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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1920)
o 8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 20, 1920. PEARL NECKLACE WORTH $7,000 IS FOUND BY BRIDE Omaha Girl on Honeymoon in Chicago Returns Valuable Keepsake to Woman Who Lost It. BODY FOUND IN ST. JOSEPH MAY BE OF OMAHA WOMAN Anonymous Letter Received by Police Offers New Clew To Mystery. Mrs. John VV. Halpine, jr., until 10 days aero Miss Clare McCaffrey of Omaha, found a $7,000 pearl neck lace in a telephone booth of the Cooper Carlton hotel in Chicago. As Mrs. Halpine, who is honey mooning in Chicago, entered the phone booth to call her number, she stepped on some object, tried to kick it to one side, then stooped, picked it up and found she was gazing upon one of the most perfect pearl neck laces she had ever seen. , The pearls were perfectly matched and colored, and a diamond plati num clasp assured ner tney were geruine.- She called her husband, who was standing nearby, and after the two had feasted their eyes on the beau tiful necklace for a time, they re gretfully made inquiries about the hotel to find the owner, but without success. , 1 See Story in Paper. The next morning they took the necklace to a jeweler in the Mar shall Field store, and learned its true value. "Of course we wanted to return the pearls, but our hearts really sank when we saw a long account of their being lost in the afternoon," said young Mrs. Halpine. in a letter received by her mother, Mrs. Owen McCaffrey, here yesterday. "We im mediately called the young woman who lost them, Mrs. Irwin Zeister of Hyde Park, and she came to the, hotel and identified them as the ' pearls she had lost, v "She had been dining at the Cooper Carlton the Saturday night before and 'they had slipped from her neck while she was in the tele phone booth and lain there until the next morning when I found them. Gift From Father. "They had been given her by hei father two years before. Her father had died since and she burst into tears when she saw that she had really recovered them. They were her dearest possession. "Husband and I consider finding the pearls a good omen lor our future married life, too, so every body is happy. Mrs. Halpine is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Owen McCaffrey, 1021 Park avenue. She and Mr. Halpine had been honeymooning in Chicago but three days when the pearls were found. They will return to Omaha today and make their home in the Sf. Claire apartments. Mothers and Children In Poor Districts to Have Outing Tuesday Mothers and children of the poor and foreign districts or the city will 'be guests Tuesday at the annual pic nic of the Omaha City Mission. The day will be spent at Lake Manawa with Miss Mary E. Anthony, super intendent of the mission, in charge The street railway company has donated eight cars for the occasion. Fully 600 persons are expected to attend. Lunches have been provid ed by churches and business firms of the city, In charge of the girls' contests will be Miss rreda Didenchson. Dvvight Higby, Glenn Weber and Walter Scitzer will conduct the boys' games. The picnickers will meet at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning at the City mission, 1202 Pacific street, whence they will march to Twelfth and Howard streets to board the spe cial cars. Omaha detectives were working yesterday on the theory that the bedy of a young woman which was brought to the surface of Lake Con trary, near St. Joseph, Wednesday is tnat ot an Umaha girl. Acting Chief of Detectives A. C. Anderson received a telegram yes terday from Chief of Police Thomas Johnson of St. Joseph, which reads Received anonymous letter this morning stating the body found in the lake here belongs in Omaha. nave you any record of same?" Sends for Letter. Acting Chief of Detectives Ander son declared he had sent for the note and will attempt to learn the sender of it by identification of the handwriting and possible finger prints on the paper. Chief Anderson believes the .body may nave Deen thrown in the lake By an Omaha bootlegger, because the lake is on the old "pipe line" over which liquor was transported in bootlegging automobiles from St. Joseph to Omaha. Orders have also been issued by v-nier Anaerson tor an detectives on the Omaha force to trace closely recent reports ot missing girls in Omaha. First Arrests Made Here - On U. S. Auto Theft Act , ; Andrew Thorsvelt, 27 years old, and Ray Miller, 25 years old, are. the first persons arrested in Omaha for violation of the National Motor Ve hicle Theft act, passed by congress in 1919. The two men are charged with il legal interstate transportation of a stolen car trom bioux tails, a. V. Tiie men live in Aberdeen. They are now in the Douglas county jail waiting trial. Penalty for this crime carries a tine ot not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of nqt more than 5 years or both. Wife Has Another Husband, Man Says In Divorce Suit Antonia Mercurio alleges, in a pe tition for divorce filed in district court yesterday, that his wife, Ma bel, whom he married just three weeks ago, had a legal husband liv ing when she married him, having been divorced from her latest hus band April 14.The statute provides that a divorcee may not remarry