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THE BEE: OMAHA", THURSDAY, APRIL' 29, 1920. 9 in CLAIMS KIN OF HUSBAND STOLE OVE FROM HER . Wife of Stock Salarnan Seeks . Divorce, Alimony and $25, 000 Heart Balm In Court. t Frank Keller, jr., stock and bond salesman with an income of more than $20,000 a year, according to the statement of his wife, Irene W. 4 Keller, was sued for divorce by her J in district court yesterday on grounds of extreme cruelty. At the same time, iMrs. Keller filed suit against her husband's pa- rents, Frank and Anna A. Keller, asking $25,000 damapes for al leged alienation of her husband's af 1 lections. All Lived Together. AH the parties to the suits lived m the El Beudor apartments, Eight ' tenth and Dodge streets, until re cently. Mrs. Irene Keller now lives at Hotel FontenelM. Her bus band is said to be, in Chicago. The rider Kellers still live at the El Beudor. ' Mrs. Keller says they were mar ried at Sclma, Kan., September 28, 1916, and they lived happily for sev eral years. During the last year her hncKnnrV i a n t :if..1t.. 1 v. j.m wiuuiiy aim ma liciously, aha with intent to injure l nave counseled her husband to ive her and have maliciouslv ac cused her of wroncful acts." she savs in the alienation petition. Charges Shameful Abuse. 'During this last year, she alleges t in the divorce petition, her husband . has repeatedly assaulted and struck . her. She says he struck and abused ,1'cr shamefully last Sunday, and that , life with him has become intoler able. She charges that he has been guilty of misconduct and offers to set forth times and places of the alleged misconduct if he desires her to do so. Resides his income of '.'more than $20,000 a year," she says her husband has property worth ?30,000. She ask for alimony. Katleman and Neal Play Last Card to Keep Out of Prison Morris Katleman and "Red" Neal played their "last card" yesterdavin their effort to keep out of the peni tentiary. Their attorney and Coun ty Attorney Shotwcll argued Katle nian's and Neal's complaint for a new trial before District Judge ...Pirt L ....... 1 .u .1 ..jin, y iiV menu iiit: (trigiiiai rials more than a vear aco. at 'which the two men were found ruilty of aiding and abetting Wil liam McKcnna and Lovcll Tones in stealing automobiles. The judge took the ease under ad visement and will give a decision in ii few days. ' Both the young men are wealthy. Katleman owns a haberdashery store at Sixteenth and Farnam streets. Neal belongs to a wealthy family. Both have been in the county jail since 10 days ago, when the supreme court refused to give them a rehearing. . They are under sentence ot ?ne to seven years in the,, penitentiary. South Side Police Captain Narrowly Escapes In Smash Capt. John Briggs of South Side police, driving to his home it 2120 J street at 6 p. m. Tuesday in the emergency police car, narrowly es caped injury when his car was struck by an automobile driven by A. Bagley, 4418 South Twenty-third street, at Twenty-third and J streets. The Bagley car was ging west on T street, and when it collided with the police car it turned turtle three times down a slight embankment. Bagley and his brother, Paul, leaped from the car in time to es cape possible death.. Their machine was badly wrecked. The police car was also damaged. Conference Agrees On Water Power Bill; Expect Early Action Washington, April 28. An agrce- jafcit on tne water power Dill was reached today bv the senate and house conferees, but the changes in ; the bill agreed upon will not be made public until the conference re port is ready for submission to the house. Pre-High School Pupils to Be Given Army Mental Test All Eighth B pupils of the 'public schools will be given the army men tal test on Thursday, this to be in connection with their prospective entrance to high school next Sep tember. Leon Smith, . director of research for the Board of Education, gave this test to the Eighth grade teach ers and principals in a room at Cen tral High school Tuesday evening, so that the teachers may be familiar with this test which has been adopt ed in many school systems. Two teachers