . Druggists May Sell Liquor on Prescription (Continued From Pf ).) lay in procuring liquor on a prescrip tion through a pharmactist. might have serious consequences To the patient. - - . - ''Provision is also iade in regu lations for issuing permits to hos pitals and sanitariums to enable them to procure intoxicating liquor to be administered for medicinal purposes to patients at such 'in stances and also for issuing permits to manufacturing, industrial - and other establishments maintaining first aid stations, authorizing them to. procure such liquor for adminis tration to their employes for medi cinal purpores in emergency cases. THOMPSON-BELDEN 'COMPANY Foulard Returns Popularity flits soft luster and the charm of its printed de signs recommends it as a means of expressing the springtime silhouette. And quite often it is combined with taffeta Of a plain shade. fl Our showing of foulards, taffetas and meteors in the newest of colors and de signs is already most com plete. fl Our tailoring serges and they are strictly men's wear serges, offer very fine values for spring tail Ieurs at prices from $5 to $8.50 a yard., ; fl A special price on brushed wool scarfings in two-yard lengths and in any number of shades; regularly priced $3.50 a yard. Friday, $4.95 for a two-yard length. Williams' tooth paste, Friday for 8c. a hibe. Almond meal, especially recommended for ten der skins, is priced 35c a box. ' , Rit dye soap in flake or soap form in a number of shades, Friday, 10c a b)OX. Toilet Good Section New Spring for Boys from Oliver Twist style s,1 middy suits and one-piece affairs, crisp and starchy, in styles a boy would like,, and possessed of wearing qualities that, will please his mother. Solid colors with white braid trim mings, or colored trousers with white waists and colored trimmings; there is such a variety of styles that you'll be sure to find the one you prefer. As a special one group of rompers of pink or blue chambray g i n g ham in sizes 2, 3 and 6 years. Regu larly $1.25 and White Wool Flannel 75c a yard Highly mercerized, cotton warp wool-flannel ; an excellent qual ity for children's clothes, petti- -coats and the like; 27 inches wide Friday, 75c a yard.. . Second Floor Particularly Fine Comforters for $1.50 Silkoline-covered, cotton-filled comforters, full bed size (72x-84-inch), special. Friday for $4.50 each. ' Second Floor MAYBE IT IS I Jeff ens Accuses War Department of Waste (Continued From Vf One.) constantly in use and as much lum ber was burned as was used in the construction of the immense plant that cost upwards of $80,000,000. Five hundred horses were' shot and burned, car loads of bread added fuel to the flames, tons of hay were burned in the winter -of 1917 and 1918. ' . Thousands of pork loins, three and four feet long, which the workmen would have been only too .glad to purchase, had they been permitted, fed the fires. Nails and spikes by the keg, motor trucks and tractors were buried in the gulches while car loads of fruit, bananas and oranges Only Two More Days of January Jjinen Prices During the Jariuary sale a number of excellent pieces were soiled and rumpled from frequent handling. Table cloths, napkins, towels, lace pieces and Madeira linens in this" group have been priced low enough tp insure immediate clearance, low enough to offer you attractive bargains in fine linens. 1 Finest Linen Table Cloths $10 (2x2-yd.), $6.75. $12 (2x2-yd.), $8. $20 (2x2i2-yd.), $11.89. $20 (2x21,4), $11.89. $25 (2x3-yd.) for $15. $25 (2i4x2i4-yd.), $15. $35 (2i2x2i2-yd.),$20. Linen Napkins $12 'ones, $7.38 a dozen. $13.75 ones, $9.89 a doz. $17.50 ones, $12 a dozen. $25 ones for $15 a dozen. Lace Pieces $4 Filet lace centepieces for $2.50 each. ::; " ' $5 Filet lace centerpieces for $2.89 each. Suits 2 to 6 : $2.50 Outing Flan nel Nightshirts, $2.15 Faultless. and Uni versal makes, in all sizes ' Fiber Hose, 50c ( Only a few dozen left, and no more at this price are ob tainable. In seven colors. $1.35. Friday for only 98c. Suits of gingham, navies, tans, and browns with con trasting trimmings are priced v from $1.75 up. x Second Floor Thy Black silk lisle hose with ribbed tops and double soles are priced $1.25 a pair. Black cotton hose with' ribbed tops TOO LATE! i Last week I made an appointment with an Omaha business man to call on him today and write his application for a policy in The Bankers Reserve Life Company. When I called, his secretary told me that my man was at home sick with -the flu. Should he recover he will take the policy. Should he die his family will be deprived of the insurance money., Now is the time to sign an application Phone me and I'll ten you how little full Tirotection will cost you. Call . Douglas S883. Douglas 7716. Paul B. Burleigh, Gen'I Agt. were hauled to a pig farm owned by one of the superintendents. , Mr. Jefferis said that when the property at Nitro was I purchased there was 20 houses on the place which, residents in the City ot Charleston desired to buy,, but which were completely burned under or ders from "higher up." '- " Similar conditions, the congress man said, obtained at Charleston, S. C, and Muscle Shoal, but the wan ton destruction of property was not as marked as at the West Virginia plant. It is understood that Chairman Graham, of the special committee, charged with the investigation, wilt shortly introduce a resolution di recting that criminal prosecutions be begun against the men connected with these evidences of sinful waste and destruction. $5 Filet lace scarfs, Fri day, $2.89 each. $3.50 Cluny lace scarfs, Friday, $2 each. , $2.75 Cluny lace scarfs, Friday for $1.75 each. Real Madeira Table Cloths Hand embroidered: $50 (72x72) for $28. $30 (54x54) for $20. $25 (54x54) for $15. Venetian Lace Cloths Round Very fine pieces, hand em broidered and with hand cutout work. . v $65 (72x72) for $40, $35 (54x54) for $21.75. $25 (45x45) for $15. Offers Savings:' $1 Handkerchiefs, 79c Any style in stock at this reduction. Plain; white, col ored and initialed linen, for 79c Friday onlyi Wool Hose, 50c A heavy weight of , -splendid quality. Shirt Sale Ends " in Two Days To the Left As You Enter Out-Size Hosiery of Silk and Lisle and double 85c a pair. soles, Outsize new fash ioned hose in navy blue, gray and dark brown, with garter . tops and double soles, $1 a pair. Part Wool Union uits for $1.79 Two styles low neck and sleeveless, or Dutch neck with elbow sleeves. Splendid $2.35 and $2.50 values. Friday for $1.79 a suit. Second Floor STOP ITCHING ECZEMA Penetrating, Antiseptic Zemo -Will Help You Never mind how often you have tried and failed, you can stop burning, itching eczema quickly by applying Zemo. Furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra large bottle, $1.00. Healing begins the moment Zemo is applied. In a short . time usually every trace of eczema. tetter, pimples, rash, blackheads and ' similar skin diseases will be removed. .-' For clearing the 6kin and making it vigorouslyhealthy,alwaysuseZemo,the penetrating, antiseptic liquid.- It is not agreasysalveanditdoesnotstain. When others fail it is the one dependable treatment for skin troubles of all kinds. - .tyftm.C9Clvlud.Qt v ;
