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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 4, 1020.
THIEVES ENTER
CHURCH ANO ROB
DOWNTOWN SHOP
Three Stores Opposite City
Hall Ransacked by Burglars
Who Bore Holes Through
Walls.
Burglar in Orrnaha not only en
tered a number of homes and bored
hole! into the walls of three adjoin
ing stores on North Eiglitecrrth
street rigtit under the eaves of the
office of Police Commissioner
Ringer in the city hall Friday nifcht,
but also violated the sanctity of a
iashionable church.
Entrance into the First Prcshfyter
un church. Thirty-fourth and Far-
nam streets, was effected by vaiidals
during the night by means of a pass
key to the Boy Scout room.
Three desks in the building were
Jimmied and ransacked. . Two of
these desks were in the church of
fire nnA ih0 ttitrH in tV mri,,-, .C
ace of H. A. Dowd, 'treasurer.
Dr. E: H. Jenks. rasto,r of the
church, (declared nothing was miss-.
wj, nowpver.
I ) In dty Hall's Shadows.
In riew of the window of the of-
Unwelcome Undertakers
Discover New Locations
Ousted From One Neighborhood and Restrained From
Doing Business in Newest Home, Manager Says
He Has Eye on Site on North Side Charged With
"Smuggling Body in During Night."
The Willis C. Crosby undertaking I entrance, , which read:
4 establishment is still searching for a Crosby, undertakers!
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Willis C.
fice from hich J. Dean Ringer di
recta the Activities of the notice
force, andC across the street frorirf- Benjamin S. Baker, counsel
re siij ,nau, mree stores
were
burglarized last nicht.
m oacs: aoor ot tne x-a cigar
ws, u ,juuui xisnieenin sireer,
wit left open, and burglars walked
in.
, Quaotitieit of cigars, cigarets, can
jdy and pennies comprised the loot
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They thenVcut a hole through the
, platter wall into the Sioux City Tire
Salt eorapaiy, 214 South Eight-
eentn street, wnere it was reported
notning jj missing.
Another hpie was bored into the
"WM" of the Ntppon Importing Ca,
w otrm Eighteenth street.
- Get Kimono and Cash.
Here the burglars evidently foiund
pmetning the wanted, for a blue
kimono and $? cash were reported
iitoleo. 1
Two clucks atad 54 chicks were
reported stolen from the coop of
Mrs. W. tl. Slafck. 1114 Dominion
street
Mrs. Richard B. Peters, 3604
Dodge street, reperted to police she
either lost her vafnity case or it was
stolen while shopping in the Bur
gess-Nash department store.
Two tickets frorn Omahu to Chi
cago were stolen from the office of
r.rrM AT CAm. Ate
rarnam building.
Burglars climbed throtifh the
kitchen window m'the home of E.
Hershorn, 2210 North Thirteenth
street, and stole-$8 from the dresser
in the bedroom.'
Holdup Men Active.
Two holdups' were also reported
to police.
n. Williams, North Nine
teenth street, reported he had been
held up by two men near the en
trrnce to Riverview'park and robbed
of his watch and purse containing
$10. 1
Joe Costello, 704 South Sixteenth
street, told polic he routed two
highwaymen at an alley entrance
near Twenty-fifth and Indiana ave
nue by (Striking at the one flourishing
the revolver, r
He said when he struck the ban
dit fired" two shots in the air and
both of jthem beat a hasty retreat
down the ) alley.
PaWotic Services Will
Be Held In Three Parks
Vafoa services of a patriotic na
ture are to be held in three of the
city parks Sunday night. In each
of these services a number of
churches Join on the Sunday eve
nings of Joly( and August
The address, at Hanscom park at
7b30 will b gwen by Rev. C. E.
Coffey of the First ' Christian
cowoh. , His topic will b "The
Patriotism of Being Reregiot.H
At Spring Lake park at 8 o'clock
a patriotic vesper service will be
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Dana Van Dttsen.
Dr. J. M. Wilson will speak at
Kouetze park on the topic, "Patriot
ism and Religion." This service
wiM be at 7:30.
ttsn Missing Since Sunday
Hurt by Auto at Fort Dodge
t , C P. Segnr, 42 years old, was re
' ported missing from his home last
right by his daughter, Mrs. H. E.
Brown, 1614 Wirt street
She sad he had left home Sunday
and had not been heard from since.
Yesterday she reported to po
lice she had received a special de-
ii vrrv icucr uuiu run iuukc Bat
ing her father had beenhurt in an
automobile accident there. No de
tails were given.
