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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1920)
1 HfJ HUE: UJ1AHA. WKUAKSHA'V, lifcX'ttM BKK 1. 1 J20. ltlackstonc To Be Sold To Clear Off Indebtedness Church Janitor Who Was Found Murdered Hotel Will Be Transferred for $800,000 Which Will Satis fy Claims Stockholders May Get Nothing. 'line lilackstoue hotel, Thirty sixth and l'arnam streets, was to be sold yesterday to tharlcs Schimbol of Galesburg, III., for $800,000 ac cording to an announcement made to creditors of the North American Hotel company and the Bankers Realty Investment company at a bankruptcy hearing of the latter com pany held before H. II. Dunham, referee in bankruptcy in the morr ins. The proceeds of the sale, attorneys assured Dunham, would go to pay creditors of the two companies, -allied in a gigantic stock selling com pany and hotel building corporation which sold stock and built hotels in three states. It was confidently pre dicted by attorneys that the creditors would receive almost dollar for dollar Stockholders Get Nothing. But the widows, farmers and working men from three states who bought stocks of various denomina tions will receive little or nothing, excepting- experience, attorneys stated. The meeting yesterday w as the first of a Aeries promised for the purpose of endeavoring to straighten out the affairs of the Bankers' Realty com pany. , Fully SO Omaha widows. Nebraska farmers and Omaha working men who hac invested their savings in stocks and bonds oS the Bankers' Realty company were in the court room yesterday. In addition there were ft dozen attorneys representing S00 stockholders from various parts of Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa pres ent. Meeting Put Over. The meeting was adjourned until Monday, when it was hoped F. C. Haver, secretary and treasurer of the Bankers' Realty company, would be able o attend a hearing and answer questions which S. Mickelson, the bookkeeper, was unable to answer. Mickelson, nervous and pale, was the only representative of the once pros perous company who appeared to testify. Haver, the secretary and treas urer, has been ill since two days after the bankruptcy proceedings were filed, it was stated. In the original petition in bank ruptcy filed October 8, Alfred C. Munger. Omaha attorney, declared that during the last year the value nf the 'assets of the company have shrunk from more than $1,000,000 to less than $150,000 and the liabili ties of the company are far in excess of the present alleged $150,000 as sets. , Aged Widow at Hearing. Dorette- M. Beerworth, 60, a widow living at 8J0 South Twenty- j .cprnnrl street, who declared she put jifetime into stocks ot tne company Avas present at the hearing. .- "I bought $1,000 in stocks from inioney I made worlfing as a domes tic and it is pretty hard to lose it all at this time of life," she said. Others present at the hearing and .the amounts of their investments in cluded J. P. Shryia, 1729 South A'wenty-ninth street, movie picture operator, $1,600; William Krusl. Syracuse, farmer, $2,500; Theis Post. Syracuse, farmer. $2,200; Henry Knoche, Plymouth, farmer, $2,200; :.'T. J. Orth, Plymouth, farmer, $2,200; i-J Gurth, Plymouth, farmer, $2,000; t Charles J. Vorndron, Portsmouth, day laborer. $966.60; Paul Graham, Richfield. $300; Adolf Bogarth. 2608 Davenpott. stationary engineer, $651; Charles F. Frenzer. 2568 Burt, salesman, $800; R. L. Cramer, Fre- mont, farmer. $6,000. Much Bluffs Property Is Found In Seaman Estate inventory of the portion of the estate of A. J. Seaman, Omaha recluse, located in Council Bluffs, .filed there Monday by William Arnd. T. P. Hess and W. G. Under wood, inheritance tax commissioners, ' lists hundreds of tax titles on prop erty in almost every section of the citv. Valuations of from $50 to $150 were placed on the property and the aggregate w as $9.920. A.. Brother-In-Luw Of Wilson Asks Thorough Probe Bolliug, Testifying Before Committee, Denies Receiv ing Money and Asks That His Name Be Cleared. Bowen's Ever the Lowest in Price. ' Ever the Best in Values And rifftit now when so many things are de sired for the home, the H. R. Bowen Company offers one carload of Vernis Martin Beds and Slat Fabric Springs at prices much under the cost of manufacture. This car -of merchan dise was sliehtlv dam acred bv water in transit. yet not enough to detract from the appearance nor to lessen the true val ue pt either the beds and sDnnirs. therefore we shall offer the entire car load beginning tomorrow at nnces you 11 be pleased to pay. Making up your shop Dine list, and buying at Bowen's will save you many dollars and give you dollars additional to spend for Yule-tide Gifts. Let this store be your Headquarters for value?, and as usual you make vour own terms when G. l' Lulls', whose dead body w .s found in the boiler room of the iew First Central Congregational church las.t Sunday morning by Rev. Frank G. Smith and his secretary, Miss Mabel Hall. Mr. Lung was janitor of the church. The murderer killed him by blows on the head with a hammer and by cutting his throat. Detectives have found no clue to the murderer. . First Death From