Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 02, 1920, Page 9, Image 9
THE BEE : OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1920. 9 PAYMASTER WHO SHOT BANDIT IS CLEARED BY JURY Verdict of "Justifiable Homi cide" Is Returned Par ents of Dead Robber Un emotional at Trial. Justifiable homicide vas the ver dict returned by a coroner's jury at the inqtissl held yesterday at the John A. Gentleman mortuary, 3411 Fa-nam itreet, by Assistant County Attorney Paul r. Steinwender, in the case of Edward C. Stawasz. 23-year-old bandit, shot Saturday while attempting to rob James M. White, paymaster for the Selden lireck Construction company. On the witness stand White de scribed meeting Stawasz and told of the attack on himself and the shooting. Other witnesses called Here M.ithew Hurst, negro, and Robert Vance, who testified thatl they were close to the scene of the assault, and substantiated the evi dence given by White. A blackjack, said to be the one Stawasz used, was introduced as evidence. Henry Gale, foreman for the Seldcn-Breck company, testified that Stawasz was the man who had sittacked him under similar circum stances five weeks age. - Attending the inquest were Mr. and Mrs. k. Stawasz, 5221 L'Street. parents of the dsad man, and two of his sisters. Except for occa sional subdued sobbing on the part of a sister, they v,ere impassive .ind t'lieniotional. The funeral of the l.rindtt will he held today at 8:30 a. it. at the family residence Inter Mi tit will be at St. Mary Magdalene pmtery. Dorothy Dalian's , Beauty Chat Mill Dorothy Dalton, th actress famous the world over for her beautiful complexion, says; "Any tc'rt or woman can have a beau tiful, roay-white complexion and amooth, unwrinkled akin like mine if they will fol low my advice and use Dtrwlllo, a simple toilet preparation. I use it because it im part Instant beauty, ia easy to apply, ab solutely harmless and has a marvelous ef fect upon the skin. One application proves it." Be sure to read Miss Dalton'g inter esting atory of how to quickly acqu.re a beautiful complexion, soon to appear in this paper. Ia the meantime get Derwillo at any toilet counter and try it today; you will be delightfully surprised. The Sher man A McConneli. the Beaton and the Merritt Drug Stores, Omaha's Bigamist Is Sent to Penitentiary One to Seven Years Harry S. McKay was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of one to seven years by District Judge Troup yesteiday morning McKay pleaded guilty last Tuesday to a cnarge 01 Digamy. inree 01 AicKays wives were present in court when he pleaded guilty. They were Mrs. Mary E. Mc Kay of St Paul, Minn., his legal wife; Miss Margret Fillenworth, who was Mrs. Margret Fillenworth McKay until her marriage to Mc Kay was annulled last January, and Mrs. Mary Milledge McKay, the woman whom he married most re cently and who is going to stick to him, she says. The two women last named live in Omaha. McKay had nothing to say in his own defense. He kissed his last wife goodbye after sentence had been pronounced. The other two wives were not present. Harry Atwood to Aid In Americanization Drive Representatives here of. the North west Warriors association . an nounced yesterday that Harry F. At wood, author and lecturer, will ar rive in Omaha next Wednesday to aid in the association's American ization campaign by speaking before clubs and labor unions. J. W. Bryant, chairman of the warriors executive committee, an nounced several other, well known lecturers would be brought here. A class of Omaha "soap box orators" is rapidly completing a course in verbal pyrotechnics and will soon be ready to combat red arguments with open air oratory, he stated. Oragiu;:ation of an Americaniza tion campaign has been started in Council Bluffs and an organization has been completed in Fremont, Neb. Mayor Authorizes Tag Day For Pearl Methodist Church Mayor Smith has issued a permit, puthorizing the members of the Ladies' Aid society of the Pearl Methodist Episcopal church to hold a "Tag clay" Wednesday, to raise $5,000 toward the building fund of their new church. This new church will be erected at Twenty-fourth and Ogden streets and will have various insti tutional features including gymnas ium, kitchen, dining