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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920.
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Lost Lover
Is Located
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By Police
Cabaret Singer Who Won
Girl's Lovfe With Song Fails
To Appear at Depot As .
Per Schedule.-,
Mildrfcd Stevenson, 16, Kansas City,
was .found lobbing in te Drexal
cafe. Sixteenth' and VV.ler street,
yesterday and taken to Central po
' lice station by, Detectives Emery and
ilixon. .'. . .
In the arms of the police matron
she sobbed 'her story pf how she
had deserted hy home and friends
and come to Omaha to marry the
boy she loved, and then,, how she
had been unable to find himj
"1-1 wa-wani my "DiekJe," she
sobbed. "He is the dearest boy in
the world and I don't cartf what my
mother says. I met him over a year
ago in Kansas. Cityr., Heilswas sing
ing in a cabaret there.
: ' Song Wias Love.
' "He had the nicest, oice," shel
continued, drying : her bright jbme
eyes. "He sang, 'You're Just Xly
Style of a Girl,' to me artd 1 knew
be loved me. But but I couldn't
find him when I got here."
Mildred shook with sobs again
and it was several minutes before
she .was calm enough to, tell trie
name of her Romeo.
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xie is xucnaru ti. aicwan, nu uc
is trying to be an actor," she finally
informed the matron. "We planned
to out on an act together. Mother
and I quarrelled Friday night, so I
wjred Dickie, whowas visUing his
uncle at Tekamah, Neb., and told
him I was coming to Omaha. He
was to meet me at the Union station,
but he wasn't there."
. ' Called Police Here.
i A voune man eivintr his name as
Richard Stewart called -Chief, of Po
lice Eberstein by long distance from
Tekamah Saturday and asked that
oolice meet 'him at the WebVtcr
street station. When he arrived he
was taken to Central police station
where he explained he was -going
to meet his sweetheart, Mildred, of
Kansas City.
. He admitted, he had been married
three times before, but said he was
'divorced from two of nis wives, and
had filed suit against the third,
. Neomi Stone. IS vears old, of Kan
sas City. When 'he left the police
station he rushed to the Union sta
tion, only to find that Mildred was
not there. " , . .
Vowed to Search City. , .
He then left in search-of her, vow-
iner
he would hunt the city trom
top to bottjqm before giving her
up. ' ' ! ' - i .
"I know she came," he said. "They
never fail me. She fell for nje
when I sang "You're Just My Style
of a Girl." " : . '
Mildred said she arrived in tn
Jia Saturday morning, and waited
several hours for Richtfrd; then
vent to the Howard hotel. Tnth
and Howard streets, where sn$. tooK
a room. "'
Last Wife Unworthy. ,
"I knew he .would' look every
where for me," 'she said. ' but I did
not think 'he would stake so long
to find me. I don't care jf he has
been -married threeimes, he is a
nice boy. 'I know his last wife, and
she wasn't worthy of him. He's
becn misunderstood, that's all. , He
told me he already had a divorce
. from her, though." ' '
' Police found Richard at! the Hotel
Paxton at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
He said he had been unable to find
Mildred. He had asked police to
meet him Saturday so" he might
.have' witnesses fhat he had not
brought her to Omaha, he said, thus
escaoing possible Mann act rharges.
Mildred's parents in Kansas Chy
were notified ,of hr whereabouts.
Can't Return Now.
"I can't go home now," said Mil
dred, when the matron asked her if
she desired to return. "Mother said
she would have nothing more to do
with me if I ran away to Dickie.
Dickie and I musjt face the world.
Mildred will " probably be turned
over to juvenile authorities this aft-t
noon. There is a cnance mat me
two may. be married here, provided
Richard has actually 'secured a di
from his third wife, despite
Mildred's extreme ycuth. r If he
. hasn't secured a divorce,, .the union
..would be impossible, hdwever.
w WheA found ; bv oolice Mildred
ruas ncaiiv urcswu w fi jnconii
a becoming blue hat and low snoes.
She is a decided blond, her' hair be
ing golden and her eyes a lustrous
blue.. v ' v.. - .V .,
Leaves Durin Nis'ht.
Mildred explained she -had,-often
quarreled with her mother1 because
her mbther fhsisted ) shecome in
early nights. ' Her. fondness .for
Richard had still further strained
their relations, she said.V On Friday
uiaht she took the money .she; had-
saved working in Kansas City, and
packed what clothes she riould carry
and in the flead ot nigntstoie out 01
'. "But I don t egret acting, sne
cai.i and hfr rvrn Hasheawenant v.
