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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1920)
. ' lHh OMAHA SUMJA1 UUfc: OCTOBER 10. 1920. Son Blames F a t h e r In Divorce Case Chester Leflang Sides Villi Mother In Sensational Suit Closing In Court Saturday. Chester Leflang, Id-year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leflang, tes tified yesterday for his mother in the divorce suit brotight by his father in District Judge Sears' court. The long hearing was ended yesterday and attorneys began arguments. Mrs. Leflang, beautiful and cul tured young wife, who went thr-nigh eight hours on the witness stand herself without a italn), wept quietly vhile the boy testified. He has sat by her side all through the trial, which has been in progress since last Monday morning. It was one of the longest divorce trials in the history of the Douglas county courts. , Chester denied his father's testi mony hat when tho latter called the bey and asked him to go to his office Chester replied over the tele phone, "My office is at the Fonte netle hotel, and if you want to sec me'.call here." Tells of Hair-Pulling. "My father said I'd better, stick bv hini because I was the heir to all his money," Chester testified. "When I told him he ha been doing things that made mother unhappy he said when I grew tin I would understand this was all right." , Chester described a hair-pullinjr in cident in the mansion in Lexington, Xeb., where the Leflan$s had lived up to two years ago when they moved to Omaha. He. also told of a midnight struggle in the Loflais bungalow in Los Angeles early last year when Mr. Leflang took fro-v his wife a letter she had found in his pocket written by another woman. The boy was excused from the wit ness stand early and . botli sides tested their cases. . Leflang Denies Charges. Mr. Leflang took the stand for n short time and denied that he had xtold his wife hs didn't want to live with her. "I merely tolJ her in New York after the bickerings had started ;gain followiug cur latest reconcilia tion that, if we couldn't get alone peaceably I would prefer not to live together at all," he said. "I learnsd that I must have some peace and har mony in .life." He also denied that he had ever struck her in the back in their apartment at the Kontenelle hotel. He s?.id he never told her he had given i woman money to go to California. Arguments were concluded short ly before noon yesterday and Judge Sears announced he would take the case under advisement for a few days before giving his decision. Sunday School Meet. Superior. Neb., Oct. 9. (Special.) --The Sunday school convention of the Fourth district was 'held in the Methodist church at Hardy. Walter llauthom was re-elected president. Hev. A. A. Reitzel cf the Presby- terian church here gave the main ad dress. The convention -will be held i t Adams next year. To Pay Election Officials. Judges, clerks and inspectors at the recent special election can get their pay by calling at the office of . County Clerk Dewey, basement of the court house, Monday, election of ficials announced yesterday-. Son Who Sides With Mother In Divorce Man Slugged and Robbed In Hotel t- Fellow Guest Arrested as Sus . pect Motor Bandits Get $63 and Watch. . M. Doyle cf Kansas City, Mo.. v.as slugged and robbed of $60 wtfle valking in a hall to his room on the third floor of the Edwards Un til, Fifteenth arc! Davenport fetrects, at 4 a. m. yesterday. John Burns of Gretna, Neb., i roomer on the '.bird floor, was ar rested for investigation in connec tion with the a-sau't and robbery. A brick and a revolver were found it: his room. lioyle did not see his assailant ns he crept up on him from behind, he told police. Koyle was uncon scious for several minutes after he was struck. His moaning attracted, Another roomer on the third floor, who' reported the rase to police. Ray Abbott, 808 North Foriv n in th street, was held up and robbed of $63 and a gold watch at Fortv ninth street and Underwood avenue Ip.st midnight after he had alighted from a street c;ir to go to his home. Four young men drove up to the curbing alongsie'e Abbott; two of them, masked, jumped from the ar and covered him with revolvers hile the others remained seated in the car with the engine running. "It's tough' to have to do this.'' said one of , the holdups, "but wc need some change." After the robbery the two men jrmpecHn the car and sped away. Two New Officers Arrive For Duly at Fort Crook Lieutenants 11. C. Griswold, toth infantry, Fort Sneliing, Minn., and E. A. Kimball, Camp Fuuston, ar rived yesterday for "duty at Fort Crook. Captain S. P. Shepard and Lieu tenant Sutgon left yesterday for Camp .Travis, Tex., where they have been ordered for duty with the 20th infantry. Divorce Court Dlvnrco Dwreti , Elizabeth Malmster from Roy Malmster triifllty. William Bowers from Edna Bowers cruelty. Lillian Ri-ese from Clyde Reese, cruelty. Mary Mudra from Emll Mudra, cruelty Katherlne Thompson from James T. Shsmpson, cruelty. MTorce Petitions. Ellznboth Stebler against Arthur Stebler, cruelty. Home-Made Auto And Pretty Girl Get iBoy In Bad Clyde Burwick, 13, Sentenced To Six Months of '.'Pedes trianism,' On Charge hi Fast Driving. His "best girl," a home maV' automobile and his haste to attend young people's meetijg at a church last Sundav night, were too much for Clvde Burwick. 