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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1920)
r THE OMAHA SUNDAY. BEE: OCTOBER 17, 1&20. 4 A Mother Stunned Bv Trasic Death Of Young Bride Funeral of Hunting Victim WilhBe Held Monday rom 1 Home of Mother In Bluffs. Tom Burke, Irish Tenor, Comes )oon Mrs. Stilen. Mrs. Frl Hensley, 4 5B9 West Broadway; Council Bluffs, was prostrated yesterday over the dcatji of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Stilen, 22, a bride of eight months, .who was acci dentally shot' to death by- her husband on a hunting trip south of the city Friday afternoon. , Funeral services for Mrs. Stilen will be held at 2:30. Monday after noon from the home of the mother. Burial will be in Walnut Hill ceme tery. No inquest was held. . Mrs. Stilen was Miss Margaret Hensley before, her mar.iage, Jan uary b, IVJU. bhe is survived by her husband, automobile mechanic and former member of the Bluffs po lice department; her mother, Mrs. Pearl Hensley; two brothers, John Hensley, at home, and Mark Hens ley, with the Yankee Robinson cir cus, and three sisters, Lottie Hens ley, at home; Mrs. Mary Geiger of Hecla, S. D., and Mrs. Jessie Walker 'of Route No. 1. Council Bluffs. H. A. Wolf Buys Paxton Blk. Lease Makes Purchase .From Eld-redge-Reynolds Co., Which Will Retain Store Space. The Eldredge-Reynolds company Friday sold the ground lease of the Paxton block, Sixteenth 1 and Farnam streets, to the H. A. Wolf company. The contract was made yesterday and the deal will be con summated in 30 days. Under . the terms of the lease the space Occu pied by the Eldredge-Reynjolds store will be retained by the Eldredge Reynolds people. Neither H. A. Wolf nor D. G. El dredge, the principals in the deal,' . j would reveal the amount of the con sideration. The lease which the' El ' dredge-Reynolds company was hold- ing on the entire building was valued ' at $1,000,000. r Mr. Reynolds said that the deal - willhave nothing at all to do with the. operation of the store, which will' be continued as at present j Lawyer Wins. Suit T For Kitchen Fees The righ cost of divorces among the rich was demonstra;ed today when a jury in District Judge Goss' court returned a verdict giving. Wal ter W. Hoye, $2,500 attorney fees for his services in the divorce suit of Mrs. Robina Kitchen - against Richard Kitchen, vice-president of Kitchen Brothers Hotel Co., owners of the Paxton hotel. 1 Hoye' was associated with Ben S. Baker as counsel for Mrs. Kitchen. Mr, Baker has received $6,500 as i.is ,fee. Total attorneys' fees, there fore, fore Mrs. Kitchen' side alone were $9,000. The divorce suit was .uncontested and went through the courts - in less than a month. Mrs. Kitchen received $65,000 a'imony. 6, Per Cent Building ; Loans Are Opened Up r Home building is to be stimulated . in Omaha by the opening up' of new and large supplies of credit at the old timt interest rate of 6 per cent. The Peters Trust company, ac cording to an announcement by the secretary, C. J. Claasen, now stands . ready to make monthly in stallment loans on the city property for new buildings or on those already built ' in larger volume -han for manv months. yWe are in the market for loans up to 65 per cent of the value rif the property at o per cent, sam Mr. Claasen. Although We have ' fi nanced much of the buiWing oper ations here, we- are now prepared to go in on a larger scale. No one can now say that he can't build be cause he can't get the money." Omaha Sixteenth City In Building Activity r ' ." Although thirty-fourth in popula tion, Omaha ranked sixteenth among all the cities in the United States in building during the period from .January 1 to October 1. 