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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1920)
n v V', ' , " - ' T THt: UEK: OMAHA, WEUSttSDAY.- NOVEMBER 24, 1920. 9 1 ft - . 100 "Not Guiltv" v Fleas Shock tVS. Atlopiicv'sOfficc Many Hard Fought Trials to Follow PJeptlings of -Men Indicted for Alleged Dry ) Law Violations. . .-, v ; Federal ' prohibition ? tnforCeiner' ofifcers admitted yesterday that the fact only one'miu in more than 100 indicted for alleged violation of ro crnnient prohibitory statutes pleaded guilty before Feficral Judge M tinge was a surprise. ' ' ' . . , It means' hard fought' court trials cf more than 100 liquor case? and involves more work o!Hthe part of the United States district attorney 's effice than at anytime in thp history cf the office. , . , . ' - To Be Appealed. It also s tak'Jn tjo ir.tiicate that the manyrloopholcs in 'the ."conflicting state and federal prohibitory statutes will be taken aJvantngc of by at torneys for the defeirdants and in the event of convicion many oft the cases iindouUedlv will be ap jpealed to Higher courts. 1 That the ffbvernrneEt doesn't in tend t6 handle convicted violators with glnved hands was .indicated in . t v. . j i st.-. inc sentence lmposea ycsicruay o Federal Judge - Munger on- James Murray, who pleaded miilty to hav ing our vtiash uitabic forf distilling iy ,,a possesion. v- , 4r Gets Six Months. -There was. no still found in his possession, no charce of sales, nothing excepting a quantity of sotK mash which might have been used to make! "white mute " And, Mmt ry, the tonly man in more than 100 - to plead guiltyto a charge conffect- ed with the new government pro hibitory law got sijc months in the" .county jail and a tine ot l.uyu. Omalia Scluool Board Raises ; $1,000,000 to Pay Expenses v A trifle less-than. 9 per cent an nual interest will be ' paid by the Qmaha Board of Education on a loan of $1,000,000 'froni trfe . First Trust company and three large east- em banking institutions, authorized Monday night to be used in paying the running expenses of the schools. This rate is considered fairly low for these times of "tight money?' ' . Dice in Pockets, Oi)avs m Jail i V. Ordinance tn Vagrancy Pre sented to City Council Makes ''Bones' Dangerous. The word "vanrancy" is coins? to cover a multitude of activities or laclc of activities, according ' to au amended ordinance offerl to the city council . yesterday bv Mayor Smith. -J - - A pair of dice found in the hands cr pockets of a person arrested may send the culprit to'jail for 90 days on a , charge of vagrancy. The re; vised ordinance on vagrancy does not particularize as to dice, but re fers to gamblers and gambling, con fidence men and others. Money Changes Hands. Police Commissioner Ringer and City Prosecutor Murray do not con tend that the mere possession of a pair ol dice necessarily convicts the owner of gambling, but they have been informed- that considerable money. -has; been exchanged in a game which may be playedwith two dice. ' t ' What Is Vag? "The purpose of the.amended ordi nance;" explained Mayor Smith,, "is to make more definite and certain just !what constitutes a' vagrant and thus give to the city prosecutor and police judge wider latitude in prose cuting 'and punishing these cases"- The old definition oj Vagrant was "a person Without visible means of support." - ' , i Burglars Loot Store Gloves, tics and shirfs, valued at $200. were stolen from the store of MaMurphy & Cookey,- 2914 Leav enworth street, Monday night, by burglars who o'nterad through a rear window. ' 19- Burglars Loot 3 Homes - '.-.', Of Jewelry and Silver Three rings valued at $1,500 weifc stolen Monday nieht from the home of Mts. J. W.' Campbejl. 305 xPop- ptcton avenue..... ' v,.- A sariiple case of knives and a 'dia mond lavalliere' made up the Vot of burglars, in the apartment of W. C. Doherty, Turner apartments, Dodge street at tUe boulevard. , , .., An iinestitriated ' amount ot jew elry was taken from the home of L. Hamelstein. 