Mrs. Segur left for Fort Dodge
yesterday to bring her husband back
home. '
Skeleton of Woman Found
; In Rear of Former Saloon
Kansas City, July 3. A wine case
containing a woman's bones, was
found today buried beneath 12 feet
. of earth in the rear of what was
formerly a saloon. The bones ap
peared to be those of a young
woman, as the skull snowed two
rows of perfect teeth.
The police are attempting to con
nect the finding of the bones with
the disappearance 26 years ago of
Miss Maude' Belle Bonesteel, daugh
ter of a Kansas City physician.
pivorce Court
Divorce Dwrew. '
Lena B. Anderson from Frank Ander
on. cruelty.
Nellie Cunningham tYom Jsmss Cunning-ham,
cruelty.
Salomon Richard from Hilda Richard.
"Alalia M. A. Jensen from Alfred Jen
gen, deaertlon. .
Mlnnte B. Hughes from Jesse Hughes,
cruelty.
Dtrvrc Petitions.
Amanda Pedigo against Wilfred Pedlgo.
MJa txtir. krilnit Karl R. Helsler.
enaelty.
Cell Petersen against Olaf Petersen,
cruelty.
iAila Klnlls against Anton Ktnlls.
emelty.
Peter McMartln against Pearl McMar
. tin, dsssrtion. .
Lighting Fixtures Burss-Gran-jen
Co.jAdv, - ,
home.
Residents near its' latest location
at 2103 California street, have proved
as unhospitable as were those at its
previous location, 2018 Wirt street.
Like the Wirt street residents the
California street inhabitants have
voiced a long, loud protest.
They have secured a temporary
restraining order in district court
and on next Tuesday they intend to
appear in court to tight for a per
manent injunction.
Would Depress Them.
They assert in their petition an
undertaking establishment in the
vicinity disturbs their "quietude and
peaceful enjoyment," causes "mental
depression" and makes them more
"susceptible to disease."
James L. Paxton, Fannie D. Wake
ley, Samuel Nathan, Anna Wineberg
and Alice C. Allen are leaders, in the
fight against the undertakers. L. O.
Moore, manager of the establish
ment, and C. W. Carlyle. are made,
defendants by the petition for in
junction
for
the protestants, yesterday charged
the undertakers had smuggled a
body into the California street loca
tion Saturday night.
Moved in Without Notice.
"The residents knew nothing about
the undertakers locating there until
last Saturday night," said Mr.
Baker," when one of them saw a
bodv beinsr taken there. The next
'morning a sign appeared over the
Manager Moore of the establish
m?nt denied they ad "smuggled"
anv deid into their place.
"We can't help it if people die at
ntcht, he said.
They have done no business at the
place since the restraining order was
granted, however.
"We are looking for a new loca
tion, however, he continued, and
believe we have found one. There
should be no protests against our
locating there. It is in the north part
of the city."
The Crosby establishment moved
from .Twenty-fourth and Lake street
to 2018 Wirt street several months
ago, only to find it was unwelcome.
Wirt street residents secured a
temporary injunction against Cros
by, which .was sustained by the su
preme court on May 17. Since then
Mr. Crosby has kept his offices on
Wirt street, but has conducted his
other business at the Omaha Casket
company, Seventeenth and Izard
streets, until last Saturday when he
completed negotiations for property
on California street.
The Neighborhoods Suspicious.
Oh the bare suspicion that the
Ciosby establishment wac about to
move into the vicinity of Nineteenth
and Burdette streets a petition of
protest has been circulated and
signed by 20 residents ;n ''iat neigh
borhood. "We moved Into ow n'w place
on California street in Lroad day
light," said Manager Moore. "I do
not know whether we will fight the
injunction proceedings or not."
SCHOOL CENSUS
IS NOW 44,542;
INCREASE SHOWN
Enumerators Find Few Vacant
Houses-p22,889 Homes
Are Childless.
The School census, which was
tabluated yesterday by the secretary
of the Board of Education, shows a
total of 44,542 for this year, as com
pared with 43.074 for last year, an
increase of 1,468.
The increase from 1918 to 1919
was lou. , i
The school census includes all
persons Irom 5 to m years ot
age, inclusive.
I he number of vacant homes rec
orded this year by the enumerators
was 1,128; last year, 1,377, a de
crease of 249. .
