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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 27. 192u
MAYOR BOLTS
THREAT TO OUST
CHIEF EBERSTEIN
Tells Police Commissioner He
Has Suffered Last Bruise
For Sake of Ringer
Administration.
Mayor Smith thrratfncd to make,
the fourth vote to remove Chief of
Police Eberstein from office yester
day. The mayor's surprising assertion
came as part of a declaration that
he had suffered his last bruise' for
the sake of the adniinistrntinn and
l'olice Commissioner Ringer, fol
lo'viiig effort-'on the- part of the po
lice superintendent to bring about
the discharge of John T. Dunn as
chief of the detective department.
"If the police commissioner in
sists in wrecking the police depart
ment." the mayor said, "I will make
the fourth vote to remove Chief of
Tolice Kberstein."
Vote for Dismissal.
During an executive conference
hdd in Mayor Smith's cilice yes
terday on charges pending against
Captain John T. Dunn of the detect
tive department. Commissioners
Ringer, Ximman and I're voted in
formally to discharge the suspended
detective head from the service.
Mayor Smith and Commissioner
Towl were for letting Dunn off with
a nominal penalty and reprimand.
Commissioner Hutler was alone in
the position that the charges should
be dismissed.
Falconer to Decide.
The commissioners decided to hold
. the case in abeyance until the return
of Commissioner Falconer, about
July 18.
Commissioner Butler charged
during the executive conference that
Dunn was being "jobbed," and that
he believed the captain, acted in
good faith when he retained for his
personal use all of $100 received
from E. Weinberg, Fremont cloth
ing merchant, more than a year ago.
"If Dumv had not been acting in
good faith he would not have given
the receipt which was offered in evi
dence by Mr. Zimman at the hear
ing," said Mr. Butler. "Dunn has
If ss than a year to go to be eligible
to a pension on retirement and I
don't believe that he would have
jeopardized his pension rights for
$100."
Hold Him Guilty.
The other five conferees believed
Dunn was guilty, the difference be
tween them being the extent of the
punishment.
The mayor stated that it is his
opinion that Chief Kberstein was
behind the present action against
Captain Dunn.
The mayor made it plain that he'
regarded the police commissioner's
recommendation that Dunn be. re
moved from the department, as a
part of a policy to wreck the police
department.
Ringer Absolves Chief.
The police commissioner insisted
that the chief of police had not been
instrumental in bringing the
charges against Captain Dunn. ,
Commissioner yre made a futile
effort to have Commissioner Ringer
disclose the name of the ' person
who brought the original informa
tion against Dunn. Mr. Ringer ex
plained by( saying that his informant
came to the office and made a gen
eral charge that Captain Dunn was
crooked.
"This man called at my office sev
eral times," said Mr. Ringer, "and
I told him to get out and to get out
quickly unless he substantiated his
charges; that he should not come to
my office with general charges
against any member of the police
department unless he could back his
statements. He returned and told
me about the Weinberg transaction
on which charges were filed against
Dunn."
In connection with his statement
to Commissioner Ringer and wreck
ing: the police department, the mayor
added that he believed Captain
Dunn had been one of the best of
ficers the police department had
had during the last IS yeas.
Commissioners Inquisitive.
In connection with this general
Ituation it is significant that shortly
after the Weinberg matter had been
brought to the attention of Captain
Dunn he had a conference with the
mayor and was told by that official
that the law on turning money into
t the police relief and pension fund
Trpplied to gifts as well as to re
wardsand on that information
which was on June 9 Dunn imme
diately paid in $50, half of the re
ward money which he received, plus
$5 for interest.
It has been evident during recent
city council meetings that Mayor
Smith has taken issue with the police
commissioner on various matters,
the commissioner's new police de
partment being one striking in
stance. And the commissioners are "just
dying" to know who informed Mr.
