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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1920)
V THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920. POLICE REPORT SHOWS BURGLAR ACTIVEJN 1919 Value of Stolen Property $437,000, or Nearly Four Times as Much as In 1918. Arrest made by Omaha police during 1919 total 11,848, according lo the annual report of Chief of Police Ebcrstein made public yester day. Of these. 2,187 were made by South Side police. v Plain drunk cases were 1,966 trong. Stolen property in Omaha tor 119 totals in value almost four times the amount stolen the vcar before. In 1919, property worth $4.17,002.11 Has stolen, of which $59,485.02 was recovered. 734 Autos Stolen. Seven hundred and thirty-four automobiles were stolen in Omaha last year. Five hundred and sixty leven of these were recovered. Part of the increase in the value ef stolen property during the year over the amount stolen the year be fore is attributed to the September riot when downtown stores were looted for $7,526.0 worth of mer chandise, the safe cracking in th: Hayden Brothers stor w Vi i ch netted the yeggs $80,000. and the Benson bank robbery at the end of the year for $100,000. In 1918, stolen property amounted to $118,908, of which $63,896 was le covered. In 1917 stolen property amounted to $67,950.58, of which $43,193.65 was recovered. Stolen automobiles decreased last year, however, for 1,04.5 were stolen in 1918, of which 696 were re covered. Nearly 4,000 Burglars Taken. Three thousand nine hundred and fifty-four burglars were arrested during the last year, the report states; 104 for carrying concealed weapons: 407 for larceny. Fifty-three runaway girls were re ported to police in the 12 months of 1919. Laborers head the list in the num ber of persons arrested last year, totaling 4,909. Chauffeurs come next with a total of 2,874, while small boys are third with 767 in number and farmers rank fourth as 502. Special officers arrested during 1919 number 16, with 20 actors and eight lawyers also listed. Omaha had 10 murders and 45 shooting frays during the year, with 27 suicides and 29 attempted suicides. Twelve were killed and 425 in- 11111 in oidan(f Urges Americanization Work As Substitute for Politics To stimulate interest in American ization activities in the American 1 egion in an effort to offset charges that politics is creeping into the or ganization, James Dulong, represent ing the Americanization committee of the legion, is making a tour of the country. He was in Omaha yesterday gath ering data from adjoining legion posts concerning Americanization activities. "The American Legion is rep resentative of hundreds of thousands of ex-service men, and it is up to tlem to instill a spirit of American ism throughout the country," Mr. Dulong said. "An Americanization program will offset any spirit of politics that tend to creep into the organization. . Leader of Morals Squad Relieved of Heavy Duty Sergt. C. V. Thestrup of the Omaha police department has been relieved of duties as head of the morals squad and assigned to light duty because of weakness from re cent) illness, according to Police Commissioner Ringer yesterday. . Sergt. Thestrup retains his rank as sergeant. The sergeant is re cuperating from several weeks' ill ness which Commissioner Ringer says resembled the dreaded sleep ing sickness. Boys Are Robbed of Auto By Party of Highwaymen Driving from Denison, la., to their home in Missouri Valley, Tom Culver, 13 years old, and "Red" Cummings, 16 years old, were held up and robbed by four men and several women between Woodbine and Denison. Two of the men as saulted Cummings, got in the boys' car and drove away. The other two men and the women laughed at the boys and drove on in their own car. No trace has been found of the bandit band. Now Appears Sewer Which Is Clogged Up With Grains And now comes a sewer in the neighborhood of Twenty-sixth and Sprague streets into the limelight. The city engineering department reports this sewer is clogged with barley and corn. This department referred it to the c.Uy detective department for inves tigation. Only last week a sewer on the ?outh Side was clogged with raisin skins. Quick, Watson, the needlel Omaha Minister Has Preached to Harding Also Knows Gov. Cox The Rev. O. P. Miles, pastor of Benson ttaptist church, has known Senator liardi"g, republican candi date for pfcsiiTmt, personally