Anthrax Reported Cause of Death Is Given as Infection From Shaving Brush. The first death from anthrax, re ported in Omaha for. a long time, was recorded yesterday b,y the health department, in the casei of Patrick Spellman, 60, laborer, who died at the City Emergency hospital. A death certificate signed by Dr. S. W. Niehaus, assistant health com missioner, reads, "Anthrax, primary infection on right molar eminence; probably from shaving brush." ,'Tt is difficult to determine posi tively the cause of the infection in a case of this nature," said Dr. Nie haus, "but it is quite probable that the infection was caused by a cheap shaving brush which Spellman used." Mr. Spellman lived at the Salva tion Army industrial home and had no kin in "Omaha. M. W. H. Cleve land, sr brother-in-law, residing in Lincoln, came here to arrange for burial which was in West Lawn cemetery. The United States Department of Public Health, in its bulletins, has referred to cases of anthrax being caused by the hairs of cheap shaving brushes. Omaha Not to Be Honored In Renaming Lincoln Streets Lincoln, Nov..,. -30. (Spccial.)-i The metropolis of Nebraska will not receive recognition in the process of renaming he streets of the capital city of the state. This is not be cause the Lincoln city commission ers have a y grudge against Oma ha, but for fear that the demoralized mail might be more demoralized ana mail for Omaha street might -tie sent to Omaha. Consequently Omaha street will in the future be known as Dakota street. It is not thought that any mail might' be shifted to Da kota City. Fire Dublin Bank London, Nov. 30. The promises of the Sinn Fein bank in Harcourt street, Dublin, were set, on fire yes terday, says a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph from Dublin. New York, Nov. 30. A denial that lie had ever taken money for in fluencing the disposition of contracts or machinery by the United States shipping board, as charged by T. K. Sands, former Washington banker, coupled with a request that all of his business transactions with Sands lie investigated "both for my own and my family's sake" was made before the Walsh congressional com mittee here today by R. W. Boiling, 'resident Wilson's brother-in-law and now treasurer of the shipping board. ' Mr. Boiling told of business trans actions with Sands dating back to 1916 and earlier years, out of which grew several financial transactions. He told the committee that his per sonal records were all available to its inspection. Sands has testified that he received $40,000 from ttje Downey Shipbuiding corporation for "representing" it before the board, out of which he paid money to Mr. Boiling. Mr. Boiling said he had long known Sands as ' a Washington banker and had contracted in 1916 to build a house for Sands but had practically foregone profits by can celling extras estimated at $600. He received Sands' check for $6,000 in payment on the house and had dis counted it, he said. Latter, he said, Sands told him he intended paying the $600 also. "Early in 1918," said Mr. Boiling, ''Mr. Sands sent a Mr. Cranor to see me in regard to some machinery which was to be used in connection with construction of vessels. Mr. Cranor told me that the machinery was to be diverted to some other company and that a great injustice was being done his company. I called up Mr. Lester Sisler, then secretary of the shipping board, and explained the matter to him. Sub sequently, he told me he found that the rolls bad been promised to Mr. Cranor's company and would be shipped to them. Sands Told of Profits. "A short time after this Mr. Sands told me he had made or would make $5,000 in connection with this trans action though he now states he has no recollection of the matter and that he was going to 'take care of me.' I told him I would accept nothing. Lie then mentioned the $600 which he still owed me in con nection with his house, saying that he would .pay it. I gave no thought as to what Mr. Sands relationship was to the principal, but looked upon him as the vice president of a large bank and a man who was justly in debted to me. Upon my request he paid me subsequently the $600 as follows: February 18, 1918, $300; June 26, 1918, $200, and August 5. 1918, $100. I have no knowledge of where this money paid me by Mr. Sands came from. "Mr. Sands also made me a loan of $300 on May 21, 1918. iot which I gave him my note. 'This was repaid, i by me to him July 14, 1919, with in- j terest." This represents every cent j Mr. Sands has paid me since Decern- j ber 31, 1917. Denies Allegations. 