Ringer of the case against Dunn,
more than a year after the transac
tion occurred. I
Quarrels With Husband,
. Throws Baby Under Auto
North Fork Flood Crest
Inundates Pierce Streets
Norfolk, Neb., June 26. The crest
of the floo in the North Fork river
caused by a cloudburst yesterday at
Plainview reached Pierce early to
day and inundated streets in part of
the town. Employes of flour mills
were compelled to go to work in
boats. Merchants here are taking
steps to guard against flood damage.
Editor Heads Reichstag
Berlin, June 26. Paul Loebe, edi
tor of the Breslau Newspaper Volks
wacht, today was elected president
of the Reichstag. He was born in
. 1875. He was a compositor and af
terwards became a city councillor of
Breslau. Since 1915 he has been a
deputy in the Silesian provincial
Diet.
Baker Heads Water Board.
Washington, June 26. Secretary
Baker was named by President Wil
son today to be chairman of the
board provided for in the water
power bijl to carry out the provi
sions of that measure. Secretaries
Meredith and Payne were also
. named embers ol the board.
Mothers of the human species are
noted for excessive love of offspring.
For their little ones they sacrifice m
the point of suffering, toil without
end and face any danger to protect
them.
Exceptions to the rule are few.
The mother who will harm her child
is rare. It is usually believed she is
crazy, suddenly gone mad.
Mrs. Mary Marino of Brooklyn,
wife of James Marino, threw her
5-ycar-old daughter, Angelina, under
an automobile, while in an argument
with her husband. The couple were
standing on Eastern parkway quar
reling. They had been separated for
some time.
Suspected "Other Women."
Mrs. Marino says she believed Ma
rino had "been attentive to other
women and was unwilling to provide
for her; that he cared for his chil
dren, but not for Wer, and that he
would not buy her a new dress be
cause his interest in her was dead.
Mrs. Marino was arrigned in the
'New Jersey avenue police court.
Creamy of skin, rounded features,
tired eyes and smoothly drawn back,
pale brown hair, the young mother
stood calmly before the magistrate.
Her glance seemed to dwell on some
thing far off as she listened calmly
to the arraignment.
More restless was James Marino,
her husband, as he sat upon the
witness stand. Thin faced, dark
and wiry, he made a striking con
trast to his wife, who never looked
at him. He was smartly dressed
in a dark suit, good shoes a touch
of bright color in his green socks.
He held a,new Bangkok hat in his
lap.
Why, then, did Mrs. Marino kill
her child?
Couldn't Explain Impulse.
After the arraignment she sat in
a chair near the front of the court
room. During our talk she re
mained calm enough till someone
blunderingly spoke of her three
children, forgetting that there are
but two now, and that the death of
one of them was the whole cause
of the proceedings.
"My children," she sobbed, "there
are only two now. If I could
start again and live $ust for them
my children." ,
's'Why did you do this?"
"I don't know," she said wearily.
"I don't remember everything. I
will tell you about my married life.
"My husband is Italian. I am of
Polish descent. A difference in
nationalities is bad in marriage. It
makes lots of trouble.
"Then there was his mother. We
lived in her house. I went there
when I was a bride. I was used
to one sort of things to eat.- She
didn't like what I liked. I couldn't
eat what they had and was not al
lowed to cook what I wanted.
When I would leave the food on
my plate his mother would say I
was not hungry 'and there was
something the matter with. me.
"Nothing I did was right. Peo
ple from different countries don't
understand each other.
Dislikes Mothers-in-law.
'"No couple should live with the
mother of one of them. We moved
away before Angelina was born
not so far we lived next door.
That was toe near.
"We separated then. I thought
he got tired of me. He liked the
children, I guess, but he didn't
1 want to do anything for me.
"If you are set free, will you live
again with your husband?" she
was asked. "Do you still love
him?"
"I don't hate him," she admitted.
"I can't hate him! If he acted right
I would get along fine with him.
"Nobody comes to see" me but my
mother. My husband hasn't been
near me in the jail. Only my mother.
