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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY MARCH 25, 1920. CITY MAY FLOAT BIG BOND ISSUE FOR GAS PLANT Water Board Not Likely to Be Embarrassed By Lack of Funds for Improve ment. Chairman P. C. Heafey told mem bers of the Metropolitan Water board at a meeting yesterday after noon the board was not likely to be embarrassed by lack of funds for operating expenses when it assumes control of the Omaha gas plant, fol lowing purchase by the city for $4,500,000. Chairman Heafey said Mayor Smith had assured him of support in obtaining early action from city council on an additional bond is use of $1,000,000, which a majority of the water board considers neces sary in order to provide funds for gas plant improvements and exten sions. A resolution authorizing the additional $1,000,000 in bonds may be adopted by city commissioners in time to submit it to referendum vote along with the gas plant pur chase bonds at the April elections, Mr. Heafey said. Mayor Favors Proposal. Mayor Smith, when the proposal for the extra million first was pre sented to him, expressed opposition to immediate action, but said he realized some way must be found to provide the water board with a gai plant operating fund. John L. Webster, water board attorney, has informed the board that surplus and reserve water plant funds cannot be used to finance gas plant improve ments and extensions. Commissioners Butler, Falconer and Ringer, who stood with the mayor in favor of acquiring the gas plant at the $4,500,000 condemna tion prite, are understood to be fa vorable to the proposal for provid ing the $1,000,000 operating fund. Water board members yesterday authorized Superintendent R. B. Howell to proceed with whatever steps he considered advistable in preparation for taking over the plant. Mr. Howell said he planned a thorough survey of gas company books and methods of operation. TEARS DIM EYES OF JURY AS WITNESS FACES EVIDENCE Hopes of Police Sergeant Blast ed by Prosecuting Attorney In District Court. Briej City News Concord Club Members of the Concord club will meet for their regular weekly luncheon this noon In the Indian room of the Hotel Kontenelle. Muson City Couple Wed Miss Anna Keus.i and John W. Kedeker, both of Mason City, la., were mar ried by Kev. Charles W. Savidge Tuesday evening. Novelty V. M. II. A. Dance Mem bers of the Y. M. and Y. W. H. A. will hold a "novelty dance" in the Lyric building, Nineteenth and Far nam streets, Saturday night. Work on Road Show Central High students are hard at work try ing to get advertisements far the Road Show program. The program committee is headed by Kenneth Baker. Coal Yard Close The municipal coal yard, which has been in charge of the street cleaning and mainten ance department, were closed yester day for the season. Six thousand tons of coal were sold during the season. Improvers to Meet Clifton Hill Improvement club will meet In Marks' hall. Military avenue and Burdette street tonight. Several im portant matters will be brought up, according to James Rothwell, sec retary. Pay for Women Election Com missioner Harley Moorhead haa ar ranged for a special registration for women in the Lincoln school dis trict. Women may register at the school between the hours of 1 and 9 o'clock Tuesday, March 30. Want City Water At the last meeting of the Caldwell Improve ment club It was decided to push the grading of Forty-second street In order to get city water. A second meeting will be held tonight at 8 at 724 First National Bank building. Check Lost Time Employes In the office of the Metropolitan Water board are reminded by a notice on their bulletin board that during January they lost 308 working hours on account of illness and 240 hours were lost last month. "This lost time was paid for. Think it over," the notice reads. Indorse Muny Hospital The ex ecutive committee of the Chamber of Commerce, in a letter to Mayor Smith, Indorsed the proposition of a modern municipal general hospital. The mayor recently appointed a committee of professional and busi ness men, Including women, to work out a plan for a proposed new hos pital. This committee has started its deliberations. Must Prepuy Express The Amer ican Express company announced yesterday that all express destined to points in Canada will require pre payment of express charges after April 15. This action was made nec essary because of the heavy rate of exchange, which makes the Canadi an dollar worth only 86 cents in United States money. Tears came to the eyes of the 12 food men and true, who sat in Dis trict Judge Goss' court yesterday, bearing evidence against Paul Bru no. 362 North Sixteenth street. "It's a shame," one juryman was heard to