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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1920)
iHE BEE: OMAHA, ' FRIDAY. JANUARY SO." 1920.1 LEADER OF T0N6 AVOIDS TALKING ABOUT CAFE ROW hack Once in Heart of City's Underworld Omaha Home of Powerful Chinese Organization. ' In a crumbling brick building, once ii the heart of the city's un derworld, is the Omaha headquar- ters of what is said to be the most powerful Chinese organization in the world, the On Leong Tong. . It is this organization, according to nonmembers of the tong. which precipitated a fight at 1408 Farnam street, Sunday, and routed a'group of nonmerriber Chinese who were attempting to open a 'cafe in oppo sition to a tong cafe. Soon Lee is Leader. In a dark recess of this building. - surrounded by rows of stale fish and Chinese antiques, lives Soon Lee, aged Chinaman, who claims to be one of the high officers of the On Leong Tong. Puffing steadily on a malodorous pipe of fantastic de Rivals Her Daughter in Youthful Beauty A well-known . society matron whose youthful beauty is no well preserved that he la reKarded as h-r daughter's rival in this respect though she does not pose as such attributes her girlish complexion chiefly to two things. She says: "I am convinced thst many cosmetics, by overloading' the skin and pores, tend to sue the complexion. Mercoliied wax has just the opposite effect. It lteeps the pores clean, permitting them to breathe, and removes dead 'particles of cuticle which are constantly appear ing and which gives the complexion that aged look. Whenever my skin begins to get the least bit off-color, muddy or faded, I go to my druggist's for an ounce of Mrcoliied wax; I apply this nightly, like cold cream, for a week or so, wash ing it off mornings. This is what keeps my complexion so fresh, white and velvety. ' "The absence of wrinkles and flabbi ness I owe to the- use of a simple face wash '-prepared by dissolving one ounce of powdered saxolite in a half pint witch hazel. This keeps the skin 'tight' and firm." Social Register. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiI':iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii3iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii aiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiH I Annual I FRIDAY f your last chance to get in. on our I 47th Annual January Clearance Sale . Here js a list of some wonderful good bargains, and if you are contemplating 5 S t buying a piano next year, don't fail to see these pianos. You'll save money. j PIANOS LYON & HEALY, Ebony Case, good condition J. O. TWICHELL, Ebony Case, good condition CHASE BROS., Ebony Case, good tonamnd action. . .' CARLETON, Ebony Case, has been rebuilt WELLINGTON, Mahogany Case, varnish checked SINGER, dull finish, Oak Case KINGSBURY, Walnut Case, very little used-. . ". SCHMOLLER & MUELLER, Mahogany case. Great bargain. . VOSE & SONS, Walnut Case. Another bargain SCHMOLLER & MUELLER, Mahogany Case. Looks like new. . J. ft C. FISCHER, Mahogany Case. Wonderful value ... w .... , KING, Massive Oak Case, slightly used PRICE & TEEPLE, Golden Oak Case. Can't be told from new. . . . Player Rolls Several, hundred rolls some discon tinued from . the catalog, some used, some just a trifle soiled, will be of fered as low , as 25t each. Open Evenings By Appoint ment Only If you cannot pos sibly get in during business1 hours. Phono U (Douglas 1623) and make an evening appointment with - one oi- our salesmen. 1311-1313 aiiiiiiHUiumiiiiiuiiHimmiiiiiiuiiiiM sign. Soon Lee yesterday con sented to be interviewed by a Bee reporter concerning the battle a,t 1408 Farnam street last Sunday. It was a short interview, for Jsoon Lee knows little English, and avoid ed questions with a skill, which only the Orientil knows. He admitted, however, that the Chinese Mer chants' association of Omaha lo cated at 111 North Twelfth street, is simply a loCaMname for the On Leon Tong, that there were 100 members of the tong in Omaha, and that the tong would tolerate no interference with its wishes. Silent About Battle. Asked concerning the . battle at 1408 Farnam street, he became si lent, then turned to an even more aged companion and burst forth with ja flow of Chinese. You go talk to King Toy, he finally muttered. "He tell'y you all bout it. ' He then hobbled back jnto an even darker room and would say no more. Joe Lee, proprietor of the Califor nia cafe and chop suey parlor, who rented the property at 1408 Farnam street, to open a new cafe, cowered in fear when the name of the tong was mentioned to hurt yesterday. Will Oppose Tong. "I can not say anything about it," he said, "I fear for my fife." A minute later, however, he expressed the determination of opening the cafe in spite of the tong. The January 15 issue of the "Chung Sai Yat Po," a Chinese ,daily paper published in San Francisco, contained a warning to non-members of the