THE BEET OMAHA. TUESDAY. DECEMBER
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Unusual Spirit
In Christmas
Three Are Burned
A Remnant
By Charles Dana Gibson
Copyright Ufa Pub. Co.
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When Gasoline In
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MICKEL'S
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Old Rush of Former Years la
Lacking Buying Is More
Consistent and With an
Eye to Practicability.
With only nine days remaining
-in which to do Christmas shopping,
the grand .rush is on in full force
to complete all the required pur-
' chasing yet, according to down
town merchants, isn't the surging
crowds of former years, rushing pell
nifll through their stores, unde
cided as to what they want to buy,
hut an orderly, well-behaved crowd
of customers with a definite plan as
to what they want, which results
in quick sales and efficient service.
The spirit of Christmas seemed
to visit Omaha Monday with the
light snowfall,, which lasted the
grj atcr part of jthe day. The streets
downtown were crowded and the
stores were doing a brisk business
with Christmas shoppers. While the
Snow was welcome, it made walk
mis unpleasant! because of the wet
sidewalks,' bur the weather didn't
interfere with business. ,
Buying'; In Earnest.
"Omaha has entered into the spirit
of Christmas buying in earmyt,"
Karl N. Lewiri of the 15 randeis
stores said, - "Our Christmas . rush
started some time ago and last Sat
urday was one of the best days,
relative to the' volume of business
(Whe, we have had for some time.
"Monday our stores were comfort
ably filled with customers who were
doing nothing but Christmas shop-
ping. I know the business done this
season will compare favorably with
that of last ycaf. I do not look for
any mad rush in, the last few days
before Christmas. I'm sure Christ
mas shopping-will have been-, done
in time avoid any rush."
Shopping Is Consistent.
Thomas Flynn, secretary of Hay
den Brothers, can see nothing but
an optimistic future and he bases his
predictions on 'the present Christmas
shopping.
- "Our business has Jeen steady
each day," he said. ''There have
been no mad rushes, yet the buying
has been consistent. I note one
thing which "places this .Christmas
buying ahead of . that of last year.
People are buying more pratical and
substantial things. This tone pre
vails in all departments. Most gifts
this year will W useful. I can t say
. miirh fiiresieht was used in Christ
mas buying last 'ear. People, es
pecially the farmers, had plenty ot
money and hey spent it just as, they
wished, regardless of cost and practi-
t ' irirtV fnr cood business alter
the holidays. There are calamity
howlers who can see nothing ont
clouds in the future, but I see a much
brighter outlook."
T. P Redmond, superintendent
cf the Burgess-Nash stores, is sat
isfied with the trend of Christmas
shoppers.' i, "While we expected a
good brisk.. Christmas -trade, he
said, "business has over-reached any
cxpcctati6hs we had. We hadnt, in
tended to- open our new basement
until after the holidays,, but the
Christmas shopping began so early
end with iuch a rush we saw more
room was Necessary to accommo
date the trade and the new base
ment, with its Christmas merchan
iico was ooened.
No Rush Expected.
"Buyers k are spending their
money in a businesslike way. Busi
ness has been good m ah depart
ments and I expect it to continue
until the last day." .
Big downtown merchants were
,-ot the only men' vyho.had nice
things to st about the Success i oi
Christmas shaping this year. The
smaller merchants are getting their
share of the Christmas trade and
business' with them "is good, they
"Most merchants do not expect a
last-moment rush. They say the
consistent advertising and
to customers to "do their .Christ
mas shopping early" have brought
their reward..
' . . . PnMiclipfl hv. Arrangement ' With Life
, "I am gomg to gbeyou myselj ior Opistmasy
"Don't do it; I don t ruant folks to say that I didn't do my Christmas shopphg early , enough. .
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3 Men Who Broke Paroles
Returned to Penitentiary
lo'feph Adcock and Albert Gard,
sentenced -to from one to lilw
the state penitentiary for automobile
theft. andMurloughed on ApnJV.
v.ere returned, to me
from Omahayesterday by E. M.
Johnson of the Board of Public Wcl
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The two men were arrested in con
nection with the theft of an automo
bile in Omaha which they are said
to have taken jto Kansas City, thus
violating their , parole. They were
sent to the penitentiary from Lan
caster county. ''iJ,'
Leon Hudson, who recently con
fessed to assisting two woman in
mates orthe York Custodial School
(or Women to, escape, was also re
turned to the penitentiary-today.
Rivalry of Kings Led to '
Cloth of Gold Textiles
The endeavors of two kings to out
rival eaeh other, in wearing .the most
beautiful woven - cloth resulted in
weaving cloth -of i gold textile and
brought the weavers art to its high
est form, according to Miss Eliza
beth Bennett. Chicago Art ttmsevm.
who spoke before the members of
the Society of Fine Arts Monday.
Miss Bennett traced the develop
ment of weaving from the time this
a-t was introduced into Italy
through the 17th century, in which
weaving became recognized as one
. the highest .arts. - ,
Argentina Not to
Notify League of
Its Withdrawal
Government Holds It Never
Was Member and ' Hence '
Will Not Remain for. Two
More years.
