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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1920)
i ME BLU: OMAHA,' TUESDAY. OCTOBER 5, llU. 1 My 1 o T '"V 1 ' , Sons of Alleged - Murderess Held , As Car Robbers N Highway Robbery Charges Filed Against brothers x Whose Mother Slew Son-in-lJatv. Mike and urt Tierney. Fifty tnird and W streets, two of the 11 men arrested Saturday night for al leged wholesale thcits from inter state shipments during the past two month?, were charged with highway robbery yesterday. The two younu men are sons of Nrs. Mike Tierney, who shot and killed her son-in-law of three days, and wlto is now in the county jail nargedt with murder, in the first de gree. The Tierneys are alleged to have, held up John Cera, spectal agent for i!ie.Xhicago & Northwestern rail-road,--ttnder the Locust street via I'uct last week. They stole his two revolvers, one of which was found on the person of Mike, according to police. -. Leo Lonegan, 5315 South Twenty seventh street, another member of what 'police say was an organized )gang of box car thieves, was charged with receiving stolen prop erty. Shoes stolen from a consign ment to the Urexet Shoe company were found in his possession, police say. tack Hughes, 5316 South Twenty seventh street, at whose home police say loot leading to the "rounding up" of the box car gang was found, was fined $100 in South ijie police court yesterday morning for illegal possession- of intoxicating liquor. Pretty M"rs. Hazel Lonegan. 1710 Missouri avenue, who was arrested as a member of the gang, sobbgd a denialof her guilt in South Side po lice court yesterday morning. Woman is Dismissed. "f-r-I went to see my mother-in-law, Mrs. Hughes," she declared " brokenly. "While I was there the police raided the house and I was arrested. I didn't have" any idea 7 mere was stolefi goods in the house. - , Mrs. Lonegan was discharged. She was charged with being an inmate of a disorderly house. City and rail road detectives declared they had found the entire gang at the Hughes home drinking Saturday night, y All members of the alleged gang will be arraigned in Central police court this morniilg. Police say startling evidence, s showing ex tensive and carefully planned job beries by the gang will develop. .-New Low Record Prices ' For Sugar Are Made , New Y6t Oct. 4. New low rec i ord prices for the year were estab , -lished in both the raw and refined sugar markets this morning. Prices were half a cent lower than at the close of last week, with raw sugar '. selling oil the basis of 8.51c, duty paid, while refined was quoted at 12M c a pound by the Federal Sugar Refining company. O V : ;v Omaha Promised Warmer Weather or Several Days The cold spell of last week has been broken and the warm weather is here to stay for a few days, WeatheT Forecaster Robins declares. Beginning with last Thursday when the minimum registered 34, the mercury started a steady climb to a , minimum of 38 on Friday, 48 on Saturday and 54 yesterday morning. Returns From Camp. Capt, A. L. Morris arrived yester day morning from a two days' visit to Camp Fuuston, where he went to iaspect the vocational -training schools conducted at that camp for . the benefit of the members of the Seventh division. ' w HENEVER we're asked "Why do you sell EAGLE Shirts?" we say, "Be--cause we can't find anything better.' The patterns are the creations of the maker's own artist designers, the col-' ors made fast by their own dyers, the fabrics the work of their own looms. Every shirt is labeled with the name of the exclusive cloth of which it is made for your convenience in "repeating." In workmanship every shirt reveals the quality that comes only from the ever- -lasting determination to "make it bet ter." ' . , - -7 , ,. You can't go wrobr with a EagU Skirt. Our fall aitortrocnt will show yo why wa sell them. Erary shirt is gurnr , aatacd and arary ona'atha ultimate in Yalue at the price. ki .vl $2.50 to $12.50' CORRECT APPAREL FOK-fEN AND WOMEN'. j bbJbMbPMBBb HMBbW PMbb BMHHhapBVaWMlBVjapM 1 ''"-, V , I .," f .. ..:TVtt'ii,.t--''" -l . - - ...... v ..-i a i. ...... . v.- - - .a. , t. - . - . V. . . . ., . , . - -....'.. ..... r .. . i ... . .... ... . , ' ., S , ( ... i y C - j- .'1 . - - ' 1 ... ...... . ' ' . White Wig Latest in - Fashions in Chicago J7 The latest in hair dress, the white wig, as worn in the da'ys of Marie Antoinette, has made its appearance in Chicago. Here Miss Anna De Rose is shown wearing her wig done in baby curls over the shoulders andy flat atop the head. They are also worn in puffs. . Confederate Vets - Convene, at Houston L, llvustoiij Tex., Oct. 4. A gray clad army swept down upon Hous ton today' and, meeting with no re sistance, took'the city. ' The thirtieth annual remyon of the United Confederate eterans will begin tomorrow and continue through Fridav. Simultaneously, the annual jeunion of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the annual convention of the Confederated Southern Memorial' association will be held. Plans have been made for the en tertainment