tong in Omaha who dared to oppose members in any manner. The paper is printed in Chinese, but according to the trans lation of the warning, death was threatened as the penalty for oppo sition. State Will Take No Action in Leprosy Case Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) Charles Young, Tilden, Neb., man, who has been pronounced by Omaha physicians to be, suffering from leprosy, is not a state ward, Dr. I. H. Dillon, chief of the state health bureau, announced Thursday. The attorney general's office con tends that the county in which Til den, his home, is located, must be responsible for his treatment and isolation. Dr. Dillon said. The bu reau will take no action in the case. Several hundred new cases of in fluenza in Nebraska have been re ported to the state bureau. Clearance Sale AND SATURDAY IS KNABE, large size Upright, great bargain STEGER ft SONS, Golden Oak, refinished case, good as new STEGER ft SONS, Mahogany Case, like new LYON ft HEALY, Burl' Walnut Case, slightly used ., EVERETT, Mahogany Case, like new . . ...$75 ..$90 $125 $135 $138 $190 $198 $205 .$210 $235 $255 $265 . $268 SCHMOLLER ft Case, action in SCHMOLLER ft Mahogany Case, GRANDS $750 SMITH & NIXON, small size (fcOQfl Mahogany Case. A great bargain.. pO7U $750 SCHMOLLER- ft MUELLER, t C 1 A Baby Grand. Good as new ... iPOlU- 11,050 STEGER ft SONS Baby Grand Ma hogany case. Very slightly CQflfi used. Priced at ipOUU . $900 H. ft'S. G. LINDEMAN Baby Grand. Can hardly be told . Mahogany Case UNUSUALLY EASY TERMS Will prevail during this great clearance sale. We are going to do everything1 possible to make it easy for you to buy a Piano or a Player Piano. SCHMOLLER MUELLER Earnam Street Piano Co. Nebraska's Oldest and Largest Music House Lincoln Bureau of The GRANT SUFFRAGE FOR NEBRASKANS IN ARMY OR NAVY State Assembly Kills Jerry Howard's Proposal to Penalize Electors Who Fail to Vote. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. The Ne braska charter assembly?Thursday morning killed Jerry Howard's pro posal to the state constitution mak ing it lawful to impose a'penalty on all elecrs who fail to vote. The measure was indefinitely postponed. It is the duty of every elector to cast his or her vote at every elec tion and the way properly to enforce that Hntv is to orovide a penalty on failure to vote, Mr. Howard de clared. Mr. Howard branded elec tors who did not vote as slackers. He said the practice was becoming a menace to this country. Opposing the proposal, Spillman of Pierce county, maintained that it had been a failure in several' for eign countries in which it had been tried. - There are so many good rea sons for not- voting, he contended, that such a provision would work a hardship upon the voters. After several attempts to reduce the ace of electors to 18 and 20 vears. Wiltse's suffrage proposal No. 228. fixing the voting age at 21 years, was passed by the convention. The proposal embodies the woman suf frage amendment and also provides that voters must be citizens ot tne United States. Another suffra'ge proposal allow ing men and women in the military or naval service to vote in this state was also passed. It was introduced bv Deleeate Anderson of Lancaster, who was head of the elective serv ice administration in Nebraska dur ing the war. $275 $310 $320 $325 $335 $425 $390 PLAYERS MUELLER, Oak good, condition . . . MUELLER, Dark good condition.., from new. ............. $550 Clip, sign and, mail this Cou pon TODAY if you c a ri come to the store: ' GENTLEMEN: Please send me complete' descrip tion of the fol lowing ins tru ments: ' & Omaha; Nebraska Name ......... Address ....... P. A. Barrows, Correspondent-" LATEST ATTEMPT TO SAVE GRAMMER AND COLE FAILS Abandon Insanity Hearing for Two Slayers Sentenced to Die In Electric Chair Next Week. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) Another attempt to delay the elec trocution of Allen V. Grammer and Alson B. Cole convicted of the murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt. near Elba, Neb., on the night of July 4, 1917, failed this morning with the abandonment of the insanity hear ing called by Governor McKelvie on recommendation of, Dr. I. C. Munger, prison physician at the penitentiary. It was explained aMhe governor's office that the legal section under which the inquiry was ordered does not apply to the Grammer and Cole case. In cases where men are sen tenced to death insanity, hearings cannot be held by the prison board but must be ordered by the district court in which the men were con victed upon recommendation of the warden of the penitentiary. Warden Fenton announced when the hearing was abandoned that he did not believe Cole and Grammer were insane and that of his own volition he would not recommend a hearing. "In case the lawprovides that I must act on recommendations made to me by my assistants I will notify the court," he said. The law