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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1920. Hi c If IV. to! THREE MORE COPS TO BE ARRESTED, COFFEE ASSERTS Assistant County Attorney - Says Warrants Will Be T 'Issued Soon for Other Officers. Complaints against three more po licemen and warrants for their ar rest on charges connected with the wholesale robbery 'of stores arid jobbing houses by A. D, T. ', era cloves, are expected to. be issued suitUi,-. according to Chief Deputy Lountv Attorney Ldrfee. Police Chauffeurs Frank Haley and Heine Bosen were arrested Tuesday on complaints shown out by County Attorney Shotwell, cnargmg mem wu nDreaKing ana en tering the establishment of Fair banks, Morse & Co., Ninth and Har ;iey .streets. Both men were re leased under $1,500 bonds. Two More Complaints. Two more complaints were made yesterday against Omaha police. One involves a damage suit in which a woman alleges police are protect ing an illicit liquor still, and in the other a woman claims detectives and federal agents robbed her home dur ing her absence on a ruse of searching for liquor. Of the A. D. T. employes arrested 10 days ago when the "silk ring" gang was first uncovered, three have pleaded guilty and have been sen tenced to the penitentiary for one to 10 years each. County Attorney Shotwell was in consultation with Chief of Police Eberstein in the county attorney's office for half an hour yesterday. . , "I am still waitir.g for several wit nesses to come in. ' he said '.his morning. ' Protect Alleged Stills. ' Omaha policemen are protecting two illeeal stills located on the premises of Frank Citta and JGeorge Utta, Sixty-fifth and Grovcr streets, according to the charges contained in a petition filed in district, court yesterday by Mrs. Anna Citta asking 25,000 damages from four men and a woman and two policemen, tf?hff, she alleges, have conspired to make lier husband, Louis Citta, a drunk ard. Mrs. Citta says she has seen as many as eight Omaha policemen at the stills. On one occasion, she ' says, some of the policemen broke a five-gallon jug of liquor left by mis take in the cellar of the house, in car der that other policemen who were searching the premises would not find !t. . Says $300 Was Paid. She says she does not know the policemen by name, but can identify several -vof them by sight. She charges $300 was paid to the police for protection'. The defendants named in the suit are Frank' Citta, father-in-law of Mrs. Citta; George and Joseph Citta. ;Iier hrothers-in-law; Mrs. Anna Koteza, her sister-in-law; Har?y McDonald, a neighbor; and John " Doe and Richard Roe, policemen. Mrs. Citta also filed another suit against her husband for separate maintenance. An order restraining him from selling his automobile and other property and from withdraw ing $1,500 from the Bank of Ralston was signed by District Judge Estelle. Charges Robbery. Acting Police Inspector Haze is investigating a complaint made last r.ight by Mrs. Theodore Sanko, 4706 South Fourteenth avenue, charging two detectives and two federal agents with robbing her home. According to Mrs. Sanko, when she returned to her home yesterday after several days' absence she met four men, two ot whom she recog nized as detectives, coming from tli house. When she asfced them what they were doing in her house when no one was at home, she said they re plied they were searching for liquor. Two Federal Agents. She believes the other two men were .federal agents. , Upon entering her home she said she found the house ransacked and $300 which she and her husband had ' saved up as first payment pt a Ford automobile missing. . " $ The men had entered by lunlock? ing a screen from a rear window, she said. Mrs. Sanko says she caiv-'posi- tively identify the men. Preliminary Hearing Friday. V; Preliminary hearing of Bosen and . Haley will be held in Central police court Friday. ' Both men deny 'he charges made . against ithem and pronounce the en ; tir action as a "frame-up." Chief Eberstein declared he knew nothing of the evidence against the two men, ; but if they are found guilty, they i would be accorded regular .criminal ; treatment. li '' : Charles Arnold former ji?ght manager of the A, D. T:," who was arrested jast week in connection with the expose, was bound over to district court bv Police Judge ?ritzgerald in Central police court ! this morning. Drug Company Manager Asks p. Divorce; Charges Cruelty Charging desertion ' and : cruelty, ; FVank H. Garrett, vice president and peueral manager of the Harle-Haas - Drug company. Council Bluffs, filed suit for divorce Tuesday fribm his wife, Blanche H. Garrett, ' ;;Mr. Garrett, who is one;of the ntott successful business men in : Council Bluffs, alleges Mrs. Garrett Jived at Hollywood, Los An geles, since July 2, 1918, and with : otft just cause has refused to return to1, their rhonit in Council -Bluffs. TheGarretts have one daughter, . Helen, who is studying in France on . a scholarship she won at the Uni versity .of California. They were ' married in St. Joseph in 1894 and lived in Omaha until 1897. , Omaha Attorney Will Helpu " To Revise Courts-Martial Harrjr O. "Palmer, Omaha attor ney -who served is executive officer in the office Of the judge advocate, genera of the army duripg the war and judge advocate of thfe China ex pedition, has been requested by KUii. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder to as- Many Thrills for Bride In Honeymoon Airplane Thrills of their getaway from St. Paul, Minn., and their flight to Omaha in the "aerial honeymoon express" , were forgotten yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Earl . Bilhter of Minneapolis, while they stood at Sixteenth and Farnam streets and let four Tlorence street cars go by as they watched Traffic Officer, Dud ley in action. J The Burners landed in Omaha Tuesday night at 7:3Q. They have been married, two weeks, after an aerial elopement . from Minneapolis to Austin, Minn. ; iheir getaway from St. PautMon- cay morning in their .joker ship" -freakishly decorated by pilots and mechanics of the field, and two torced landings en route, furnished Two Police Officers Who Are Being Held In oilk Inert Lase missis r 5 sist in 'ihc revision Vf the manual of Courts-martial " - . Chapter i ot tne act ot congress of June 4, 1920. comprises a revi- sinjn of the articles of war, which renuers necessary cnanges in ine manual courts-martial. "In view of your experience, your suggestions are ! invited to the manual as a whole or in part, and they , will be carefully considered, writes the general to Mr. Palmer. 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' i Li thrills which were forgotten, pro tem, today, as they stood and watched Omaha's prize traffic offi cer. "Gee," exclaftwd Mrs. Billiter. "He looks just like, an old-time re vival preacher in action." "Yea Billy Sunday," quoth the chief pilot of the Billiter family, "We'll watch him for two more cars, then we gotta get out t the fort." The pretty bride declares she en- joys flying and has been up in the air many times, most important of which1 was during the aerial elope ment. "We were forced to land twice on our way here," said Mr. Billiter. "Once at Fort Dodge, and again near Mason City." Fifteen Neighbors Visit Philosopher 1 In Cell at Station Fifteen men, residents of the vi cinity of the Boeke home, secured permission from, Chief, Eberstein during the day to visit with "Doc tor" Kent in his cell at the city jail. B. E. Lynn, one of the IS. stated sympathy in the neighborhood ap peared to be with the old philoso pher. Entente Ask Ottomen to Vacate the War Offices Constantinople, Julv 28. (By The Associated Press.) The entente to day asked the Turks to vacate the war office, which is to be used by the interallied 'commission for. con trolling the straits zone; ' All arms and ammunition factories and the military school have been closed by the Turks as they will not be needed by the small armv permitted Tur key under the peace treaty terms. : .. Mid-'Seasont Sale of highest, quality . v and finest makes of C-O-R-S-E-T-S yjpITTJNC by expert corsetiers, mho thoroughly understand the har- monious relation Modart Roberta lace styles durably, flexibly made of pink or . white silk and satin broche. " Regularly $15 and $16.50, at . .r . i i r t- l - - r l 3 stripe silk Batiste ?12.50, at $10.50. Regularly $10.50, at Francetta Corsets back lace--of pink or white 'iJiatin or.silk Broche V v h . Regularly $1 5.00 and $1 6.50, at ' BRASSIERES and BANDEAUX Regularly, $85-t oj (I0 hr Regularly $6.50 oj T a q r pink':silk.jer8ey . -' - P ; all over: lace, or satin Ptc VO Regularly $5.00 fan-. J q ; Q fT , Regularly $4.00 Jan- (Q Q r cy lace trimmed or silk P0 uO -j cy models qj lace or satin'' tO ' CORSET SHOP: SECON I) FLOOR LINGERIE GONE; CHARGE COY GIRL VITHLARCENY Wife Says Clothing and Jew elry Disappeared After Husband Entertained Dur ing Her Absence. Eva Van Leuven, 18 years old and pretty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Van Leuven, 520 Twenty-sixth avenue, Council - Bluffs, is in the county jail charged with larceny. Miss Van Leuven was arrested on complaint of Mrs. Carrie Lockwood, Lake Manawa, who says her hus band and a friend entertained Miss Van Leuven and ' another girl at their cottage while Mrs. Lockwood was out of the city, and that various articles of clothing were missing when she returned. A diamond ring, lavalliere, geor gette waist, satin skirt and ar ticles of lingerie were included in the list of things Mrs. Lockwood claims are missmg. The young girl denies the charges. Council Bluffs National Guard to Camp at Spirit Lake (Company A, Fourth regiment, Iowa National Guard, 1he Council Bluffs company of the reorganized guard, will attend the annual en campment at Spirit Lake, August 9 to 25. Eighty men from' Council Bluffs will attend the camp under Capt. Sam A. Green and Lieuts. Hoyd Hendricks and L. E. Felling- ham. Lieut. Col. Floyd M. Ross of Red Oak, former officer of the famous 168th infantry during thp' war, will be camp