KENT WANTS OUT
TO ROUND UP HIS
150 WITNESSES
I Has No Love for Boeke Girl
' Denies Marriage Pro-
posal-
l-Admits
.. : Nothing.
f "No. I don't love Miss Boeke ,"
f said "Dr." H. S. Kent in the county
jail yesterday.
!- The man arrested last Saturday
i on a charge of attempting to de
I stroy two newly-born infants by
I placing them in a cistern at Thirty
' third and California streets and
bound over to the district court yes
. terday under $20,000 bond, was in
depressed mood after his first night
! . in the county jail,
f He faces three serious charges
connected with the alleged attempt
to destroy the children, who, police
declare, were born to Miss Louise
Boeke, 3041 California street, at
whose home Kent was a boarder.
Knows No Love.
I The question of marriage to Miss
p Boeke brought out Kent's state
I ment. A reporter attempted repeat
jj edly to get him to admit that he
might marry the girl, pointing out
j that such a niairiaiie would result in
I her being shut eff from testifying in
I"-the case.
S "I don't love her. I never loved
j any woman. I don't know what
5 love is. 1 never ran after women
and women never ran after me."
said the "pl.ilcsophcr-doctor-phar-
macist."
J Kent finally admitted, that, if
1 marriage would help him out of his
" trouble, he might be willing to sub
mit to it.
$ Keeps Regular Habits.
J Kent, who says he is 61 years old.
looks, to be less than 50.
I" "The secret of that is regular
habits," he said "And I never eat
I meal. My teeth are not good and
I I can't digest it very well. I eat
f lots of fruit and vegetables, sleep
fregularly about eight hours each
fright, and don't drink alcoholic
I liquors.'
j . w nat win oe jour uetense. ne
'was asked.
I. '."I am working on that now," he
i replied. "I don't know what right
?that judge had to fix my bond at
; 520,000. I ought to be out of here.
?J have to get about 150 witnesses
together."
:- Will Admit Nothing,
i: jiiv liiuJt j vui 1. 1 ill i vti . nv.
' - - 1 I
,was asKea.
' "No, sir, I do not admit one single
.thing in connection with the affair.
Some time the truth will come cut.
I do not admit that I am the father
of those infants nor that I placed
them in the well. Why should J
;do such a thing?"
i A bill of sale for the candy store
owned by Kent and Mrs. Helen
Boeke, mother of Miss Louis Boeke,
afThirty-third and California streets,
waa brought to the jail by Majtin
Sugarman, attorney for the Boekes
this morning, and Kent signed, it.
)oesn't Care Where
: Garbage Goes, lust
So It Leaves Omaha
i "I don't care what Pollack does
with Omaha garbage, just so he
jets it out of town. said Police
..onunissipner junccr, yesirrudy,
oniniditini? on flip order issued ves-
hv District Judge Wakeley
estra'vjig Ilcvry Pollatk, who has
he city 'garbage contract, ,'rom
lumping it rear Debolt s'at:on.
Po l?.rk had a hog ranch in Lass
:ounty and shipped the garbage
here until the car shortage became
.o acute he was unable to get cars,
tiid tl'i'ti he opo'ied a ho; farm
iear IV!'lt srtion, nortli of Flor-
nce, I'mger i-aul.
Mor- tliap 50 residents of that vi
initv igned ttie iictitio'i requesting
h? vnj:":ictlon.
; "Of course. 1 hope he doesn't
iiake a ruiimwe of it anywhere
he, iinter arliocl. "out our lircct
rnterv-t cense when the garjiage is
iropei !v ooiloc'ed r.nd removed
roniji.lv from the city."
utoisi ita Cver Man,
Trnn Assaitlts Him
FohVe ar ftking th1 driver of
n au'"iohil. hearing Nebraska li
enc No. 3025
Thi" driver is reported to have'
un tiown Art hit jonnson. lw
hicafjo street. Friday night at 6:15
clock at Seventeenth street and
Capitol avenue.
Joiinson remonstrated with the
river, according to the police rc-
ort, and was assaulted by the au-
pist, who leaped from his machine
tad attacked the injured man.
Johnson was attended by police
jurgeons and taken to his home. He
luffercd painful cuts and bruises
rom the accident and lacerations
bout the face from alleged assault.
Vho Stopped the Meeting?
County Demos Can't Decide
Douglas county's democratic cen-
ral committee met for otjly a few
foments Friday night.
James Dahlman called tor ad-
purnment when he discovered less
nan one-third the membership
resent, he said.