un til six months after her divorce is granted. Antonia alleges that his wife has been married five times and he says he has been informed that she neglected to get a divorce from some of her husbands. Police Recover $627 Lost When Owner Changes Clothes 'Harry Meller, laborer. Union ho tel, had $627 in his pocket when he went to work on a new building at 5210 Underwood avenue, yesterday. When he changed from his work ing clothes to his street garments he forgot about the money. He re ported the subsequent loss to po- .f'tectives Troby and Bolar, in stigating located the lost money hidden behind a sack of cement after a threat ol search of all work men on the job failed of results. Gamaliel Solomons to Vote For W. Gamaliel Harding Emmet Gamaliel Solomon, sr., ''and Emmet Gamaliel Solomon, jr., 3010 Dodge street, announce that they will vote for Warren Gamaliel Harding, republican presidential nominee. ; The elder Mr. Solomon states that the name of "GamalieHls unusual. Wife of Noted Tenor On Stand in Probe of Caruso Jewel Robbery East Hampton. N. Y.. lune 19 The John Doe inquiry into the $500,- uw jewel tnett trom the summer home of Enrico Caruso, noted tenor, 14'P.an today. The hearing was public and Mrs. Caruso was the first witness called. she said she last had seen the gems Sunday morning, June 6, pre ceding the theft, when, returning trom lew ork, she locked up $89,(X)0 worth of jewelry he had he-en wearing. She fixed $100,000 to $500,000 as the replacement value of the missing trinkets, as quoted to her by her jeweler. Mrs. Caruso declared that her personal maid, and "aerhaos two other maids," knew where the keys to ner jewel case were k:'pt, out she said she did not believe George Fitzgerald, the Caruso chauffeur, knew. Asked whether the box could be opened without setting off :he bur glar alarm, she replied: "Well, I know I can, but I don't knew about the others." Three Charges Filed Against Driver Who Bumped Into Cripple David Darah, 4503 Charles street, was arrested by police yesterday, charged with intoxication, reckless driving and resisting an officer after his automobile had collided with a bicycle on which Henry Pageler, 23. years old, 3524 Pinkney street, was riding. Pageler. a crioole. was ridinc bis bicycle north on Twenty-fourth street. Darah was drivinsr west on Grace. Darah's machine threw Pace- ler against a North 1 wenty-fourth street car. The bicvele was dam aged and Pageler sufefred a severe scalp laceration and face and bodv bruises. While the police were attending to the boy's injuries, Darah at tempted to drive away, but was caught by Police Chauffeur Rosen atter a short chase, according to tne police. Students In High School At Benson Make Good Marks In the Benson'Senior Hich school the following pupils 'averaced four As during the past semester: Gay lord Brewster, Donald Cook, Luther Moore, Florence Mcllaay, Harry Cook, Viola Moore. Aneela Dascher and Lucy Phalen, and the following tnree As: John Lalvert. Li an Calvert, Mae Coleman, Harry De Laney, Mabel Haver, Agnes John, Marjory Nye, Charles Nve. Arthur Olson, Gladys Trulinger, Fern Zellers. In the B'enson Tunior Hich school. the following made nine As: Marie Schofield, Lillian Hollowav. Doro thy Klever, Mary Susan Moore, Marie Roller and Irene Searson: eight As: Madeline Helmer, Belle Brewster, Elsie Cacka. Richie Hikell; seven As: Irene I'am'p, Rcumain Dickinson, Lois Avery, Hulda Michel, Dorothy Richardson and Lila Showalter. Recovery of Dad Weaver Reported to Be Doubtful j J. D. Weaver, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Tuesday, was reported to be much weaker Friday at his home, 411 South Thirty-third street, and his recoverv is doubtful. Mr. Weaver, who has been secre tary of Ak-Sar-Ben for 14 vears. was overcome at his home Tuesday noon after he had worked hard all morning in the intense heat. Since that time he has been growing weaker. Three Automobiles Blaze When First One Backfires Three automobiles caucrht fire in Harney street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets yesterday. A truck belonging to the R.Uing ham Co., 1913 Howard street, back fired while traveling west in Harnev street and flames from the motor also ignited the care of Earl Pena baker, Benson, and Samuel H. Maher, 3301 Dewey avenue, which were parked in the street. j Wife Files Cross Petition In Leflang Divorce Case Alleging extreme crueltv during the past year and a half. Caroline f. Leflang Friday filed a cross peti tion to her husband's suit for di vorce, filed March 12, in which she asks for separate maintenance from Arthur L. Letlang, son of E. M. S. Leflang, Omaha capitalist. . : Movie Managers Battle , . Over Thrill-Laden Film Ali'nyr R. Prame.r, f roprictor of the Alhambra moving picture show, 1814 North Twenty-fourth street, arranged with the Pathe Film ex change to exhibit to his patrons last film and threatened to take the seven reels," entitled "The Fighting Cressey." - His competitors, Abraham and Reuben Melchcr, who operate a moving picture house two blocks away, at Twenty-fourth and Frank lin streets, also arranged to show the same thriller the same night, and Pramer alleges in a petition filed- in district court, "conspired" against him. ,- V He says they go a writ of replevin in municipal court for