is in terpreted by state officials to mean that in case the warden does recom mend an insanity hearing it is dis cretionary on the part of the district court whether the hearing is ordared. In case the court' orders a hearing the superintendent of the state in sane asylum will be the judge of their mental condition. , "I have visited the men constantly' since their committment, and have seen no evidence of insanity at any time," the warden said. Unless the district court orders a hearing on the sanity of the men state officials said the electrocution would take place on the date set, February 6. PRISQN WARDEN ANSWERS CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM Reviews "Dope" Situation In State Penitentiary Before Control Board. Lincoln, Neb., Tan. 26. (Spe cial.) Warden Fenton took the wit ness stand in his own behalf at the hearing before the state board of control this morning, considering charges of irregularities at the peni tentiary, preferred by M. b. Mc Williams and Jason Evans, former guards at the institution. . The en tire morning was spent in hearing his testimony, much of which con sisted of a review of the "dope" sit uation in the prison. , Between 80 and 90 convicts, he testified- had been completely cured of the habit in from three months to pne year's time. lie explained the reason for the charges made by the former 'guards by saving that Evans wanted to run the institution and McWilliams was dissatisfied because he was not al lowed to punish men whom he re ported. Replying to the indirect charges that he had accepted monev for as sisting in obtaining the release of convicts, alleged to have been made by Evans in a letter, he said: "If h.vans can show one man for whom I received a penny to eet him out of the penitentiary I will take my place in the row in prison where I would belong." the warden stated that his only reason in insisting on a public in vestigation was to refute the indirect charges made. Had the charges been made direct, he said, he would have settled then! outside of the prison. We stated that convicts had been advised not to spend money in at torney fees as the wealth of the men would not be considered in granting releases and every man, whether rich or poor, would be given equal consideration. Mexican Murderer Dies From Gunshot Wounds Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) Jose Martinez, Mexican, who was shot while attempting to escape after tne murder ot two North Platte po lice officers two weeks ago, died of his wounds, according to word re ceived by Gus Hyers, chief of the law enforcement 'division here. Martinez and another Mexican Who has not been apprehended, shot and killed Chief of Police S. C. Me-' Comber and Policeman George W. Kodgers on January 15 when the two officers attempted to search the pair. the shooting occurred in a pool hall. The pool hall proprietor snot Martinez in the neck when the latter tried to escape. Railway Commissioner Files for Another Term LincolA, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) The' personal filing of Thorne A Browne, member of the Nebraska railway commission for the last three months, as a republican candidate for the six-year term, was made Thursday with Secretary of State D. M. Amsberry. Mr. Browne was ap pointed to the board froni the sec retaryship to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Victor fi. Wil son. Tom Hall, a member of the com mission, has announced that he will not be a candidate again because the $3,000 salary is not sufficient. Raise for Steel Workers. New York, Jan. 29. Day laborers employed in the plants of the United States Steel corporation have been granted a 10 per cent wage increase, effective February 1, Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the corporation announced. The wage rates of other workers em ployed by. the corporation will be equitably adjusted," he. saiq, Omaha Bee LINCOLN WOMAN HEADS PERSHING ORGANIZATION Miss Edna Perrin Jakes Charge of Work Among Fair . Sex to Boost for Army Chief. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) Miss Edjia Perrin. of Lincoln, to day took charge of organizing the women of Nebraska for Pershing, it . a ... -n i f is announcea ai ine rersning-ior- President headquarters here. Miss Perrin served for one year with the army overseas, where her duties kept her in continuous touch with the members ot the A. h.. t. Like Pershing, she is a graduate of the Neb'raska university and posses ses a large acquamtance throughout the state. "We are indeed glad to announce the acquisition of Miss Perrin for the- staff for the Pershing-for-Presi-dent organization," said Mark Woods, chairman. "Having served with Pershing's army abroad, she is in excellent position to know inti mately of his big ability and his qualifications to serve as president." Miss Perrin will work especially with the women of Nebraska, and will perfect