room, shower baths and other departments. lhe women who are promoting the tag dajf have agreed to raise $5,000. SATISFACTION .1? '.y There is a CERTAIN SATISFACTION in having your teeth re placed with our New Method Bridge Work. We make the THIN MORRIS PLATES, which are guaranteed to STICK FAST in your mouth, at surprisingly low prices. SERVICE, QUALITY and SATISFACTION Phone i Doug. 8236 Lad's Attendant V 1 ALL WORK GUARANTEED OMAHA DENTISTS 1515 FARNAM STREET v NOTICE Out-of-town patrons can nave work completed , in one day. Open Evening Until 8 O'Clock Sundays Until Noon s Their Medicine Chest For 20 Years IT is characteristic of folks after they pmthe sJtotted "three score yeara and ten," to look back over the days that are gone . and thoughtfully live them orer. I Hod myself, at seventy-one, frequently drifting back quarter cf a century, waea I tee myrell in t little drug" owned at Bolivar, Mo., mating and telling vegetable compound t- ny friends and customer what wee then known only as Dr. Lewis' Medicine for Stomach, Urtt and Bowel Complaints. v Tor msny years whHe Iwat perfecting ray formal I studied and investigated tue laxatives and cathartics oa the market and became convinced that their main fault ir as not that they did net act oa the bowels, ut that their action was .too violent and Irastio, end upeet the rystem of the user; which was due to the fact that they were sat thorough enough ia t'ae.r action, eome imply acting oa tSenpper or small iates Mes, while other would act only f "e ewer or large intestines, and that they ilmost invariably, produeed S habit re luiriof augmented doses. believed thai a preparation to preduee Jbe best effect most first tone, the brer, ihea act on the stomach and entire alimen tary arsUm. If this was acoompliihed, the nedieine would produce a mild, . but thoroagk elimination of the watte without the asaal sickening sensations, and male th uer feel better at once. After experimenting with hundreds of different compounds, I at last perfected the formal that is. now known as MsrVt We. Which I truly believe goes further and does mere than any laxative on the market today. The thousands of letters from users have convinced me I was right, and fciat t'aeuser of Hater's Hew isy as a family medicine, even though he may have used it for twenty-five years, never has 1 3 increase tiia dose. Mr knowledge of medicine and the re-B'-ilis of i.s use ia rr.y owa family and among my friends, before I ever offered it for sole, caused ma to hare great faith ia Komrs's batty boa the very first. And now as I find myrelt searing the age Trhca I must bow to Ue inevitable and go t3 another lire, my greatest pleasure is to sit each day ad road the letters that each mail brings from people as old or cider than 1, who tell of having used Rattrfa Rsmedy for ten, fifteen and twenty years, and now they and their children and grandchildren hare been benefitted by it. It is St contolinff thought, my friends, for a man at my e;e to foel that aside from his own enccets, one haa done something for his fellow man. My greatest satisfac tion, my greatest happiness today, ia the knowledge that toaia-ht more than one million people will take a Natars't ReemV (NB Tablet) and will.be better, healthier, happier people for it. I hope you will bo on of them. V . tf. LEWIS MEDIOINE CO., St. Louis, Ma Sherman & McConneli Drug Co. aweampav'awawapaaayaMgep-r .-ruuial; SAY "NO BRICK'. EXPLANATION IS ALL CAMOUFLAGE Omaha Dealers Refute State- Lment of County Commission- . ers Upholding "Bitulithic" v Paving Contract. , Paving brick men in Omaha re futed yesterday the statement of the Douglass county commissioners that it is impossible to get brick to pave the county roads. Inability to get brick was the only excuse advanced by the county commissioners for awarding con tracts last week to pave 12 miles of Lincoln highway, with "bitulithic" instead of brick,' though they promised brick over their own sig natures prior to the election of last June, when the people voted $3,000, 000 bonds for 115 miles of brick pav ing in Douglas county. "The advocates of the other kinds of paving told the county commis sioners they couldn't get brick," said H. C. Gardner, western representa tive