THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JULY SI. 1920.
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YOUNG WIFE SAYS
OFFICER - HUBBY
DESERTED HER
Bride, in Complaint to Police
Commissioner, Charges W.
Gibson 'Refuses, to Sup
'port Young Babe.
A complaint charging that Wil
liam Gibson, Omaha policeman, has
abandoned his girl wile of less than
a year and their 3-weeks-old baby
boy, whom' he has never seen, has
been submitted to Police Commis
sioner Ringer for investigation.
The wife, Marie Gibson, who is
living with her mother at 1611
Leavenworth street, declares her
husband failed to visit her or even
come to see the baby after it was
born on July 8, and failed to provide
suitable medical care, "although he
knew she was destitute."
'' v Stop Payments.
, "He aid not work from the time
we were married until he got on the
police force," saif Mrs. Gibson.1
"Then he began giving me $40 a
month. Oh July 1 he said he would
not girtme any more money.'.'
t Urs. Gibson alleges he declared he
Miad protection, being a police offi
cer," and that "it would be impossi
ble for her to punish him for neglect
ing her or her child."
-She charges he threatened to use
hit authority as a police officer to, in
timidate her. . .
Enamored by War Tales.
, The- Gibsons were married late
last summer, according to Mrs. Gib
son. Gibson had been in the army
and had come to her mother's home
to board, she says. She was en
amored by his tales of adventure,
and as he was much older than she
he easily influenced her, she de
clares.; They quarreled over "another wo
man" four months ago, and separ
ated, but he promised to give her $40
a month, she says.
When on July 1 he failed to make
the usual payment, she told him she
must have money, as their baby was
to be bbrn soon, but he refused to
give it to her, she asserts.
. Mother Paid Charges.
"The baby was born at the
Swedish Immanuel hospital," she
said, "and iny mother had to pav
the charges fcr service there. He
dfd send me $5, though.
"I thought he would come and
see nie and the baby," she continued,
brushing a tear from her check,
"but he didn't come. I was willing
to forget and forgive for the sake
of our little son, but she
stifled a sob, "he didn't come." ,
She clasped her little son closed
to her breast s she went on.
"We can never make up now. If
he had come to see the baby oh.
what's the use!1
' Name Baby Sunday.
"t have the baby anyway. He's
the most darling baby in the world,
and we are going to name him. nexU
-Sunday I think we will caJl him
John.
"I will go to work as soon as I
am able to earn a living for baby.
He must have a good education.
Mother will enre for him while I'm
t work, and we will ry to be
happy.
"William isn't bad. He's just
' easily influenced." ,
Gibson is living at the home of
his sister, Mrs. William Gustavson,
S19 South Thirty-seventh street.
He served overseas a year and was
- appointed to the police force" just
after the court house riot last fall.
Lawyer Makes Complaint.
The complaint, . which was sub
mitted to Mr. Ringer by L. B. Day!
attorney, charges 'him with conduct
unbecoming an officer.
"I have prepared the complaint
largely on my own initiative rather
than on suggestion of Mrs. Gibson,"
said Mr. Day, in a communication
to Mr. Ringer, "because I consider
it a shame that a man of the char
acter of Gibson, who so flagrantly
violates his obligation to his wife
and' child and generally to society,
should be wearing the uniform of
protection of the city." ,
Mr. Day said unless Mr.' Ringer
took immediate and satisfactory ac
tion he would file the complaint with
the city clerk.
"I -am going to make a thorough
investigation of the matter." said
Mr. Ringer this morning. "If the
facts areas the complaint represents
there seems but one action to take,
We don't wtfit men of that type on
- the department."
Grand Island, Asking for
Better Express Service
Lincoln, Neb., July 30. (Special.)
A proposition involving the ex
press service out of Grand Island
over the Union Pacific was up be
fore the state railway commission
today and a large number of busi
ness men ytia present.
, - The-eomplaint made is that the
early train, which passes through
Grand Island about 5 in the morn
ing, will not take express and that
they are compelled to hold their,
shipments until 2 in the afternoon.
They claim that many times the
afternoon train is so late that it is
impossible to get express to its
destination in time for use that day
and some measure is needed to
remedy the situation.
'Seward Woman Reaches
k Hundredth Birthday today
Seward, Neb., July 30. (Special.
Seward's oldest inhabitant, Mrs.
Charlotte Lycms, cerebrates her
100th birthday Saturday. She
- was born in- the state of Iw
York. She is a semi-invalid and
lives with her daughter. Mrs. Henry
- - Creighton. Her. mind is bright and
clear. She will receive many of her
friends on her 100th birthday.