, "All .l want is Dickie. "r . V'
; V Meet at gtaton., ,', , '
MtlHrrti anrt:Riehar!l' wei'e-allowed
' lp see each Nhfr sterday.' Thev-
..4 A k Uittiar . tiritll tOlfC ;4nn
kisses. ;-' " ' s' 'r Y
If, they send oii -back to Mv
City I'll go there and marry
sas
vou Richard assured her. .
"You must find lots of, variety, in
life, having had i so maiiy wives,"
f ventured a bystander. " v "-''
"I'm iiist like' a successful busi
ness man." replied .Richard, "that
wants 'a new car every 'year. , They
don't -want the old. one repainted
V It's the same with'me with woman.
-I've married 'three times' in the last
three yeas
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Passkey'- Burglar Steals . r
$800 ' Jewelry From Home
A passkey burglar entered the
home of R. L. Patrick. 107 'North
Forty-second street, Monday night
'during the absence of Jthe familyand
stole $400 in jewelfy anf other
. valuables belonging to the houscJ
hold and $300 worth-of jewelry from
Miss Mae'Ingals. a qoofner The
thief ransacked the," house,
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I Sweetheart
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The Atlantic fleet, after a long
son river, New York. The fleet was visited by thousands, and the sailor
boys were not neglected by the fair sex. This laddie and lassie were
snapped in the gloaming as they looked across, the water from, the Penn.
sylvania. One of the big sea-fighters can be seen in the background.
Women Flocking to
Registration Booth
Election1 Commissioner Pre
dicts 20,000 Will Be En
rolled in This County.
w itn only tnree days more in
which to ".register for the special
election of September 21, men and
women are registering at the offio
of Election Commissioner Moor
head in the court house at the rate
of 300 a day..
This office will be open till 9
o clock today, Thursday and Friday
evenings.
"They are coming in now at the
rate of about ISO women and the
same number of men a day," said
Mr. Moorhead. "We will probably
have 20,000 women altogether reg
istered in the county by the time
registration closes. There are more
than 40,000 men on the registration
lists."
The reaon given for holdinsr the
special election cm Seotember 21 for
adoption of a new state constitution
instead, of waiting- till the regular
election of next November is. that
many persons votine at the reeular
election would not take timfe, to vote
on the numerous propositions of the
new constitution and therefore the
election wbuld be lost. The consti
tution must get a majority of all the
votes cast at the election at which it
is submitted.
Taxi Driver Fined for
Part in Hauling Men
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Charles fTemleyl 2506 Douglas
street, a driver for the Omaha Taxi
cab company, was fined $2.50 in pen
ral police court yesterdav - for
hauling L. G. Anderson, 3516 Doug
las street, and O. M. Wheeler of
Council Bluffs, both said to have
been in an intoxicated condition,
about in his taxicah Sunday4 evening.
Anderson and Wheeler were, each
fined $10. . i
Lemley when arrested Sunday
night demanded that Detective
George Summitt pay for the use of
the taxi between the point of arrest
and the police station.
Burgess-Nash Plans jto Get
Ak-Sar-Ben Visitor's Rooms
In order to accommodate out-of-
Uown customers, Burgess-Nash com
pany has arranged to secure rooms ,
for them during Ak-Sar-Ben. ,
The "Ak-Sar-Ben" information
service will take names and address
ee of those having rooms to rent
and secure desirable - tenants -for
them. . This U but one of the many
service features Burgess-Nash' has
installed for, the convenience of
out-of-town visitors. V
Constable Ruts Contents . '
Of Store Into the Street
North Sixteenth street between
.Webster and Burt streets looked like
the market place in Bombay, India,
yesterday after Constable Zaoh
Ellis removed every article of pawn
from the second-hand store ,of S.
Rabinowitz. 711 North Sixteenth
street, upon a complaint sworn out
by V. Shames, owner of the buihj
ing; who charged Rabinowitz with
failure to pay rent for three months.
A large crowd gathered while the
constable stripped the interior of the
store of every sort of article from a
'shoe horn to a delapidated bicycle.
Incidental with the serving of the
papers on Rabinowitz, Motorcycle
Officer Emery ordered him to re
move his belongings from the street
within an hour or suffer arrest for
blockading traffic. -
Police Will Wage War
On Crooks at Carnival
Chief of Police Eberstein and Act
ing Chief of Detectives Anderson
are preparing to guard Omaha
against crooks during carnival week.
A large number of special officers
will be put oh duty. Some patrol
men will ac. temporarily as detec
tives and be placed on duty with the
regular plain clothes men of the
department, wh will work longer
hours than usual. "
f Chief Eberstein announced today
that he will keep in jail until after
the Ak-Sar-Ben is1 over all vagralnts
and prostitutes caught by police
from now on. !