She is the only one who stands by
me. He never even sent me a note
oi anything."
During the arraignment the magis
trate ordered Marino to give his wife
Food Rioting In Germany;
Hungry Plundering Stores
Berlin, June 26. Demonstrations
against food prices appear to b
spreading throughout Germany,
leading in some places to serious
disorders. At Bremen, where scores
of shops were plundered, 50 arrests
were made by the police.
Huge crowds paraded the streets
at Oldenburg, demanding a reduc
tion in prices of one-third, and
'.hreatening to strike if their de
mands were not complied with at
once.
some money, saying she might like
something in the way of food besides
jail fare. Marino drew a bill out
and handed it to the prisoner, who
took it listlessly, not looking up at
him.
Perhaps if Mrs. Marino is to be
believed this husband would have
done better to have handed out more
bills at an earlier date.
It is expected that Mrs. Marino
will give temporary aphasia or some
Mich plea' for her mad act.
RAIN IN STATE
IS BIG BENEFIT
TO GRAIN CROPS
Railroads and Wire Com
panies Report Damage
From Water and Elec
trical Disturbances.
Rain, badly needed in some parts
of the sta,te, thoroughly drenched
Nebraska early Thursday morning.
Reports from all section of the state
indicate that the rain was a great
boon to the crops although in some
sections cloudbursts did damage.
Wind and severe electrical disturb
ances re reported in some sections.
Two and a half miles west of Os
mond over 1,000 feet of Burlington
track was washed out and a Union
Pacific bridge between Beatrice and
Marysvillc, Kan., was damaged and
traffic delayed several hours. Chi
cago, Milwaukee r.nd St. Paul traffic
was at a standstill because of a
heavy rainfall in western South Da
kota, damaging the tracks between
Chamberlain and Rapid City.
At Plainview a cloudburst inun
dated the eastern section of the town,
filling cellars of the homes with over
a foot of water. Water in the streets
was three feet deep.
At Hebron five inches of water
fell in three hours, causing the Lit
tle Blue river to rise rapidly and the
canal to overflow its banks. Many
cellars were filled with water. A
large barn on the H. N. Knowltcn
farm was struck bv lightning and
destroyed by fire. Two horses and a
cow were killed.
At Neligh the F.lkhorn river rose
over four feet and a newly con
structed bridge was only saved
through the efforts of large crews
of men who kept the structure clear
of debris.
In the vicinity of Norfolk a severe
electrical storm damaged telephone
snd telegraph lines. Wires in the
southernpart of the state, also were
damaged.
Free Strikers In Mexico
Mexico City, June 26. Leaders
of 4,000 strikers in the Leguna dis
trict, state of Cothuila, who have
been under arrest, have been freed
on orders from Gen. P. Elias Calles,
according to newspaper advices.
McKenney's Idea of
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It is to produce dentistry with all the
efficiency and smoothness that charac
terizes the service in the best medical
and surgical hospitals.
This system eliminates most of the
disagreeable features of old-time den
tistry and results in more artistic and
better work at appreciably lower prices.
You'll be pleased with every part of
our service and agreeably surprised at
the money we save you.
Try Our X-Ray Service
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Dentists
1324 Farnam Street Corner 14th and Farnam
Phone Douglas 2872
ARMY
BREECHES
Ideal for camping out, or for rough
ing or driving.
Khaki Breeches, only g9c
O. D. Wool Breeches $2.49
Regulation Cuff Leggings gge
O. D. Wrapped or Spiral Leggings,
worth $4.00, our price $2.25
SUMMER WEARING APPAREL . .
Athletic Union . Suits, special $1.39
Barbiggan Union Suits, special $1.69
Otia Lisle Weight Union Suits $2.15
Light Weight Wool Union Suits $2.49
Cotton Sox, per doz. pairs, $1.95
Cotton Sox, black, per doz. pairs $1.69
Shirts, Khaki, Cotton, special $1.79
Shirts, Khaki, Extra Quality, $2.49
Overalls, Blue Denim Bib $1.98
Overalls, Brown Made of 220 Army Denim, special, only... $2.98
Khaki or Blue Unionalls : $3.23
SHOES! SHOES!