Big Drop in Grain prices
. Due to Abundance of Crop
Beatrice, NeW July 30.(Special
Telegram.)--The local grain market
went to pieces here today -pwhen
wheat dropped from $2.35 to $2.25 a
busheL The drop is said to be due
--to an abundance of new wheat be
ing thrown on the market EleVa-
- tor? are filled with grain and no cars
in sight to movfe it .
Liberty Eciids flashed
Amerfcan State Bank,'
18th and Farnam Sts. s-Adv.
Wife .Who Says Husband
n Will Not Support Baby
'if
Mrs. Marie Gibson with her baby,
ficer-husband she charges with failure
England and United
States in Full Accord
(Continued From Pas One.) i
ation Nof the matter he was well
aware that such action as he might
lnL-i ttn nnixtinn Tannn'a intentions
would be pleasing ita the BritishN
government. '
Confers With Colby.,
Before the president had given his
decision in the matter there was a
conference" between Secretary of
State Colby and the British ambas
sador, both of whom, however, re
fused to admit that the Japanese
program had been discussed.
Eventually the president directed
Secretary Colby !to prepare repre
sentations to Tokio, which Mr. Wil
son personally approved before they
were dispatched. Neither the White
House nor the State department af
firms nor denies that anything has
been said to Japan on the subject.
Acting Secretary of State Davis said
tonight he could not discuss the dis
patches in which Japanese officials
said that inquiry as to the text of
the American representations must
be referred to Washington.
The note President Wilson trans
mitted to Tokio is not technically
a protest, though it slants in that
direction. In it he United States is
said-40 evince surprise that in view
of the .treaty of Portsmouth award
ing the southern 'half of Saghlaien
to Japan and permitting Russia to
retain the northern half, Tokio
should proceed to occupy the Rus
sian part of the island, particularly
at a time when the moveHnight ap
pear to be taking advantage of Rus
sian chaos and inability to defend
national territorial integrity.
' Make Views Clear.
The United States makes it clear
that it could not view with approval
any permanent ' occupation of the
northern half of Saghalien by Japan,
particularly in view of theexpress
assurance given by japan -in 1 1918
that it had no intention of holding
any part of . Siberia permanently,
and would withdraw all forces as
soon as the purpose of the joint
American and Japanese expedition
for relief of the Czecho-Slovaks was
accomplished. . s
The main purpose of. the presi
dent's note is said td be;; to elicit
from Japan assurances that the pro
posed occupation . of Russian Sag
halien is onlymporary.
Whether sucn assurances will be
forthcoming s froni Japan is uncer
tain. From one official Japanese
source comes the explanation that
Russian. Saghalien was to be occu
Died onlv o lone rh neressnrv inr
fhe protection of Japanese subjects
trefe and on the mainland. From
another equally official source comes
the assertion that Japan will occupy
the Russian half of the island until
Russia gives adequate reparation for
the massacre of 700 laoanese sub
jects at Nickolaivsk.
Premier Hara stated that "thre
u no alternative but to occupy the
necessary points in Saghalien prov
ince, pending the establishment of a
legitimate government," and that
there is "ample precedent for an in
jured country to take the steps it
der of German missionaries that
Germany executed the 59-year lease
of Kiau-Chau from -China, at which
time the United States made no-pito-test.
Dodge County Wins Name
) , As Seed Wheat Country
Fremont, Neb., July 30. (Spe
cial.) The importance of Dodge
county as a seed wheat producing
center is stressed in a statement is
sued by County Agent R. N. Houser,
who announces that five other coun
ties of the state are asking for Kan
red wheat, produced here thin year.
Two' years ago the first Kanred
wis brought into the .county to take
the place of the locally known Tur
key Red. It has steadily yirlded two
to five bushels an acre more than
the old variety. Seward county
farmers this week-bought two car
loads of the wheat for seeding pur
poses. -r " ' ' j
Refuse Bid of $225 an Acre
For Farm in Gage County
Beatrice. Neb., July 30,--(Special.)
Robert L. Stabler, owner of the
300-acre farm near Adams, this
county, which vas to hate been sold
the first of the week at auction, re
fused 'to accept the highest bid of
$225 an acre. The auction was ex
tensively advertised and buyers were
present from a number of towns in
11119 MVllVXt V I
liead was present and made an ad;lveniea.
dress on agriculture.
Have Root
Press. Adv, .
Print U. Beacon
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and William Gibson, the police s ofi
to provide for support of the child.