1920, ac f cording to figures complied by the Chambii of Commerce from the re ports of American contractors. Only three other cities west of the Mississippi river showed .more build ing fo'r the period. These are Los Angeles, San Francisco and St. . Louis. Omaha ran ahead of Kansas City, Mo., and Minneapolis Widow of Omaha Pioneer Dies at Home of Only Son Mrs. Gertrude Hayes Lake, 78, $ widow of, Judge George B. Lake, Omaha pioneer, died yesterday morning at the home of her only son, Dr. Frederick W. Lake, 6019 Capitol avenue, after an Illness of several months. Mrs. Lake ' Is survived by five grandchildren, Lake Deuel and Blanche Deuel of Omaha; Law rence and Robert Lake, sons of Dr. Lake, and Catherine Lake, now in San Diego, Cal, She was active in church work at Trinity . cathe dral and was a charity worker. Funeral services will be held Sunday in Trinity cathedral. Bur ial will be in Prospect Hil ceme tery, y - : L . Lighting Fixtures Granden Kl me tric Co., formerly Burseea-Granden srse- flTO i ;fv fin William Harris, director of the international tours of Sir Harry Lauder, the Scotch minstrel, an nounces the first American appear ance of another notable singer un der his management. This 'time it is an Irish tenor, T6m Burke, who will he heard in Omaha for the first time, at 'the Auditorium Sunday night, October 24th. The program which ranges from arias ' from the operas in which he has his greatest successes, to characteristic . Irish folk-songs is one that i:o ordinary singer would attempt with any hope of . success; but . Burks comes hearlded as quite an extraordinary Singer. 'As leading tenor , of the Covent Garden Grand .Opera company as well'as in recitals, Burke "s credited with '" having created the greatest furore of any singer hear.! in the British metropolis in years. He was born in' Lancashire of Iri.sh parents, who had jtist come from Ireland, and was educated by the Jesuits. Since that time -Burke has frequently ap peared in Loudon and in the provin ces and he has 'more than confirmed the t original impression thit he is one of the world's very few great tenors. 1 .A Swedish paper mill which has been burning 20,000 tons of coal a year .has substituted-electricity for Keating all . its' steam generating boilers. Prices-May Go Higher, Avers Louis C. Nasi Manager of Burgess-Nash Store Says Closing of Fac tories May Cause Shortage and Boost In Prices. Uncertainty of merchandise con ditions is emphasized by Louis C. Nash, of the Burgess-Nash store, who just returned from a meeting" of the National Retail association in New York. "In many cases merchandise is now being sold at prices below the cost of production," said Mr. Nash. "This may result in the closing down pf niijls and factories and the consequent shortage and price ad vance of materials. "There has not been the decline in prices which the public has been led i believe. There has been a de- rline. however, and-the biflf reduction sale of the Burgess-Nash store last spring cleaned the shelves to an extent which has enabled the store to -take advantage of this decline unH tn hnv nnantities of mer chandise at prevailing prices". . A baby carriage seat invented by; an 'American living in Siani can be' lifted out and hooked to the haiHle bars of a bicyejf so as to rest on the top of the frame. Driver, Whose Car Killed Man, Freed Carl Adams, Driving Slowly, Didn't See Car Workman, He TeUs Jury. Carl Adams, driver for the Omaha Taxicab company, who Friday niorning ran down and killed John Tierney, street car company track tender, at Park avenue and Leaven worth streets, was exonerated by county corner's jury at the Crosby undertking parlors yesterday morn ing. Adams was ordered released from jail, where he was held in de fault of $5,000 bonds. Adams testified that the accident occurred at 4:30 a. m. and that, in the darkness, he failed to see Tier ney, who was bent over greasing the ttacks with his back toward the car, until too late. He said that he was making 20 miles an hour when he struck Tierney. He did not know that it was a man he wr.s running down until he had struck him, he testified. Tierney Brothers Arraigned Mike and Tom Tiernev were ar raigned before District Juge Troup yesterday charged with breaking and entering, to which they pleaded not guilty. Lucien Ha dicia, jr., was arraigned on a charge of shooting with intent to wound, and pleaded not guilty.' Sixty-nine per cent of the world's yield of copper is produce.l in America. Loses Will Contest Mrs. Johanna Doyle, 1144 North Eighteenth street, must be satisfied with the $10,000 left her in the will of her son, the late Georce Dwyer, County Judge Crawford decided, Mrs. Doyle had brought suit asking the will be set aside on the alleRa the rich was demonstrated yesterdav fluenced him unduly in the making of the will. Mrs. Dwyer received about $30,000' as her share. ''California Syrup of Figs" Delicious Laxative for Your Child's Liver and Bowels ' Hurry mother! 