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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1920)
2 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 1, 1920. U.S. ASKS MEXICO TO JOIN SEARCH FOR GENE LEROY Washington Officials Plan to follow Trunk Murderer Into Hills cf South Republic. . S;Kew York July 31. Newdst de velopments in the trunk murder mys tery, the tentacles of which extend from New York to Mexico by way Detroit, Chicago and several little Mississippi towns, came today in the Simultaneous announcement from Washington that negotiations had been opened with the Mexican gov ernment to effect the arrest of Eu gene Leroy, alias O. J. Fernandez, and the statement of the New York SQthorities that they believe Leroy imay be the mysterious "P. P. Pour verer," who murdered Cecil F. Lan jion of Portland, Ore., here last Au gust. --Today the oolice comoared sam- 1 of Leroy's handwritinz with the lienature on the hotel register and they say marked similarity exists tetween the two. 1 hey believe JLan On was killed by a degenerate and rvidence in the Lerov case has con vinced them that here again they lire dealing with a degenerate. In addition to the name Fernan dez, Leroy is said to have used the fellas O. J. Wood. Records of the New York police show, that a man warned Oscar J. Wood was ar- ted July 4. 1919. charged with the heft of $600 in Liberty bonds and lewelry. He was indicted, tried, 'leaded guilty and was placed on a ispended sentence. STSan Antonio, Tex., July 31. Eu Bflne Leroy, alias C. F. Fernandez, icmght throughout the country in connection with the murder of Mrs. tsitherine Leroy in Detroit and the ubseqkent shipping of the woman's tody to New York in a trunk, pur chased a ticket from San Antonio to Los Angeles, Cal., June 17, accord ing to information obtained by San Jftntonio city detectives. The information, which was given tkjf a man who said he saw the ticket bought and said that a chum who was with Leroy at the time later left for Saltillo, Mexico. "-Parents of Jcse Yantez, whose tome is in San Antonio and who has fci;en a chum ofHLeroy, declared that Yantez arrived in San Antonio be fore the Detroit murder and that he .has gone to Mexico, having left here June 22. Sport Worth, Tex., July 31. -A ilman said to be a former wife of iugene Leroy, wanted in connection with the trunk murder mystery at Detroit, will be taken into custody tomorrow and held for investigation, ffMice stated todav. Police say they pave positive proof that she is a for- $th her mother. aby Awful Strong and as Nice: Put it in the Paper Shonanilnali. Ta " Tlilv 31. fSoe- ctal.j The father is not the only one excited over the arrival of Shenan fdtah's first Chinese baby. The en itre populace is interested in the son Jsfcrn to Mr. and Mrs. Fong Yee. ftvFong has not found a name nice enough yet for '. the baby. The fther, m ' Broken tngusn, saia: yjaby awful strong" nice; put it in paper. , Wo years ago in San Francisco. xf Wnrlr nn Nw Hotel. trCnnlr Nffh - Tlilv 31 (Sn. fel.) McCook's $250,000, six-story Botel is now well under way, the jpouring of the cement mixture in the big piers and the general founda tion w.ork beginning Saturday. The Price of The Omaha Bee T)UE TO 'ADVANCED cost of paper and every IS other item entering into its production. The Omaha Bee is forced to announce, effective today, an increase in its subscription and street sale price in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The new prices are: BY CARRIER i e. i 85 Cents a Month Morning and Sunday 20 Cents a Week . , , J85 Cents a Month Evening and Sunday 2Q Cent$ a Week r wil ec j 65 Cents a Month Daily Without Sunday(15 Cenl$ a Week Sunday Only 10 Cents a Copy ON THE STREET Morning or Evening .... 3 Cents a Copy Sunday 10 Cents a Copy These increases are precipitated by higher costs of paper, which will add $200,000 to The Bee's annual paper hill. With prior increases, this means an advance of over 350 per cent in the cost of paper since 1914. In that time there has been only one increase in the price of The Bee on week-days, and The Sunday Bee has contin ued to sell at 5 cents. This situation could last no longer. The Bee is endeavoring to meet the increased cost by dividing the advance between its advertisers and its readers. It believes that neither should bear the entire burden. The Bee intends to continue to maintain its high stan dards of news and features, which make it well worth the new price. From lime to time additional news sources and new features will be announced. . . Remember -The new prices are effec tive today in Omaha and Council Bluffs. The. subscription rale of the Daily and Sunday Bee by mail in Nebraska and Iowa is $9.00 a year, and outside of the 600-mile radius $1 6.00 a year. . NEGOTATIONS FOR RUSSIAN -SOVIET ARMISTICE NOW ON Soviets Said to Be Continuing Drive Despite Previous