Jerry Howard declared Dahlman
djourned the meeting because he
;arned that plans of the "federal
rigade" to name Claude Bossie as
Jecretary were in jeopardy.
lo Teacher Shortage In
!,- Omaha Schools This Year
There will be no shortage of teach
in Omaha schools this year,
iperintendent Beveridge said yes
Hay. I Some positions have not been
Died yet, but both Mr. Beveridge
pd Miss Belle Ryan, assistant
uperintendent, say they feel sure
il places will oe filled before school
pens in September.
jmaha Pastor to Speak In
; Springfield, Neb., Church
I "What Is Man's Business in the
yorld?" is the subject on which
itv. Charles W. Savidge will speak
nttday motning in the Methodist
Coal Situation in Omaha Is
Serious, Says Power Head
Order of Illinois Miners to Return to Work Sign of
Some Relief, According to J. E. Davidson, But
Car Shortage Is Handicap.
The report yesterday that John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, had or
dered coal miners of Indiana and Il
linois back to work comes as a sign
of relief here for the Nebraska Pow
er company, the Brandeis power
house and other companies who are
using Illinois coal.
"People in Omaha do not know
much of the Illinois fields," said J.
E. Davidson, general manager of
the Nebraska Power comnanv. "It
is the second largest coal field in the
country, being headed by only Penn
sylvania." Irom outlooks in other helds,
however, Omaha may yet get a rep
etition of the coal situation that the
nation experierVcd last fall.
Not the Only Danger.
"The coal strike is not the only
danger now," said Mr. Davidson.
"The car shortage is just as bad.
Coal will do pcop'.e in this part of
the country no good unless we have
cars to transport it here."
The Nebraska Power company has
been storing 18,000 tons of coal an
nually in case of emergency through
ihe winter months, but it has barelv
been able to hold its own this year,
according to Mr Davidson.
"The Nebraska Power company
has been buying coal on the open
market," he said. "We have no as
surance of delivery now, which put
us in u bad position. It does not
give us the brand of coal we want,
Chamber of Commerce
Passes Resolutions
On Motor Vehicles
With a view to eliminat'ng auto
accidents caused by violation of
traffic rules, the: Municipal Affairs
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce has made the following
recommendations.
First: That warning slftns placed in
conspicuous planes nlonf? main htfthways,
similar to the Scott slicns. be used freely;
thut large users of billboard spare be re
quested to permit of the use of a part
of their space for fuch signs and that
Ihe bill posting: companies be requested
to co-operata In arranging for this on other
signs which may be available.
Second: That the police department
maintain a record showing the license
number and name of violators of traffto
ordinances. This as a reference for em
ployers of drivers, and as a reference for
the police departmen In issuing future
permits to automobile operators.
Thjrd: That a letter be sent to em
ployers urging them to require each driver
to obtain a separate license number and
not to transfer a license from one em
ploye to another; that the city authorities
be requested to enforce the existing
ordinances againBt the transfer of sucn
licenses.
Fourth: Recommand thnt-pll second of
fenders of the speed ordinances be pun
ished by a jail sentence.
Fifth: In every case where a minor 1b
taught driving a car, the car should be
impounded. ,
Sixth: Police commissioner should notify
ail patrolmen to take an active Interest
In enforcing the traffic laws especially as
to speeding. This should not be left ulone
to traffic officers.
Seventh: That the driving ol. "Kid"
cars or other light motor-driven vehicle
by minors under It! years of age be pro
hibited by enforcement of existing ordi
nances. Eighth: That the Retail Grocers associ
ation and the Associated Retailers be
urged to maintain a card record of all
motor drivers for the use of their mem
bers with the Idea nf eliminating drivers
who have records of frequent traffto law
violations.
Bluffs Couple Will Tour
Battlefields of France
Mr.' and Mrs. Walter Shellhorn,
1028 Fourth avenue, Counci. Bluffs,
vill tour the batncfields of France
in September.
Shellhorn. saw service with Com
pany L, 108th infantry, in France,
and met Mrs. Shellhorn at a hos
pital in Paris when she was Mile.
Pauline Rosseau.
Mine. Shellhorn declares she has
no fear of wanting to remain in
her fatherland alter the visit for
she has fallen in love with her hus
band's native country.
Knew Your Son Movement
Launched by Lions Club
Omaha den of Lions, recently or
ganized men's body, has inaugurated
a campaign with the slogan, "Know
Thv Son."
The movement aims to induce the
fithcrs to spend at least an hour a
day and one evening a week with
their sons. Many prominent Omaha
business men, not members of the
Lions club, are enthusiastic over the
movement. L. B. Clough is, presi
dent of the club.
