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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1920)
THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920. Omahans Testify In Fremont Trial Over Land Title j . Defense .Attempts to Prove t That Man' Signed Transfer Of Property Through Al s leged Conspiracy. Fremont, Neb., lice. 13. (Special Telegram.) Sensational testimony was heard today in the case of Thcmas L. Curran of Omaha against Joseph L. Miligan of Scribner, Neb., in which the platitiff is attempting to acquire a clear title on some land -i-.il. . . . . . ueeaea to mm Dy tne detendant. A motion for intervention was ; entered last Monday bv Ocrden Miligan, a brother of the defendant, who claimed that Joseph was incom ' petant and irresponsible at the time he transferred the property and that !:e had been forced into giving his Mtfuature to the deal. Ogden al leges that Curran is in conspiracy with Jack and Zeltna Short, who 'assert they are man and wife. N Conspiracy Alleged. . , He , says that 'his brother Joseph ' was the victim of a conspiracy in i which the woman was to draw him V into a love affair. He states fiat this was done and then her alleged Husband, Jack Short, threatened Joseph vith suit for alienation of affections " and other sensational charges unless he paid damages. ' , ' Witnesses from Omaha . and Scribner testified today as to the mental Condition of Joseph Miligan and the character of Zelma Short. .. Detectives Ben Danbaum and Fed ', I'almtag of Omaha testified as to uic woman s occupation in umana and traced her history from 1914, They asserted that she was an in- mate of the Hazel McVey house ' -several years ago when a vscanda1 was uncovered. They also accused her of being an inmate of the house conducted by Grace Roberts. j Omahans .Testify, -Charles Pip1&iytf the Pipkin ?igency"of Omaha, Frank Murphy, an cx-policeman and Vern Straley, taxi driver, all testified that the woman's character was questionable. The defense asserts that though Jack Short alleges he is the hus band of Zelma Short, he wascaught ; it the Loyal hotel about six ', months ago with a woman and at tempted to gain release by prom- ising to marry the, woman. The court will continue to take ' ' testimony tomorrow, when it is ex pected the ' case will go to Judge ' . Button for-advisement. The plain tiff will attempt to prove that Zelma ' Short, with whom Joseph Miligan is said ' to have' become entangled, has reformed "since her. trouble in Omaha. ' , Hebron Community Meet Addressed by Omaha Man ' . Hebron, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special.) ' A community service was held in the Christian cKurch here last night. I he speaker ot the evening was Theodore Hansen of Omaha, who addressed a large audience on the subject. ".Community Welfare." He 1 discussed proposed legislation or re organization of the state child wel , fare work pn reference to the care ; of defective, dependent and de , i linquent children, county institutions, f marriage and divorce and juvenik . i courts. .- . Omaha f Company Strikes Oil Near Eldorado, Kan. Word reached here yesterday that a 200-barrel oil well was brought in -by an Omaha company, of which T. O. Warfield of the Warfield Adver tising agency, is president, near El dorado, Kan. This -is the first well drilled by K 'the cbmpatiyv The well was brought . in Saturday,, on -Mr. .Warfield's 12th ; .wedding anniversary. Mr. Warfield was at Eldorado when the well was ' 1 Bonds for New County J School Ready for Sale i Hebron, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special.) ' Bonds of $2,550 for payment on s the new school building have been accepted and returned bythe state department, according to Harvey W. 1 Hess, attorney for school district No. 18 of Thayer county. The . bonds, divided into ten issues, are ; row ready for sale. Wife of Supreme Judge In South Dakota Dies ; Pierre, S. D., Dec. 13. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. J. . H. McCoy, wife of the presiding judge of the , supreme court of this state, died at ' her home in this citv this afternoon ..following a Jingering illness caused by a paralytic stroke some time ago. , - Shotgun Trigger Catches, -; Boy's Forefinger Shot Off Crawling . through a wire fence while hunting south of the city Sun day, Charles Upho, 15, Fort Crook boulevard, lost the forefinger of his left hand when his shotgun was dis charged. . The trigger caught on a wire. He, was attended by police surgeons and taken to his home. Home Destroyed by Fire Cozad, Neb.. Dec. 13. (Special Telegram) The country home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Armbruster was totally destroyed by fire, caused by the explosion of a gsoline laTnp. Will Power and his little daughter were quite severely burned. Swine Body Names Head. Dallas, S. D.. Dec. 13. (Special Telegram) C. H. McNulty of Her rick was elected president of the S,wine Breeders' association of Greg ory and -Tripp counties of South Dakota. Leo J. Fell of Burke is secretary. Boy Killed While Coasting. Sturgis, S. D., Dec. 13. (Special Telegram.) Lane, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Grams of this city died shortly after an accident in which he sustained a fractured skull while coasting on a hillside. Travel via the "Milwaukee" road on the "Omaha-Chicago Limited." Leaves Omaha 6:05 p. m., arrives Chicago 8:05 a. m. Every conven ience and luxury known to railroad travel. W. E. Bock, general agent asscngcr department. ' Telephone Douglas 448 ' 07 South Fiitcenth street Adv Win i$100? Here's Your Chance! Guess the identity of the moving picture star, a part of whose picture is shown below. Sixty pictures will be shown, two each. day. The individual who guesses the largest number correctly wins ? 100. , , Other prizes are: i -' Second , . .'. $50 Third , $23 Fourth $15 Fifth $10 Twenty-five next $5 each Fifty next -Autographed picture of the stars. The rules are simple. Fill out the attached blank. Be sure to sign your name and address. Mail it to The Bee"Movie Contest Editor" with in three days of publication. Place your name and the numbers of the pictures on the outside of the envelope. . ' .... 111 Health Causes Suicide Attempt Shot Intended to Take Life Lodges in Benson Farm er's Arm J . , K : afirv " " i" ' xLi SC! Movie Contest Coupon .'',"' No.l9 is ' " ' " r ' No. 20 is ............ (Your 'ame.) . . (Your Htroet Addreos.) 1 (City or Town.) Fill in this entry blank and mail to "Movie Contest Editor, Omaha Bee." Write YOUR NAME and the numbers of THESE PICTURES on;outside of envelope, Two pictures will'be published each day for 30 days. TWO MORE PICTURES IN TOMORROW'S BEE. Despondent over ill health which had made walking impossible for the past few months, Dan Erwin. 65, well-to-do farmer of rural route No. 7, Benson station, attempted suicide Saturday by shooting him self with a shotgun. The contends of one cartridge lodged in Erwin s right arm. He was rushed to the University hospital where attending physicians say lie is in a critical condition. , ' Mrs. Erwin, his wife,' was -in the midst of a telephone conversation, when she was interrupted by the shot. She ran into her husband's room and found him, lying on the floor, blood flowing from his wound. He threw her a purse, she told friends who answered her summons for help, and said, "There is' enough money in that purse to buy me a grave." 1 According to physicians at the hospital, Erwin had been despond ent several months because of an eruption on his left leg. . He had imagined it some -serious 'skin dis ease and had brooded over it,, the physicians said, until his despond ency got the better of him. Erwin has been engaged in farm ing near Benson , for several ,years. Screen School Heads Are 1 Bound Over to Grand Jury A dozen would-be movie actors and actresses registered disappoint ment yesterday when they walked into federal court and learned their erstwhile instructor, R. J. Grant, Auburn, Neb., and J. F. , Biglow, Portland, Ore., of the' Elackstone Film company, Paxton block, would not be arraigned, before United State Commissioner Boehler. The 'two young men who are charged with using the mails to defraud in organizing . a "movie school" toinake actors and actresses at $10 a head, waived their ' pre liminary hearing and were bound lover to the federal, grand jury on $500 bonds eacn. Project Farm Agent . HasiGrasshoppers