of 75,000 visitors, of whom between 8,000 and 10,000 will be old soldiers. The veterans are assigned as they arrive" to "billets" in school houses anr1 rvthpr rviiMn- hnildincrs A mess kitchen and mess tent, the latter witbt a seating capacity of 2,400 persons, have been erected within . three blocks of , the reunion headquarters, where all veterans are given their meals frece. . .. Officer Killed,vOne Hurt When Plane Crashes Down Hartford, Conn., Oct. 4. Lieut Arthur-' C. Wagner of Wayburn, Saskatchewan, was killed and Lieut. Commanded Wm Merrill Corry, jr., commanding officer of the ,aviation section of the . Atlantic fleet, was seriously injured, when an airplane :n which they -were riding crashed to the ground on the Hartford golf club course. Lieut. Wagner, pilot. vas pinned under the machine as it Overturned. The gasoline tank burst into flan.es and Wagner was burned. Although he,snffered the fracture, of two ribs in the crash, Lieut. Corry attempted to rescue his com panion and was himself severely burned. Texas Bituminous Miners Vote to Accept WageScale Galveston, Tex.. Ocf. 4. A strike of about 1,560 bituminous miners in Texas ended when the strikers at -Stawn, Thurber and Lyra, voted to accept an offer by operators of ar. increase of 25 cents per ton. Mines in the Bridgeport fields already h?.d accepted the fiffer. In making this announcement, the miners-operators conferee said they would meet Monday to work out details of the agreement. Why Eagle - i! Shirts - It 2. J3f. 1 - Cars Are on Way To Handle Grain In Middle West! More Rolling Stocl Assigned j To Care of Nebraska Wheat, J 1 i Commerce Com- mission ?ays. Gradual relief for the car shortage'! in Nebraska is in sight, according to I a telegram to the banks of Omaha j from the interstate Commerce com-1 mission yesterday morning. This wa m response -to a message sent last Thursday by the bankers here call ing the attention of the fednal board to the fact that Nebraska was not getting its share of grain cars. The reply from Washington- states that a large number of cars have been delivered to the western rail roads to meet the grain requirements, and that figures indicate heavy load ing at all points. .' Specific instances of 'tar shortage are requested by the Ijgcrstate Com merce commission before acfciwn is taken. The First National bank of Omaha, upon receiving, this reply, set to work collecting facts on the congestion of grain in the country. Although the orifsnects ot moving farm products with greater speed are considered promising, Hankers point out that there has been a large shrinkage of values due to the fall ing markets for wheat, corn and live stock, vhi?h thefarincr will have to bear.' The blockade has been so tight that in one town, according to the report or-a country banker, there are 800 cars of wheat' awaiting ship ment. Incidents of the effects of the tie-up affecting liquidation exist at almost every shipping point, it is said. i ' turns out the highest (Cicacc nuu njui. uu..w. , 1 concerns which havosa'"tiinitcd.niount of work. It does both forni. , typewriting and office pHnting and produces the same high quality of - work as the Senior eqtkipnvent, but it is hand-operated onlJVand cannot -be equipped with electric power, autornatic feed and signature device attachments as can the Senior. Easy payments if desired. , ' . L X . . ' 7' 7- .. - - - . , - - i -v ' , 1 ' ' -: 77 .. '. ';- .' 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' ' 7HE MULTGRAPH; JUNi'afris& Inhabitants 'of - . , Irish Town Tell Of Destruction Citizen of TubLercurry Sec , . - A Destruction of Owu Homes ' In i Raid Damage Esli--mated at Half Million. I . . ly Th Auoelatcii Prcmi. " Tubbercurry, Ireland, Oct. 4. A towu half in ruins and its remnant of inhabitants living in dread of a repetition of the raid last week, and the handful of seemingly nervous police Who had-hilt themselves in side barracks with the body of.ilic slain' District Inspector Brady, were what the correspondent found whvi hc reacllL.j ti,is reinotc place in l,e in nil trwlnv The correspondent was loldf hoV Acting , County Commissioner K-.is-rcll tried to prevent the destruction cf the town; from 'the managers of the two fiC-swept creartieries he re ceived their accounts of an "hero'c struggle in the darkness and a thick fog.to save the 'nstitutipns, and fr.om the wife of one of the managers of ihe creameries he heard a story of iiow sly?, while facing four rifles, pointed at her head, contrived a ruse :o safeguard her husband. subject to a boycott by the townspeople.