1515 ! North . Tw.fenty- fjrst street. The burglars growled through a window after removing the screen. .' V -. "Jake" Perkins Accepts ' . . . Calllto" Council Bluffs - "Jake" Perkjis, or the Rev: J. RT Perkins, former warden of the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison, and nationally' knowa - in i Rotary club circles, has accepted alcall to the pulpit of the First Congrega tional hurch in Council Bluffs. He was pfstor of the First Conrega tjpnal church in Sioux City before being prison warden. WifettFelJ!ifor Gay City Lights. Laments Fanner Laughter, Misic and Movies Of Frehioiit LtTrcd Her, He Says Answering Divorct , v ; Plea. " Mrs., Dora E. Nelsonjived "down on the farm among the cows and phickens."- - ' But she 'didn't like it The charms of the dawn and the dew on the grass ard'the peaceful sunset, as sung. by city poets, she did not see.' Ii was. .only one long round tof dreary drudgery to her. She longed for the "bright lights," the gayety and laughter and moving pictures and restaurants of' the gty. So she went to Fremont. . He Likes Farm. All : this came out in testimony yesterday in District Judge Sears' court, where her suit for divorce from Otto NelsOn is "being heard. " OMo is a farmer up near Fremont. He likes the farm.. He declared that lii$ wife "fell" for"hc bright liRhts and the' "great white way" of Fre mont. He said she left the farm and went to Fremont, where she went, around (with another woman to the moving picture shows and Ice cream parlors. . ." .v.. , . He alleges that &c became ,enam-'- - - "' ; ourcd of another'man, named Fred Danner, a man-abbuttown in the Dodge comity metropolis.' - Seeking Brrfht Lights. One witness who lives between the Nelson farm and Fremont testified that he knew Airs. Nelson was seek ing the bright light? of the great city because he saw her frequently driv ing past his place in a buggy of an evening.toward Fremont. - A large "gallery" of. people who know the Nelsons filled the court room and tittered at the testimony. This went on until J. C Travis, one of. the attorneys, arose and de nounced them. ;. . , . . ; Not a Show. ' "These people seem;to think they are at a show,"! declared Mr. Travis. "If they want amusement let them go to the Gayety' or the Orheum." . The Nelsons eremarried March 13, 1910. They have two daughters, 6 and 8 years old. Mrs. Nelson ac cuses her husband of being cruel to Hier because she didn't take more in terest in the farm. -She lives in Oma.ha now. ' Omaha Girl Will Marry ; Minneapolis Merchant Chicago, Nov. 23. A marriage license was issued here today to Naomi Trustin, 611 Park - avenue, umana, ana nnnur vonn oi iviiniici apolis. The wedding will b"ehelal at the; La Salle hotel here Thanks giving iiight. Miss Trustin is the daughter of Martiij Trustin of Omaha. Mr. Cohn is the proprietor of a clothing store in Minneapolis, where the couple will make their home. BUY . '.; STEAM COAL FROM ' SUNDERLAND CHEROKEE : ROCK SPRINGS . :i ILLINOIS . TBe tet coal and the best service. x May we tend our man? . . , Sunderland Brothers Col " PhoneTyler 2700. ' Main Office, Entire 3rd Floor KeelineBldg. 17th and Harney Street. i :;T ii i it a u -w -oi. r i - u : - ll Aj III - . JUUUUUUL 3- y i i siAxniLBBoa'caKMJnc D, innn n-n n r that motoring may Be a pleasure SERVICE is the-' different grades of crude bry of the hOUr.. -hy different refining j . And standards that Pesses.Jtwillpay you ' ' , , , to discriminate. Users of . --were acceptable five, RedXrown gasoline threeand even tWp it high powerev years ago are out-of starts easily, ("pjeks up" date today. quickly, leaves little car; , i , Red Crown service has WVC1 " , . - , is economical because it c done much to -make cosisnomoreandisacru motoring the pleasure 'auy better. . j , . . V hatitis.v Convenient- : Economize on oil by using ly located filling sta- pdlaxinei It is made in tions along mdst every four, graces, differing in highway and byway bodybut riot in quality,' ofthe state, courteous These grades are '-f ; ;: Salesmen, the ' finest " Poiaruwr; - - ( - ;- - , , -1 Polarine Medium