scored 200 out of a possible 212. Pupils of Eighth A and B classes are being given the Stone reasoning test in arithmetic today. Omaha Zionists to Celebrate Palestine's Return to Jews Lauding the decision of the allied premiers at the San Remo confer ence giving Palestine to the Jews for their home as the most note- worthy and happy event which has occurred ifx the last 2,000 years of Jewish history, Ben Handler, presi dent of. the Omaha district of the Zionist .Organisation of America, yesterday annonced intentions of a demonstration' meeting in the City Auditorium at an early date to ex press thanksgiving for the realiza tions of the plans of the Zionists" pi the world. Here's What Happens As. Train and Ford Disagree fry? 1 X. - ; - ' X. c sT tJ FVi zJM7 ft 3 -rfk ..- .r i s. '""Li When Ford and Stevenson, inventors of vehicles, meet back to back in disagreement, Ford generally gets the worst of it as shown by the truck which backed into the train yesterday morning. Father Kidnaps Son; "Another Woman" Is Blamed by the Judge Following an argument about a kitchen cabinet which is alleged to have been given "another woman" by her husband. Mrs. Lucille Coff nian, Fifty-sixth and Sprague streets, reported to police that her husband, Charles Colfman, had kid naped their 5-ycar-olU son, Clifford, and disappeared. Charles is a paper hanger. His wife claims he came to their home Tuesday afternoon and took Clif ford away from her, leaving her with no means of support and three small daughters, 6 weeks old, 21 months old and 3 years old. Charles called her on the tele phone this morning, she said, and told her to pack up her belongings and' get ready to move to California. They were in California several years ago and found that the cli mate did not agree with her. For this reason, Mrs. Coffman believes, her husband made this offer, know ing that she would not go with him. Police are searching the city for Charles and Clifford. Crop Outloqk Is Bright In Spite of Backward Spring In spite of One of the most unsea sonable and backward spring seasons ever experienced throughout Ne braska, reports received yesterday by the Union Pacific indicate the crop outlook wfis never brighter. Fall wheat has not been damaged and indications point to a bumper crop. Heavy losses to fruit growers whiqh were feared following the Easter blizzard have not material ized, and it was conservatively es timated the damage would not be greater than 20 to 30 per cent. Prob able future shortage of potatoes is in prospect through the reluctance of farmers in buying seed potatoes at present prices. Special Train Will Carry Sugar Workers to Nebraska Enough persons to establish a. good sized town will leave Omaha May 13, over the Burlington route for the sugar beet country of west ern Nebraska, A. L. Wakeley, gen eral passenger agent for the road at Omaha, announced yesterday. Already 500 families have been pleged to make the trip. A- special train will carry the workers to the farms and a special freight , train will be provided to remove their household goods. ' ' Sugar Sales In Omaha Are Limited to One Pound Each Omaha grocers limited sugar sales yesterday to one pound td regular customers only. Grocers say they have only one more day's supply on hand. Four retail grocers yesterday luoated sugar at 22 cents, four at 23 cents and five at 25 cents a pound. Several cafes today took sugar bowls from the table and customers were required to ask for sugar. rHOTO-PlAYS. I GNSEBt George Slips One Over On His Cellmate and Guardians of the Law George Smith of Cedar Rapids, la., and George Messersmith, 3495 Meredith avenue, were cellmates at the city jail Monday night. While Messersmith lay sleeping off his alleged intoxication his bondsman put up $50 for his ap pearance at the police station and an officer was sent to the jail to get him. ' . i When the officer arrived at the jail and called Messersmith's name Smith answered, walked from the cell, signed his cellmate's name at the station'and received $11 in cash, a watch and some papers which had been taken from Messersmith at the time of his arrest. When the sleeping man's bonds men inquired concerning his release some time later officers learned of the error. And now they are looking for George Smith. . Bee Want Ads Produce Results. AMUSEMENTS. 