the film and threaten to take the seven thrill-laden reels from him. He was granted a temporary restraining or der to keep Abraham and Reuben from taking "The Fighting Cressey" from him. Held as Parole Breaker; Needed Funeral Money Held as a fugitive from justice for alleged violation of a parole, William Murl, 3327 Fowler avenue, wanted in Hutchinson, Kan., was arrested here Friday. Murl is a railroad fireman and had served seven months of a sentence for grand, larceny, police say. He de clared he cam's to Omaha to earn money to pay his mother's funeral expenses. Hog Insurance Company to Enlarge Field of Activity The American Live Stock Insur ance company, which claims to have written more hog insurance than ajiy other firm in the world, has now e.t tended the scope of its business tS include insurance on live stock of all kinds. This firm was organized ifo Omaha less than two years agij. ' Their policies not only cover protea tion against death, but also diseases and breeding risks. . i i i. m -a . ii i.i. i. tw ft Union Outfitting Co. gg Union Outfitting Co. 1 THESSLE'S Union Outfitting I rr Ov 138m 1 1Q4oo BRIDE S mi li 'i IP WEEK Brings Unusual 33rd Anniversary Sale Savings The Union cordially welcomes the June Bride to come in at any Our location Out of the High Rent District in addition to the time and look oyer its extensive assortment of GOOD furniture reduced prices brought about by the 33rd Anniversary Sale en for ideas in the proper equipment of a modern home. ables you to outfit your home at a substantial saving. .j4... BOOMS Furnished For 4 BOOMS Furnished For '. $ 267 50 Dining Table Dining Table a substantial pedestal style, solid oak table in rich id finish that does not show marks; has six foot exten sion, special, at.... $29.50 Fireside Rocker, a massively built model, with spring seat comfortably Upholstered in Spanish fabri- dQ7 Cf coid leather .... Pm OU Dining Chairs, attractive styles in solid, fumed oak with genuine leather seats, special, at $4.95 Top Icing Refrigerator Large family size re frigerator with roomy food compartment that will maintain a constant circu lation of cold.dry air, sav ing food and ice; only.... JZ945 Bed Room Suite, a beautiful Adam Period, In highly polished mahog any with full sized Bed, Chiffonier, Dressing d JQ CA Table and Dresser equipped with Mirror v13iDU Colonial Buffet, well built from quartered oak with 2 upper drawers, roomy com partment and French plate mirror, at, onlJ 5 BOOMS Furnished For $ 322s 0 Attractive Dresser, well built of solid oak, highly polished with French plate mirror and roomy drawers, tOQ Cft only iptOtDJ $39.50 Simmons Bed, handsome steel bed with 2-inch continuous posts and light fillers in gold finish, only $11.95 Library Table, an attractive model in Imperial Oak fin ish with roomy drawer and wide shelf, Just a limited ,b" .'...$ 1 4.50 Bed Davenport, Parlor Suite, three pieces in solid oak, upholstered that will practically furnish a Living Room Davenport opens up into a full size Bed comfortably $112.50 Special Demonstration of the New Life-Like PHONO GRAPH Actuelle Pronounced (Ak-cheto-al) You have seen and heard the present day phonograph with its old fashioned Tone Arm and Tone Chamber now we invite you" to come and see and hear the phonograph sensation of the age the Pathe "Actuelle" Phonograph that does away with Tone Arm and Sound Box that is as true to life as though the artist were in the room. Band Records on the "Actuelle" Band selections on this "life like" musical instrument sound as though you were standing on the curbing watching a parade go by. This is Pathe Week and every day, hourly concerts will be given on this new "miracle" phonograph. Music lovers are invited. $1 Delivers a PATHE to You During this Special Sale and Demonstration $1.00 will deliver a Pathe Phonograph to your home. Models are $50.00 to $250.00. Rugs At Money-Saving Prices It is their quality and beautj of pattern that make these rugs such excellent values. Serviceable 7 6x9 Brussels Rugs at 26i Room size, 9 x 1 2 Tapestry Rugs, at 36I Handsome 8:1 xl0:6 Velvet Rugs, at $5512 : Beautiful 8:S xl0:6 Ax min ster Rugs, at $740 Six-Piece Dining Room Suite In quartered oak, consisting of a 6-ft. extension Table, 40-inch Buffet with large French plate (tQ'T CA Mirror and 4 genuine leather pad seat Chairs, only.. fiS I OU Pathe Week GIFT COUPON If you clip out this coupon and bring to the Phonograph Depart ment, Monday, you will receive a useful souvenir FREE of charge. No purchase is necessary. A Beautiful Pathe Phono graph Given Away Next Friday Eve Hampers Big. roomy, sturdily woven, splint Clothes Hampers, prettily decorated with hinge top, special, j 98 Metal Folding Auto Stools with back at $1.95 without back, at 9S4. Electric Irons with stand and six ieet of cord, at $2.95- Lawn Hose in 50 ft. lengths, $7.95 25 ft, lengths, $4.25- Food Choppers with various cutting knives, only $1.49. Ac.3 Ice Cream Freezers for tee cream and ices, only 65 Lawn Swing Four Passenger Model, sturdily built of weather proofed wood with bolt construction, &n CfX it ipUitU Child's Swing, spe cial, at ...-83.75 (DOKIIMIXIV S. E. COn. 16th & JACKSON $TS. Couch Hammock with comfortable spring seat and good Khaki cover, complete with stand and chains , at only $22.50