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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1920)
THE REE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. . JUL Hi, lJO. GAVE SIGNAL TO AVOID COLLISION, CONDUCTOR SAYS Company Investigating to Place Blame for Crash Two of Five Injured Near Death. Mrs. Ella Thomas, 2333 Monroe strret, one of five persons injured when two street cars collided at Twenty-fourth and U streets just before midnight Wednesday was still unconscious yesterday and doctors at Nicholas Senn hospital, where she was taken after the accident, said ?ecovery was not likely. Mrs. Thomas is suffering from a frac tured skntl and internal injuries. Josephine Ballew, a 14-year-old colored girl living at 6415 South Twenty-first street, also was, injured internally. She is at Swedish Mist-ion hospital. She may recover, doctors say. Others Will Recover. The other three victims, Mrs. Margaret Flagel, 6920 South Twenty-fifth street; Mrs. Dora Ballew, colored, 6415 South Twenty-fi st street, and Miss Irene- Gordon, col ored, 6515 ( South Twelfth street, were less seriously injured and were taken to their homes. It is believed a!1 will recover. The accident occurred when a south-bound car on the Albright line was stopped for repairs to a broken trolley connection. It was in charge of P. Berry, conductor, and P. Jensen, motorman. The bghts had gone out. Hit By Another Car. Witnesses told police that the second car was going 20 mites an hour when it crashed into the dis abled car. AH of those injured were in the first car. The second car was n charge of E. H. Buckman. con ductor, and S. Mortensen, motor man. Jensen and a road officer were on the roof of the first car repairing the broken connection. Berry savs be saw the second car approaching and walked up the track and signalled the motorman to stop but his signals were not heeded. Jensen and the road officer were thrown off the roof of the disabled car and it started down grade. Jer. sen ran and caught up with it. climbed through a window anc brought the car, to a stop with'n two blocks. Thrown Over Seats. Mrs. Thomas was thrown over several seats and into the aisle when the collision occurred. Josephine Ballew is said to have leaped to the pavement when the car started down grade. Street railway officials are con ducting an investigation. R. A. Leussler, general manager of the company, is out of the city. Walter V. Thomas, claim agent, said his men had been busy seeing that the injured were properly cared for ,- and that all detaiis of the accident had not been learned. Responsibil ity for the accident had not been de termined, he said this afternoon. Dietz Will Represent State at Notification Ceremonies of G. 0. P. Gould Dietz, delegate from Ne braska to the republican national convention, will be a representative from this state at the notification' ceremonies for both Senator Hard ! ing and Governor Coolidge. Mr. Dietz will leave Omaha Sun day evening for Columbus, O., to attend a banquet in Senator Hard ing's honor on July 19.. He will re main there until July 21, when he will go to Marion on a special train for the notification ceremonies. From there he plans to go to Bos ton for the Coolidge notification on July 27. Earl Mallery of Alliance is now in Omaha conferring with Mr. Dietz in regard to the coming campaign, Mr. Mallery was also a delegate to the Chicago convention. Detective Recovers Loot Where Burglars Hide It Mrs. W. C. Wendt, 3015 Jackson street, reported to police that bur glars entered her home Wednesday r.ight through a bedroom window snd escaped with clothing and jew ' ciry valued at $1,500. Mrs. Roberta Dowty of the same address also reported the theft of silk underwear, mostly "teddy bears," worth $75. By 8:30 a. m. yesterday Detective Troby reported to Central police headquarters he had located the en tire loot within two blocks of. the scene of the burglary. No arrests had yet been made, and police offi cials declined to give out the loca tion of the alleged cache. 13-Year-Old Girl Charges Strange Man Assaulted Her Found crying in the street about 7:30 p. m. Wednesdav by J. E. Archbold, 3811 North Twenty-fifth street, and taken to her home, Grace Grifham, 13 years old, 3111 Mormon street, told of being assaulted by an unidentified man who accosted her at Thirty-fourth and Mormon Streets ind forced her to a secluded spot where he attacked her. The case was not reported to police un til 2 a. m. yesterday. Say Man Abused Mother Accused of abusing his 60-year-old mother, C. E. Saunders, egg in spector, 4333 Laurel avenue, was ar rested Wednesday night. Police, say Saunders broke every window ortthe first floor of his home with a wood en clock. He has been drunk for several days, they said. Husband Gets Divorce, But She Gets Alimony 3AO.C ? RHOA0J RHOADES GRANTED DIVORCE, BUT HAS TO