Nebraska in. Line for
Large Crops This Year
(Continued From Fnge One.)
in stacks, to be threshed later. lit
the southern half i of the state the
cutting is finished. In te north
ern half it is almost completed.
Threshing is, well under way and
the landscape is dotted with., ma
chines spraying the straw and chaff
into big hummocks.
Most of the farmers, according to
the authoritjfifc are without Storage
facilities of any amplitude, and even
those who put in bins and granv
aries are finding the fatness of the'
crop' has knocked them out of reck
oning. For example, one farmer
near Beloif, Kan. and Hastings,
Neb., out in binsto hold 30,000
bushels right on the farm. But his
1,0UU acres ot wheat averaged 4U
bushels to the acre which meant
10,000 bushels without bins to sleep
in.
Farmers along the route today
spoke of being short a few men,
regular help, but yEaid the feature
about this years cutting was the
abundance of the labor supply. Leo
Stuhr, secretary of agriculture, re
marks upon the quality of the har
vest hands in Nebraska just as the
farmers in Kansas did a few days
ago. .
Labor Abundant.
"This year it has been an excep
tionally high class of labor," he says.
"For instance, . the dean of Yale
wrote us for information concerning
harvest work for students who were
earning their" way through college.
We had applications from every At
lantic state from Maine to Florida.
We didn't get the old class of float
ing labor. Young men attracted by
the high pay for a short seasonal oc
cupation are the bulk of our harvest
hands." ... ,
In Nebraska the usual pay for
harvest hands this year is fromS0
to 60 ceits an hour, as against 70
cents in Kansas.' The men have
been working 8 or 10 hours a day,
usually the latter, and officials at
the statehuse who are in close
touch say that in Nebraska less of
the tendency to chop the workirfg
day down to the point where laboi
cannot carry the peak load has ap
oeared than in some other "states.
. The high price of labor 'and oN
commoauies is wnai one ncars musr
about in talking with the farmers.
So far on the trail across five states
not a single farmer has been en
countered who has failed" to deny
that wheat acreage was reduced this
year by labor shortage. Where it
was cut they invariably say it was
due either to atmospheric conditions
which5 killed the planting or to the
tact that the farmer put in, more corn
and less wheat. At Fairmont today
tarmers on the streets said the high
cost of labor would cause many of
them to switch next year from wheat
to corn, which requires less emer
gency period labor.
Try to Wreck Threshing ,
Machine of War. Worker
Nebraska City, Neb., July 30.
(Special). Pieces of chain and
scraps of iron were foundSn bun
dles of wheat after a cylinder on a
separator had been damaged at the
farm of P. Kuwitzky. near aPul. The
.threshing machine is the property
ot J. J. Durr. well known farmer of
the community. During the war
Mr. : Durr was quite active in "Lib
erty loan drives, and it is believed
that some disgruntled neighbor, who
took offense at such activity, is re
sponsible for the deed.- The sferiff
brought several shocks of wheat to
his office, in which was found small
pieces of chains tiefl carefully with
binding twine..
Distress Warrants Bring
In $1,000 irrGage County
Beatrice, Neb., July 30. (Special).
County - Treasurer ' Barnard re
ports that approximately $1,000 has
been collected on distress warrants
from people who neglected to pay
their personal taxes. The campaign
has been waged by the treasurer for
the last two months. . v .
Incorporate Farmers' Union.
' Beatrice, Neb., July 30. (Special).
Articles of incorporation of . the
Farmers' Union Co-operative asso
ciation of Filley were filed with the
county clerk. The company is cap
italized for $50,000, and will deal in
grain, livestock, automobiles,- agri
cultural implements, etc. '..
An automatic filler, to keep auto
mobile storage ' batteries supplied
wttli distilled water has been in
Liberty Bonds Cashed
"-'Arftericah' Stafs-Bauk,"
V3th and Farnam ts, m-AJv.
Kent Held in Heavy
Bond for Near Murder
(Contlnncd From Pe Ob.)
set by County Attorney Shotwell
was uncalled for and excessive. He
asked that it just be lowered and
jiamed no certain amount.
"I'll not leave town," he prom
ised. "I only want a chance to clear
myself of these charges."
Judge Fitzgerald then asked him if
he ever intended to marry.
"Do you mean before this trouble,
or now?" parried Kent.
'"Now," said the judge.
"Such a thing has been proposed
to me," replied Kent. ,
"While you4iave been in jail?"