Buenos Aires.- Dec. 14. The Ar
gentine government - will n8t give
any notification' of withdrawal from
the league of nations in accordance
with Article I of the pact, because
it does ' Rot consider that Argentina
ever has been , a member . of the
league, Th,,; Associated Press was
informed by the foreign office today.
Geneva ' dispatches had indicated
ttiaf tintifiVatinn nf' withdrawal from
the league was expected from Ar
gentina as me next diplomatic step,
and that it was considered she must
continue to be a member of the
league for two years after such noti
fication was given, inaccordance
with the ftrms of the pact. ;
' Deny ' Membership. V
The foreign' office . points' to a
series of diplomatic documents pub
Jkhed last week regarding the rela
imni.nf Artrptitlna to the leasrue.
whicn are held to show, that she only,
accepted the tormation ot tne league
"in principle." Her adhesion, it is
declared, was "adhesion in ' general."
The documents are adduced ' to
show it was clearly stated that Ar
gentina sent delegates for the pur
pose of assisting in the organization
of the league after having set forth
In diplomatic communications that
it favored 4 the establishment' of a
league in. which all - nations vyould
participate without distinction.
Adhesion Only General.
The government's adhesion, there
fore, was conditional, - it is . further
avnlinor nflft its delpETateft Wdlt t(J
Geneva to discuss the conojtkms of
. I. 1 . ....ki:, t,mnt
The Argentine government'sVicw
it was declared, is that since the Ge
neva assembly dm not permit ais-
nissinn ot the Arcentinian conai-
:n0 f. tU frtrmatirtn of the
loocrtiA flip withdrawal of Argentina's
delegation ends tne matter lor ncx
so far as the present league is con
ecrned. "
Sneeder Conies Road Laws
In Longhand as Punishment
Santa Barbara, Cal; - Dec. 14.
Sentenced by Judge C. E. George
to write six sections of the motor
vehicle act of California in long
hand, E. B. Blcakney, arrested here
last week for speeding, today turned
in a manuscript to the court which
included 23 pages.' Bleakney-completed
the job in two days, he said.
Cleveland Judge
Placed On
.Tnfcn H. Wlllett. 2103 Webster streets.
known among- pioneer resllent of this
city a Johnny" WJilet), died yesterday
at a hospital. Mr. wmen wan 09 jrrma
old For the pant 35 years he had been
emuloye1 in the Union Pacific shops. Fu
ntral Tfervices to be held at i! o'clock
Thursday afternoon will be conducted by
the Masonic lodRe. Burial will be In
Forest Lawn' cemetery,, I Surviving Mr.
Wlllett ara his widow, two aona and a
daughter.
It. B. McWhlney, 27, , vice president of
the Omaha. Tenants' Protective league,
died In his apartment at Drake court
Monday nlht from an Illness of one week.
Cause of death was given as pneumonia.
,Mr. McWhlney had been married but a
year-following his discharge from .mili
tary service In the army.
v-ntlflcstlon of the death In New. York
I City of Mrs. Alexander Shaler has been
received by Mre. n. J. r.unuim. ntr
granddaughter. Mrs" Shaler was 1 years
lf aga-and tne wmow oi uen. Aiexmiuvr
slh.inr. who served .ln the Sixth Corps
. .i r. t., Ac- nfmv nf iha Potomac during the Civil
Annual meeting vi mc wm" war. .
. ociation for the Betterment of Girls WBrs,.. . - v-"
J Tt. hel held next Thurst I Mrs. r,rolln Yost Snelt. M. whose
and Boys Will be-ncia nexi iiiu t MMj5ihel Yost, resides in Omaha,
a'av at 12:15 D. m. m the Lhamnir Ot ear, jgniUy ,t her home in Water-
Ccmtmerce. , - . lUncw
r..n.:i Annrnves 125J
Loan to Omaha Water Board
Formal approval of a loah of
000 from the municipal government
the Metropolitan Water board
As recorded at the city, council
meeting yesterday morning. The
money will be used for the payment
of the first interest on the gas plant
bonds whichvwere issued July 1,
19 f) i .
"I feel that the city's credit must
be maintained-that is a cinch-notwithstanding
P"s?nal fleh5?' 011
the matter' aid Mayor . Smith.
Betterment Society Meets.
Deaths and Funerals
On Murder Cliarge
Chief Justice of Municipal
Court Will Battle for Life f
rfor Alleged '- Slaying of 1
Former Saloon Man.- ; ;
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Cleveland, O., Dec. 14. William
H. McGannon, chief justice, of the)
municipal-court, was placed on trial
in rnmmnn nlpac rnurt hprp. fhrfired
with second degree murder for the
slaying ot Harold C iagy last May.
An inflirtment r narcin ir Tnrl be?' f
Gannon with the crime was returned
by the Cuyahoga county grand jury
on-November 27 after a six-day in
vestigation of the case. Judge Mc?