On Run in Nebraska Lincoln. Dec. 13. Grasshoppers were defeated in tneir efforts during the last year to destroy crops within the irrigated project district in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, according to the monthly bulletin of the state department of public works. . By using 158,000 poundspf poison, consisting of bran, arsenic, anise oil, sal soda and . molasses. Project and County Agent Phil Shel den was enabled to report that very tew places within the district suf fered any noticeable damage by grasshoppers during the past sea son. . Grasshoppers, according to the bulletin, have proved the principal pest on the project during the last four years. It was not until 1919 that any organized scffort was made to eradicate them. Tw6 poison mixing plants were maintained dur ing the year one, a.t Minatare and one at Bayard from where the mix cre was distributed aver the district There are 65,000 acres in the dis trict, of which 63,000 acres are ir rigable and approximately 50,000 are under a high state of cultivation. Bee want ads arc business getters. Farm Bureau Now Assured In Red. Willow County McC6ok, Neb.,'Dcc. 1J. Special Telegram.) The "kick off" meeting of the Redwillow county farm bu reau organization campaign held in McCook this afternoon, was perhaps the greatest farmers meeting ever held in this county. Over 300 farm ers were present front over the county and the most enthusiastic conditions prevailed. ."' A basket lunch was served at noon and the afternoon given over to ad dresses by J. A. Crawford of Kan sas, A.v J. Dcwald, H. H. Clemons and others. Organization of a local chapter is assured. AUVKRTISKMKNT How Thin Folks Can Put Qn Flesh If you are weak, - thin ,and emaciated anil can't put on flesh or get strong-, no matter how much you eat, go to Sherman A McConnell Drug Co. or any other drug gist and set enough Blood-Iron 1'honphate (or a three weeks' treatment and take it as directed. If at the end of three weeks you ilon't feel stronger and better than you Tiave for months; if your eye aren't brighter and your nerve steadier; tf you don't, aleen better and your vim, vigor and vitality aren't more than doubled, or tf you haven't put oh several pounds of good, atay-thera fleah, you can have your money back for the asking and Hlood-Iron I'hoaphate will eost you nothing. j -, J Ft j v . v kjvjxl v m ; ADVERTISEMENT. Donations Made By Woman's Club Organization ContributesNTov ward Near East Relief,; Y. W. C. A. and Others. Christmas'shopping is though re sponsible for lessening the attend ance at the Omaha Woman's club meeting yesterday. Those present were not lacking in Christmas sprit, however. " A collection for the ' Near East Relief netted $23.57. It was voted to give the Y. W. C. A. $50. and to take a $10 share in the Union Col leges of the Orient in the name of the club president, Mrs. C. L. Hem pel. A contribution of $15 was made to the Social Settlement. Important resolutions passed in cluded endorsement of the- Smith Towner bill creating a federal de partment of education and the Jones Kicker library bill. Re-appointment of trs. Cora Patton as superintend ent of the county hospital was rec ommended. . Col. .Henry Page of Fort Crook spoke on "Women in- Government.'' "Women are more deeply interested in the public questions of the hour than mtn,' said Colonel Page. His hope for women i.i that they .may do more to form a "more perfect union", than men have done. Mrs. Erma Swift Oberreuter, ac companied by Miss Helen Hoagland, gave three musical selections. Mrs. Mary I. Creigh, leader of the cur rent opics department, presided over the program and Mrs. C. L. Hempel, president, over the business session of this last meeting in 1920. The club will next convene Jan uary 3. There will be no New Year's receiption this year. Farm Sells for $51,200. Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 13. (Special) A 320-acre farm near Harbine has been sold for $51,200. A store at Seward, Neb., was included in the deal. The iarm is said to be well improved. 