4 NIGHTS AND MATINEE WED. STARTING SUN. John Golden's Comedy Success SEATS SELLING Nights, 50c to $2.00 Mat. 50c to $1.50 Th original cast which ap peared at the Criterion Theater, N. Y., for over one year, intact. "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" t2mtAt17i Daiy Mat- is-2S-50e jp&Cjy4Cj7 Evng... 25-50-75C, $1 . Joe Hurtlg'c Patriotic Production "HELLO, AMERICA!" llLhd.2ofrFT LEWIS & D0DY All-Star Cast. Beauty Chorus of Gingery, Snappy GirU, . , LADIES' DIME" MATINEE WEEK DAYS Bat. Mat. and Wk.: -Peek-a-Boo." IClosing Week). Dally Matlne 2il5 Tut M ST IN AWRCVILl Every Evening 6:15 THE MARION MORGAN DANCERS: JACK KENNEDY & CO.; AMES v WINTHROP; Merlin; Ed Morton: Eary a. Eary: Conchas, Jr. & Co.; Toploa of the Day; Klnograma. Matlnetn. 15c. 25o, SOc; Few at 76c Sat. anil Sun.; Nights, ISo. 25c, SOc, 75o and JI.0O; Few at $1.26 Sunday. LAST TIMES TODAY "The Girl From Outside" STARTING TODAY EDITH HELENA Operatic Star NEW SHOW TODAY TOM LINTON AND JUNGLE GIRLS A Scenic Singing and Dancing Trop ical Oddity CARR TRIO Entertainers De Lux GILMORE A CASTLE "Corkers in Cork" KIMIWA JAPS Nippon's Foremost Equilibrists Photoplay Attraction "THE MIRACLE OF MONEY" A Hobart Henley Produciton A Drama of Home Spun Woven with Threads of Romance. MACK SENNETT COMEDY PATHE WEEKLY Last Times TODAY - At 1:15 and 3:00 At 7:15 and 9:00 For the Betterment Mankind mm iSsT I IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK Urn Also, a Prizma Picture "Gowns Venus Would Envy" PRICES ' 25c and 50c ASKS BOARD TO PUT VALUATION ON ITS SUPPLIES Mayor Smith Wants to Know What Materials City Is Ask ed to Buy In Gas Plant Purchase. The Metropolitan Water board has been requested by Mayor Smith to indicate what materials and gupr plies it would wish the city to buy in connection with the purchase of the gas plant. "I also asked the board if in as suming management of the plant July 1 it wishes to take over the accounts receivable," the mayor stated. "When the board indicates its wishes the city will act accord ingly." The Water board will consider the matter at its regular meeting this afternoon. The gas company claims that im provements made since June, 1918, with materials and supplies now on hand, will inventory about $300,000 and wauld be a matter of consider ation apart from the appraised val uation of $4,500,000. It has been agreed that the gas company will operate the plant un til July, accepting the net revenues in lieu of interest on the appraisal award. The city officials are pre paring to formally take over the' plant on July 1. and turn it over to the Metropolitan water board on that date, according to the provisions of legislative enactment on the subject. Vaccinate Prisoners All prisoners in the county jail were vaccinated Tuesday after a case of smallpox was discovered. The patient was Earl Binau, who was under six months' sentence for failure to support his wife. I EXTRACT TEETH WITHOUT PAKl Moreover I use only the BEST of ma terials far all bridge and plat work and all work leavinr this office is ready for inspection by any state's dental board. Dr. IV. F. CROOK 206 NEVILLE BLOCK, OMAHA Entrance on 16th St.. at Harney Tyler 5117 Hours: 8:30 to 6; Sundays, 9 to 1 FRIENDS SEEKING JOHN KILIAN, WHO IS GONE FROM HOME Elderly Hungarian, Who Has Been Missing Several Weeks Walks With Limp. - Members of the local Hungarian society are endeavoring to locate John Kilian, 60 years old, who dis appeared from his home, Sixteenth street and Ames avenue, several weeks ago under circumstances which can not be reconciled with his ;mode of life and plans for the fu ture. Kilian, who worked as a machin ist in the Union Pacific shops for 10 years, owned his home and con fided to friends that he intended to return to Hungary and bring his wife and four children to this coun try. He was know to have had $70 in his pockets when last seen here on Easter Sunday. He left tvyo horses, four