Lothrop school district holds
first place with a total of 1,821 of
school age, showing an increase of
70 for the year. Benson school dis
trict succeeds Kellom district in
second place, with a total of 1,780,
an increase of 229, the largest in
crease of any district since the last
school census was taken. Kellom
district has a total of 1,721, an in
crease of six in .the year. Mason
district is fourth, with 1,537.
The enumerators found that 22,889
homes visited were without children
of school age, as against a total of
20,840 last year.
JLowell district, South bide, had
only two vacant homes, the least
number of any district. The Dun
dee district enumerator reported 96
vacant homes, this total including
many homes being constructed. The
Florence enumerator reported only
four vacant homes.
A total of 142 vacant bomts were
reported by South Side enumerators.
Factory to Build $300,000
Plant In Omaha This Year
After years of effort on the part
of the Omaha Chamber of Com
merce, a western manufacturing and
distributing plant of the Linde Air
.Products Co., will be erected in
Omaha, J. M. Gillan, manager of
the industrial bureau of the Cham
ber announced yesterday.
The plant is to be located on West
Center street, beside the Missouri
Pacific right-of-way. The installa
tion will cost about $300,000. About
50 men will be employed. Oxygen
and 4rydrogen gases are the chief
products of the company.
Mr. Gillan also announced .that a
factory will be erected in Albright
by the Vitrolite Sales Co. This
firm manufactures a product similar
to marble for interior finishing.
Plymouth Church to Be
Decorated During Summer
Plymouth Congregational church.
Eighteenth and Emmet streets, will
discontinue its preaching service
after today, through the vaca
tion of the minister, J. Del
man Kuykendall. .The entire in
terior of the church is to be decor
ated and the work will be done dur
ing the vacation. The services will
probably be resumed about the sec
ond Sunday in August if the decorat
ing is completed by that time.
Truck Driver Contnues
On Way After Hitting Boy
South Side police are seeking the
driver of an oil truck which struck
Mike Nakovitz, 13 Vears old. 3125
L street, Friday night while he was
riding his bicycle at 1 wenty-fourth
and M streets, and drove on without
stopping to see how badly the lad
was injured.
Mike suffered painful brubes about
the arms, shoulders and !iead. He
was treated by police surgeons and
taken to his home.
0NSI1INE BANDVPt'50.
uraxe accepted iem
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LEADER IS TAKEN
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Distillery Near Bluffs Captur
ed and Chris Hansen Ar
rested Exposes Booze
Traffic Ring.
Chris Hansen, "Iowa's champion
moonshiner," so dubbed by federal
agents, was arrested, and several
hundred gallons of peach and raisin
mash was confiscated Friday in
the first smashing blow' in a 'drive
against' a gigantic ring of wholesale
and retail liquor traffic embracing
Iowa and Nebraska.
Hansen was. taken in a raid made
by federal agents, assisted by Coun
m Bluffs police officials on an
abandoned house in the hills seven
miles northeast of Council Bluffs.
Three 30-gallon stills, the largest
known in Iowa moonshining his
tory, re taken.
Nine hundred gallons of peach
andtaisin mash, 60 gallons of dis
tilled whisky, one box of dried
peaches, and 100 pounds of sugar
were taken.
Makes Full Confession.
Hansen was caught in the opera
tion of his illicit plant. He made a
complete confession, federal agents
say, telling dramatically how he
was driven into the illicit traffic to
earn money by which he hoped to
restore his wife and mother-in-law,
both invalids, to good health.
Hansen also bared the :nntr work
ings ot a cigantic wholesale and
retail liquor traffic, according to
Sumner Knox, internal revenue agent
in charge of the raid.
Hansen disclosed the identity ot
the men who form the rotai! ring
in Omaha, Knox said. Additional
information which is exoected t re
sult in wholesale arrests was secured
last night by Knox, who made a
complete tour of the Omaha under
world with his prisoner.
Made $900 a Day.
Hansen admitted, according to the
officers, that he distilled and dis
posed of an average of 30 gallons
of moonshine daily at a price of $30
a gallon.
Hansen did not resist arrest and
was unarmed, operating two of his
stills when the raid occurred. Li
able to destroy the m:sh. officers
poured gasoline on it to render it
unfit for use. The stills were taken
to Council Bluffs.
County Court Seeks Man
! Who Was Married Here
Clyde Sundblad, chief clerk of if
the county court, is searching for
John W. Banks, jr., at the request
of the Safe Deposit and Trust com
pany of Baltimore, Md., executor of
the estate of Samuel Banks, who
died last February in Baltimore and
named young Mr. Banks in his will.