1 ' ' Women of Dundee Give to Shoe Fundi Patriotic Club Sends Check for $23 to Bee's Shoe Fund. The Dundee Women's Patriotic club sends a check for $25 to The Bee's shoe fund. The children of the members of this club never suf fer for shoes. And it is a fine thing for the club members to do, to put shoes on the feet of other, anddess fortunate children. '. Three other contributions acknow ledged yesterday help to put the fund's total nearly up to the $1,000 mark. j Every single penny goes to buy shoes for "worthy" waifs who arc dependent in most cases upon the weary toil of their widowed mothers. . There are still many of these little ones waiting foi "their" shoes. If you can help, please send your con tribution to The Bee office. ' - Previously reported $950,015 .larkwin Walker 100 Dundee Women's Patriotic club.... 25.0O C.race Irene Hester . .. 2.00 t ush 2 00 Total $980.05 California has been allotted $8,384, 354.57 since 1917 as federal aid for good roads. , Will Place a Columbia Gralonola In your home for Xmas. All styles to select from, $32.50 . to $250.00. Latest record hits on sale. Schmoller& Mueller Piano Company New Location, 1S14-16-18 Dodge Street Phone Douglas 1623 THE superiority of At . wood Grapefruit'is not an accident. From the first planting the Atwood Grape fruit Co. has sacrificed everything for QUALITY (yMUlUlllll An initial 'expense of hundreds of thousands of dollars was in curred, while everything that scientific culture and experience could suggest was done to pro duce QUALITY. V i 1 Always found in the Atwood' Wrapper. TRIMBLE BROTHERS; Omaha. Wholesale Distributors 1 OLD AT 40? IRON STARVATION of the blood perhaps and your worn-out, exhausted nerres need to be revitalized For this purpose there is nothing better than Organic Iron; not metallic iron which people usually take, but pure Organic Iron Nuxated Iron which is like the iron in your blood and like the iron in spinach, lentils and apples. One dose of Nuxated Iron is estimated to be approxi mately equivalent (in organic iron content) to eating one-half quart of spinach, one quart of green vegetables or half a dozen apples. It is like taking extract of beef instead of eating ponnds of meat. ..Over four million people annually are using Nuxated Iron. It will not injure the teeth nor disturb the stomach. A few doses will often commence to enrich your blood. , Your monty will be refunded by the manufacturers if you do not obtain satisfactory results. An all druggists. I for Red Blood.Strwndth end Endurance I You can't confine I the Christmas spirit to one day. , The feeling of kindliness, j unselfishness and love will' outlast the holiday season. i Music' at Christmas time ' prolongs the spirit of good cheer. "With one of Bowen's Grafonolas under the Christmas tree, there is not ' only a -wonderful treat in store for the whole family on Christmas day, but throughout the entire year. "We have all styles to choose from, and in our record department you will find what is best and latest. And, as usual, you make you own terms. cwen(d OMAHAS VALUE (MM STOftl HOWARD n MTVim nv ADVERTISEM ItJST. 666 is a, Prescription for' Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know, preventing Pneumonia i if. 4 p MOTHERS IRIEM) For. Expectant Mothers Used By Three Generations IITI HI SOOKIIT OS aOTHISHOOD SIS SST. PUS atDniLB sauiAToa Co. etrr. s-o. Atlanta. eJ 4. Something for to Think About An Advertisement TJiat Does Not Relate to Merchandise : , ; . . ; 1 .(' ; lD ,.. YOU THINK that the only thing about metchan- dising is dollars and cents? x Every day of the week and every moment of the day things happen around crowded counters to remind men arid1 womeri that money is not the only tiling in life even though we are all striving for all the money we can get. 1 HAVE you noticed that Bran'deis Stores from time to. time print advertisements without a price list or announcement of a sale? Have you observe'd that Brandeis , Stores often print in its advertisements articles that do not in any way relate to mer chandise? That's one way we have of at once advertising our store and making it function as a'useful institution of a progressive city. On this occasion space is taken so that we may give you an illustration of the good influence apart from merchan disingof a great store's advertising. It n THE newspapers of Friday, December 