4 A teaspoonfu! of "California" Syrup of Figs today may prevent a sick child to morrow; If your child is constipated, bilious, fev erish, fretful, ha cohj, colic or if stomach is sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good "physic-laxative" is often all that is necessary. Children love the "fruity" taste of genuine "California" Syrup of Figs which has directions for babies and children printed on bottle. Say "California" or you may get ar imitation. to Setstfte&ace 0 I For twenty-three years, it has set the pace not only in popularity but in price stability and honest value. For twenty-three ears the Oldsmobile has set the face in style anc1 comfort and in mechanical excel ence. The 1920 thoroughbred is characteristically Oldsmobile in all these points. Beauty of design and mechanic perfection unite ir making the Oldsmobile the greatest value of the day. Prices Guaranteed against decline Six Cylinder Touring $1450 Eight Cylinder Touring $2100 f.o.b. Factory NEBRASKA OLDSMOBILE CO. , , J-R. NEAL, General Manager. 2559 Farnam' St. OMAHA Phone Tyler 1770 ii I JJ - :3a Announcing the opening of A Cowan Gallery in connection with Our Gift Shop E are pleased to announce that we have entered into an arrangement with "THE COWAN GAL LERIES" of Chicago for the installation and operation of one of the galleries in our establish ment, under the charge of Miss Campbell. iff We have brought this about because we feel that no stone "should be left unturned that will afford our patrons the most diversified selection possible, in the matter of gifts. 4fln this' Cowan Gallery you will find the smart new things that are particularly appropriate for the gift-giving season. i 41 We hope to receive a large number of our patrons in this new shop in the very near future. We suggest the early selection of gifts for many reasons. , As in past years, gift purchases may be laid away with the full assurance that solicitude and thought will be exercised in their packing gnd the specified date for delivery carefully adhered to. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. STEPHENS MOTOR WORKS OF MOLINE PLOW CO; STEPHEN Salient quowl y line Society of Automotive Engineers recow mends the hot spot manifold (Stephens was the , first engine of this type) as the most simple and effective means of solving or at least aiding in the solution of the fuel combustion problem. The economy of the Stephens is a demonstrated fact the following official tests: . 1918 Won the Los Angeles 'Yosemite Economy Run, A. A. A. Sanction, Class B cars, 381 miles, with an average of ai.y miles per gallon of gasoline. Also won over all cars entered for economy of gasoline, oil and water. ' 1919 Again won the Los Angeles-Yosemite Economy Run with an average of 214 miles per gallon of gasoline. 1920 Won the Rim of the World Economy Run, Class B cars, with an average of 24 miles per gallon of gasoline. 1900 Won the Sacramento'Lake Tahoe Economy-Reli ability Run, over severest mountain roads, with an average ' of 19 j miles pet: gallon of gasoline. Also made a per' feet reliability score for the 261 mile run. These records were made with stock cars, proving that Stephens cars will give the same economy in actual use. Stephens owners report from 16 to 11 miles of service for eacn gallon of gasoline. , Although the Stephens is Salient in economy, it is also Salient in power, beauty and comfort and all the other factors that make for complete motor car satisfaction. Mid-City Motor and Supply Co. Distributors 2216-18 Farnam Street . Phone Tyler 2462 sx A u 'A 1 A 4 V. AUV-