GIVE ALIMONY DARING YOUTH KEEPS BLUFFS POLICEPUZZLED Leaps From Speeding Auto Caught In Alleged Second TheftMissing From Cell. Garage Man Must Pay Wife $100 a Month for 18 Months. Otto L. Rhoades, taxicab and ga rage man, was granted a divorce from Sadie Rhoades and ordered to pay her alimony at the rate of $100 a month by Judge Sears in divorce court yesterday. The alimony is to stop if Mrs. Rhoades remarries before the ex piration of 18 months. Mrs. Rhoades is traveling in Cali fornia. x Rhoades sued for divorce last January, alleging cruelty. Mrs. Rhoades filed an answer, alleging that her husband forced her to swear that she was dependent on him dur ing the war in order to get exemp tion from the draft. She also named the wife of one of Rhoades' em ployes as co-respondent. The hus band of this woman later sued Rhoades for $25,000 for alleged alienation of affections. Man Snatches Purse From Woman, She Tells Police Walking along the street at Forty first and Seward Wednesday evening at dusk, Mrs. A. A. Smith, Martin apartments. Sixteenth and Webster streets, lost her purse containing $35 to a man about 35 vears old who snatched it from her hand. She reported the case to police and gave a good description of the thief. Arrested for speeding in an automo bile that had been stolen in Omaha, escaping by leaping from his racing car, rearrested an hour later in an alleged attempt to steal another au tomobile and boring his way through the roof of the Council Bluffs city jail, a mere lad of 16 years, had the Council Bluffs police up in the air yesterday. At 8 p. m. Wednesday Joseph Schum of Hastings, Neb., discover ed his automobile had been stolen from Fifteenth and Douglas streets in Omaha. A short time later, Motorcycle Officers Brown and Bosted of Council Bluffs chased a speeding automobile up Broadway to Twenty-first street, where thev overtook it and placed the youthful driver under arrest. Leaps From Car. They instructed hint to follow them to the police station. Instead of obeying their order the lad turned his car south on Twenty-first street, and reaching a speed of about 50 miles an hour, saw the officers again pursuing him, leaped from the car. He fell to the pavement, picked himself up and staggered into some friendly weeds by the side of the road. The automobile dashed south to Second avenue, where it crashed into a telephone pole and stopped. The officers searched the weeds for an hour,- but were unsuccessful in locating their escaped prisoner. . Caught in the Act. . r At 10:50 p. m., Joseph Xansel, farmer, living in Kane township, caught a lad in the act of stealing his automobile from in front of the Public drug store, 535 West Broad way, less than 100 yards from Pearl and Broadwav. . He held the lad until Officer Smith arrived and placed him un der arrest. The boy was taken to tht police station, where he gave the name of Alfred Bert, 16 years old, Kensett, la. He was identified by Officers Brown and Bostedt as the lad who had escaped from them earlier. --in the evening. He was placed in the woman's ward on the top floor of the jail, considered the most secure cell in the prison. , There he spent the night under guard. Yesterday morning Mr. Schum appeared at- the station in Council Bluffs and identified his automobile which had been stolen in Omaha. Bert was held in secret confer ence with Chief of Police Jensen, Officers Smith, Brown and Bos tedt, Schum and Nansel. Following the conference he was returned to the woman's ward. Bores Through Ceiling. Half an hour later he was gone. The lad had bored two holes in the roof of the cell. Police believ ed he had escaped to the roof of the jail, from which he had leaped to the second story roof of the engine house, and then let himself down by the window casings to the ground and freedom. All officers on the Council Bluffs police force were given an accurate description of the slippery lad and ordered to scour the city for him. fie was found in the basement of the jail at 1 p. m. Boy Jokers and Tire Fool Motorists, Who Complain to Police An auto tire was on the road. A car stopped and two men stooped to pick up the tire, but two boys gave them the laugh and pulled the tire out of reach by means of a string. So the police emergency car was summoned and the tire was found at Fifty-first and Ohio streets. In stead of stooping for the tire, police officers, thinking the tire a possible ruse for highwaymen, advanced with guns loaded. They found Francis Ihm,x 19 years old, 2604 North Fifty-first street, and Fred Johnson, 18 years old, 2501 North Thirty-second street. "We were only playing a joke," said Ihm. "Someone played it on us1 and so we're just retaliating." The boys were reprimanded and allowed to go home. Youth Who Wrecked Auto, Injuring Two, Held for Assault Charged with assault with intent to commit manslaughter, Henry