Army Shoes of All Kinds
Lot No. 1 Army Russett Dress Shoes $8.98
Lot No. 2 Officers Cordovan Calf $9.75
Lot No. 3 Heavy Marching Chocolate Color, only '$4.98
TENTS! TENTS!
16x16 Regulation Squad Tents $35.00
9x Officers Wall Tent. Complete, $30.00
Regulation Pup Tent $4.75
PAINTS
High Grade U. S. Guaranteed Paints. All Colors, per gal... .$3.25
Outside White, Per Gal $3.50
Red Barn, Per Gal $1.95
We have many other items of Interest. Write for complete item
ized price list and color cards. .
Hall Orders Given Special Attention.
NEBRASKA ARMY and NAVY SALVAGE CO.
New Protest Made as
Skinners Win Victory
(Continued From Fife On.)
Llcyd Skinner attended this "stock
holders' meeting."
Attorneys for a conimtitee of
about 30 stockholders were exclud
ed from the meeting yesterday and
referred to as "sinister influences."
I. F. Crofoot, one of these attor
neys, insisted on going in :.nd was
ejected by a guard. He thereupon
had R. W. Whitcd, chief of Dolice
of the Skinner Packing company,
arrested.
Barricade Erected.
Not only were guards stationed
at the doors of the packing house,
but a large wooden barricade was
erected across the shipping platform
where there was no door: Carpen
ters removed the barricade ;;s soon
as the meeting was over.
The meeting place was the great
bcef-cooling-room of the splendid
new packing plant. Sawdust covered
the floor and folding lawn benches
provided seats. The temperature
was about SO. Many of the stock
holders wore the heavy canvas
coats provided for packing house
workers. William Ritchie, jr., at
torney for the Skinners, wore one
of these. So did Arah L. Hunger
fcrd. Paul and Lloyd Skinner and
D. C. Robertson circulated around,
shaking hands with the stockhold
ers, After the meeting, which lasted
from 9 in the mo-ning till 1 :15. buf
fet lunch was served in an adjoin
ing cooling-room where long tables
were piled with "sandwiches, thick
slices of "priceless" ham. sausage,
"vicners" and chrec. Hot coffee
was served in great coff; rots.
While all this good will ruled
within the beef-cooltog room, at
torneys for the "stockholders' pro
tective committee" stood outside the
plant. They had small boys at work-
distributing handbilis addressed to
the stockholders and makinp vari
ous allegations regarding the Skin
ner management of the plant.
Skinner trucks provided with
benches ran back and forth between
the plant and the South Omaha
street car line to accommodate those
who had not come in I'.icoitrji.'iles.
Nearly all those at the meeting
were from Nebraska outside of
Omaha with a few from Minneapo
lis, Iowa and Kansas. Nearly all
were country folks.
l'nu' Skinner, chairman of the
beard of directors, addressed the
meeting after Arah L. Huugerford
of Crawford had been chosen chair
men and J. W. Davis of Harlan sec
retary. Statement of Finances.
A pamphlet of 16 paes, contain
ing a financial statement of the com
pany in detail, analysis of the cost
of the plant, and other intimate de
tails regarding the aff'iirs of the
company, were distributed.
After several addresses and s,ome
critical moments a vote of confi
dence in the present Skinner man
agement was called for. The vote
was practically unanimous.
Nominate 21 Men.
At the request of the Skinner in
terests the stockholders nominated
21 men from whom the present
board of directors will select three
new directors. W. H. Ferguson has
already been added to '.he three, di
rectors mentioned above. The 21
nominated were these:
W, W. Hd. Omaha.