Europe's oldest irtesi&n wll,
bored at Grenoble, France, before
11840, still is yielding water from a
d C 1,798 fa : x "
In Each Port
cruise, anchored again in the Hud
Howell Responds '
To Mayor's Charge
Declares Investigation of Com
mission Proved Necessity
' of Gas Service Charge.
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Replying to Mayor Smith'; criti
cism of gas rates, R. B. Hf well,'
general manager "of the Metropoli
tan Water board, dictated a reply
yesterday, stating that the amount
of the raise necessary ' in the gas
rate was determined ",by a commis
sion of three gas engineers.
"This Commission was unanimous
in its.' report," said , Mr.; Howell.
'The report may be summed up as
follows: v - "
"First, that 1,350,000,000 feet of gas
would probably be used during the
coming year; second, 4hat it would
cost $1,926,124 to prdwuce this gas
and provide for ovrhead charges;
third, that this1 'necessary revenue
should be derived from' (two parts,
thefirst to be collected in the form
of service charge aiictthe second
in the form of t .charge ; for ' gas
used." . v' V - j
Mr. Howell adds that the Water
board, in regular rheetmfc, adopted
the report of the gas epginers and
authorized the higher ratesv ,
"Mayor Smith knows this," Mr.
Howell adds. "He' was invited to
meet the commission, and 'yet he
endeavors to impo'ie. upon an as-
sumel credulity or the. people by
telling them that I have increased
the gas rates because' of -pique."
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Accused of Theft- of Gun.
Fined on Mann Act Count.
James Stark was fined $500 yes
terday .by. Federal Judge Woodrough
for violating the Mann "act. He was
accused, of transporting Edifh Han
cock from York to .Lincoln, thence
to St. Joseph, Mo. ,
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Roy Clark, 1622 Nicholas street,
negro porter, was irrstcd yesterday
on a charge of stealing1 a gun from
C F. Weimer, Wellington Inn.
An inventor has combined a farm
tractor and hay press with which
rapid work can be done in fields.
Do not allow
homing events cast their
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Puss with Nature Unaided
, HPHE scu)turing of a statue is a greater thing than the
unveiling of it; and so the 'growth of the 'unborn
infant under , its mother's influence is ho less important
. than its enjxarice into the life that follows, ' i
No woman waiting the joy of, coming motherhood should
' allow the days to pass Vithout giving nature a helping hand.
' Mother's Friend is a Veritable balm, for the nerves, an intensely '
penetrating' application that softens the muscles, relaxes nervous
tension of the delicate organism involved in maternity, and pre
pares the way for art easier, quicker, and practical delivery. 1
jbSED BY THREE GENERATIONS
. As a direct and powerful aid for the reliefof the distressing
' phases in expectancy, and ii the alleviation of the hardships thr
' usually come with child-bearing, , . X - "' ", ' "
MOTHER'S FklEND
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9jaLD Regulator Company, Dept. A-23, Atlanta. Ga.
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Two Druggists
Are Arrested
By Dry Agents
Proprietors of Millard and
Bexton Pharmacies Nabbed
For Selling High-Pow- '
, ered "Jake."
Edwin W. Hermanski, proprietor
of the Millard pharmacy, and Wil
liam Milder, proprietor of the Bex
ten pharmacy, 1202 Douglas street,
were arrested yesterday by federal
agents on charges of violation of the
national prohibition laws. The
spe ific charge1 against 'the men is
selling Jamaica' ginger containing
more than 4 of 1 per cent of alco
hol. The druggists were released
on bonds of $1,000 each.
j Evidence of violation of the pro
jhibition laws is said, to have been
gathered by federal agents against
fi other pharmacists, who are 'to
be arrested later, it was said.
Prohibition Enforcement Officer J.
F. Hanley announced recently that
a campaign would be waged agains:
proprietors of sott drink parlors vi
lating the dry laws. It i$ninthis
campaign that the two arrests were
made today.
Robert B. Samardick, former
Omaha detective, is working in the
drive on proprietors of soft drink
parlors who are vviolating liquor
laws, it was said.
Samardick was se,nt to Omaha by
Paul D. Keller of the federal pro
hibition enfoccement'-department on
account of his knowledge of condi
tions here.
Samardick went to Minneapolis to
work under Keller when he left the
department here last spring.
Governor Cox to Stay
In Omaha Four Hours
Governor Cox will remain in Oma
ha four hours on his campaign visit
to this city September 27, accord
ing to W. H. Thompson of Grand
Island, democratic.' national com
mitteeman. t
Governor Cox will arrive in
Omaha from Lincoln at 7:45 p. tn.