Agreement. Paris, July 31. The armistice ne gotiations between the Polish and soviet Russian forces are now actu ally under way, according to advices reaching here, but it is said the action thus far has been restricted to the routine preliminaries. Meanwhile, although Moscow wireless messages, filed in plain lan guage, apparently ordered the cessa tion of fighting by the soviet armies to coincide with the beginning of the armistice meeting last night, it is asserted in French quarters that a secret code wireless order from Moscow gave instructions to the so viet commanders to keep pushing their offensive violently. This alleged secret order is de clared to have been deciphered by the French code experts at Warsaw. It is asserted it informed the soviet commanders that the bolsheviki ne gotiators wil delay handing over the armistice terms until August 4, and that meanwhile the armistice negoti ations were to be conducted in a routine manner. Police Probe Death of Rich Jewelry Dealer (Continued From Page One.) Loftis died before Shayne arrived. Loftis gained wealth as the origi nator of the jewelry mail order in stallment business and was widely known as "a good fellow." He was regarded as a ready spender and al ways carried large sums of money. He started the plan of selling diamonds at $1 down and $1 a week. Marital Troubles Many. The diamond merchant's marital troubles, his quarrels with his brother and his escapades were fea tures of Chicago night life. In 1907 Loftis was shot by his brother in a quarrel over partnership and two years later was expelled from one of Chicago's best known clubs because he slapped his wife's face while on a dance floor. Later they were divorced and Loftis handed her a $125,000 check and she left for California. Another brother, J. Clifford 1-oitis was ac quitted in 1910 at Bakersfield, Cal., of the slaying of Joseph Lafferty. Following an autopsy, Dr. James F. Simonds, coroner's physician, made the statement that Loftis' death was caused by a cerebral hem morrhage, produced by external vio lence. The injury probably was the result of Loftis' fall, the physician said. More than 50 girls and young women had visited the apartment of Loftis since January, according to testimony of Miss Hulda Jphn son, housekeeper for Loftis for the last five years. In relating the gay parties at the Loftis apartment, Miss Johnson said Loftis drank ex cessively, drinking as much as three quarts of liquor a day. Woman's Ear Perforated r By Wasp With Stinger Springfield, 111., July 27. Miss Lillian Beechley virtually had a "bee in her bonnet." She rushed into an ear specialist's office here. "There's a bee in my' ear." She said. The physician, after probing around, ex tracted a large wasp with a big stinger. It had punctured Miss Beechley's car four times. Plan New Church. McCook, Neb., July 31. (Special.) The West Side Congregational church will build a new church and is considering plans for a modern structure to meet the requirements of the congregation. Rev. Ferdi nand Sattler is. their pastor. NEVILLE HEADS DEMOCRATS FOR 1920 CAMPAIGN Former Governor Named Chairman of State Com mitteeOptimism Pre vails at Meeting. Former Governor Keith Neville of North Platte, was elected chairman of the democratic state central com mittee at a meeting yesterday in the Paxton hotel. Mrs. A. C. Shaljen berger of Alma and J. S. McCarty of Lincoln were elected vice chairmen;! John A. Rine of Omaha secretary and P. L. Hall of Lincoln treasurer. The chairman and the two vice charmen will appoint the executive committee. There was some show of optimism regarding the outlook for the com ing November. Mr. Neville and John H. Moorehead, both former governors tf Nebraska, spoke in glowing terms of Governor Cox of Ohio and actually declared, without a smile, that he will be elected. Mr. Moorehead said some ardent words in behalf of his own candidacy for governor, to the effect that he is "going to make a fight against one man government this fall" and "be lieves that Nebraska will, without doubt, be in the democratic column this fall with sweeping democratic victories for state and county candi dates." Arthur. Mullen, apparently on the road to recovery from his severe fall from the national committee at the recent primaries, was among those present. Arthur evidently has ex perienced a change of heart, for he spoke in favor of placing women on the political committees, putting it in his own elegant style thus, "You ought to put them on the same com mittees, regardless of whether they wear pants or skirts." One A. M. Glover of Aurora sec onded this idea, declaring that women make better propagandists than men and that everything ought to be done by the party for them, W. W. Hawkins Named To Head United Press as Howard Leaves Post - i New York, July 31. Announce ment was made today by the United Press association of the promotion of