Neiison, 20 years old, of Avoca, la., was bound over to the grand jury Wednesday under $1,000 bond. Neiison is accused of wrecking an automobile, in which Mr. and Mrs John Jenks were riding and serious ly hurt, by his alleged reckless driv ing of his car on June 19. Prosecution was delayed until the Jenks couple were able to appear against Neiison, who, it was shown in testimony, was racing against time with another car he had given 20 minutes handicap into Avoca. Conviction of the charge against Neiison involves five years in prison. Lighting Fixtures Burgess-Gran-den Co. Adv. Deaths and Funerals Funsra) services (or Harold Hatter, ton of Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Halter, wha died In Minneapolis last Tuesday. wer held yesterday afternoon et.ths Fralley Dorranca chapel. Interment , was In, Forest Lawn cemetery. Fnneral services for Gustave Andreer. who died Tuesday at nil home, 1701 i South Sixteenth street, were held yester . day at 2 p. m. in the Masonic temp!-. Past masters of St. Johns lodge. No. 25, A. F. & A. M., served as pallbearers. Burial was lr the Masonic clot in Forest Ljyn ceme tery, f Friday and Saturday This Store Will Hold THE GREATEST VALUE-GIViNG HOSIERY SALE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THIS SEASON Exceptional in timeliness" -and Values, qualities, varieties offered fjUR Hosiery Shop's leadership in high grade makes our reputation for hosiery of quality and service is too well known for this sale to need further comment. These reductions mean sound, substantial money saving to you! Women's Hose $1.59 Regularly Priced to $2.50 Broken Lines of Season's Selling Pure white silk hose, seamed back, $1.59 Lace hose, in plain colors, $1.59 Lace hose, two-tone, $1.59 Black drop stitch hose, $1.59 Rosettes, in all colors, $1.59 Regularly to $3.00 Women's Silk Hose $1.95 W onderful PLAIN silk hose in colors of black, brown, navy, cordovan, while, grey. Full fashioned some with seam in back and seamless foot. Corded laces in all colors. x fjgaJfy Women's Silk Hose Fashioned $4, $4.50 . m . Pure Thread and $5.00 $2.95 Silk C OME Richelieu Ribbed some lace clox some silk to the top some lisle garter tops. In plain colors black white cordovan and navy. The best value giving hosiery sale we have offered this season. HOSIERY SHOP- -MAIN FLOOR formerly Benson sTrome ASSAILANT HITS GIRL WITH GUN AS SHE SCREAMS Highwayman In Auto Grabs Victim's Purse Then Tries to Force Her Into His Car. Because she screamed when an unidentified assailant attempted to force her into his automobile at the alley in the rear of the Trinity Meth odist church, 701 Fourth street, Council Bluffs, Wednesday night, Myrtle. Hough, 23 years old, 706 Bluff street, was partially stunned at 1 a. in. yesterday when her robber r.srailant struck her over the head with the butt end of a revolver. The man fled after he struck the girl, she told police. Miss Hough was attended by J)r. Erickson Hill and later removed to her home. Her wound is not serious, according to Dr. Hill. Miss Hough told police she was returning from a party in the neigh borhood and had been followed by an unknown man in a car to the alley behind the church. Here the man leaped from his ma chine, she said, and robbed her of her purse at the. point of a revolver. lie then tried to force her into his automobile, she said, but she screamed. She gave a good description of the man to police. Parachute Drop of Airplane Parts to Mail Pilot Success Engine parts dropped in a para chute from the air mail plane which left Omaha Wednesday piloted by William E. DeWald, landed safeiy within a few hundred yards of the plane in which Pilot Clarence Lange was forced to land Tuesday, one and a half miles south of Grinnell, la., because of motor trouble. DeWald continued his flight to Chicago without stopping. Lange replaced the damaged parts of iiis engine and flew to Iowa Citv where he left his plane and took the train to Omaha. Lange arrived in Omaha yester day. He refuted the report that his plane was badly damaged when he was forced to land Tuesday. "I have had no wreck since join ing the Omaha-Chicago air mail di vision," he said. "My plane was not harmed Tuesday." G. 0. P. OF STATE PLANS CLUBS IN EVERY SECTION "Harding and Coolidge" Or ganizations to Make Thor ough Campaign. Myron L. Learned, president of the Harding and Coolidge club of Nebraska, has appointed the follow ing executive committee: Franklin A. Shotwell, chairman, Omaha; K. . lleach, Lincoln: W. A. Helleck, Lin coln: Murk Woods, Lincoln; O. A. Coop-r, Humbolt; E. M. Pollard, Nehawka: L. . Richards, Fremont; Wort Ma pen, Norfolk; A. R. Davis, Wayne; C. N. McElfrnh, Columbus: Victor Seymour, Norfolk; Adam McAlullen, Heutrlce; H. C. Kecbe, Oscmla; H. B. Steele. Falrbury: H. K. Sacket, Hoatrlce; M. A. Shaw, David City; H. K. Stein, Hastings; W, H. Miller. Blooming