a special women's or ganization headed by a state execu tive committee composed of active women of the state. All communi cations and pledges of support from the women, of Nebraska will re ceive the personal attention of Miss Perrin. Definite plans for the cam paign will be in the hands of the Women's executive committee now being organized. In announcing her affiliation with the Pershing campaign, Miss Perrin said: "I am confident that Nebraska will welcome the opportunity of pro oosinc the nomination for Dresident of our most distinguished fellowV citizen. I am sure that if I could, tell the mothers, wives and sisters of the splendid part Pershing played in maintaining the high standard of morals and in perpetuating the high ideals of our boys overseas, they would agree unanimously that he was, above all, the man the Ameri can people need for the presidency. If they could but know of his fine, kindly heart, hidden during the war by the mask of army discipline; if they only knew of the judgment dis played in handling men and affairs, and of capacity as a great lovable leader firm and courageous, but just and fair; I know that they would give this movement to make Pershing America's president their whole-hearted support. "The women of Nebraska, having been accorded their rightful privi lege of voting, will constitute the deciding factor in the next election. Pershing, through his service and his proved ability, is entitled to the sup port of every woman of America, and from reports received 1 am sure he will have that support. Telephone Company Stock Injunction Suit Dismissed New' York, Jan. 29. A suit to re strain the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. from issuing $50, 000,000 in convertible stock, filed by Clarence H. Venner, as a stock bolder, was dismissed by Supreme Court Justice Mitchell L. Erlanger. 1 could feel my troubles leave: she says Peoria Woman Gains Twenty- one Pounds and Ends 25 Years' Suffering by Tak ing Tanlac. "I Just wish I had words to ex press my deep gratitude for the wonderful good Tanlac has done me after I had suffered for twenty- five years," was the statement made recently by Mrs. , Alice Richetts, 1206 Fifth street, Peoria, 111. "It s a fact, it was twenty-five years ago that my health broke down and since . that time no one knows what misery I have gone through," she continued, "my back was weak and lame and even at nights I was in such misery I could hardly sleep at all. I just spent nearly all my time in the house. Every morning I felt stifled and later would have a splitting head ache. I was also bothered with the worst kind of stomach trouble and everything disagreed with me so I suffered a thousand deaths with awful, cramps and 'pains in my stomach. I bloated up with gas un til I didn't look natural and my heart palpitated so bad that I had dizzy, fainty spells. My nerves were unstrung, I was thin and frail look ing and my complexion turned yel low. ' "This was my condition when I began taking Tanlac, but now I am a well and happy woman. I could fesl my troubles leaving me before I finished my first bottle of Tanlac and I continued to take it until now I am in perfect health. My back is entirely free from pain. I can eat just anything I want now and never suffer any bad after-effect. My heart action is normal, and 1 am no longer bothered with those dizzy, fainty, spells. I am not one hit nervous and don't ,know what it is to have a headache any more. I have gained twenty-one pounds in weight, my complexion has all cleared up and I am in better health than I have been for twenty-five years,x I think Tanlac is a wonder ful medicine." Tanlac is sold in Omaha at all Sherman & McConnell Drug Com pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy and West End Pharmacy. Also For rest and Meany Drug ComDanv in South Omaha and the leading drug gist m each city and town through out .the stata of Nebraska. Ad Women's Clubs of 8 Nebraska Cities Form Federation at Fremont Fremont, Nb.( Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) The Community Woman's Club federation was organized at a meeting here with representatives of Woman's clubs of Schuyler, North Bend. Cedar Bluffs, Hooper. Nickerson. Leshara', .Pohocco and Fremont in attendance. Mrs. C. A. Miller of North Bend was elected president. Other officers are: Vice presidents. Mrs. Clinton Heine, Hooper; Mrs. H.-C. N. Hatterschied, Cedar Bluffs, and Mrs. Knox Mc Clean, Pohocco; recording secre tary, Mrs. J. Howard Heine, Fre mont; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Fred Porter, North Bend; treasurer, Mrs. W. I. Allen, Schuyler. The purpose, of the club is to form a better acquaintance among members and co-operate in' furthering better interests of the community. The club will meet bi-monthly during the club season. Courses in highway engineering are being conducted in 116 Ameri can colleges. , Very Special for Friday Me For Women and Children Good Values Women's Shoes at 1.95 1 4.00 and 5.00 Values . Odd lots of our discontinued $4 and $5 sihoes; o black kid and gun metal; high and military heels; either button or lace styles. The sizes are 2 to (5. Specially priced, for Friday, ' 1.95 Juliet House Slippers. 