W. W. Hawkins, for several years its vice president and general man ager, to the position of president in succession to Roy W. Howard, pres ident of the organization since 1912. The change is effective August 1. Mr. Howard is leaving the United Press to accept the position of gen eral business director of the Scripps McRae league of newspapers, with headquarters at Cleveland, O. Mr. Hawkins was born in Spring field, Mo. He was associated in the origination of the United Press in 190 and successively held the po sition of Pacific coast manager, Washington manager, general news manager, business manager and gen eral manager of the organization. He is 37 years old. Third Party Nominee ' Defies Harding or Cox To Go to Tennessee New York, July 31. Parley P. Christensen, presidential nominee of the third, or farmer-labor party, to day issued a personal challenge to Governor Cox and Senator Hard ing to visit the Tennessee legislature and influence a majority vote in that body in favor of ratification of the suffrage amendment Mr. Christen sen charged that the democratic and republican parties are in a con spiracy to stifle ratification by Tennessee, the remaining state whose approval is necessary to make the amendment effective. Mr. Christensen is conferring here with third party leaders on national cam paign plans. Ex-County Treasurers in Stanton Enter Auto Game Stanton, Neb., July 31. (Special.) A company has recently been formed here for the purpose of dis tributing hydraulic gear shifts for automobiles. Ervin Nye, formerly county treas urer, now a real estate man, is presi dent of the company; F. S. Gamble, a former county treasurer and re cently of the Chace-Gamble Lumber company, is secretary-treasurer, and C. J. Kremer, formerly with the Se curity Mutual Life Insurance com pany of Lincoln, is sales manager. The board of directors are Edwin Nye, F. S. Gamble and J. H. Schwartz. Elevator Filled With Grain Burns at Knox, Neb. York, Neb., July 31. (Special.) Lightning struck the Farmers ele vator at Knox, four miles south of thir. city, Friday niht. The elevator vas owned by the Farmers' union association of Knox. There i was about 3,500 bushels of wheat. 1,300 bushels of oats and 200 bushels of corn in the building. There was $10,500 insurance on the grain and $6,000 on the elevator. One car ol wheat was burned on the track con taining 1.500 bushels of wheat. Beatrice Oats Field Breaks , Record With 101 Bushels Beatrice, Neb., July 31. (Spe cial.) Capt. Arnt, living south of the city on the D. W. Cook farm, secured the heaviest yield of oats reported this season in this section. From six acres the yield was 606 bushels, an average of 101 bushels to the acre. Hundreds of Japanese Joining Army of Cantu El Paso, July 31. Japanese are enlisting by hundreds in the army of Esteban Cantu in Lower Califor nia, according to Henry M. Hill, consul-general fro mthe republic of Panama to San Salvador, who was in El Paso today" "on his wa to Farm Girls Leave Home to Miss Work (CoDtlnnfd From Vst One.) department's extension work with women, under whose direction the survey was made, "that even though the farm home be provided with an automobile and a telephone (62 per cent have automobiles and 72 per rent have telephones) the farm fam ily may be obliged to act unaided ia nase of sickness, childbirth or se rious accident." . Medical Advice Needed. .What this means to farm mothers is indicated by the recently pub lished reports of special field agents of the children's bureau on maternal and infant weliare in rural areas in widely separated states, which says: "Scarcely a mother in any of the rural areas studied had prenatal care measuring up to an accepted stand ard of adequacy, and more than three-fourths had no medical super vision or advice." stated Miss Julia Lathrop of Chicago, chief of the children's bureau in her aanual re port to congress. "The waste of woman power is one of the g'reatest menaces to the rural life of the nation," accord ing to the deductions drawn by the specialists of the department from a study of the' survey. "Although compared with even 10 years ago the returns show a change for the bet ter, the burden is still far greater than the strength of the average woman can long endure." What is to be done about it? The department suggests some very def inite things. Not for the first time, for the conditions revealed by the survey were called to the attention of congress and the country bv President Roosevelt following the report of the country life commis sion appointed by him 'in 1908, and again by secretary Houston, then secretary of agriculture, in 1914. fol lowing his inquiry as to farm home conditions, the replies to which were tragic revelations of the lives of women in farming communities. The present survey, the extension service hopes, will point the way to remedies which may be applied through