A. I.. HunKurfnrd. Crawfurd.
George Cox, .- Wood Klver.
John Prpdohopt, Otoo county.
C A. wntn. Falls City.
Sherman Hall, Lyons.
'A. K. Cody. Orand Island.
A. II. Holromb. West Point.
Petar I.araen, Oenoa.
A. J. Moore. Wnrthlnnton, Minn.
Dr. A. I. Cameron, Kearney,
H. W. Churchill, Fairfield.
V. R. Sutton. Wahno.
J. N. Campbell. Omaha.
Peter Haukason, Fairfield.
T. F. Newton. Beaver Cllv.
(i. E. Anderson, Red Oak.
A. H. Ruwe, Hooper.
Peter Jensen, Boelus.
T. J, Bowker. Rulo.
'John Hoobler, Lebanon, Kan.
Paul Skinner stated that these
tiun will act in an advisory capacity
in devising means for financing the
Skiimer Packing company in begin
ning operation of the plint.
$800,000 For Promotion.
According to the pamphlet dis
tributed at the meeting, the promo
tion expenses of the Skinner Pack
ing company were $481,121. The
handbill distributed by the "insur
gents" outside the plant alleges the
promotion expenses were $1,517,176.
The pamphlet also figures out
that the plant on the South Side has
actually increased in value $1,500,000
since its completion and on this ba
sis, the value of every share of stock
is now $124, based on the company's
assets.
Paul Skinner states that he has
received a total of only $16,437 from
the Skinner Packing company since
its organization in March, 1918.
Paul Skinner states that he and
his brother, Lloyd, have only one
share each in the Skinner company.
Pays Cash and Note.
Paul also states that he has
bought 2,500 shares of the common
stock in the Skinner Packing com
pany for which he has paid cash and
a note due in two yeais, and has
contracted to act as general man
ager of the company for 10 vears'at
a salary of $18,000 a year and 100
shares of common stock a year.
A page and a half of the pamphlet
is devoted to R. C. Howe, ousted
president and general manager of
the company, in the for.n of such
questions as: "Why did R. C. Howe
receive code messages from Chica
go?" "Why did R. C. Howe send
telegrarns through Armour & Co.'s
Omaha telegraph office to the pri
vate office of J. Ogden Armour in
Chicago when he was in the paid
employ of the Skinner tompany?"
"Why did R. C. Howe have only
one picture in the offices of the
Skinner company and that a picture
of P. D. Armour?"
Estimate Population
Of United States at
Total of 105,000,000
Washington, June 26. The popu
lation of continental Tinted States
:s estimated at 105.000,000 by J. A.
Hill, chief statistician of the cenn's
bureau. lis calculations are based
on the combined populations of l,40t
cities and towrs for which statist it
have been announced.
The increase over 1910 is placed at
about 13,000,000, showing the growth
of the country has not kep pace
with previous decades. Almost com
plete cessation of immigration dur
ing the war is the chief reason as
signed for the falling off in growth.
Other suggestions were the two inr
fhicnza epidemics, return of aliens to
their native lands and deaths of sol
diers abroad and at home during the
war.
The aggregate population of the
cities and towns on which the e.-'i-mate
was made is 41,029,354. This
is an average gain of 26 per cent
compared with J5 per cent in the
previous decade.
Gives Monument to Berlin
Evansvillc, Ind., June 26. Adolph
Melzer, retired manufacturer and
philanthropist, has announced a gift
of 100,000 marks to the city of Ber
lin, Germany, as a fund for a monu
ment to his brother, Charles, de
ceased. The fund will be called the
"Charles Melzer fund" in memory
of Charles Melzer, who died in
Denver in 105.
Increase Solons' Pay
Ottawa. Out., June 26. The gov
ernment has decided to introduce a
bill providing an increase in pay
from $2,500 to $4,000 a year for
members of the Senate and House of
Commons, Sir Robert Borden, the
premier, announced last night.
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