pigs and 24 chickens which are being cared for by neighbors. His home has not been sold, although he expected to dispose of his property before going to Europe. Kilian is of small stature, walks with a slight limp, has small mus tache and gray hair. Jerry Howard Tops All And Doesn't Spend Cent Jerry Howard, who received the highest vote of the democratic can didates for nomination for state rep resentatives from this district, stated in his expense account filed with the election commissioner that he did not spend anything for his nom ination. Charles E. Foster, who was re nominated as police .magistrate, spent $5, according to his statement, and that was for his filing fee. ; George S. Collins, nominee for justice of the peace, spent $289.50. FAMILY ROBBED BY MASKED MEN WHO TAKE $1,000 Armed Bandits Line Wife and Seven Children Against Wall as They Steal Boy's Savings. While Fred W, Buell, 5210. Tine street, busied himself in the bath room in his home Tuesday night four armed and masked highwaymen lined his wife and their seven chil dren against a wall and robbed the home of $1,000 in cash and several checks. Buell and his 18-year-old son are employed as ash haulers. Nine hun dred dollars of the loot represented the hard earned savings of the son, which he was hiding in a suitcase behind a bureau. Police are of the opinion that the robbers were well acquainted with the location of the money because ot the short time which Buell said they took for the robbery. They escaped in ail automobile. Make Good With Judge Declining to answer questions put to them by an officer at Twenty eighth and Q streets Tuesday night, Thomas Turner of Hingam, Mont., and Edward Jones, blacksmith from Oelwcin, la., were arrested and held for investigation. They were dis charged in South Side police court this morning when they explained to the judge that they were seeking employment. Sixty Days for Davi3 George Davis, 1512 North Twenty eighth street, who was tried twice on a charge of conspiracy in con nection with the Omaha riot, was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail by Police Judge Foster on a charge of vagrancy. Organizer of Omaha Stove Repair Works Dies In West ; Charles M. Eaton, '60 years old, for many years a resident of Oma ha, died Monday at the home of his sister at San Diego, Cal. Mr. Eaton was born in Ohio. He came to Omaha in 1881 and organized the Omaha Stove Repair works. He had been an active member of the Im manuel Baptist church and was su perintendent of its Bible school for nearly 10 years. He was also a member of Covert Masonic lodge. Mr. Eaton is survived by his widow, one son, Byron K who is just returning to Omaha after sev eral years of residence in Los An- ADVERTISEMENT Repeat Advice ' About Spring Blood Purifier Proves Many Serious Ailments Due to Poison in System. Says Nothing Better Than Sul phur, Cream of Tartar nd Herb Extracts in Tablet Called "Sulpherb" Tablet.." The wisdom of ages placed in a little sugar coated tablet Sulpherb Tablets! Eemember grandma's rem edy sulphur and cream of tartar mixed in molasses it was a nause ous dose, but it saved thousands of lives by purifying the blood in the Spring. Thousands avoided rheu matism and serious fevers by taking it. Now you can get the benefits by taking a little tablet regularly containing the blood purifying, sys tem regulating medicines that grand ma relied on. Constipation, inactive kidneys are overcome . and catarrh, neuralgia, rheumatic pain and many other "poison symptoms" vanish after a course of Sulpherb Tablets. The best medicine for . Spring lethargy and thick, sluggish blood. Every package is guaranteed to satisfy or money back. 60c in sealed tubes of druggists everywhere. Be sure to get genuine Sulpherb Tablets (not sulphur tablets) . 