Mr. Sundblad has found that
John V. Banks, jr., secured a li
cense to wed Marion Faust, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Faust,
in county court here May 21, 1902
The marriage was performed by
Rev. Harry G. Hill, pastor of the
First Christian church, at the Faust i5
home, Alio Elm street, the same
day.
But neither the Banks family nor
the Faust family live in Omaha
now, according to the city directory.
Returns From Convention
Alonzo Alvin DeLarm, pastor of
the First Baptist church, has re
turned from the Buffalo convention
and will preach this mominsr
and evening in his pulpit.- In the
evening there will be a combined
church and young people's patriotic
service. Ihe 13 original states will
be represented by persons who are
natives of those states in an open
rorum. .
On Old Scale Basis
Loud applause greeted a report
that two tenants of Drake court of
fered July rent at the old scale and
it "was accepted, made at a meet
ing of the Tenants' Protective league
in the city hall Friday night.
Confirmation of the report could
not be made because V. B. Drake's
telephone has been discontinued
temporarily, according to the opera
tor. A registered letter notifying Mr.
Drake that July rents of the ten
ants' association are still available
was mailed to him yesterday, W.
Whittaker, secretary of the league,
announced Friday night.
We are doing this to protect our
selves against any recnnicaiuy,
said Mr. Whittaker. He also an
nounced five more tenants turned
over their rent to the league Friday.
A. C. Smead, Jerry Howard, r. j.
Goodall and J. W. Cooper, candi
dates for the state legislatuie
promised their, support of the move
ment fostered by the league to pass
legislation to combat unjust rents.
Dr. A. H. Foster spoke for George
Dyball. t
Valley Horse1 Doctors Will
Meet In Omaha July 12 to 14
The Missouri Valley Veterinary
association will hold its annual con
vention in Omaha, July 12 to 14, at
the Hotel Rome.
Dr. D. M. Campbell of Chicago is
president: Dr. R. F. Bourne of Fort
Co(llins, Colo., is secretary. Dr. H.
R. Morris of Omaha is in charge of
local arrangenents.
WOifJE
ENDS
INFANT
D MOTHER
LIFE WITH
AT SID
Bank Clearings Here
Bank clearings in Omaha for the
past week amounted to $53,302.
148.32, which was about $5,000,000
greater than the clearings for the
same week of last year, according
to the Omaha Clearing House asso
ciation. The cleanups fell some
what under those of last week,
when they amounted to $55,452,-507.90.
Despondent at Illness, Woman
Blows Off Head1 With Shot
, gun as Baby
Slept.
Mrs. Delia Millithaler, 22 years
old, 4212 Ames avenue, committed
suicide Friday night by blowing the
top of her head off with a shotgun.
Despondency over ill health and fear
that her 7-weeks-old baby might
contract her malady is believed to
have been the cause.
The body of Mrs. Millithaler was
not found until her brother-in-law,
Emil Millithaler, who rooms at their
home, returned from work. Her
baby, Mary Tane, was lying asleep
in the bed. No note was left by the
mother. .
She was last seen about 5 p. m. in
front of her home with her baby by
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Josephine
Hanson, who lives next door.
Mrs. Millithaler suffered from
asthma and feared her baby might
contract the disease froni her, ac
cording to a report made to police
by the husband, Loitis Millithaler.
She had 'been married two years.
The report of the gun was not
heard by neighbors. It was evident
the dead woman. had put the end of
the barrel of the gun in her mputh
and fired, as the entire top of her
head was blown off, police say.
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Check On Fireworks
Police Commissioner Ringer an
nounced yesterday that no fireworks
should be discharged before next
Monday.
"I know there will be no viola
tions of the law which regulates the
use of fireworks," said the commis
sioner. . 1
Special Programs Monday 1
At Two Park Playgrounds
Supervisors of the playgrounds at
Kiverview and Spring Lake parks
have arranged special program, for
Monday. Programs were given last
night at the Benson ply center
and Mason school playground?.
Florence playgrounds celebration
will be Sunday afternoon andf eve
ning. Mandan park celebration
will be held Wednesday, beginning
at 4 p. m.
Chicago Baby Killed by
Fall Out .of Window
Chicago, July 3. Mildrm Leni,
2 years old, died early this morning
after falling from an open window
while asleep. The babv oiled from
ber bed and pushed out a screen.
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THE OAKFORD PLAN SAVES YOU MONEY
LOOK!
This
Beautiful
Grand
Only
$875
This is one of the best small Grand Pianos on
the market. Come in and examine it carefully. It
has a remarkable tone and action. You will be
surprised.