Says He Jumped In Window
" To Escape- Negroes' Bullets
Caught between two hostile ne
groes firing revolvers at each other
promiscuously, Jesse Navero, 1906
Dougla street, leaped through the
glass window in a soft drink parlor
at 903 Capitol avenue Friday
ni:iht, he told the police yesterday
when the proprietor of the place de
manded paymnt for the window.
Police had no report of the affair,
they said, and declined to enter into
the case.
Divorce Court
Divorce Petitions.
Thomas Thomas against Mary Thomas,
desertion.
Amelia Grunden against Howard Grun
den, cruelty.
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice
"Another day and it would have
been too late," said the Visiting
Nurse, at a wretched hut in the out
skirts of the South Side, where a
little mother whose husband died
eight months ago was. given aid
from The Bee's fund for her two
smallest children, aged 5 months
and 18 months.
The youngsters were drinking the
health-giving milk the fund pro
vides. The toil-worn mother stood
near, smiling through her happy
tears.
"He'll get well now. He'll get
well now, she kept repeating.
If you can help, out of your com
parative abundance, in this great
work, send or bring the contribu
tion to The Bee office. There is
great need of it. -
Previously reported tltt.TI
Joseph W. Colwell (.At
i.nd we must pay very high prices.
Worst of all, we can not get the
coal."
But 25 Per cent Delivery.
There have been 38,000,000 more
tons of coal mined up to June 1 this
year than last year, according to
Mr. Davidson. But because of the
car shortage thes ituation is turning
out just as bad as last year.
The last contract of the power
company called for 150,000 tons of
coal at $1.85 per ton.
Ten tons daily were to be deliv
ered, but only two and one-half tons
were delivered daily until the strike,
when the company received no coal.
The Illinois company is now asking
$4 per ton with a contract for only
75,000 tons.
Closing Not Fair Economy.
The coal companies are not wor
rying about anything, for they can
sell all the coal they can get, ac
cording to Mr. Davidson.
An illustration of what would
happen if the power company
-should close for one day to save
money is given by Mr. Davidson.
"By taking the power and light
away from the M. E. Smith com
pany we woudl save two-thirds of a
ton of coal, but employes of the fac
tory would lose $3,300. M. E. Smith
company would also lose money for
they would have expense and no in
come. "Closing would not be fair econ
omy." Wakes Judge at 1 :30
In Morning to Search
Carnival for Sister
Nina Hinton, 16 years old, 1720
North Twenty-fifth street, who dis
appeared from her home, has been
located by her brother, F. D. Hin
ton, with a chum, Edna Mettshoff, at
Oakdale, la.
Judge J. A. Cheney of Shenan
doah, was roused from his slumbers
at 1:30 a. m. Friday, by Hinton,
who demanded a search warrant for
a carnival showing at . Shenandoah.
Hinton told the judge he feared
his sister had joined the carnival
company with two other girls and a
young man at Beatrice, to which
place he had traced her.
The judge refused to issue the
warrant, but Marshal J.- P. Garrett
of Shenandoah, accompanied Hin
ton to the carnival grounds later in
the morning and investigated.
No trace of the girl was found at
he carnival.
Traffic Breakers Fined
Fines for traffic violators in Coun
cil Bluffs reverted to the old $5 and
?10 mark Friday with the return
of Judge Capell to the bench. Six-
cen violators were hned. several
of them were Omaha men.
Foreign Exchange,
American State Bank,
18th and Farnam Sts. Adv.
FUR SHOP
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TfiE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 1. 1920.
Stolen as Child, Finds
Kin After 18 Years
After a search of 18 years Mrs.
Zella Earl Pickard, now 23 years
old, has found her relatives at
Blackstone, Va.
When she was S years old she
disappeared from her home near
Church Hill, in Dinwiddie county,
Virginia.
Bloodhounds were put on her
trail and it was established that she
had been stolen.
After the child was gone eight
months her mother died of grief. It
was thought that a negro woman
had stolen the child and sold her
to gypsies.
Last January Mrs. Rickard, whose
name before her marriage was Luna
Virginia Joyner, asked the New
York police to help her find her
relatives.
She said that up to eight years
ago she believed a woman circus
rider, who brought her up, to be her
mother.
Mrs. Rickard has been reunited
with a brother and sister living at
Blackstone, Va.
Carpenter Injured In Fall
From Ladder at Ice Plant
John Frank, carpenter, 3510 Leav
enworth, street, was seriously injured
when he fell off a ladder at the
Omaha Ice and Cold Storage plant.