of the Purington Paving Brick Co., Galesburg, 111., largest paving brick manufacturer m the world. "It is nothing but camouflage, this cry that they can't get brick. Present Order "Mere Trifle." "This five miles of brick that the county commissioner ordered is the merest trifle. ( There are dozens of little communities out through these states that have let contracts for much bigger amounts of brick pav ing than this. "The Douglas ' county contract calls for about 50,000 square yards of brick. At Wayne, Xeb., we re cently sold 80,000 square yards of brick; at Blair, 100,000 square yards; at Aurora, 75.000 square yards; at David City, 50,000 square, yards. These counties are able to get brick and Douglas cotmty can't, so the county commissioners say. It's cam ouflage. Plenty of Brick. The same situation was set forth by George Sargeant, representative of the Murphysborough Paving Brick company. Murphysborough, 111. He sold 2,000,000 brick last week to the Allied Contractors, Inc., to pave the 5.33 miles of Lincoln highway ordered paved with brick. "Could vou have supplied more paving brick this year?" he was asked. "Yes," he said. "I can get them S,000,000 brick, though it would cost a higher price than I got for these 2,000,000." "Nothing but brick on a thick concrete base will stand up under the gigantic trucks which now use the roads, said one dealer. W. P. Cheek, president of the Omaha Automobile club and chair man of the committee referred to by Mr. Towle, said that a meet ing will probably be vrreld today to decide on a course of action to prevent the paving of any county roads with anvthing but brick. Three Men Arrested For Alleged Sale of Misrepresented Stock Three men are in jail at Central police station for investigation re garding an alleged confidence game centered about the sale of misrepre sented stock to Joseph and Charles McBuire. wealthy ranch owners of Arnold, Neb. They gave their names as G. E. Tennant of New Hampton, Mo.; L. E, Moorefield, Merchants hotel, and H. P, Manning of Kansas City, Mo. Detectives arrested them at the Mer chants hotel. " Mr.. Moorefield and Mr. Manning are said to have received $4,500 from the McGuire brothers , two months ago in payment for a num ber of shares of Douglas Motor company stock of Omaha which to date has not been delivered, it is charged. When David L. Fitch, attorney for the McGuire brothers, entered Mr. Moorefield's, room at the ho tel with detectives, Mr. Tennant j is said to have offered to turn over I some old stock to settle the case. Theal!eged sale of the stock is said to have been made after Mr. Moorefield and Mr. Tennant had left the employ of the Douglas Mo tor company. George A. Christo pher, general manager of the con cern, declared neither man had au thority to sell what stock the Mc Guire brothers are said to have paid fpr. Prominent Grocer of Chicago Awakened by Wife Shooting Herself Cllicago, March 1. Mrs. Harriet Ware, wife of George Ware, is dead of a bullet wound the husband says was self inflcted. He told the police, , who were summoned by a physician, that he was awakened by the sound of a revolver shot. He was sleeping in a sun parlor and his wife was In her bed room. He ran to her room and found her lying in bed with the revolver at her sidf. Mr. Ware telephoned immediately for Doctor Chilcott, the family phy sician, who pronounced the woman dead and notified the police. Several months ago Mrs. Ware's brother, traveling in the south, shot himself. The couple had no children. Mr. Ware is manager of the John A. Tolman company, wholesale grocers. University Will Remodel Buildings Damaged by Fire Rev. D. E. Jenkins, president of the University of Omaha, announced yesterday afternoon, that work on remodeling building's at 1305 and 1307 Farnam street, damaged by the fire which destroyed the building housing the Schmoller and Mueller Piano company at 1311-13 Farnam street, would begin shortly. The properties at 1305-7 Farnam street are owned by the University of Omaha. . .' ' Massacre 16,000. v London, March 1. It is"" 'stated officially in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens that after the French evacuated Marash, Cilicia, recently, the Turks massacred 16,000 Brief City; News Lighting Fixtures, Burgesa-dranden Have Root Print It Beacon Press. Xelsou c. Pratt has moved lii's office to 1330 1st Nat'l Bank Bids. Adv. Dr. Robert C. Person, practice limited to the eye, ear, nose and throat, announces that he has opened vtlces at 474-483 Brandeis Theater -lg. Adv.