"Yes." -S
"T Ii3v nn spntimpnts in the case
except in regard to my peculiar con
dition." He declined' to; answer the
question. V '
"My interests are wrapped up in
mvself and my condition. No man,
Purchases charged Saturday
appear on Sept. 1 statemen
The Month-End Apparel Sale Offers
-Summer Dresses
All the sheer frilly organdies voiles, dotted
Swisses, ginghams,! Georgettes, tricollettes and
poplins that makea season of charming gowns
will be placed on sale Saturday. ' Values from
$19.50 to $125 are offered in three groups for
$10.50, $22.75, $47.50
And Silk Skirts for $9.95
Former Prices to $35.
Lovely sports weaves, Fan-ta-si, Dew Kist,
Kumsi Kumsa, and a host of others are offered,
in white and brilliant colors.
A Charge for Alterations
All Sales Final.
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Underwear Clearance
$4.75 Athletic
Pollyanna or -Futurist suits of flesh-colored slk mull
will be offered Saturday at a great reduction. $4.75
suits, Saturday only, $3.49.
!; : . $ Land
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Friday, 79 c.
Mercerized vests, in two well known makes, Kayser
nd Richelieu,jnay be had iiwwhfte or flesh color, with
round or bodice tops, for 79c each.
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61 years old, should marry a girl, 25
years old."
"These v charges against you are
serious," said Judge Fitzgerald. "The
bond already set is too low accord
injr to the law, and I will jaise it
$5,000. Your bond is set at $20,000."
Walks With Firm Tread.
Kent was led lrom the court room
to the "bll pen" by Court Officers
Holdan and Jensen.
- As he passed through the crowd
of onlookers who surged to the
front of the court room, he hung
his head, but. walked with Jinn
tread.
"Please get me out of this, room,"
he asked, referring to the cell where
prisoners are kept waiting trial.
lit the third row of tlve court room
during Kent's arraignment sat Mrs.
Lpla McCaffery, 3045 ' California
street, a neighbor who was to tes
tify aganst him.
She strained noticeably to catch
every word uttered by the aged
philosopher. . j
"Martin Sugarman, attorney n for
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Apparel Sections Third Floor.
Suitsor $3.49
$1.25 Vests
An Off ering that Includes
Every Summer Blouse
. for $8.95
y Original prices to $32.50 .v
( The daintiest of French voiles, batistes
- ' and lawns, in frilly lace trimmed styles,
in white or dainty colors, or in moire tai
lored styles for business women. The'
; r selection is varied and the blouses ex
- tremely desirable. , .
Unusual Values for $8.95
The Store for
Louise Boeke, alleged mother of '.he
abandoned infants, was also in thi
court room.
Sugarman refused to comment on
the result of the arraignment
"Miss Boeke will never marry
Kent," heTeplied to questions sug
gesting such a solution to the case.
"Dr." Kent was transferred from
the city jail to the county jail at
noon yesterday. Referring to a re
port that the prisoner is said to have
suggested marriage to Miss Louise
Boeke, Sheritf Clark declared:
"They'll not be married in this jail
if there's any possible way to pre
vent it. I think it; would do the
twins no good and if may result in
a means to defeat justice in the
case.'!
Kent denies stoutly that he offered
marriage to Miss Boeke, however.
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To free gasoline that has 'been
used for cleaning from accumulated
dirt a pail with a strainer a few
;r.ches from the bottom has been
patented.
Our Annual August
Fur Sale
which begins Monday
August Second, will
be announced in full
in Sunday's papers.
White Silk
Gloves 98tr
For one day only weoffer
all white silk gloves, $1.25
and $1.50 qualities, for
only 98c a pair.
South Aisle Main Floor.
Very Lovely
Crepe de Chine
"Undies" for $3.95
A truly remarkable quality
of crepe de chine in bloom
ers, teddies and step-ins,
daintily lace trimmed and
very well made, is offered
Saturday. ,
Exceptionally ,
fine for $3.95.
Second Floor.
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Val Laces for
29c a Yard '
1 to 2-inch laces, regu
larly priced up to 85c a
yard,Saturday for 29c.
Center Aisle Main Floor
$5 Umbrellas
Saturday $3.95
Achoice of any $5 um
brella in our showing,
men's or ladies' style, is
offered Saturday for $3.95.
Jutt to the left a you enter.
Blouses Third Floor.
Nebraska Rifle Team Is
Named by Adjutant General
Lincoln,1 Neb., July 30. (Special.)