Eighth and Farnam streets, shortly
before noon yesterday.
Police took him to his home where
police surgeons stated after an ex
amination that Frank suffered cuts
on the head and face and a possible
fracture of the left collarbone.
y
Hagen Beats Barnes
Greenwich, Conn., July 31, Wal
ter Hagen of New York today de
feated Jim Barnes of St. Louis, 70
to 74, retaining his title of open
champion of the Metropolitan Golf
association.
Bank Clearings Slump
Bank clearings for the week end
ing July 31 are $50,406,680, and for
the month of July are $231,214,930,
as compared with $57,690,249, and
$257,221,445 for the corresponding
week and month of 1919.
w 'HMi. UJUb'gy' JsT
An Announcement!
Our
August
Fur Sale
Starts Monday, Aug. 2d
This August Fur Sale is an institutional, established
event long anticipated by prospective buyers and lov
ers of fine furs.
It is a sale that ranks foremost among the most impor
tant of the season's greatest merchandising events.
Thousands of dollars of exquisite furs of unquestion
able quality and style from the chic little chokers to the
most luxurious of wraps.
Are now ready for your inspection at a
Decided Reduction
Remolds Cb"
Formerly BensoiThorne
j
OFFICER AGREES
TO HELP SUPPORT
WIFE AND CHILD
Policeman Promises to Con
tribute $40 a Month, But
Says He Won't Live With
Bride.
Acting Police Inspector Haze an
nounced yesterday after an inter
view with William Gibson, police
man, that Gibson had agreed to con
tribute $40 a month to the support
of his wife, Marie Gibson, and their
3-weeks-old baby. Gibson, accord
ing to the inspector, declared, how
ever, that he will not live with his
wife.
Complaint that Gibson had aban
doned his girl-wife, to whom he was
married late last summer, and their
baby was made to Police Commis
sioner Ringer Friday by L. B. Day,
an attorney.
Mr. Ringer announced yesterday
that Gibson must support his
wife and child or get off the police
force.
"I don't care anything about their
personal quarrel; this is not a court
and if either of them wants to get
a divorce, all right, that will end H.
But, until they are divorced, Gibson
must take care of his wife and baby
or he can't stay in the police depart
ment," Ringer said today.
Ringer said he believed his stand
is justified by the ordinance author
izing city officials to enforce pay
ment of legitimate bills contracted
personally by city employes.
Mrs. Gibson is at the home of her
mother at 1611 Leavenworth street
Gibson lives now at 819 South Thirty-seventh
street.
Chauffeur Seeks to Bring
About Traffic Board Here
A traffic board for Omaha and
later for Nebraska, patterned after
the traffic board of New York is the
aim of Albert E. Hayward, private
chauffeur for C. E. Fuller of the
Union Pacific.
Mr. Hayward is enlisting the aid
of many civic and automobile or
ganizations of Omaha to put the
plan across He is trying to make it
compulsory that every driver have a
permit. Permit to drive could be
secured for a nominal fee after the
applicant passes a physical examina
tion, shows his ability to drive and
control a car, and answers questions
on traffic regulations.
According to Mr. Hayward, the
American Automobile association is
attempting to form a standard law
for auto drivers throughout th;
country.
Injured by Street Car
Stepping around the rear end of
a westbound Umaha street car.
from which she had just alighted,
Mrs. A. A. Maxwell, 60 years old,
2100 West Broadway, Council
Bluffs, was struck bv another street
car, Friday night. She was taken to
her home and is believed to be suf
fering internal injuries.
THIRD FLOOR
OMAHA WILL HAVE
TWO BLIMPS IN
BIG RACE TRYOUT
Leo Stevens to Pilot One
Army to Man Other
Balloon.
Omaha will be represented in the
elimination trials of the interna
tional balloon races to be staged at
Indianapolis in September by. two
balloons, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Leo
Stevens, civilian instructor at the
Fort Omaha school.
One of the balloons will be enter
ed by the army, while the other will
be entered and piloted by Leo
Stevens.
Both balloons when completed
will hold 80,000 cubic feet of gas
each.
The army balloon, which is being
made of sail cioth. will be 105 feet
in height and will be the largest
balloon entered in the elimination
triaJs.
Merchandise Taken
From Railroad Car
Found by Officers
Recovery of $2,500 worth of mer
chandise stolen from a Missouri Pa
cific boxcar last week at LaPlatte,
Neb., was effected yesterday noon by
Detectives Franks and Graham,, aid
ed by Officers Hansen and Herdzina.