Gannon pleaded not guilty and was
released on $10,000 bond. 1 i '
' John W. Joyce, former downtown
calnnnVppnpr. indicted '' for' second
degree murder for killing Kagy, whs
found not guilty by a jury on No
vember 17- Jhe next day the: grand
juty started a second investigation
of the case, resulting in McGannon's
indictment. ., v '
Ws Prosecution . Witness.
Judge McGannon was one of -the
principal witnesses for the prosecu
tion at the Joyce trial and it is ex
pected -that (Joyce will" be one : ot
the state's principal witnesses
against McGannon. A motive for
the killing of Kagy was not devel
oped by either investigation. .
The case is one of ithe most impor
tant ever brought before, local
l invAlirmnr 9C it does, a 1U-
wuna, in. v.. J " - ' - 1
rist who waschosen by the people
for a position ot hign trust anu re
sponsibility and -'presenting 0,'drs
matic contrast a judge before whom
many have been arraigned accused
oi murder.' As assistant county pros
ecutor in 1905 McGannonxprepare.l
cases against men accused of mu
dcr ''
Kagy Was KUled. ."'
Harold C. Kiagy, garage owner,
after spending the evening. of May
7 in company with Juflge McGan
non and John W. Joyce, a1ormer
saloon keeper, was shot at the 'cor-;
-ner of East Ninth street and Ham
ilton avenue, early in the morning
of May 8. dying in a hospital on
May 23, after making a statement
a few davs ; previously that Joyce
had shot him. , ,
Toyce was indicted and .piacea pn
trial. McGammon, a witness fior
the state at the Joyce , trial, ; testified
that he was oi preseui wnc
. . M fpstifipd "that
suoi- was nvvj.
Kagy, Joyci and himself came-down
town fromathe cast r.na in.ivinj.iii-
n..nrr.r.ki1 hnLlhat he crot out
of the machine at Euclid avenue and
East Ninth street; three mocks away
from the spot .where Kagy was shot:
Other witnesses at "the Joyce trial
testified that Mc&annon . was the
"third man" presetft "when the shot
was, fired and oneVwitness testified
that it was McGannon who fired the
shot. , ' ' ' ' -
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Movies at Bancroft Center.
At.n.1anis at the Bancroft Com-
,,.;t,. Ppntpr ; mpptinsr last night
were entertained with, a series' of,
motion pictures, according- to an
nouncement by William Von Kroge,
jr., supervisor. . 4
Deserter la Hfl.d. ; j .
r1:.n ill VDpp 14 William5
Thoas, aged 17. was in jail here
today on orders from San Francis
co, where he is alleged to have dc
sprtprt from the armr some - time
ago. "
Thief .Takes Army Blankets.
Two army blankets , were ' stolen
from the Bancroft . school Monday
night, Principal Mary ' Austin re
ported to Central police headquar
ters
burnedin an explosion caused bjf ,1
stove at the home of Mrs. Kate
Kurtz,- '4610 South Thirty-third
street, at 8:30 yesterday morning.
.1 lie Durneci arc;
QtanW Rarher. 14. Thirtv-llinth
and R streets, burns about the body
-inrt iptr Min '
fr Katp Kurtz, burns about the I
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face, head and hands.
Vivian Kurtz, 14, body burns ana
(nnt Th orirl's fnot mav have
to be amputated, according to police
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surgeons, wno were cauca to aucuu
the injured. '
Gasoline By-Mistake,
Ttip Rarbpr hbvwas on his wav to
school and stopped at the Kurtz,
home. He ottered to assist m siarw
ine the fire, which was believed to
be out.
Mrs. Kurtz told him, to get a can
of coal oil in the corner of the kitch
en, but the lad picked up a can of
gasoline by mistake.. Hs he poured
the gasoline on the snavtngs ana
nnor in 4l ctnvp nil flip SsllP.
the explosion shot flaiijes -Jthrowgli
.1 J nt .1. ffiiA liYtrmtiflr tlim
trie uyuis ui mc diviv, ,
Mrs. 'Kurtz and the girl. .
Firemen Check Flames.
Firemen from the . station house
at the corner heard the explosion
and rushing with chemicals, ex
tinguished the flames before ma
terial damage was done the home.
-None of the .burns is believed
fatal ' alttiniicrh attending surtreons
say. all three victims are in a criti
cal condition. : . .-
Young People Must Heed
Dry Law, Bishop Declares
(-,lr',r,rr fno 1Rth ampnttmpnt rpallv
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effective in the United States is up to
. Af T 1
the. younger generation, oi&noy
llnm.. r Stunt l-.pail nf thp Oma
ha area of the Methodist church, told
5UU young men ana women memoers
of the Epworth League union of
Omaha churches at the annual ban
quet in the Henshaw hotel Monday
night.
The bishop also spoke of Sunday
as a day to be kept holy "in reading
and actions." Rev. J. W. Kirk
patriclt gave a "Toast to Our
Bishop." Miss Jennie Brubaker
spoke on "Slippers," J. Bruce Mc
Lean o "Back to Earth," and Miss
Ruth Gordon sane a solo. The Trin
ity male quartet led community i
singing. Robert Anderson was.
toastmister.
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