3, Brandeis Stores'-advertisements c'on 1 tained an editorial entitled "Something for Boys to Think About." Many letters relating to that article were received from Omaha and various sections of Nebraska and Iowa. Pile Hstula-Pay WH.im Curt d d m"id Jy,tm of treatment that cures Piles, Fistula and othn nvvwu &ibbs in a soorx MM. witnout a ...r. .rirfrtr-al an. eratlon. No Chloroform, Ether or other sreneral anesthetie used r"nieedvta verT ePted for treatment, and no money i. to bt paid until ? nT?" , boo!t ReeU1 Di. ith names and testimonials -of mora taas .goo prominent people who have beea permanently cured. OR. E. R. TARRY Sanatorium, fetars Trust Bids;. (Be B1U ) Omaha, Neb. I 1 AMONG tlie'se communications was one signed by 214 of the employes in the of fice of the Auditor Of Freight Accounts, Unioii Paeific Eailroad company: These 214 signatures were attached to the following letter: "We, eiiiployes in the office of the Auditor of Freight Accounts, Union ; Pacific Railroad Company, many of us parents of boys, extend to you our1 ' thanks for and appreciation of your timely editorial in your advertisement in , ; Friday's papers headed, 'Something for Boys to Think About.' We sincerely wish that the article could be given a much wider circulation." ' COMPLYING with this and other sinnlar suggestions we are glad to reproduce this article in what we regard as an appropriate way, taking this occasion to thank all our correspondents for the generous expressions of appreciation. Something for Boys to Think About ON the occasion of the arrest of the leader of the Council Bluffs mail robbers, the news paper headlines' referred to him as the "master mind." Don't be fooled, my boy, by any of this "master mind" business in wrong doing. If he had had what we call a "mind" as big as a peanut shell he would have known better from the outset. .He might have pulled off a petit larceny job at some way station and es caped for a time, but sooner or later his wrong would have found him out. But he should have known that he could not long remain at liber ty when all the police machinery of the United States government was operating for his capture. TVT ASTER MIND" indeed! Do not be de ceived, my boy! He is not a hero, for nof hero would break his mother's heart. Instead of being, a master he is a poor, weak fool the leader of other fools. In his case history has simply repeated itself. It has again written . upon the highways of the( world the eternal truth: "The way of the transgressor is hard.'"' WHAT -were the results of the "wnd?rful" operations of this "master mind?' Every clever scheme to conceal the plunder was thwart ed. All of the participants to the robbery were arrested. Even the natural devotion of a son to a father was reversed and one of the "minds" was betrayed by his own child. vThe United States army uniform .worn by the "master" was disgraced. The heart of the fine girl who loved him was broken. The mother who would have died for him in his glory, tried actually to die for him in his shame. She was saved from sui cide, but only mothers can iinderstand the pain she suffers. READ the history in your grandfather's. and in your father's time, my boy, Read the record in your own time and you will learn that the thing that is entitled to, rank as Master Mind does not destroy. It constructs. It gives honest employment to men and women. It substitutes warm clothing for rags upon the backs of the poor. It replaces frowns with smiles, removes the ache from the hearts of f mothers and wipes the tears from the faces of little children. It strives for the improvement of communities, for the advancement . of states, for the progress of nations; and it moves for ward into the lines of -Light and Love ever operating to the glory of men through the glory of God-. I villi- si i I m I I H w sag I I m w m m W I i m : ft For educational and interesting editorials, as well as reliable information concerning the field of merchandise, read Brandeis Stores Advertisements daily.' i W : 2 ' : m mwaiimMviMmi . . M- - . i. ........... 't- . ' . " '.:. -v . . .: x ' ' ';- f. '" '' . '.'-':'?.:, ,-.;..'v.."',. '' . .. r ... 1-t.-Jf fa---'.t--jitr"iiMT-rf""'"-'',i.i'i-ii'ir- -