15, 4911 North Twenty-seventh strfet, to handle at one time. The result: Burwick, the girl, the home made machine and Burwick's younger sis ter and hr "best beau." riding m the car with him, smashed into a machine at Thirty-first and Lart niorc, driven by Victor Johnson, .M84 I.arimore avenue. Mrs. John son, who was in the car, sustained a blackened eye and bruises about the face and body. Acting Juvenile Judge Leslie tound the vouth guilty of speeding and told him he would sentence him to six months of pedestrianism. Dur ing that time the lad is not to drive a car, the judge declared. Man Held for Enlisting In Navy Too Many Times Frank Marks, alias Frank Mar kus Palmer, alias Frank Brooks, is only 21, but he already has the dis tinction of having enlisted six times all in the space of less than seven months in the navy. This record is regarded as an in fraction of the ethics of the navy and the balance of' Markns' service may be behind bars? He is charged with being a professional enlister. Entering the local recruiting sta tion, he received a warm welcome and an impression of his finger prints tallied with the description advanced by naval authorities. He was taken to the city jail. Would Oust Rine A motion was filed in iederal court yesterdayto have John Rine re mqved from the board of receivers of the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company to whih he was appointed by Federal Judge Woodrough re cently Fire Captain 111. Capt. Frank W. Greenman of fire truck company No. 1, Eleventh and Jackson streets, is in a critical con dition at St. Joseph hospital. Man Charges Wife Ruined His Career . Former Fremont Commission Merchant Seeks Dhorce From Nagging Helpmate. Carlos T. Morehouse of Omaha, formerly of Fremont, filed suit in district court yesterday for a divorce from Charlotte May Morehouse, al leging cruelty. . He says her treatment compelled him to sell his business interests and leave his home and family in Fre mont in July, 1919. . He was for mrrly a member of the firm of Wiley & Morehouse, Fremont, commission merchants. They were married in 1905 and have three children. He alleges that his wife nagged Jiim, accused him of infidelity, ridiculed and abused him in the presence of thei children. She found fault with his business and his business associates, he says, and repeatedly accused him of being a gambler anil drunkard. He savs his wife has a fortune of $200,000 and an annual income of $5,000. His own property, b; says,' is worth $.30,000 and his income $3,0tK) a year. He asks for custody of Iflie chil dren. I Negro Lad Whipped Until Blood Comes, Judge Is Told The bared black back of a 6-year-old negro boy covered with dozens of crimson "scars was shown to Act ing Juvenile Judge Leslie yesterday by welfare workers as' proof that he had been beaten unmercifully bv Mrs. Leslie Lilly, a negress, 26!9 Cuming street, a stepmother. Workers testified that Mrs. Lillv had a police record. Six Rabbits and Bundle of Linen Among Thieves' Loot Three robberies by sneak thieves netted the robbers six rabbits, a sack of laundry and a bundle of bed ' I'-: I linen rriuay. . Police are looking for six mixed rabbits which were stolen from Mrs. A. J. Seidler, 2125 North Twenty eighth street. A thief instead of the laundry, man took the bundle of bed linen Mrs. 1'hilip (Jarfinkel, 1502 North Twentieth street, left on the porch. Mabel Lrftrege, 121 North Twen tieth street, reported that when she went to get her diamond ring,-valued at $150, which she had left on a wash basin in the lavatory of a local movie house, it had disappeared. WATCH x far the. and a BAG of GOLD FREE! 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The case will be tried Monday in South Side police court. "Solve Own Problems First," Say McKelvie Governor and Mrs. Samuel R. McKelvie were guests of honor when more than 200 Omaha Kiwan ians and their guests, the members of the newly formed Kiwanis club of Council Bluffs, and their women folk made merry vith song ancr dance at the Hotel Rome Friday. ? tiovernor McKelvie was itjV troduced by H. H. Haldrige, Htv master. v The governor recalled Washing ton's warning against entangling at' liancex and emphasized tfie neces sity of fostering a national spirit. "We can be of mo possible serv ice in solving the problems of other nations until we are able to solve our own," he declared. Governor Warding of Iowa, who was also invited, was unable to be present. y Bee want ads are best business getters. ()AKFQRD Mdsric Co. I 1807 Farnam, Omaha j 5 A ShoeEditorial WITHOUT question the public has been entertaining some extravagant ideas as to