2.39 Regular 3.25 Values , For women; of fine black Dongola kid; hand turned leather soles; rubber on the sides; rub ber heels ; sizes 3 to 8. Special for Fri day, : . 2.39 ' Brandeis Stores- Basement Drapery Specials Scrim Yard, 10c About 2,000 yards of fancy or plajn scrim, In lengths from 2 to 10 yards; offered specially for Friday, at, per yard j 10 Silkoline and Cretonne. Yd. lc , ,500 yards; fancy materials, suitable for drapes and comforter coverings ; 36 inches wide; mill lengihs; special, per yard, at 1414 Brandeis Stores Basement South Fashion's Latest in Stray Lock and Tuck Combs Jnlaid, with fancy brilliant stones, In white, blue, green and amber, tfhese combs are new and very popular for spring. They are very ) specially priced, for Friday, at awOC Brandeis Stores Basement Gift Shop Collars Ladies linen collars; embroidery and plain; .ill teize3, for Friday ty only, each mC Brandeis Stores Basement Gift Shop A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR BOYS-- Specials in Cordurpy Suits , Regular 10.50 to $Q00 . 12.50 Values at 0 Those are the well known Crompton Water Proof corduroy Buits for boys. They are just the kind of a suit that a boy needs for school and rough outdoor wear. The sizes are 7 to 17 rears. Special, for Friday, at $8.00 Scottsbluff to Have Irrigation School; Branch of State Uni Scottsbluff, Neb., Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) Scottsbluff Chamber of Com merce ' endorsed the action of the board of directors for the pur chase of an 80-acre tract for the Ne braska Irrigation college site. This is the only school of its kind in the United States and possibly in the world. For several months plans have been under way to procure suitable, property and the directors have closed a contract with F. E. Robbins of I. os Angeles for 80 acres, whigh supplements 10 acres deeded to the state regents last June. Dean O. V. P. Stout of the engi neering department of the univer sity while in Scottsbluff last week stated, "That immediately upon ad vise of the Chamber of Commerce the necessary ground was available, construction -on the buildings will begin." The attendance in the engineering department this year totals 505, which will be supplemented by stu dents from Colorado and Wyoming. oil M(D)E Women's Mid-Season Low Shoes Regular 7.50 ET95 to $9 Values at x Dark brown calf skin oxfords on narrow English last, with Mfll- tary heel; field mouse kid oxfords, slender toes, leather Louis heel and flexible leather soles; African brown kid pumps with dainty vamp ornaments, long narrow vamp and leather Louis heel; patent kid pump, Goodyear welt soles, with Louis leather heels. Sizes are 2 to 7 In widths from A to D. Special for Friday, at 5.95, Boys' High Cut Boots Regular $5 and 5.50 Values nt 3.49 The Endlcott, Johnson andWeln- brenner makes; double soles; bel lows tongue, straps and buckles; sizes 9 to 5. Wonderful values; special at 3.49. Children's Shoes at 2.98 Of v black calf .skin and patent kid; gray or black tops; but ton or lace Styles; suitable for dress or school wear; sizes are 8 to 11, "and 11 to 2. Specially priced for Friday, at, pair, 2.98 Infant's Button Shoes of black kid; hand turned soles ; one lift heel and broad toe last. Sizes are 3 to 8. Regular 1.50 QO values, special, at iOC Basement East. A New Showing of Spring Millinery At Very Special Prices These little hats in satin and straw combina tions are very attractive just the thing for these' between season days. They are cleverly trimmed with flowers and fancy novelties, in many different styles and combinations. 5 The colors are black, brown and navy. Very, specially priced Friday, at 5.95 Brandeis Good Warm of any overcoat in our basement, including storm ulsterettes and form fitting coats, at one special price. These coats sold from 16.50 to $25.00, but they all go Fri day, at Brandeis StoresBasement North, pfSfffi SftalilMHLl I tt (i NERVES TREATED FREE Dr. Fraaklla Milt, th Grtml Spskllittf Ctvat New Book and a 92.80 Nanro. pathic Trtatment Fraa aa Trial. 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Describe your case, and he will send you a two-pound Free Treatment and Book. Address, Dr. Franklin Mile. Defft. NS 162 to 172 Franklin St., Elkhart, Ind. Stores Basement East, Overcoats j One Lot of 12.50 Overcoats at 822 l'laid and fancy mixtures, for boys. Button to the neck styles, .with belt all around. The sizes are 2i2 to 10 years. These are regular 12.50 valuos. Special, for Friday, at $8.00 Regular 16.50 to 25.00 ' , OVERCOATS Men and young men, Friday, have their choice 14S j v V
