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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1920)
2 - TIFE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER -8. 1020. Desert Romance And Tragedy End In Divorce Suit LeagueWorking on Fight Against Typhus (Continued From Fo One.) ' I and the near east in general Canada and Siamlie remarked, were the onlv countries that had responded Story bf Girl-Wiffe8 EllduriUg with cash contributions to 'the call Love Amid Loneliness and Horror Told in Decree -Affirmed by ourt. ' : f: Bill, Levying v Duty on Crain, - ' Is Introduced romance followed by a grim tragedy of a young, girl life, dragged out day by day upon the desert of Nevada,' for fears, through loneliness, cold, heat and horror all this is unfolded in a decision sent down from the supreme court yesterday to the local district court, affirming th divprce' granted by Dis trict Jucifee Troup, May S, 1919, to Edith Thompson from Matthew Stewart Thompson." J.f What a woman will endure for the man she loves and what a man expects the woman he loves to en of the council for aid,' Sympathy Not Wihtheld. "Let it not be said that the flood gates of sympathy are closed," he cried. "Let it "not be said that the sensibilities of the world have been dulled to such imperative calls.'.' A member of the Indian delega tion, the prince of Navanagar, added to Sir'Georze's anneal bv EivinK a j vivid description of the ravages of typhus in the east, tie declared tne world was facing in this a graver emergency than the situation in Armenia., 'r. Fridtjof Nansen, the Nor weeian delezatel said that the typhus cduld be' effectively fought with, the once ot two-torpeuo Doai aesiroyers. fhHe proposed the namirigof 'com- dure for him are shown in grmi ;raitteC to 'get the money. - realism by the recital of this dcci- cnrtr. Foster's remindei sion. ; i For this couple loved each Other, The man, at least, still loves the woman, v so much so that he ap- , pealed her divorce to the supreme court where not one divorce case in 500 goes. Marries Gold, Seeker. Mrs. Thompson was formerly a Fremont, Neb., girl. In 1904 she was in Encampment, Wyo.r' cashier iin the hotel. -' She was 20 years old. 'There she met Matthew Stewart Thompson, 35. a talL bronzed, hand some gold seeker. e itfobed her and she consented to be his wife. She i returned to Fremont, he came there and on August 23, 1905, ;thcy were married. Jie took her on a long honeymoon journey which fin ally ended in Goldfield, Nev. The thirst for gold had again takenhold of the prospector. "If you are x willing to endure hardships with me, I believe I will strike it rich in a year," he said. Leave For Desert, . She helped him get together the rude camp outfit, a tent, small stove, a set of bed springs and mattress, a table and some tin dishes and to gether they went out into the desert, to a place called Gold Mountain, 40 miles from any other habitation. , In that small tent, this little wife, less than 21 years old, kept house foi seven months. , In winter she suffered the extreme . cold and in summer extreme heat -i There were 32 men in the camp and two womn. . ; The pall of loneliness, settled its deadly weight upon her through the long days in the tiny tent. Her x husband was, away, prospecting all day. But she. after her simple du ties were done, had nothing to do but Jhink. V , '. t "The camp jflyaj - inftd .wtth. mice," the suprejme' judge.-.qtiotes tier, as saying. "They ran over my feet. tAt night they ran over our bed and I could not sleep for. the horror of it. ' ' "One day'when I opened the flour barrel, a rattlesnake darted its head out at mc," : . " Her husband was morose. On his daily return ; frorti ' . prospecting he would sit in, silence and carve chil dren's toys. She watched him and a great longing filled her lonely heart as she looked at the toys. One morning she took $100 which she had saved by serving meals, - slipped out of camp and made her way over the desert to the railroad where she took a train and returned to Fremont. -f , - Goes Back to Him. There N she stayed a year. Her husband wrote to her. He said he loved her. He ; pleaded and , she finally went back to him. "Now. dear," he said, "I know I will strike it rich in another year. You be brave and stick it out with i .1 .1 .