commandant. Three days will be spent on the state rifle range near the lake and the rest of the time will be devoted to drill and maneuvers. Special Election to Fill Vacancies in Legislature Nashville, Tenn., July 28. Thir teen vacancies in the Tennessee leg islature, resulting from the deaths, resignations and appointments, are to be filled before suffrage comes to a vote. Three cf the vacancies are in the senate and the remainder in the house. Governor Roberts has ordered special elections on August 5 in the districts affected. Some legislators concerned insist they have not vacated their offices and are preparing to contest the elec tions. The legislature will meet Au gust 9. ' Recruiting Brisk for New Peace-Time Army Washington, July 28. Army re cruiting, usually slack during the summer, has been brisk this month, 9,635 men having been 'accepted up to July J0, Adjutant Generad Har ris reported. At this rate, he said, July should show 14,500 recruits for the new peace-time army. During June. 11,917 men were accepted, es tablishing a record since demobili zation. ..! ; . iV Liberty Bonds Cashed '. American State Bank, - 18th and Farnam Sts. Adv. of style to correct poise and Warner ' Corsets in front. in pink or white regularly formerly BenscThprnc dfcStorcfSpzkm3ibpi FATHER WHO TOOK BABY FROM MOTHER TO BE EXTRADITED County Attorney Gets Word "From Government that Kid naping Is Extraditable. '. Charles B. Katnmerer may be brought back from Canada to Oma ha in charge of officers of the jaw, according to information received yesterday by County Attorney, Shot veil in a letter from the office of the federal secretary, of state, at Wash ington. Mr. Shotwell wrote there to ask whether child stealing is a crime for which a man may be extradited from Canada and the answer is that it is an extraditable crime. Kammercr stole his 3-year-old child, Ruth, from the custody of his divorced wife, Mrs. Anna Kammer er, three months ago and fled with, the baby to Canada. Efforts of the courts here and of his sister,Tobma, to get him to return with the child have failed. Sales of Mail Order House ! Show Big Increase for 1920 Chicago, July 28. Net sales of Montgomery Ward & Co. for the first six months of 1920 increased 33.66 per cent over the correspond ing period of 1919. according to the report presented at the directors' meeting today. j Sales to June 30 totaled S53,113, 007, as compared to $39,734,690 last year.. Profits, it is stated, have in creased in a ratio greater than the increase in net sales. Application has been made to the secretary of state for permission to . issue 120,000 shares of stock to em- . ployes under the reorganization plan adopted last year. I Extract Teeth Without Pain O A Moreover I use only the BEST of material for all bridge and plate work and all work leaving, this office is ready for inspec tion by any state's dental board. DM F. CROOK 206 NEVILLE BLOCK, OMAHA ' Entrance on 16th St at Harney Tyler SI 17. Hour: 8:30 to 6 Open Sunday Until Noon the science of line. $12.50 ;'-. $8.50 $12.50 c Alexander Woodruff . Of Omaha Meets French Bride-to-Bein New?York Chlcafa Tribune-Omaha Bea Jxsssd Wire. New York, July 28. Bringing 958 passengers, the steamship Lafayette, of the French line arrived last night from Havre, France. Among the 158 first cabin passengers was a pretty French bride-to-be, v Mile. Nouearou of fengord, f ranee, ac Sage WUUt ForInfirt,!nvtldndOrowfnrChlldrn TbeOriginalFood-DrinkForAUAgss Early Shopping Thursday As Long As They Last A MID-SEASON CLEARANCE Women's Summer Snort Dresses To quickly clean up before our August inventory small groups and limited numbers of the season's most favored models. For August vacationists, while at mountain side, sei shore, hiking, for traveling for women in .town, golfing, motoring or quietly resting on club porches correct sports apparel Is fashion's decree for young and old. Of Tricolette, Faille 14-Regularly $79.50 to $225 $69.75 Individualized in line and j copies of foreign models. Of Val Dyne Polo. , 27 Regularly $65 $49.75 Tlfts coat sale is the -biggest value-giving event of thej season from every standpoint. From originality' ."of 'Vle beauty of fabrics quality of silk , linings indivdualty ot style treatments. ! x.0f:Efluisite Georgette Crepe de Chine Shantung Khaki Kool Silk Duvetyne Tricolette v 22-Rfully $65 to $150 .75 $49 In" daiW ligbt colors or brilliant combinations each model synonymous in line, color, and ornament with the Joytfusness of the great summer out-door season. ' ;J 'A charge for alterations on each garment if alterationt are necessary No Lay Aways No Returns All Sales Final. TIRD, FLOOR SHOPS- companied by her father and a maid. She was .met by Alexander Warring Woodruff, general superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad company of Omaha!' : ' -. When a major in the American army, Mr. Woodruff met Mile. Noue arou, who was serving as a Red Cross worker among the arriving American troops at Bordeaux. 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