We have many other grands
The Old Reliable Kurtzmann
Geo. Steele Haddorff
Steinway Duo Art The, Famous Weber, Etc.
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Commences in Real Earnest j
Tuesday , July 6th, at 9 a. m.
From 10 to 60
can be saved by buying in this sale !
We Will Be Closed
For a Few Days
and when we open for. business again, we'll
open in OUR NEW ST0RE--The N. E. Corner
17th and Harney.
Watch for Our Big
Sales Announcement
In order to introduce you to the new store, we
are going to .hold the BIGGEST sales event in
the history of our business. We have . many
surprises for you. .Watch for this announce
ment. It will be a 'money-saver for you. vJust
a day or so and the new store will opon, and
open with a'B-A-N-G.
s The Home of Collegian Clothes
A
The Store of Greatest
SERVICE
A Few Items Listed
Candlesticks
Lamps
$7.00 Wedgwood Candlesticks in Ivory
Queensware, each $4.00
$7.50 Polychrome Candlesticks, per
pair $4.00
$60.00 Hand Carved Candlesticks, Poly-
chromed, per pair $40.00
$18.00 Old Polish Brass Candlesticks, per
pair S12.0G
$16.00 Old Polish Brass Candlesticks, pe,r
pair $10.00
$3.00 Old Ivory Enamel Decorated Candle-
sticks, each... .$1.50
$28.50 Davenport Lamp, lavender velvet
shaft with silver finished base. . . .$14.25
$26.00 Mahogany Finished Floor
Lamp $16.00
$60.00 Antique Gold and Polychromed
Floor Lamp . $44.25
$35.00 American Walnut and Antique Gold
Floor Lamp $25.00
$95.00 Floor Lamp, with mulberry brocade
velour shaft, heavy antique gold and
polychrome base mounted on black
marble $49.00
Sheffield Plate
Shades
-Many Useful Pieces Substantially Reduced
Pottery
Many Lamps and
Shade in the sale
$7.00 Shade in Rose Taffeta and figured
Blue Georgette $5.00
$72.00 Boudoir Shade of Apricot Taffeta
and Silver Lace $37.25
$21.00 Chinese Shade, 15 inches in diame
ter, bright rose .$18.00
$9.00 8-inch Oval Taffeta Shade, apricot
and blue $6.00
$28.00 Polychrome Parchment Shade for
a haneing hall lamo $14.00
$15.00 Plain Tinted Parchment Shades, 16
inches in diameter, green, rose, lavender
and gray $12.0"'
$13.75 Covered Urn, Greek design. .$7.00
$5.00 Japanese Bronze Vase $2.50
$9.25 Ruskin Covered Jar, in turquoise
blue $5.00
$17.75 Rouge Flambe Staffordshire
Bowl $9.00
6.00 Holland Lustreware Trays, 64-
inch $4.00
$4.50 Italian Covered Vases $2.23
$8.00 Black Pottery Vase, 8 in. hieh.$5.00
$48.00 Orchid Pink. Chinese Porcelain
Vase, rurauoise linintr; each $30.00
04.00 Old Blue French Pottery Vase. 11
inches high $2.5C
$3.00 Ivory
Candlestick $1.50
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)J fpPl 541.00 23-Piece Individual Breakfast Set 525.00
"SryiK 3 sao.uo a-riece rowder fink Tea Set is.uu
1 ifMnJaf -Si1v--JJ9 tiaKySf o.oo mortage jjesseri or rruir, ser, in rngiisn earmenwarc, green uanueu
lvM iffttTflfl ulLJlRf with red apple decoration: now per dozen $2.50
5TTI 1 $1.75 Chop Plates, as above; now each $1.00
$4.80 Plain Yellow Awaji Ware Bowl. 10-m $3.50
SR. 00 Plain Mulberrv Awaii Ware Bowl. 10-in $3.50
Bai ilM $S.50 Plain Rose Awaji Ware Bowl, 10-in $3.50
$5.00 Lemonade Set, $3.00
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&t--X $16.00 Black Print California Poppies by Paul Thorpe, 15V4xl7, framed. $8.00
'- V V.-VS 7C Art TVilrt rVrA hanH ltrtm wAVsn fiftHlin r.lth 9iA( tf
$72.00 Blue Velour Pillow, trimmed with blue and gold brocade $36.00
$75.00 Chinese Altar Cloth for $40.00
Many Odd Pieces of Sheffield $40.00 Italian Linen Centerpiece, with four napkins r $20.00
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