tfhisper to another, as the evidence was brought in against Brvmo. The jurors leaned forward in their chairs as a large, heavy bag was dargged into the court room. The defendant also looked at the bag and seemed to shudder. He I . ... i a ' looked out ot tne wmaow inen, uui daring to look at that which the bag contained. Avoids Jury Glances. Tt was the evidence of his alleged crime, brought into the court by of ficers, to confront him. The jury men darted looks at Bruno. He avoided their glances. The big. black bag was dragged in front of tJie witness stand where Sergeant Thestrup of the city morals squad was giving his evi dence. T J. McGuire, special prose cutor cut the cord and drew forth 1 quart bottle of Old Taylor whisky. Yes, the crime of which Mr. Bruno was accused was unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor. Nine quarts and six pints of Old Taylor and Old Joel whisky and Clarke's Pure Rye were taken from his home, 3623 North Sixteenth street, in a police raid, May 17, 1919. The entire amount was placed on the railing around the witness box until Sergeant Thestrup looked like a bartender (this is a term ap plied to a man whose duty it was to serve drinks in days when in toxicating liquor could be sold law fully in public places operated for that purpose.) The jurymen leaned forward, but failed to get a single whiff from the sealed bottles. "Do you know the smell and taste of whisky?" Mr. McGuire asked Sergeant Thestrup. Dreams of Happier Days. The sergeant held a pint bottle in his hand with the cork out. A l-road smile of anticipation was on his face. He expeted the usual "You may taste the liquor which you hold in your hand and state whether or not it is whisky." But Mr. McGuire simply told the sergeant to state whether or not it was whisky. The smile faded from the sergeant's face and he said sadly. "It is." And the jurymen sat as if in a trance with their eyes glued to the array of bottles dreaming, appar ently, of other, happier days. Expect to Begin Work on New Hospital at O'Neill in June O'Neill. Neb.. March 23. (Spe cial.) Construction of the 80-room hospital to be erected by Webb Kellogg, wealthy ranch man and landowner of this city, for the city will begin in June or early in July, according to announcement made by Mr. Kellogg. The plans already have been . perfected and bids will be 'advertised for within a few weeks. The main portion of the building will be constructed this summer and the wings added as Creighton to Debate With Colorado Aggies In Omaha A public debate between Thomas J. McGoveru, Harry V. Burkeley, jr., and Joseph McGroarty of the Creighton Oratorical association, and a team representing the Colo rado State Agricultural college, will take place Saturday at the Creighton auditorium. The subject will be: "Resolved, That all labor disputes threatening tie-ups in essential in dustries shall be submitted to a federal board for compulsory arbi tration constitutionally conceded." Colorado will be represented by Kenneth Chalmers, O. O. Wagner, and Edward C. House. The affirma tive side of the debate will be de fended by the Creighton team. Thomas J. McGovern of the local team won first place last year in the state oratorical contest and second place in the inter-state contest. Child Welfare Expert To Study Needs of Czecho-Slovakia s lb IS) Miss Julia Lathrop. noted child welfare expert of the Department of Labor in Washington, sailed lor Czecho-Slovakia several days ago to study the needs of that new re public. Miss Lathrop, while in Prague, will be the guest of Presi dent Masaryk and his daughter, Dr. Alice Masaryk. CENTRAL HIGH TO ERECT MEMORIAL TO WAR HEROES Bronze Tablet to Honor Stu dents Who Served and Died in Conflict. Central High school is to honor former students who served Uncle Sam in the world war and to re member those who died in the serv ice by erecting a large bronze tab let in the Earl hall. The tablet has arrived and will be erected next week. "Fitting ceremonies will accom pany the erection of the tablet," said Principal Masters. "It is the manner in which those who served will be remembered, the tablet is also a fitting memoriam for those who made the supreme sacrifice." "In honor of those who served, and in memory of those who died," is the inscription on the tablet. The following names are also in scribed: Howard Bittinger, Boyd Carey, Marion Crandall, Dean Davidson, Harry Fearn, Kenneth E. Hatch, Herbert W. Hatz, Arthur B. Howell, Guy Howell, Russel G. Hughes, Harold C. Kelley, Richard CONSIDER PLAN TO GET WELFARE FUNDSBY TAXES Subcommittee to Make Final Report On Survey of Char itable Organizations April 5. The subcommittee of the welfare committee of the Chamber of Com merce held a meeting