-.mi ... ! nic anu men wc u uc aum iu uavt. everything." . ' And again she endured the lone liness and hardships of the desert. Day followed day, just a dull round of monotony. Month followed month and lengthened into years. But still the ceaseless quest of the prospector brought no result. Whispers News. And then one day a great light of happiness shone on the face of the lonely little woman. That eve ning she whispered the news into her husband s ear. He would be glad, too, she thought. But- her husband's face, after she had told him, was 'hard; his lips were curled with agger. "Don't speak to me about that, be cause I absolutely don't care for children," he muttered, according to the evidence. t That was the moment in which he lost her love. She could endure the hardship, the loneliness, fhe horror. But the mother heart of her with ered tinder his scorn for their child. Leave Camp. A short time later she found op portunity to get away from the ' camp. She returned . to Fremont. The child was born July 12, 1908, and she named him Leonard. The supreme court has vgiven her legal custody of Leonard, now a fine boy of 12. ' Somewhere i-out in the desert her Inisband still" digs feverishly. His face is weather-beaten, his hair is (jray, he is getting old. In his hert is still the love for the wife who endured the desert with him during those years. And he thinks more and more of, the boy. But he has a greater love gold." County Farm Bureau Will Hold Convention at Seward Seward, Neb.. Dec. 7. (Special.) The annual convention, of the Sew "ard county farm butan vill be held st Seward DecemberyS. . The annual meeting is to be preceded by a se 'ries of precinct meetings, 'which will be held starting December 8, and ' continuing with two meetings each day until December. 17. covering the entire county. 'k 1 The extension service through the county agent'wil! be thoroighly ex plained at the precinct .meeting by County Agent Christie, while the work of the state-. Uttir bureau- or ganization will be presented by a member of the organization.- Having leather faced jaws an im plement has been invented' for sharpening safety razor blades by drawing them between its jaws. ; Lighting": Fixturcs-Granden Elec tric Co, formerly Burgesi-Granden Co. Adv. . I Sit.' George' Foster's reminder to .the -assembly that much had been 'promised in aid, of the anti-typhus campaign, but that little had been paid except by Siam and Canada produced a decided reaction among the delegates. Representatives of na tions m all corners of the world suc ceeded one another at th? speaker's stand to give assurance of the co operation of their ' governments in the work. i V Omaha Oil Company Given Authority to Sell Stock Lincoln, -Dec. 7 (Special.) The Manhattan' Oil company of Omaha has been authorized to issue and sell $600,000 in stocky $400,000 of which is common and the balance in preferred stock. The Nebraska Oil & Gas Devel nnmont mmn.inv of Hastings may lissue stock to the amount of $225,- Nebraska Representative Would Provide Government Revenue and Maintain Farm Production by New Measure! By E. C. SNYDER. Wellington Correspondent Omaha Be. Washington, D. C. Dec. 7. (Spe cial Telegram.) Representative Mc Laughlin of the Fourth district introduced a bill to provide re venue for', the government and . to,, maintain'' in the United States the . production of wheat and" corn and their products by levying a dut1 of 25 cents a bushel on corn; $1.25 on.wheat flour per batrej; pn semo lina" and,other products of wheat 10 per 'cent advalorutn. and - corn y or maize 10 cents per bushel. Along this same line Congress man Evans introduced a bill to substitute schedule "G," of the Payne-Aldrich bill, and commonly known as the agricultural schedule, for schedule "G" of the present taritT, known as the Underwood tariff. The congressman, from the Third district said he did not expect any affirmative legislation n the tariff at this ses sion, but he wanted the ways and means committee to have something before it should decide to hold hear ings lookin? to legislation repealing resting laws. Judge Evans also in ', jduced his bill to prohibit dealing in futures on grain and which is known as "the food commodity fu ture act." I . Appropriation Asked. In his estimates for 1922 the sec retary of the treasury in his letter sent-to congress today asks for the J following appropriations in which Nebraska is interested: $1,165 ,forj Nebraska forests; $5,000 for the Ni obrara division; $98,000 for Genoa Indian school; $15,000 forNiver and harbor improvement work between Kansas City and Sioux. City; $1,715, 000 for the North Tlatte irrigation project The secretary of the treasury also submitted an' item of $30,000 for re moving the. skylight and cotistruct ing. monitors, over the work room in the Omaha postoffice,- The book of estimates further car ries recommendations for appropria tions of $42,000 for the Hot Springs, S. D., soldiers' home and $60,000 