-,'' For a fortnight preceding Thursday raid,the people were de clared to liave been fired on from the rojfs o a store adjoining the hprracks. The store late&vas rid dled Jwith bullets and its interior wrecked. " y Townspeople Flee. When the news Thursday "oi the ambushing- of a police'lorry reached t'c$ at very low . i V v v) 7 7 , 7 7- -. ' 7- 7 :-'77 mm Tubbercurry two-thirds of its 900 population fled in panic, anticipat ing a speedy reprisal. At about nmfctight, four lorries filled with uniformed"iiien Vnd soldiers, includ ing Commissioner Russell, arrived in Tubbercurry.x Accounts of wbt happened afterward as given to the correspondent by the various towns people follows: J . Thft lorries stopped in front of a public bouse and when the occupants got' 'out Commissioner Russell begged them not to destroy prop erty. Onf man auSwred the com missioner with an oath, and all the men rushed toward the saloon. An orgy of bottle smashing and wreck ing ensued, after which the mm broke Up into groups and proceeded systematically with their work of destruction. With incendiary bombs, and petrol Jhey sot tire to the gen eral store, which was destroyed. Two. other stores were burned and 15, smaller shops and residences weri damaged. The loss is estimated at about $50C,000. . Watchers See Destruction. Tho raiders remained for nearly three hours. Refugees who had been crouching in distant fields said they witnessed the spread oi the fames, heard the detonation cf bombs and of' f!!3illades--of rifle shots and the s:iout of "Come out you Sinn Feiners." Around the watchers of these .events were women and chil dren sareaming. These who came in contact with the raiders saidrfbme of them wore long black coats and policenrcn's caps; others Yere dressed in Khaki. Shortly before 3 a. m. the men re entered "thq lorries' and were driven cff. . 'About that time, it was sa:d, a ueiglfbor awakened Thomas Mur ricane, manager of the Ballayara creamery, whose home stands sev eral hundred yards from the big' co operative plant Murricar.e aroustd his Wife and children and a 'priest who was visiting the family, and t?.ir toward the creamery. Hardly had Mrs. Murricane hustled the cTiil- N Please get The Multigraph is not. j ust "one : of - those duplicating devices " . 1 The Multigraph is a compact printing plant consisting of - v M ' 7 A multiple typewriter for producing 'highest grade ' typewritten letters in quantities, N either through .ribbon or direct from type. . V. ' 7 A typesetter, semi-automatic in operation; which sets either typewriter and other styles of type faces or printer's type. " ' -' . A rapid rotary printing press, printing from real - type, and from curved electrotypes, with real printer's ink, in colors, and f itn illustrations if desired. Hand operated or electrically driven,-with automatic feed. ... 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The ucKt minute several bullets tore through the upper part of the house, one of them striking the bed she had just left. She, the children and the priest took refuge in the kitchei. Gangster Pays With Life for Stealing v - Sweetheart of Pal L'hl'co Tribune-Omaha Iloo Lessvd Witt. New 'York, Oct. 4. Thomas Mc Grohan, 28, a gunman and gangster, according to the police, paid with his life for having "copped" a pal's sweetheart. Joseph Burns, who was best man at the wedding of the two, was also wounded. The immaculate dressed body of KfcGrohan was found hanging limp ly agamst afence. A bullet had bored its way through his left shoul der blade and-heart before he could draw his own automatic from the hblster under his left arm. Still un der his arm. where it had been stopped ibythe assassin's bullet.'thei M ight hand of Little Mac had stit fened about the pistol. ' The assassin is said bjf the police to be ia ionuer sweetheart of Mc Grohan's. bride of three weeks. , The dea5 man met a rival gangster several year3 ago." The rival had a "steady." Mi Grohan boasted she rooti wbuld be his girl. She foil in love With "Little Mac" and (three Aveeks ago they were married. The disappointed lover swore to -get "Lit tle Mac." . '. HubbeJl Citizens Form Community Association Hebron; Neb., Oct. 4. (Special.) The Hubbell Community associa tion has beyn formed by citizens in ancLnear Hubbell. The organization meeting was called by E. A. Hams, president of the original booster club. . ought to know. this straight-?- v Telephone DQuglas 3715 Red Proposals ; -Offered China Not Accepted Hecent Mandate Sent bKeV rensky Government Merely Effort to Clear Up Situa- 7 tion, Minister Says. V By The Auoclated I'rrM. r Wasliinton, Oct. 4.-Pron'cr3 ot the Russian soviet government t renounce special Russian rights u4 cofticcssions in China have not bttn accepted by the Chinese govern nient, according to a formal state ment issued hereby Dr. Wellington Koo. Chinese minister. No tepiy has been made to the Russian offer. Dr. Koo said, and tlie recent man date withdrawing recognition from (diplomatic and consular officers sent to China by the Kerensky gov ernment of Russia was an endeavor to clear up a difficult situation pre sented by the presence of these representatives of an extinct regime on Chinese soil. , "The Chinese government has not -accepted any of the soviet, offers to restore the concessions, and spe cial rights which were wrung from , China by the- old Russian reg me Minister Ko said, because ft did not wish to depart Jrom the polity of acting in aceord with the United States and" other allied governments. 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