for a number of yea's, and lias often preached in Mi'. ITarding's home church, Trinity Baptist, at Marion, Ohio. The Rev. Mr. Miles also knows Governor Cox, democratic nominee The Omaha pastor was one of the leaders in the campaign four jears ago to abolish saloons in Oh'o aid Mr. Cox was the wet leader. Speaking of Mr. Harding, the Rev. Mr. Miles said: "fie is a tine. Chris tian man, a trustee of the church and respected and looked up to by every body who knows him. Perhaps if 1 had known he ever would be presi dent, I would have studied him more closely." Mr. Miles said the Rev. Mr. Mc Fee,' pastor of Senator Harding's church, thought Harding a very fine man. The Rev. Mr. McFee is one ot Mr. Miles' closest friends. Several years ago Mr, Miles assisted Mr. McFee in conducting a series of meetings at Marion, in which Mr. Harding took an active part. Knights of Columbus Fund For Schools Is $7,000,000 The Knights of Columbus War Activities organization has over $7,000,000 to conduct vocational night schools for service men, ac cording td representatives who re turned yesterday from the K. C. school conference in Chicago. P. J. McCarthy, department di rector, expects the school to con tinue until 1922 and possibly until 1923. Enrollment here will begin Sep tember 1. The Omaha delegation, Mr. Mc Carthy, W. F. Malarky of the mid west division of war activities, and Hugh F. Gillespie, Omaha principal, said the convention was unanimous in favor of higher pay for public school teachers, and against federal control of education. City Took What It Could Get In Gas Plant Taxes "The city should have collected taxes on at least $1,800,000 from the Omaha . Gas company property." said County Attorney Shotwell yes terday, "but we found ourselves without anything to levy on and so had to take what compromise we could get." The County Board of Equaliza tion Wednesday accepted the offer of the former owners of the gas. company to pay taxes on $215,000, which constitutes the only "tangible property" of the corporation still remaining in the county. This is iu the form of bills due not taken over by the city. The tax on this sum will be about $5,000. Harvey Millikin Again Is Bureau of Publicity Head The executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday the following as members of the board of governors of the chamber's bureau of publicity. Har vey E. Milliken. chairman; Harley G. Conant, Guy H. Cramer, Charles E. Duffie, Penn P. Fodrea. George S. Foxworthy, T. F. Naughtin, A. D. Peters. W. A. Pixley, Carl Smith, Fred Thomas, H. A. Tukey, R. A. Van Orsdel, H. B. Whitehouse. For an Enjoyable , Vacation Plan a CRUISE ON THE GREAT LAKES Steamship Tickets for Sale by The Omaha Trust Company Tha PTOfriv-Conertive Trust Company HUSBAND MADE $50,000 DIVORCE OFFER, WIFE SAYS Mrs. Arthur Leflang Alleges Husband Wanted Freedom So He Could Marry Another Woman. Alleging that her husband, Arthur (.. Leflang. offered to give her $50, 000 if she would not contest his suit for divorce, Caroline J. Leflang filed an answer and cross petition to her husband's petition for divorce in dis trict court yesterday. Leflang riled a petition for divorce two months ago. In her cross pe lition, Mrs. Leflang asks for separate maintenance. Mrs. Leflang seeks her decree o; separate maintenance on grounds oi alleged cruelty, specifying that her husband "brutally" toid her he de sired to be rid of her and declared he would get a divorce in order to marry another woman. "Useless to Fight." She says he told her it would be useless to light the divorce pro ceedings and that rf she did not con sent he would cut her off from all lis property. He promised her $50,000 cash if she would consent to the divorce, she claims. Frequently during the past five years he has told her. Mrs. Leflang declares in her petition, that he is worth $.400,000. In 1919 she savs his net income was more than $50,000. Found Husband Gone. She says that about March 1 she went to Salina, Kan., to visit their son, Chester, who was attending school there and that her husband kissed her goodby when sh left. When she returned, however, the petition states, she found her hus band had taken his belongings from Hotel Fontenelle, where they had been living, and had departed. The next morning, the petition j The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice It shouldn't be NECESSARY to L'RGE people to contribute a few dollars to save the health and lives of the POOR BABIES of the city. Contributions are coming in .