for the the national sanitorium at the same place. Congressman Andrews, who is re ceiviog many letters from patriots desiring to serve, their country as postmasters, has prepared, a form re ply which explains the postoffice situation as it exists. Mr. Andrew calls attention to the following ex ecutive order of March 31, 1917, ' Rules for Filling Vafancy. "Hereafter . when a. vacancy oc curs, N in , the .position . of postmaster of any office Qf the .first, second or third class, as the result of death, resignation; removal, or on the rec ommendation of the first assistant postmaster general; approved by the postmaster general, to the effect that efficiency or needs of the service re quire that a cfiange shall be made, the postmaster general shall certjfy the fact to the civil service com mission, who shall forthwith hold an open competitive examination to test the fitness of the applicants to fill such vacancy, and when such ex amination has been held and the pa pers in connection therewith have been rated, the said commission shall certify, tre result thereof to the post mastef general, who'' shall submit to the5 president the name of the highest qualified eligible for appoint ment to fill such vacancy, unless it is established that the character or residence of such applicant dis vualified him for appointment. No person who has passed his 65th birthday shall be given the examina tion here provided. And then it is asked, "will the in coming republican administration perpetuate these methods of the Wil son administration or will it abandon those methods and appont repub licans to fill the places. A definite answer cannot be expected until the next postniasterNgeneral is appointed and qualified after ', the fourth of March. Hence no decisions can be wisely made in relation to such matters until the policy of the in coming administration is definitely announced to the country. Lincoln Woman Asks That tart of Neal Estate Be Given Her Lincoln, Dec. 7. (Special) Mrs. Dorothy Stuart of University Place is putting in a claim for a share of , the John Ncal estate, which is now nnacr controversy, ane nas written a letter to t he attorney ceneral in which she says that she understands that there are no heirs to the $1,000,- 000 left by Mr, Neat, late district manager of the Reynolds Tobacco company, and that being a poor womafi and in a poor .state ot health she thinks the state, should take a part of .it and buy ter a little home where she could spend her declining ! vrr'-s. She asks the attorney gen- I eral to investigate her standing and Ct.'fes her letter-- thus:' ''Now surprise me .with a'nice lit tle check out of that money. He had no heirs and you ought to be glad j to help a poor worthy woman and make her happy and then have lots of money Iett for the state. -Assistant Attorney General My ron WKc'eler would like to do all that the woman desires, but he is tarred by the laws of the state from dispensing the money this way and has written Mrs. Stuart regretting his inability to carry out her request Father Flanagan's Boys Entertain at Beatrice Beatrice, -cb., Dec. 7. (Special) Father Flanagan . and his boys from Omaha gave an- entertainment in the Gilbert theater Sunday eve ning, before a large audience. The boys solicited funds here Monday for the boys' home at Omaha. iflrich of Aese Mctrolas 11 i n will vou moose ior uir istmas? Victrola IV, $25 Victrola Villi $50 y -" Tall & ill 1 " HI Select whichever style is best suited to your needs and you carbe sure it will give the utmost satisfaction. They are all Victrolas, made com ' ptete in the Victor factories the largest plant in 1 . the world devoted to the manufacture of a musical instrument. Victrolas differ essentially from all other sound reproducing instruments. They are built for the express purpose of playing the world's best music exactly as interpreted by the greatest artists who have naturally chosen the Victor as the medium to record and reproduce their art The Victor changeable stylus and the modifying doors enable you to adapt the volume of tone to the acoustic - requirements of any room, but no compromise is permitted, and on the Victrola no distortion is possible. ' 1 ' These are only two of the many Victor pat ented features in every Victrola, and the more than twenty years research and experience in the art of sound reproduction are your guarantee of absolute satisfaction. ) To be sure you get Victor products, look for our famous trademark "His Master's Voice" under the lid of all instruments, on the labels of all records. s Victrola VI, $35 Victrola IX, $75 Victrola X, $125 Victrola XIV, $225 a