1417 DOUGLAS STREET. APVEKTISEMENT Washing Won't Rid Head of Dandruff The only sure way to get rid of dandruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night when retir ing; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. , Do this tonight and by morning most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all itching and digging of the scalp will stop at once, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is inexpensive and never fails to do tho work. Omahas Most Phenomenal Sale of Bungalow Aprons THURSDAY 50 Dozen Aprons 2 Great Sale Lots Think of it, we are positively offering for Thursday, .Bun galow Aprons at a price that now-a-days would buy but two yards of the material used, in these aprons. Can you afford to miss such a saving opportunity? Ginghams Percales Checks Stripes Plain Plaids Figured Bungalows Aprons, Positively worth to $2.50, Choice Thursday. Bungalow Aprons, Positively worth to $3.50, Choice Thursday 95c $i 29 Sale starts promptly at 8:30 a. m. We advise you to be here early. This wonderful bookwill be sent free toany man upon re quest aM&ERlANDCHMKiUCO. soa Berry MocH.NsnvHlf .lenn 4 geles and Kansas City: a brother Andrew J. Eaton, tf Salt Lake Citji and three sifters, Mrs. C P. Allei of Omaha, Mrs. Frank Stull of Ak ron, O., and Mrs. F. L. Edwards of San Diego, Cal. Funeral services will be held al 2:30 Friday afternoon in the In manuel Baptist church. Burial wU be in Forest Lawn cemetery. - jjjti Mrs. risk to Talk Mrs. Minnie Madder FJsk, irh will fill an engagement at the Bran deis theater next week, will tpeal at the Chamber of Commerce Maj 7 on "The Conservation of Fool Animals." Mrs. Fisk is president a a national league for the conserv Hon of food animals. SQUEEZED TO DEATH When the body begins to stiffen and movement become? painful it ' a usually an indication that the kidneys are out of order. Keep these organs healthy by taking C0LD.MEDAL Tk world's standard remdy for kidn7, Uvr, bladder nd uric acid troubles, famous since 1096. Take regularly fend kF in good health, la three sizes, all druggists. Guaranteed represented. Look foe tb Mm CoM MUI ea every kw CENTRAL rnwmTBE STORE .'t TOMAHA'S VAtTeyfiTviNO TOJt5 xjiowoi ertetrvu n aij ' The Latest Designs in Period Furniture ant Home Furnishings It has always been our constant endeavor to offer th" most recent conceptions of the nation's best furniture de signers at the least possible cost. Our largo clientele of satisfied patronsthe kind of customers who buy from us year after year and send thoir friends to us is regarded as convincing evidence that thii policy has succeeded. ,' V The Atmosphere of the Living Room Depends upon its furnishings.' If they -reflect good ttst and careful selection, the atmosphere of the whole room i suggestive of quiet refinement. A mahogany and Cane suite, like the illustration above, meets the requirements of the most exacting. Boweu's Value-Giving Prices on this style furnitur are as low as , Davenports $86.50 Chairs and Rockers $49.75 p 0 I I f i m i m I - ! Z I 12 1 1 i! What Shall Your Windows Say This Spring? Yes, indeed, window's do a lot of talking about every home not the wooden cases, of course, but the draper ies that your neighbors look at every day, and which are seen by the i i. i people wno pass dj. a,,,, xJhiciM You Will Be Interested in Our Dis plays of the Latest Styles in Window Dressing Here are a few items that we believe will Interest yon pat ticularly. Colored Madras, 50 Inches Wide very suitable for overdrapes; plain colors In rose, blue, brown, green, mulberry and gold. The finish has a high lustra or sheen, Per Yard, $2.25, $3.25, $4.50 Striped Damasks Striking and unusual effects for windows; blue and gold, tat berry and gold, brown and gold, brown and tan; SO Inches wide. Per Yard, $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 , Exquisite Fabrics in Self-Colored an d Mu lti -Co lored Dam ask' They drape and hang without being stiff. Luxurious colors, 50 inches wide. Per Yard, $9.00 Beautiful Swiss Lace Curtains f Dainty edges; large assortment of exquisite fabrics. ! Per Pair, $11.00 to $22.00 Gauze makes a soft banging for the windows and does dot obstruct the light; stitched with colored thread, makes the draper? easy to handle. Per Yard, $4.50 and $5.50 Making draperies as they should be, and banging them properlf and carefully, is an important feature ot our workroom. All our work is positively guaranteed. J 11 i ?. 3