- ' '.Inrrics Two Couples Rev. Charles W. Savidge married two couples Saturday; Miss Ida Davison and Maurice S. Glldden of Omaha and Miss Alta S. Lawrence und Julius A. Grote. To Address Council Thomas Adams, head of the department of town plans and housing, Ottawa, Canada, will address the city coun cil this morning and will speak during the luncheon period at the University club Tuesday noon. Defer Paving Contracts The city council committee of the whole to day deferred to Thursday morning pending documents in connection with the awarding of paving con tracts. One of the important proj ects under consideration Is repaying of Sixteenth street, Douglas street to Victor avenue. Find Rabbits Dead C. E. McLain. Humane society officer, discovered an assortment of rabbits, pigeons and chickens in a neglected condi tion at 2520 Charles street. Neigh bors complained that the occupants of the house went to Iowa temporar ily and failed to make provisions for theic pets and poultry. Seven rab bits were dead. Dies of Burns Mrs. Aurllla Whar ton, sister-in-law of John C. Whar ton, forrner postmaster of Omaha,! aiea Saturday m Chicago from the effects of burns received Thursday, when her clothing caught Are at a stove. Mrs. Wharton was the mother of Charles S. Wharton, former mem ber of the house of representatives from Illinois. She was 69 years of age. Hear Own- Voices Members of the good fellowship committee of the Chamber of Commerce listened to- their own voices, reproduced on the latest . type of , dictaphone, demonstrated by A. A. Taylor as a feature of the meeting at the cham ber yesterday. F. W. Stolz, man ager of the Bradstreet company, won an asbestos table mat, the prize of- ierea tnls week. W. O. W. Building Contract Let A contract for the construction of ! a 19th floor on the Woodman of tho World building at Fourteenth and Farnam streets was let to the Vaughn Construction company, W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander. announced today. .The work will start at once and should be com pleted by August 1, Mr. Fraser Raid. The approximate cost will be $100, 000. Anton Munch lined Anton Munch pleaded guilty to a charge of caiyying concealed weapons and was fined $100 and costs by District JudgelTroup today. Munch was in dictedby the special grand Jury for conspiracy to break and enter gun stores the night of the court house riot, September 8, 1919. He was also indicted for unlawful assem blage and rioting. Both these charges were nolled. Quit Consolidated Office Simul- ! taneously with resumption of private 1 control of railroads yesterdxy came! an announcement from Chicago that tho Chicago & Northwestern road would withdraw from all consoli- j dated ticket offices. At present the , Chicapro office of the road is the only one affected. It is expected by rail-! road men that similar moves will be taken by al lroads, necessitating the j abandonment of the consolidated 1 ticket office in the Union Pacific building. Propose New Pluyground The city commissioners will visit a tract of land between Forty-eighth street and Happy Hollow boulevard, from Military avenue to Grant street, this afternoon to determine its desirability for park and playground purposes. A delegation from the Clifton Hill Improvement club ap peared before the city council com mittee of the whole today in this connection and the New Omaha Im provement club submitted a written request that the commissioners take favorable action. J. A. Munroe's Desk Closed For First Time In YeaYs J. A. Munroe. veteran Union Pa cific railroad man, has retired. For the first time in many years his desk at the Union Pacific headquarters building Monday morning was closed. Mr. Munroe entered the service of the Union Pacific as assistant gen eral freight agent at Omaha in De cember 20, 1882. In October, 1911, he was appointed vice president of (he Union Pacific and Oregon' Short Line railroads. He remained in this position until the railroads