Heavy gasoline and motor polarineHeavy , . Oils these are evi-" Polarine Extra Heavy ' '' dences of our desire to . For winter use the Polar- ( 'Serve? ' 1 ine and PolarinftMediurri There are different grades Heavy grades are recom- of gasoline, made from mended. Roosters Crow as Fowl Show Opens Barnyard Melody FillsN Audi torium as Big Poultry Ex , Libit Is On. . The seventh ailnual six-day poultry show of the Omaha Poul try association opened in the Audi torium yesterday. Admission is free. A large crowd attended Monday night. " . . Caldwell Clark,"- on of Sheriff Mike Clark, was awarded sixth prize with a cockerel Rhode Island Red. There are 500 specimens of i this breed in the show. More than 2,000' birds are on exhibit. A model poul try farm, with all buildings and lat est improvements in miniature, at tracts considerable attention. , Hens will be given as prizes in a guessing contest tonight. Every woman attending the show tomor row night will be given a ilower. One lone peacock, visibly annoyed at being bothered with the bourgeois inhabitants of the barnyard, struts aimlessly about in his coop. About im are geese, ducks, pheasants and turkeys over whom .; hangs that Thanksgiving gloom. - There is no mnsic, except that of the barnyard. There's plenty of that. , Ordinance Would BarTJau ,Qn Children in Apartments The housiug committee of the leg islative Iwgue f) Omaha Central Labor union filed , with the city clerk yesterday, a proposed ordinance tor the regulation of the WisinesS of renting houses and apartments. USE SULPHUR TO HEAL YOUR SKIN Broken Out Skin and Itching Eczema Helped Over Night ' For unsightly skin eruptions, rash ot blotches on face, neck," arms or body, you do not have to wait for re lief from torture or embarrassment, declares a noted skin specialist. Ap ply a little Mentho-Sulphur and im provement shows next day. .' Because of its germ destroying properties- nothing has ev,er been found ts take the place of this sul phur preparation. The moment you apply it healing begins. Only those who have had unsightly skin trou bles can know the delight this Mentfto-Sulphur brings. Even fiery, itching eczeqia is dried right up. , Get a small jar from any good druggist arid use it like cold cream The committee proposes to require city licenses and to provide for the filing of complaints by , tenants in municipal court.- where ' hearing.,' slwll be held ' before juries. It u turther 'proposed that conviction in muncipal court shall be followed by It is made a misdemeanoer to re- fus to rent to families bavingchil- drcn. The ordinance will be offercJ to the council next Friday morning, , Two Couples Married. Miss Vera Catherine Scott and Tohn V. Elliott of Columbus. Mis revocation of license to rent prcmisesJ Sibyl Osborne of Queen City, and in dispute. 1 Walter McGee of Omaha, were mar ried. Monday by Rev. Charles V, Savidge. 1 " without change In the through sleeping car via the teasQtylMlaSpQdal Leave Kansas City 5:30 pm, arrive Jacksonville 10:50 second morning via Frisco Lines and Southern Railway, the direct route. Dining car service all the way, Fred Harvey meals on the Frisco'. ' "The Kansas Cty-Florida Special makes convenient con nection at Jacksonville with trains for East and West Coast points. ' . For lUwMtd hknhm, or lnfiirmaHn a It nil. naj jam mr for sleeping car ratrvaikim addrtu - , . FRISCO TICKET OFFICE. 709 WaW St.. KANSAS CITY. MO. X C Larriea, Divitioa Fuhdiw Ageat. , TOIVIORROW The Last Chance to get A Big Cornfed Ml B EE All Day "hanksghlng in on our offer of with every Suit or' Overcoat at $29.50 and up. Be sure and get yours! Our Big Bargain Sale of SUITS and OVERCOATS THE SUITS Include fancy worsteds, serges and all staple materials. Nothing reserved. All styles, all sizes. . V Kf$24.50 540 and $45 DO Q Cfl Suits at:1;' . iPAU.OU $50 and $55CQ FA Suits at.. .MIt-OU $60 and $65 Oil I C A Suits at. . .M4.0U $70 and $80 Suits at $54.50 THE OVERCOATS iclude Ulsters, Chesterfields, as well as Dress Coats. 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