'Of the $40,000 which Mr. Sands says was paid for procuring con tracts I never heard until it was mentioned in anonymous letters, coupled with threats that unless something was done to stop the pro ceedings of the Department of Jus tice against Mr. Sands that my name would be brought into it. "Regarding the testimony given before the committee by Benjamin F. Fuller, who has been indicted for I forging and uttering and sentenced to the penitentiary for four years, in which he stated that Mr. Sands gave me a check in his presence, I beg to say that statement is absolutely and unqualifiedly false. I, therefore, most urgently request the committee to require Mr. Sands to immediately produce all of his checks made to me since January 1, 1918." Mr. Boiling said that the commit tee would find available an anony mous letter addressed to W. G. Mc Adoo, former secretary of the treas ury, and all other records in connec tion with the affair. Plainview Telephone Company Authorized To Raise Its Rents Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30. (Special.) --The State Railway commission has authorized the Plainview Tele phone Co. to raise rates in connec tion with its service as follows: Business telephonis. from $2 to $2.25; town residences, from $1.25 to $1.40; farm residences, from $1.25 to $1.60 for metalic, and $1.40 for grounded, and switching service, from $4 a year to 50 cents a month. The order further requires the company to set aside all revenues above those required for operation and a return of 8 per cent upon the sum of $24,000 as a reserve fund for the purpose of maintaining the prop erty. The Crownover Telephone Co. is given authority to temporarily put in effect the rate made by a former order or, what is in effect, a temp orary continuation of the emergency rate. 25,662 Farms in Utah. Washington, Nov. 30. Utah has 25,662 farms containing 5,050,410 acres and valued at $311,274,728, the census bureau announced today. The alue of land and buildings shows an increase of 107.4 per cent, as com pared with 1910. Earlv Settler of Nebraska Diet J. H. Ager of Lincoln, Well Known Politician, Resident In. Nebraska 41 Years. Lincoln, Nov. 30. (Special.) The death of J. H. Ager of Lincoln, which occurred last evening at, his home on the boulevard, takes away auother well-known Nebraska citizen and a comrade of the G. A. R. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ager came to Ne braska 41 years ago and settled in Beaver City, the last place where prospectors during the gold boom could lay in supplies, where he en gaged in the hardware business. Later he sold his store and moved to Ord and engaged in the coal busi ness. Later he became private secre tary of Congressman G. L. Laws, which was the beginning of his poli tical career. He returned to Nebraska in 1S1HI and became exchange editor of the Lincoln State Journal and was rec ognized as the political representa tive of the Burlington railroad at a time when -the pass was a popular way to ride on the railroad. , It is said that many times he did not approve of some of the. methods w hich his company desired to use in handling political situations and for that reason his connection with the railroad was often in jeopardy. How ever, the company appeared to rec ognize his honesty and influence and he was retained. Mr. Ager is survived by his wife, a son, C. E. Ager of Lincoln, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Spangler of College View. He was Shriner, a Knights Templar, a members of the G. A. R. and of the Congregational church. Arrangements for the funeral have not 3-et been made. 6 rrV.V.V m mi Fifth Avenue NewYork "111" 20ciettesl5? NEW YORK SIOUX CITY LINCOLN OMAHA CONANT HOTEL BUILDING SIXTEENTH ST. Wednesday L Wednesday CLEARANCE SALE! f 500 Trimmed Hats Formerly Up to $20 Pattern and Model Hats in Every Material, Size and Color EXTRA SPECIAL 370 Trimmed Formerly Selling Up to $7.50 MILLINERY SECTION SECOND FLOOR "The Store of the Town" Browning, King & Company "The Store of the Hvn' T. J OI Announciijtg a General Reduction Throughout the Store of From to 33V3 Beginning Wednesday, Dec, 1st The fact that there are no middlemen to buy the Clothing from that we sell to you, we save you that extra cost on the price of our merchandise which would amount to from 25 to 33 and has enabled us to give you the full benefit of prices that are that much lower. Now we offer an additional reduction of , ON ANY ' Suit or Overcoat Full Dress Excepted WHICH MAKES THIS A REAL SALE All Men' Winter Weight - Underwear 25 OFF A Small Charge Will Be Made For Alterations Manhattan Shirts All Men'. Night Robea and Pajamas 25 OFF 30 OFF Any Shirt in the Store Including Silks and Flannel, Full Dress, Tuxedo and all Whites. Manhattans are not included in this lot. AT 33 0FF Broken Lines of Neckwear Price All New Cut Silk Neckwear 25 OFF Any knit Tie In the Store $1.95 Values to $4.50 Bath Robes, Dressing Gowns, House Coats, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Sweaters, Canes Umbrellas and Jewelry. Any of which make excellent Christmas gifts. Any Hat or Cap in the Store Except Stetsons 25 OFF AT 25 OFF Phoenix and Interwoven Hosiery and Collars Are Excepted from This Sale All Leather Goods, Baft, Suit Cases and Travel ing Sets 25 OFF Browning, King & Company George T. Wilson, Mgr. To Correct, a Wrong Impression THE COATS We Have on Sale Are Genuine Leather These coats are finely tailored, can be worn either side out and are selling everywhere from $45.00 to $85.00. Our Price $32.50 Honestly, folks, the leather can't be bought for what we are selling them at. The manufacturer HAD to have CASH. That's the reason for the low price. SCOTT-OMAHA TENT & AWNING 15th and Howard Opposite Auditorium J 1 through selecting. Advertisement