-Adj. Gen! H. J. Paul of the Ne
braska National guard has issued
the following-order: -
The following men are hereby
designated as a civilian rifle team
from Nebraska to attend the national
rifle matches at Camp Perry, O.,
August 1 to August 28, inclusive, and
will proceed to that range, leaving
Nebraska so as to arrive at Camp
Perry, O., not later than nOon,
August 1, except as herewith noted:
Lincoln Riley, captain. Wlnr, .Nth.,
entire period. W. H. PUsUra. coach. Stel
la. Neb., from noon AufUHt IS. J 2 rt. 8.
Calbraith, ran ire ulflccr. Wlsner. Neb. en
tire period. J. K Monroe, quartermaster,
Lincoln, Jieb., entire period, K. J. Har
vey, Valentine, Neb. from noon Auxust
15. 110. A. P. Fuhlrodt, Wiener, Nob.,
entire mrlod. 15. R. Herrman, Wlnnar,
Neb., entire period. L. O. Thompson, Wie
ner. Neb., from noon August IS, l20. M.
McCill, Wiener,' Neb., from noon u
trust 16, 1320.. K 8. Stevenson, Farnam,
Neb., entire period. P. O. Gardner, knr
nam. Neb., entire period. C. M. Snrenxon,
Klyria, Neb., from noon AuRUet IS, U13.
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BELDEN
Two Exceptional Values
In Attractive Bags
The very lovely beaded bags,
in soft blues, tans and
greens, with linings corre
sponding in color, which we
place on sale Saturday are
surprisingly fine for only
S15 each.
A complete selection of
leather and velvet bags is of
fered for your viewing for
prices attractively low. Bag'
shapes, flat purses and can
teen bags of a variety of fine
leathers comprise the show
ing. Notion Main Floor.
Saturday, a Half Price Sale
of Silk- Remnants
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Several hundred pieces of very lovely silks, foulards,.
Qeorgettes, sport silks, novelty plaids, shirtings and
crepe de chines, in usable lengths, will be placed on
sale Saturday for about one-half their regular price.
It would be advisable to' select pieces for future use,
as y6u will not be able to duplicate the values later.
' The Silk SJiop Main Floor.
White Nile Cloth Pumps
for Half Price,
!
TJiey are Sorosis
for less than far
A Month -End Sale of
Children's Socks
All of our infants' amTchildren's half and three
quarter socks are included. A splendid array is dis
played for your selection.
A .few of the price
reductions are quoted.
50f Socks fcn39c 85c socks for 67c
59cNsocks for 46c ' $1.25 socks for, 97c
" 65c socks for 49c $1.55 socks $1.21
75c socks for 59c. $2.25 socks $1.75
Saturday, a Sale of
White Piques'
Narrow and medium width cords. -
75c pique, 27 inches wide, for 50c a yard.
$5c pique, 27 inches wide, for 69c a yard.
$1.50 pique, 32 inches wide, for $1.25 a yard.
$1.25 pique, 36 inches wide, for $1.00 a yard..
$1.50 pique, 36 inches wide, for $1.25 a yard.
7 ' On Sale in the Linen Section Main Floor.
John Mnrrinttr. Lincoln. Neb., entire pe
riod. Dee NiouMh, Lincoln. Neb., entire
lerlod. Juduon Alnler, Wiener, Neb., en
tire period. Herbert Lorenen, Wlsnor,
Neb., entire period. Pnul Snyder. Wiener
Neb., entire period. Leonard Kane, V la
ne r. Neb., entlrv period.
Hotel Company Auditor
H Killed in Auto Wreck
. Jowa City, la., July 30.(Special
Telegram.) John J. Stelk of Daven
port, auditor for the Miller Hotel
company of Des Moines and Daveiw
port, was instantly killed nine milct
west of, Iowa City when his a.utonio
bile turned over, while- driving at t
high rate of speed. He was alone in
the car.
Buns Pitchfork in Foot.
Nehrack-a Citv Neh ..akTulv 30 i
(Special.) Carlliretter, farmer, re
siding west of the city, ran a tine of
a pitchfork through his foot whilo
assisting in harvesting his wheat
crop.
Mesh bags, silver fin
ished or gold plated, in
dainty and essentially
feminine shapes, are of
fered at appreciable re
ductions. Bagsprigin
ally $7.50 to $20, Satur
day $5 and $10 each.
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Just one hundred pairs of
attractive new white Nile
cloth pumps, with light
hand turned soles, Lbuis
heels and a good looking
Colonial tongue. We have '
almost every size and can
assure you a good fitting.
Saturday Only,'
$5.50 sa Pair
Quality offered
inferior grades.
Center Aisle Main Floor.
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