organized effort and local leadership. Efficiency in Home. The annual report of the home demonstration agents for 1919 indi cated a decided advance, in the busi ness side of housekeeDinc on the farm, 166 counties carrying on a cam paign ior increased nome efficiency and 1,077 farm families beine assist ed in rearranging farm house or kitchen as an important first step in efficient housekeeping, the largest number reporting from Iowa. The real task, however, is to 'con vince the man of the family that the farm house should be as well equip ped as the up-to-date barn. "The farmer," comments Miss Ward, "usually considers modern farm equipment as so much currency with which to buy efficiency. Of the total number answering the ques tion, 48 per cent reported power for operating farm machinery. When we consider that it is a simple matter to connect the engine used at the farm with household equipment, it seems 4" singular fact that but 22 per cent of the farm homes reporting have this advantage. Power for such frequently recurring tasks as churn ing and using the washing machines would greatly relieve the farm woman. "Running water is the pivot upon which much modern convenience de pends. Oi those reporting, but .32 per cent of the homes have running water, 48 per cent have, water in the kitchen only. In 61 per cent of the homes into which the water must be carried this work is done by women." Of 6,734 women answering the question only 20 per cent had bath rooms in their homes. H6i to Save Labor. "The loss to family and community by the waste of women's energy here described could be prevented by a reasonable amount of planning and well directed investment in modern urdera of $3.00 or more wa t Add 10c par 1 fi1 Rfi Alexandria One-Step Six 1UXOO Brown Brothers. Laiy Jan Wait Six Brown , 1 Afl Brothers 1,W 1fi1770nl By Jingo Fox Trot lu Green's Novelty Orches tra. Oh I By Jingo Comedy 1 f)A Song Billy Slurray . . . W 1 fll HQ Alabama Moon Waltz Green's Novelty Orchestra. Triplets Fox Trot Xylo- 1 ftft phone Geo. Green .w I ff 1 C Let the Rest of the World lUlli) Go By Song. Just 1 AA Like the Rose Song .W 1 A1 10 Mr I,Ie of Golden Dreams IV lO. MaJ, xrio 1 yi Bubbling Over .W 1 ftl Sweet and Low Walts Sanfords Famous Band. Eo-La-Bo Fox Trot Emer- 1 AA son Xylo-Phiends l.W iniCft Rose of Washington Square lUlOU Fox Trot. Torea- 1 AA dor One-Step Military Band1,vv' The Exclusive Music . Store RECORDS iiSr Fr Your Victor Q ff)AKFORD VJ Mdsria Co. " NEW LOCATION Crosby Funeral Home. 24th and Wirt, Omaha telephones Webster 47 and Webster 48 am pleased to notify the general public that I have secured a permanent business location, which, at con siderable expense, is being remodeled and equipped to be one of the most beautiful Funeral Homes in the city. WILLIS C. CROSBY equipment," concludes the depart ment's report. "There is much talk nowadays of the economic, impor tance of a contented rural population, willing to stay on the land and help to build it up; perhaps the greatest factor in bringing this about will be the healthy, alert and expert home maker, who will see to it that a part of the increased income from the farm is directed toward the improve ment of the home as a means of con tentment and stimuli for farm work. Economists of our country, seeing the steady migration cityward, recog nizing the dearth of farm labor as a limiting factor in production and connecting this with the isolation and inconvenience of rural condi tions, are pointing out that where these exist it is doubtful business policy, to use increased income to buy more land with heavy interest charges against it rather than to spend part of that income in raising standards of living so that farm woman may find contentment in comfortable, efficient homes, and young people will not necessarily go to the cities in search of attractive living conditions and amusement" Finger Prints Fail To Identify Man Who Struck Woman in Bed O'Neill, Neb., July 31. (Special Telegram.) Sheriff Duffy and Su perintendent Lyman Trump of the Sioux City bureau of identification were unable by finger prints to un earth any definite clues in the case of the assault of Mrs. John Torey of Emmett, who was attacked while asleep at her home Wednesday night, and struck with some blunt instrument. Finger prints on the window casing through which the intruder had entered the house were too blurred to compare them effec tually with the finger prints of the two men held in, the Holt county jail as suspects and an Emmett character being watched. The sandy nature of the soil makes footprint identification also hard and indefinite. Mrs. Torey still is stunned from the blew, and unable to describe what transpired. Two theories of the attack are ad vanced: One that of a degenerate, the other that the assailant was seeking for money Mr. Torey was thought to keep in the house. After the