The loot was found concealed un
der trunks and beds in three homes
in the vicinity of Fifty-third and
W streets.
J. E. Tierney, packing house em
ploye, Fifty-third and Dublin, and
Rieman Dunlap, Fifty-thfrd and Y,
were arrested in connection with the
discovery of the loot and are being
held for investigation. The raid on
the three homes was conducted fol
lowing a tip received by Detective
Franks that the stuff was hidden
there.
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SPECIAL SALE
of
Detroit Jewel
Gas Ranges
HERE ARE THE FACTS
These ranges were bought before the last drastic price advances,
which means that you avoid an increase of about 11. But,
in addition to this, we have cut the prices so that you not only save
ny27o but an additional 10, which equals 27. In the case
of the $69.00 range a $2.25 lighter is affixed, again increasing
your advantages.
If you are going to need a range during the next
six months, this constitutes .your opportunity.
Detroit Jewel "Cabinette" is an attractive elevated
oven type, made in right or left styles. It is sub
stantially built, with full 16x16x11 oven.
SPECIAL SALE PRICE
Detroit Jewel "Cabinette," with broiler, is made
with full 16x16x11 elevated oven and 20x20 cook
ing top.
SPECIAL SALE PRICE.
Detroit Jewel "Special," a range especially designed
to combine the features universally desired by gas
users. Extra large cooking top, 22x28; oven 16x18x12;
broiler 16x18x9. During the sale fitted with a $2.25
automatic lighter FREE. ,
During the sale all Detroit Jewel Ranges to which auto-
matic lighters can be attached will be fitted FREE. 1
I
I Connections where gas is in kitchen made without charge.
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URE SAYS SLUMP
IN BUILDING DUE
TO MONEY TIEUP
Operations In Omaha Almost
at Standstill Noticeable
Decrease Since
June.
Building operations in Omaha
have come almost to a standstill,
according to records in the building
inspector's office. Practically no
building permits have been issued
for several days.
In June this year building permits
totaled $1,888,623, as compared with
only $634,320 for June, 1919. For
the first six months of this year per
mits totaled $10,574,265, as com
pared wtih $9,922,647 for the entire
year of 1919.
But indications are July this year
will be little, if any, heavier than
July a vear ago, when the permits
totaled $807,505.
Condition of the money marke
is given as principal cause for sud
den cessation in building operations.
However, W. G. Ure, commissioner
of finance, believes there is another
reason. ,
If a building costs two or three
times as much as it did five or six
years ago, or as it will in two or
three years from now, there is little
hope for the man who builds now
lo make even a small margin of in
terest on his investment, Mr. Ure
says.
He must either charge a higher
rental or, if he is a merchant, he
must make a greater margin of profit
than the fellow who was fortunate
enough to build when costs were
lower. Neither is easy to do, says
Ure.
The result is, no good business
man is going to tie up his money in
buildings under present conditions,
he says.
SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS
League of Nations Is
Dead Issue in Campaign,
P. P. Christensen Sayc
New York, July 31. The league
of nations is "nothing more than at
ittempt to establish an internationa
bankers' soviet," declared P. P
Christensen, presidential nominee o
the farmer-labor party, here today
"The league of nations is a dead is
sue," he said. "If it w:re not. i
should want to kill it."
Enforcement of Irish freedom wa:
another point on which he expressec
himself.
"I am one of those who is sisf
ficiently in love with the principle:
of human freedom to come oui
f.quarely for recognition of '.he Irish
republic," he said.
Referring to the attempts of Gov
ernor Cor and Senator Harding tc
persuade .Tennessee to pass the
equal suffrage law, he said:
"If Governor Cox and Senator
Harding can't get ratification, I will
go down and try the rebels myself."
Bluffs Boys Uninjured In
Auto Accident On Lake Road
Four Council Bluffs boys, riding
in the automobile belonging to Clair
Smith, 705 Sixteenth avenue, es
caped injury Friday when their
car crashed into the ditch at the
I. S. D. crossing on the Lake Man
awa road. The radius rod of the
car broke, rendering the steering
wheel useless.
The boys were George Smith,
Leonard Smith, Harry Neal and a
lad named McKinley. George, son
of the owner of the car, was driving.
Swear Words Help Out at
Times In Home, Says Judge
"A swear word sometimes helps
to solve family troubles," said Judge
W. G. Sears in juvenile court yes
terday when John Gallup, 2215
Lothrop avenue, told the judge that
he wanted custody of his four chil
dren. Gallup said his wife was not
capable of taking care of the young
sters and that she used profane lan
guage within their hearing.
39.
49.
$
69.
Total..
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