were taken over by the government, when he was made traffic manager of the Union Pacific, St. Joseph and Grand Island, Oregon Short Line and Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroads. Several months ago he expressed his intention of retiring when the railroads were restored to private management. He was recently made vice president of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company, and after a short rest will devote a part- of his time to this company. March Arrives Like Lamb; Welsh Promises No Lions March gamboied into Omaha yes terday like a meek and playful lambkin, witll bright sunshine and balmy freezes. The temperature was 24 above zero at 7 a. m. and climbed rapidly during the morning. f "I'll try to keep it this way," Weather Forecaster L. A. Welsh promised. "Don't want to see any roaring lion finish for March this year." Sprague Tire Puts Out Double Extra Ply Tire The Sprague Tire & Rubber Co., Omaha, announces the perfection of a "double extra ply" fabric tire. This new tire, according to E. H. Sprague, president of the company, has two more plies of fabric than the so-called "standard" make tires and one more ply of fabric than any cither tirt built "I stated when we organized this company that it, was my intention to build the best tire possible from rubber and fabric," Mr. Sprague said. "Now I am positive I have at tained this goal. I am using only the highest quality 17-ounce fa bric, the strongest known, and am using more pure rubber in the thread, sidewalls, cushion and fric tion, I can safely say, than any other manufacturer. "These tires have been thoroughly tested, in all kinds of road condi tions from Illinois to the west coast, and their performance has led me to put on them an ironclad guaran tee of 7,500 miles." , The Sprague fattory is.now boildk ing 350 tires and 300 tubes a day Plans call for a production of 750 tires and 500 tubes by March 15. Sales for early spring delivery, it, was stated, are considerably ahead of the present output , . In the Island of Formosa dogs feet are considered a great delicacy An American "Spa" Bearing s Favorable Comparison With Exclusive Foreign Retorts 160 acres of wooded grounds lo cated upon high hills; one of the most desirably situated hotels on this continent for people requiring absolute Rest and Recuperation. ' A Mineral Water beneficial for Liver and Kidney disorders. Scientific Massage and Baths for Rheumatic ailments. - A Cafe operated upon the Euro pean Plan with "Table d'Hote" and "A la Carte" meals at sensible of ices. - Information and Booklets Cu Be Had at the Retort Boreas el this paper or by Address inr ' ' James P. Donahue, Proprietor , Hotel Colfax end Miaeral Sprain, COLFAX, IOWA ' On the Rock Island Lines -Mr- Welcome, Auto Show Visitors We are glad that Omaha has the opportunity of entertaining you and we hope that we may have the pleasure of being of service to you. We want you to make Burgess Nash your headquarters and use every convenience that e have arranged for your benefit. Our new Spring merchandise is on display In every department and we are certain you will find great pleasure in viewing It. Smartly Trimmed New Spring Hats $3.97 on Sale Tuesday Among the New-Building Sale Specials for Tuesday is a large assortment of smartly trimmed hats. There is a shape to suit every type and in a color that will harmonize with any suit or dress. And the values are most extreme. Downstairs Store Continuing Our Great New-Building Sale Tuesday in the Downstairs Store Particular Women Will Appreciate These Excellent Values in New Spring Suits Very Moderately Priced From $29.50 to $39.50 Charming New Tailored Suits are ready fop the woman who likes to wear the new things first These garments Wyere carefully selected, "and .we feel sure that they will meet the demands of the most Vritical in style, material and work manship. The material is good quality Serge, aid there is such a variety of Styles that you will be certain to find the very model most becoming to your individual type. A new point is the quite elaborate use of Braiding; collars are in Roll Shape or strictly tailored. The New-Building Sale Includes Union Suits at 77c All the accumulated odd lots and broken sizes in