ton; George F. Austin. Orleans; H. J. Mc Laughlin, Doniphan; A. K. Kuperson. Clay Center; Karl U. Mallery, Alliance; Horace T. Kennedy. Tiroken How; Dave. Rnblnann, Chariron; J. W. Weeks, O'Neill; Woodruff Hall, Valentine; Hev. Tltua Lowe, Omaha; Cant. C. K. Adams, Omaha; John W. Towlo, Omaha; K. A. Benson. Omaha: Rev. John A. Williams, Omaha; Gould Diets. Omaha. "The executive committee will have full charge of the Harding and Coolidge club's campaign in Nebras ka and will co-operate with the re publican state and county commit tees," said Thomas J. Sheehan, jr., secretary. "It is the purpose to form a local club in each town and city in Ne braska and to make an energetic campaign for the republican ticket. "The women will also have a state Harding and Coolidge club, which will co-operate with the men's club. "Conditions are good for victory in Nebraska and reports show that Harding and Coolidge will carry die state by a large majority." Asks Court to Sentence Clients to Reform School Asking the federal court to sen tence his clients to the reform school, Frank L. Weaver, attorney for Ernest McCarthy, 16 years old. 4001 North Thirty-eighth street, and Carl Zuclo, yesterday waived pre liminary hearing for the boys, who were bound over to United States grand jury under $2,000 bond each on a charge of raising a $1 bill to $10. Attorney Weaver declared in the onice of the United Mates dis trict attorney that young McCarthy is unruly and has been in juvenile court at least rive times. Burglars With Pass Key Loot Home of Silverware Jewelry and silverware valued at $20 was stolen from the home ol Mrs. I. Wooley, 2311 Dewey avenue. Wednesday night, by burglars who gained entrance by unlocking the front door with a pass key. LIFE GUARD AT KRUG PARK POOL HURT IN SMASH Fred Kasner, Taking Diving Girl for Ride On Motorcycle, Gets Fractured Skull In Spill. Fred Kasner, life guard at the Krug park bathing pool, is in a critical condition at Nicholas Senn hospital as a result of a motorcycle accident at Thirty-sixth and Farnani streets late Wednesday night. Miss I'eggy Fortune, a diving girl at the park, who was riding with i Kasner at the time, was slightly in- I jurecl. Jshe suttered cuts and body brmses. Kasner's injuries consist of a fractured skull, broken nose and in ternal hurts. He was unconscious throughout the night. The motorcycle skidded out of the car tracks and almost turned turtle when the rear tire was punc tured. Kasner was hurled against a trolley wire pole. Miss Fortune, who said she had never ridden on a motorcycle before, was behind Kasner. A passing autoist rushed the two injured to the hospital. Both had lett Krug park for a spin hut a tew minutes before the accident. Kasner lives at Nineteenth and Q streets. South Side. Miss For tune's home is in St. Louis. Wife Is Prostrated With Discovery of Fake Divorce Paper Discovery of an unsigned divorce decree made out to her husband. E. A. Carter, Rock Island express mes senger, has prostrated Mrs. Mabel K. Carter, 618 Sixth avenue, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Carter recently underwent a serious operation. Finding of the alleged divorce certificate has caused a relapse. Carter is out on his run. Judge Wheeler explains the situ ation as a "joke," expressing belief the decree was filled out by some student in the Carters' name. It is serially numbered, however, 26472, and purported to have been issued March 2, 1918. No record of it is in the court house. Judge Wheeler may investigate the case. Mother's Home Unfit'. Place to Rear Child, Judge Wheeler Rules Assured by testimony that the r.other's home is no fit place for Maxine, 9-year-old daughter of Mrs. George Miller, 2720 Avenue A. to be reared. Judge Wheeler Wed nesday denied a writ of habeas cor pus to the mother for custody of the child now living with its grand mother, Mrs. K. L. Cady, Ml Sher mand avenue, Council Bluffs. During the hearing, Mrs. Miller testified to four marriages in nine years, exposing negligence in her , marital relations which caused the judge to halt the hearing abruptlyr The grandmother testified sh had cared for Maxine since she was 1 year old and the mother had con tributed nothing toward her sup port after the first year. AUVERTISEMENT Have Root I'i'fss. Adv. , I'rlnt It Beacon A FALSE STANDARD OF CULTURE has gained ground in this country which looks upon the bearing and rearing of children as something coarse and vulgar and to be avoid ed, but the advent of Eugenics means much for the motherhood of the race. Happy is the wife who, though weak and ailing, depends upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore her to health, and when headaches and backaches are a thing of the past brave sons and fair daughters rise up and call her blessed. 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