at the city hall last evening to report progress of an extended survey the committee is making of all work and finances of the various charitable and semi civic organizations of Omaha with the probable purpose of later recommending a budget system for the distribution of charitable funds. The committee also considered a plan advanced for raising funds through public taxation. The subcommittee meeting was presided over by the chairman, Rabbi Colin. Other members of the committee arc D. E. O'Brien, H. A. Abbott, J. E. Fitzgerald, T. J. Isaacson. B. N. Robertson, R. V. Cole. V. W. Bradley and R. S. Flower." The committee will make a final report to the Chamber of Commerce April S. Plan Central Organizations. The survey of the subcommittee was the result of the belief that the work of several charitable organiza tions of the city overlapped and that their ministrations in many in stances were duplications. It is the hope of the committee to effect some centralized organization to finance and supervise all charitable work with the idea that it can be carried on more efficiently. The committee will recommend that a representative be sent to the National Conference of Social Workers at New Orleans next month with the purpose of getting expert information on the latest ideas of federated charities. A com mittee also was appointed to get the exact figures on the amount of money raised for charitable pur poses in Omaha last vear. It has been estimated that $250,000 will be Heeded for 1920. Replies to letters concerning the success of federated charities in many other large cities, were read at the meeting. T. Kissane. Peyton C. March, Jarvis J. Offutt, Richard Page, William B. Petersen, Bryan Sackett, W. E. Shillington, Chatfield C. Staley. E. S. Stovel, Ernest Stuehrk. Egbert Weeks, and Ellsworth C. Wood. The money used to buy the tab let was the remainder of the wai fund, which had not been used. The Cadet Officers' club will prob ably have charge of the erection ceremonies. Chicago University Glee Club Comes Here Friday Omaha alumni of Chicago uni versity will act as hosts at a din ner at the Blackstonc hotel Friday evening in honor of the 31 members of the University Glee club, who will stop here Friday on their na tional four. The club will give a concert espe cially for university alumni at the Muse theater at V.ou fnciay eve ning. Kiddies Busy Oiling Up Their Roller Skates, Getting All Ready for Big Bee Skating Bee Almost every boy and girl in Omaha is tuning up the old roller skates these days oiling them, correcting ball-bearings and putting on new rollers preparatory to roll ing into the Sun theater next Satur day morning as the guests of the Sim and The Omaha Bee at The Bee Skating Bee. During the morning a host of ju venile skaters will make their way toward .the Sun theater. There will be big boys and little boys, tall girls and short girls and imitation Charlie Chaplins and Mary Miles Minters galore. Traffic cops will have a new form of traffic to control that morning. The theater management has prac tically completed the program for the morning. The prizes, consisting of roller skates for the boys and Minter dolls for the girls, have ar rived. The dolls are "simply won derful," and the skates are enough to make any kid want to skate the rest of his life. Five pairs of skates will be given to the rive lads who most correctly imitate Charlie Chaplin and the dolls to the girls who look most like" Mary Miles Minter. But any boy and any girl who comes to the Sun theater on roller skates at 11 Saturday morning, with a coupon clipped from The Bee, will be amditted to the show whether they are successful in competing for the prizes or not. The pictures will especially appeal to the youngsters. They are Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink" and Mary Miles Minter jn "Judy of Rogues' Harbor." Divorce Court DlTorr Decree. Allre Wheeler from Georce Wheeler: cruelty. Mary seuermaa from wnuara Seller men; cruelty. Ellen Caven from Cecil Caven; cruelty. Grace Travle from Earl Travla; cruelty. , Dl Torre Petition. 