women's and children's summer weight Union Suits, all gathered together for this great Rebuilding Sale at the low price of 77c. Hosiery at 25c Women's and children's hose, women's in black, white and brown; children's from 1-1 rib blfcck cotton and mercerized, all seamless. Infants' black and white cashmerette hose in one big lot, for our REBUILDING SALE, 25c A Real Value in New Spring Boots, $4.95 In all new desirable shades and styles, very highest grades of workmanship and finest ma terials, most of them worth two and three times the selling price. Also 200 Pairs of New Spring Pumps In sizes from 3 to 4. About 10 Styles from which to choose. Choice $4.95. Children's Shoes $1.98 Children's Black and Nov elty Footwear in button and lace. Very fine quality. Sizes 2 to 5, 5H to 8. Choice, $1.98. All the Latest Styles and Colors New-Building Sale Drugs and Toilet Articles Jap Rose Toilet Soaj, Qg. 12c cake, 3 for UUW Spanish Castile Soap, 1 cake leuC Hair Brushes, while they , Q last. each.. , V Linens and Domestic Very Special Bed Spreads $3.95 , Good heavyweight quality crochet Bed Spreads, these have the scal loped edge, with cut corner, and are for the large size bed, each, ftS.98. Tablecloths $3.95 Hemstitched Satin finish damask tablecloths in handsome design and excellent quality, 64x64 inches, $3.95. Toweling 16o Crash Toweling, very absorbent quality, and will give splendid wear, yard, 16c. y Voiles 69o i A wonderful assortment of beautiful-voiles, in all the new and dainty designs, for spring and sum mer dresses, yard, 69o. Flaxon 45o A large assortment of beautiful figured Flaxon, these have the neat floral designs and are 27 Inches wide. Yard, 45c. Down st aire Stera. Special Values in the New Building Sale of Sweaters at $1.95 A selection of women's all weol sweaters in broken sizes and colors. Belted or with sash, two pockets, very specially priced for Tuesday, at each $1.95. , Women's Bloomers i Special 69c Dainty batiste bloomers in pink, blue or white. Fitted top and knee. Excellent values for Tuesday at 69c. ( Women's Night Dresses 95c Women's white or pink nainsook night dresses, kimono sleeve with bits of hand embroidery. Priced special at 95c. Downstairs Store THREE SPECIALS Congoleum Rugs $2.98 The sanitary rug for general use in halls, kitchens, etc. Large range of good patterns from which to select. Absolutely water proof. Size 4-6x9 feet. Special $2.98 each. Pillow Covers 25c Pillow covers stamped on linen colored art cloth, ready to em broidery, size 18x22. Very special at 25c each. Wool Goods 1-2 Price One large bargain square of wool goods and lining remnants, lengths from to 1 yards. On sale Friday at Ka Pr'c. Downstairs New Building Sale of Children's Muslin Underwear 45c to $3.50 A large assortment of chil dren's muslin underwear, in cluding drawers, petticoat, nightgowns, etc, have been specially priced for Tuesday at off regular pricau store -us k Buy Your Iew Corset in This New-Building Sale of Corsets at $1.00 Every kind of model is here, low, medium and topless. Made of white and pink coutil, -witty trimmed tops. Two pair garters. Very special at $1.00. Downstairs Store A Clearance of Blouses $2.15 All silk Georgette, Crepe de" Chine, Taffeta and Pongee Blouses. Some are slightly imperfect, but most of them are taken from regular stock, and priced for New Building Special at $2.15 each. : Exceptionally good values. Downstairs Store. Thei-e .re Some Wonderful Values in the New-Building Sale of Men's Clothing and Furnishings Tuesday in the Downstairs Store x Men's Suits $29.75 , Suits that are desirable for business wear. Splendidly made, ex cellent values at 129.75. Auto Week Specials Men's Khaki Automobile Suits . $3 50 ak !,!Be $1.98 to$3".50 Men'a Khaki Shirts i $1 49 to $3 50 Men'a Anto Driving Gloves, very special . $2j5 Mechanics' Work Gloves of all kinds, samples at 5'nrlce MechanlcsJ3hop Caps of all kinds 20c to 49c Moleskin Corduroys. ?A heavy Khaki Work Trousers $3.95 to $5.95 New-Building Sale of Women's Practical j House Dresses $2.95 ' t Mina Taylor house dresses; made of dark blue percale with collar and cuffs of self material. Belted and pocketJ. Splendid for general wear. Very specially priced at $3.96 Dmmctaim 9tae intiahirant 1