how far shoe prices should come down; and also has found itself disillu sioned by some of the "bargains" it has re cently bought through other than regular channels. Some decline in prices is war ranted, but shoe trade opinion is that the price recession in shoes must be gradual and extend through a long period to reach the normal plane. We caution the public 'against bujing shoes made to sell Vat a price." We are buying shoes from the same manufacturers that we purchased from be fore the war because we have confidence ' in them as we have always received honest shoes. ' ' We ask our customers to be careful and buy as we do, as in these reconstruction days manufacturers are trying to see how much they can take out of shoes and still make it look like an honest shoe. Excluiire Agents for KELLY SHOES. JOHN Foot Fitters to Serre You. W. S.STRYKER v Douglas Shoe Store, Inc. .!!7 fortk 16th Street Oppoiite the Pos toff ice ' "SEE STRYKER" If you are suffering -from eczenia or some other torturing, embarrass ing skin trouble you may quickly be rid of it by using Menthq-Sulphur, declares a noted skin specialist. This sulphur preparation, because of its germ destroying properties, seldom fails to quickly subdue itch ing, even of fiery eczema. The first application makes the skin cool and comfortable. Rash and blotches are healed- right up. Mentho-Sulphur is aoplied like any pleasant cold cream and is perfectly harmless. You can obtain a small jar from any good druggist 77U faction Sapr-Six CoknWef Hudson Alone Can Use - the Super-Six Motor It is true that approach to perfection in the mechanism of a car, tends to obliterate reminders of its presence. . . That is why so many speak of the for getfulness of mechanism which is per mitted the driver of a Hudson Super-Six. They note how silently it asserts its mastery. .How, without seeming haste, it travels fat, because there is no fret or fuss. And only the traffic and roadway slipping back to mark the swift pace. Sometimes wt have thought there is a penalty in this distance of the mechanism 7-Passenger Phaeton $2,400 4-Passenger Phaeton 2,400 Cabriolet 3,000 Limousine .... .y . . Prices f: o. from the "thought of the driver. For w do not desire forgetfalnjess of the Super Six motor. ' ' Yet what difference if the driver does not know why the Super-Six principle develops 72 greater power, so long as he ' knows his Hudson meets every task with hc ease of abundant power? What mat ter if he does not know it adds 80 to efficiency, so long as every comparison in acceleration speed or hill-climbing proclaims the clear-cut supremacy of Hudson? ' 4-Passenger Coupe' $3,275 , 7-Passenger Sedan 3,400 Touring Il'imousine . . . . 3,625 $4,000 b. Detroit LOOK FOR BIG SIGN COVERING FRONT OF STORE. " No woman living within a buying radius should do herself the injustice of not at tending this price slashing event. We Have Made Settlement With Our Creditors and We Must Raise Immediately TO AVOID s . - . . nnn Every Garment in Stock to Be Sacrificed. PRICES SLASHED TO A MINIMUM GlUY L.SMITH ,-servicc rmsi x . tt77nMtrrsT.i OtiAHA...USAi f(.tDwiiM"tm COATS v a ausii wow $29.95 $50.00 to $75.00 Plush Coats SUk Plush Coats, 36 to 40 inches; tie belts fnr trimrriprl. f'liTVfnl- lars and cuffs; alsoQQ f fur border at bottom, O J UV $25.00 to $35.00 Cloth Coats Fine", Velour, Bolivia and few Plush; regular sizes, also Juniors $11.50 Entire Coat Stock to be Sacrificed. Seeing Is Believing. Buy Now. FURS Entire Stock to Be Sold Less Than Wholesale- $150 French Coney Pur Coats, QQ CA choica. Ji7JUUH SKIRTS Below Cost S3 Fine Tailored Wool Skirts, Plaids, Serges and Poplin; also fine silks; worth $10 QtC to $35.00, choice PJ Be Here Early . Entire Stock of Children's Coats Every one reduced below wholesale price sizes to fit all. HIUJHEBY 500 Smart Fall Trimmed Hats Special Monday $4.95 Black, Brown, Peacock and two toned effects, trimmed with fancy pins, ornaments, velvet bows r ostrich. Hatters Plush, Banded Sailors ! Regular $12.50 to $15.00 values . . . 5.95 Tarns 85c to $2.45 100 Trimmed Hats $1.95 . Our entire millinery stock Reduced. Millinery Dept., 2d Floor. ' SUITS To Avoid Bankruptcy Over 400 Suite to Be Slashed in Price All-Wool Suits; all good styles and good as sortment of sizes; regu lar $30 to $47.50 values, on ai uue price 5uu ine laiiored. Suits, fur trimmed: regular silk braid trim ; fancy silk linings, fcvery one a real bargain Balance of Stock to Be Sacrificed. Must Raise $50,000 to Pay Creditors. $15.00 fur trimmed; regular $25.00 V y Blouses 230 Fine Crepe de Chine, Georgette and Silk Blouses; regular $5.50 to $12.50; all colore, includ ing navy ; while tho last, Every one reduced below wholesale price; sizes to fit all 2.89&'3.89 Entire Dress Stock To Be Sacrificed 221 Fine Wool Serge, Tricotine, Satin and Taf feta Dresses. Every one a brand hew dress in this big lot, and will be sold the first day of the sale, so be here early. They are worth to $50.00, at $14.95 f I. . y ii I : r