1 Alberta Novak agalnet Paul Novak; ex treme cruelty. Mary Phillip against Irvine Phillip; nonaupport. Elmer r. Krp a tains t Verne Krepi; d- 1 1M Food Islbur Building Material If chosen wisely, you profit in energy and health. You can do thisviih econ omy when you choose for your cereal food- Delicious in flavor, ready cooked. GrapeNus is the ideal ready-to-eat dish which should be on eveiy family table. There's not a bit of waste , and Grape-Nuts needsj-io sugar 1 Made Postara. Cereal Go. E affle Creek, Mich. A 12 O'clock Girl In 9 O'clock Town, Her Husband Says Addie E. Hogan was a "12-o'clock girl in a 9-o'clock town," according to the answer to her Bivorce petition, tiled in district court yesterday by her husband, James S. Hogan. Mr. Hogan lives in Walthill. Neb., where they lived. He is town mar shal and a constable of Thurston county. He draws a salary of $70 a month as marshal and $35 a month as constable, he says. Several times last year the lure of the bright lights in the big city lured his wife and she left him, he says, but always returned to the peace of Walthill. until September 27, 1919, when sha left him and has not returned, he says. He says she was continually de manding that he resign his positions as marshal and constable and move with her to the city. Brother of Omaha Woman Dies at Excelsior Springs Airs. George M. Peek of Omaha yesterday received word of the death of her brother, Harry Lindsey at Ex celsior Springs, Mo., where he re moved about 10 years ago for the benefit of his health. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Lindsey was 40 years old and while a resident of Omaha, was con nected with the Union Pacific rail road. He had a wide acquaintance in this city and Council BJuffs. The. widow and one sister survive. The body will arrive in Council Bluffs Friday morning and the funeral will take place from the Cut ler undertaking establishment with interment in Fairview cemetery. Correct Arrangement of Ornn mental Hangings For personal call and advice phone. 1698. We have no agents. Meneray Nursery and Seed Store, S341 West Broadway, Council Bluffs, la. Adv. Pianos and Players Tuned, Regit Uted, Polished end Repaired. Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. 114-16 S. 15th 0 BUBGES 'EVERYBODY STORE" Make Thursday the day to buy your New Spring Apparel An Enormous One Day Sale ot Women's Beautiful New Spring Suits Every woman knows that a nicely tailored suit is the most practical addition to her ward robe we have a wonderful col lection in the narrow belted mod els, button trimmed, plain tailored effect, in such materials as poplin and serge. Beautiful styles, splendidly tailored, good quality material, remarkable values On sale Thursday on the Second Floor A Splendid Selection of Handsome New Coats $29.50 These garments possess the style and quality that are always found in Burgess-Nash wearing apparel. In fact, they are gar ments selected from our regular stock and reduced for one day's selling to $25.00. We have the coat tc wear with that new Easter dress, for we have such a variety of attractive models in styles with loose back and belted lines; in tan, gray and navy blue; also that popular Polo Coat that is so smart and yet so practical for every occasion. Second Floor These coats are de veloped in a good qual ity serge, poplin, jersey and tweeds and the workmanship gives you that assurance of serv ice that you have al ways had of garments purchased at our spe cial sales. , A New Filet Mesh Veil $2.95 FASHION'S newest idea is a large, square drape veil with the popular Filet mesh. The veil offered Thursday is this style, with a border of chenille dots with conventional designs of French blue and black dots. A beautiful veil that is very be coming on the new style hats. Priced for Thursday, at $2.95. Main Floor. Pumps and Oxfords $6.95 New Low Shoes Excelling in Quality, Style and Value A limited number of Women's New Spring Ox fords and Pumps left from a recent large purchase to sell Thursday at $6.95. Brown, black kid and patent leather; high or low heel; not all sizes, but if your size is -in the lot you will secure a really wonderful value. On sale Thursday at $6.95. Second Floor. Rengo Belt Reducing Corsets Slenderizing the full figure, nothing could be a greater de light to the full figured woman than the long, slender lines in to which a "Rengo Belt Reduc ing Corset molds and gradually turns her figure. The exclusive Rengo charac teristics are the result of the patented Rengo Belt feature, which makes the corset doubly strong, yet gives elasticity and freedom Rengo Corsets are economically priced, from $4.50 to $10.00 Continuing throughout the week, our Rengo representa tive will give you special atten tion. Second Floor Fine Quality Fibre Silk Hose 50c Printed With Fancy Designs and Clock Effects OMEN'S splendid quality Fibre Silk Hose, printed with conventional and flower designs and motifs, boot effects and printed clock effects; all printed in contrasting colors; slightly imperfect, but wonderful values; full seamless foot and double tops. Main Floor. A Pretty Assortment of Blouses $2.65 Which Represents a Saving of at Least One-Half THERE are hand-embroidered and lace-trimmed Blouses of voile, ba tiste and organdie in the lot. A few hand-made Blouses are included and marked lot at the special price of $2.65. in the t Second Floor.