September 27 and leave at 11:50 for
the east. . ;
The democratic candidate will
ppeak at Kearney, Grand Island and
Lincoln in addition to Omaha in his
one-day speaking campaign in this
state. ! ,
Mr. Thompson also announces W,
G. McAdoo will include Nebraska in
his speaking tour. McAdoo, how
ever, will invade Nebraska from
Denver and is expected to include
Hold'rege, Hastings and other points
in t.he western part of the state. He
also will stay in Nebraska "only one
day. ' '
Paving Contract Award
Put Off Till Monday
The city council yesterday ac
ceded to a request made by Mayor
Smith, that the matter of birfs for
the rcoavinR of St. Marys avenue be
held over for discussion in theTom-i
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mittee oi tne wnoie meeunR ncxi
Monday morning. tThe bid of J. H.
McDonald, $5.94 per yard, was low
but the mayor objected to award
ing the contract to Mr. .McDonald
because he represented the paving
interests of the late Charles S. Fan
ning and because the Fanning com
pany wa in default in paving Leav
ei. worth street according to contract
a" cement.
The American Paving corporation
wa? next to the McDonald bid on
St. Marys avenue, with a price of
$5:93 per yard. . "
Negro Snatches Purse
A negro who had applied for work
at the restaurant run by Mrs. Rose
Stem at 607 south 1 enth street, yes
terday snatched a purse from under
the counter and made his escape.
shadowsl
the Time to
AcdU Drug&Stt
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Woman Painfully Injured .
. When Motor Cars Collide
Mrs. Mary Spicka, 4218 South
Eighteenth street, was thrown to the
pavement and ' painfully injured
when the automobile in which , she
and her husband were riding was
struck Monday nigh at Thirty-first
and Q streets, by two motorcycles
driven by Vernon Capahte and
James Clarkf both of ssyi bouth
Thirty -ninth street The two men
were arrested on a charge of reck
less driving. . j
Lighting fc'ttui'i.'H ji.is-Gran-den
Co.--AdV. . y
CHARLES
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"MRS. TEMPLE'S TELEGRAM"
Also "Big V" Comedy.
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she sGQs thQ shocking
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7wo American
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hack these amazing picturess
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f ' TODAY and THURSDAY
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BURKE
in "Away Goes
Prudence"
Hed the fears f an' earthy male
when she wanted tr t.y through the
air ? Never
'''So she ups and (lees demands of
her father a "black-hand" ransom
tstcomes "queen" of . a band of bur-
flara robs the man she lores leads
the cons to her scandalized home, and
you'll say shs's a high-flier now I
A love and laughter romance that
takes the "prude" oat of Prudence.
Special added attraction Tom Mix In a
western thrlUer, "Hearts and Saddles
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A Paramount Picture
it is as inspiring,, as
heart-warmingeas eternal
as' mother - love this s
f . " Humoresque.,,,
:It&, sensational and
overwhelming success i$
the finest tribute ever
paid to motion pictures.
It means that the Ameri
' can piibHc is keen to
-' appreciate and eager to
Support the ideals that go
into the making of
v moving picture master- ,
'pieces.
In New York, in Chicago, in Los
Angeles, its reception has been
tremendous.
Omaha is receiving
open arms.
Its success everywhere is cs certain
. ' as that day follow: night '
More Paihos tkan ''The Music Master"
More Fun than ''Potash and Perlmutter
Please arrange If possible lo attend matinees
and avofU night crowds
Shows at 11 - 12:30 - 2:15
From (A novaf
"Broadway Bab"
By Johnttoa McCullky
RUIiiifTlffR
VVe left Ruth "surrounded in the eagle's
nest fighting for her life. -
If you missed the first episode start with
the second and live through these thril
ling adventures. '
, A GREAT PATHi SERfAI
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Next Week at the Following Theaters:
The Rex -Every Saturday. Th L6yal Every
Friday, starting September 10. The Grand Coming
oon. The Victoria Starts today. The Alham
bra Mondiy, September 6. The Ideal Com--I
"f soon. Orpheum, South Omaha Coming soon.
io ioiumoia-rV
day, October V
20.
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Hippodrome
A.MCSEMENTS.
TONIGHT
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5T
Matinee Saturday
SONORA GRAND OpefS Company
IN REPERTOIRE
Program Changed Daily-4-Double Bill
Tonight, "CaviUieria Rustirana"
and "Pugliacci'
Company of 50 Splendid Chorus.
Prices t $2.50, $2, $1.50, $1 and 50c.
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