-LOWLY. Have Y'OU done anything? Bring or send to The Bee office something for these suffering babies. Every penny goes to buy them life bringing milk and cooling ice. Previously acknowledged $134 75 Mm. I). W. Zl.gler, Monro. Neb.. 1.00 )'' 2.0(1 I'uh, St. l'aul, Neb 2. 00 Total 1139. 76 says, she was served with a sum mons for the divorce proceedings. Since then, Mrs. Leflang declares, she has been continually bothered by her husband and his agents by telephone calls urging her to give her consent to the divorce. She claims her husband gave in structions to the Hotel Fontenelle that he would not be responsible for her bills after the date of the di vorce which he expected to secure. The Leflangs were married June 14, 1900. Arthur Leflang is the son of E. M. F. Leflang, prqminent Omaha capitalist. Dinner Pail Was Searched Man Asks $10,000 Damages Paul Wato says in a suit filed in district ' court yesterday against Morris & Co., that he was detained and his dinner pail searched at the company's plant July 2, whereby his reputation of 18 years' standing was damaged to the extent of $10,000. Teacher Is Robbed After three men who had sat near her in a motion picture theater were arrested by police as suspected of stealing her handbag containing $127, Miss Enid Kinpick, 2416 North Eighteenth street, pretty school teacher, declared they were not the men and they were released. ALLIES REFUSE TO COMPROMISE WITH GERMANS Plans for Progressive De mobilization to Be Rejected Conference Bristles With Danger. Spa., July 8. The German plan for progressive demobilization to 100,000 men in 15 months was pre sented to the representatives of the allied governments here Wednesday and was declared unsatisfac tory to the allies, The Associated Press is informed by a prominent member of the conference, and it will be examined seriously and acted upon after the eperts report today. The impression in allied circles to night is far more favorable than yesterday, the presentation of the German plan opening the way for discussion and removing of a rup ture. Dr. Simons, German foreign min ister, gave it as his opinion that the crisis had not yet passed. The only moment when there was any bitterness shown at this afternoon's session was when Premier Lloyd George said rather impatiently: "You only have to make a law to reduce your army and execute it." Want Cannon Destroyed. To this Simons replied: "I wish to remind the honorable gentleman that there are parts of the British empire in which there are laws concerning the keping of arms by subjects which the British empire is unable to enforce." The allied demand is for immedi ate destruction of 12,000 camion, which the allied commissioners in Germany have under guard, together with 50,000 machine guns. Germany desires to destroy the guns at the rate of 1,000 a month. The allies hold that this is not sufficiently rapid and express fear that the a chine guns will fall into the hands of insurrectionists. The military experts ot both Ger many and the allies began an ex amination of the Geruian plan .im mediately after adjournment of the conference at 7 o'clock last night. ( Allies in Accord. Immediately after the conference Frontier Millerand declared to the correspondent it was most essential that there be complete accord be tween the allies and that Germany had found that accord existed. The first evidence of this, the French premier said, was when the allies de clined to discuss disarmament in the absence of the representative Ger man authorities. Speaking of the coming financial conference in Brussels under the auspices of the league of nations. M. Millerand said it would take place on the date originally fixed, adding, "Americans will be there, you know." Larga Starts Revolt Mexico City, July 8. General Larga has started an uprising in the state of San Luis Potosi, according to announcement by the war office today. It is added that as the leader has only 100 men, the movement is not considered important. DEXTER Smart in appearance, lyle and comfort LION C OLLAR. UNITED SHIRT NO COLLAR CO , ALSO MAKERS OF LION SHIRTS, TROY. N. V QAjew BOWEN'S I July Clearance Sale Never was there such an outpouring of the home lo'ving public as the re sponse to Bowcn's Clear ance. 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