failure of a bank at Ewing, in which he had funds, in the 90s, Torey kept his savings in gold in a cigar box, after moving to Em mett, being distrustful of banks. Of late years, however, he has banked all his savings and earnings regu larly. Former Sheriff Goes to Prison for Booze Frameup Minneapolis, July 3!. Oscar Mar tinson, who pleaded guilty to com plicity in the illicit transportation liquor from Canada to Minneapolis last winter while he was Hennepin county (Minneapolis) sheriff, was sentenced in district court here to day to two years in the Leaven worth federal penitentiary. Others convicted in connection with the same case also were sentenced as follows: Mike Weisman and Saul Gold berg, 18 months' imprisonment, $5,000 fine; David Posnick and Frank Bank, one year and one day in prison, and "Harry Isaacs, $4,000" fine. Legion Chief fieaches Reno on Short Visit Reno, Nev., July 31. Franklin D. O'Lier, national commander of the American Legion, accompanied by his wife and Secretary A. Darst, ar rived in Reno this morning to con fer with local and state officers of the legion. D. O'Lier was enter tained at luncheon here before leav ing this afternoon for Carson" City where he is scheduled to deliver an address tonight at the dedication of Nevada heroes memorial building. Foreign Exchange, American State Bank, 18th and Farnam Sts. rAdv. par postage. On leas than that record. 1 A1 O I'm Forever Blowing Bub 1 U 1 O bles Song. Beau- 1 AA tiful Ohio Song l.UU 1 HI ft"? Kllima - Waltz Hawaiian lUlO Wa,tz - QQ Hilo March Hawaiian . W lOOIQ My Own Iona Medley Fox 10A3 Trot. Lucy's Sex- OC. tette One-Step Ox IQAfYT My Sweetie One-Step Some Sunday Morning Fox Trot Smith's Orchestra 85c 1 A1 QC Rainbow of My Dreams Jazs Band Blues SU Brown 1.00 Brothers 1 Af 31 Dardanella Plantation Jazs luldl Orchestra. Make 1 AA the Trombone Laugh l.W 1 A A O Saxophone One-Step Saxophone Solo. Valse Erica Waltz J AA Saxophone Solo l.UU 1807 Farnam. Street Omaha, Neb. s TOOTIPSON-BELDEN & COMPANY Monday, An Coats, Suits and Dresses for $25 Twenty-one dresses taffeta; satins, Georgettes, foulards and combinations. OCT $69.50 to $98.50 dresses, Monday . Fifty-five sports and tailored suits QOC ' originally $69.50 to $98.50, for - - Twenty-seven coats and capes originally QQn $50 to $98.50, Monday All Sales Final No Alterations --Apparel Section Third Floor. A Visit to the August Eur Sale Will convince you of the excellent values offered. AnV unusual feature of the sale this year is our guarantee which assures you of the lowest possible price and is effective until October 31, 1920. Coats, Wraps, Separate Pieces Fabrics Velvet Is to be the favored fab ric for fall and wjinter. wear; it will to a great degree supplant duve tyn, which was so very good last year. Our new all-silk chiffon velvets possess atnazing wearing qualities and are irresist ibly lovely. They are shown in all the autumn colors walnut, tete de negre, navy, copen, taupe, mole, duck and black, and are 42 inches wide. Our Charming Neckf ixings Suggest delightful ways of freshening a ' worn suit or frock. There are organdies, sheer and crisp, em broidered and lace trimmed and any number of lace af fairs, lace and net, lace and organdy, or all lace. No other trimming is quite so rich and effective on dark garments as lace, and whether your tastes incline to Irish or Venetian, or Val. or Duchess, 'we will most probably have some interest ing pieces of it to show you. Collars, Sets North Aisle, Main Floor ijczUSE BEE WANT ADS THEY BRING - - .J-'. ... . August Clearance of Apparel for Autumn Suitings Ar e 'also arriving, Poiret twills, tricotines, velour, de laine, velour, duve tyn, and serges. Plaids Are most interesting of all, some of them out lined in an embroidered effect by black silk tfireads, and are offered . in a wide assortment of rich color combinations. The 'Silk Shop, Main Floor M o nda y , 4 Half-Price Sale of Paras ols ' Only' the larger sizes are half price children'ssizes reduced. ; All of our dainty sunshades, in grownup's sizes, will be reduced one-half Monday. Two long, warm months remain in which to carry , a pafasbl this year, and next year you may profit by these unusual savings. The most de lightful assortment is offered, every parasol (this does not mean Sunranes nor colored umbrellas) is included. And for Little Girls The following reductions have been made on children's parasols: $7.00 parasols for $4.00 $6.00 parasols for $3.50 $5.00 parasols for $3.00 $4.00 parasols for $2.50 : $1.50 and $2 parasols, -Monday, only - - $1 Lamp Frames Half Price A special sale of wire lamp shade frames offers a -Variety of shapes and sizes. Un usual values for Just half price. . Art Needlework Second Floor Dainty Glov es Kayser and Fownes' silk gloves may be had in a variety of styles, variously priced. " . 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