XVI. $27? ,W Victrola XI, $150 Vlctroli Victrola XVI. electric, 1337.50 HIS MASTERS VOICE" reg.us.mt.wf. Tiiia trademark and the trademarked word M Victrola" identify all cur product!. Look under the lid! Look on the label I VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. N Camden, N. J. ' A JlhBlL "Li "T. J Victrola XVII, $350 Victrola XVII, electric, $4 IS Victor Talking Machine tomp Camden, New Jersey Battery Explosion Rocks Grand Island , Graild fcsland, Dec. 7 (Special.) Several "flocks of the downtowii business,-district of this ' city were rocked this' morning by a mysterious explosion in the newly opened Grand lsla'nd battery station, which blew the plate glass front across the street and knocked William Kierig and Michael Lingeinaiv employes work ing in the rear shop, to the iloor. , Neither man was injured, Ca"use bf the explosion has not been deter mined. Firemen from .the . station just across the street carried a stove put which had beft overtuwed, fore stalling chances of fire. The front -room of the station is a complete mass Qf debris. Doors and windows of the building had been opened in the mornipg and the men say there .could; ot have been f . accumulation of gas. The busing is, owned by C. II. Dove and the building by John J Witidolph. thompson -belden ' ' company; ;. Count' Not What a Gift Costs but What It's Worth Gift Articles. : for Milady ' i Avoidingthe Commonplace Is One oj the Pleasures of Shopping at Thompson-Belden' s 4 To Decorate Your Parcels No matter how interesting . the gift an attractive wrapping always adds much to it. Tissue and tinsel cards, cards and seals, labels' and ribbons, all in bright an appropriate holiday colorings. If you select how the as sortments are complete. Center Aisle, Main Floor. Painted Wooden s Toys A diminutive lawn swing and a lovely blue, wagon are two of the new toys one finds in the Art department on the second floor. ft A gift, poorly select- v ed, is really worse than no gift at all, and as regards good taste and good qual ity, both are assured b.y xthe Thompson Beldqn name. If .The fascination of artistic things, the ' charm of fine mater ials,the interest and appreciation of new ness are best ex pressed in; these col lections of gifts' for Milady. Handkerchiefs French Gloves Neckwear Silk Hosiery Hand Bags Lingerie, Fine Blouses Feather Fans Priced With Respect to Quality as Low as Any inWmaha Madeira Hand Embroidered Oblong Luncheon Sets - The scarf, or center, is long enough to be , used where the table is extended. The oblong doilies (eight in number) are twelve by eigh teen inches and take the place of two sizes in round doilies. The hand-embroidered de signs favot the new basket, and bowknot patterns. These Niye-Piece Madeira Sets Are $60, $65 and $75 , The Linen Store North Aisle, Main Floor. Christmas - arid Aprons Dpfnrfltiv'p nnrnns wliirVi are none the less practical in spite of their attractive ness. . Round aprons, square aprons, some with pock ets, some with ribbons. Plain white dotted , Swiss or with edges in color. All new, of course, and not ex pensive. ' In The Basement.' v Women's Wool Sport Hose ft So certain of finding favor are good' woolen hose that they should be 1 considered as one of the most acceptable of gifts. Full fashioned wool hose in brown, green and Copenhagen heath er mixtures pre $3 a pair. n Drop stitch wool heath ers in various attractive shades are $3.5(1 a pair. Heavy Brasses Several fine brass pieces are being shown in the art department A pair of candlesticks, several graceful vases with twist ed gargoyles for handles and an incense burner. Other gift things of equal worth are being shown in this interesting section: Second Floor.. ) V- Cedar Chests for Christmas At Bowen's at Falling Barometer Prices. Never before have we displayed a better line of Cedar Chest in all sizes, designs and styles ' than right now. All women appreciate a Chest, and nothing would be more appropriate for a Xmas Gift than a BOWEN'S Cedar Chest. The workmanship, ma terial and the genuine Tennessee Red Cedar is the best mc could buy, realizing that nothing is too good for our custom ers. They were bought in carload lots and we are offering thnr at this time at such reduced prices that all will be able to buy. ) And, as usual, you make your own terms. . Advertisement HIGH GRADE SPRINGFIELD DISTRICT ALL SIZES Screened at the Yard and Delirered to Yoj for PER TON ILLINOIS COAL d at the Yard and Delirei $12.50 PHONE US ! PROMPT DELIVERY Consumers Coal & Supply Co. DOUG. 0530. "DEALERS IN GdOD COAL" DOUG. 0530 1 1 I ttec wai.it aJ.suc business getters. gmil m lrtss) it V - . f ii f e
