THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 19, 1920.
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Seven Barrels
Of Alcohol Found
i Near Railroad
4 t Art VSVSfc WT .t f
jiw,uw worui ot uooze
Stolen From Burlington
Train in Bluffs Hero v.
orcd by Officers. ,
Seven barrels of alcohol, valued at
oH080r wtre dumped frdm a Bur
lington train from Kansas City along
tlie right side of the track about a
tnile north of Lake Manaw.i Frinay
t ight. The theft -was discovered as
rne train arrivedvat the station in
Council Bluffs and Special Agent
u. ii. junnson --wcni on ine case.
With Fred Bascom of the city de
tective force,' Johnson j went aloiitf
me track until the barrels were la
fated. Five of tiie barrels were
found within a distance of live
blocks. i
Two of the barrels, with contents
estimated to be worth $.'6,880, were
missing.
f Man Walking Tracks.
While investigating, the two of
licers saw a man plodding atong the
Hacks toward the barrels.
Seeing the dark forms pf the ofli
ctrs, the man whistled, long and low.
The officios returned the whistle
inid the man approached them, only
to look down the barrels of their
automatic pistols.
He was recognized at once as L. A.
ttigley, 510 Twenty-fifth avenue, who
is now under indictment in federal
court for the alleged thefts of auto
mobile tires from several interstate
shipments.
Revolver Is Taken.
Bigley was arrested mvcstie.a
tirn. The officer relieved him of a
,45-calihcr revolver and a belt of cart
ridges he was wearing.
Further search of the vicinity
failed to disclose the other two bar
rels or a truck which might have
been used in hauling ,the barrels
from the scene of the theft.
No other men were near the scene
except Bigley.' ,
, Bigley win Arraigned in police
court yesterday, on charges of carry
ing concealed weapons. He was
ordered held to the grand jury in
$500 bail, which was furnished.
Farmer Held Guilty
m a a V
Ur shooting by Jury
James Harbour, farmer, wa found
guilty of manslaughter for the
.'hooting of George Mikcsell. by a
jury in district court in Council
Bluffs yesterday, after a deliber
ation lasting from 12:20 Friday
noon when the case was given to
them by Judge J. B. Rockafcllow.
Harbour wept while attorneys were
making their final arguments yester
day ar.d sobbed loudly when ,the
clerk read the instructions of the
court to the jury. His former wife,
Mt. Mikesell, widow of the mur
dered man, and their young daugh
ter, who testified against Harbour
during the trial, were unmoved. Har
bour will probably be .sentenced
early next week, unless an applica
tion for ncy trial is filed by his at
torneys. '".
Sheriff to Treat Boarders,
At Dinner on Christmas
Sheriff Mike Clark will be host to
130 Christmas dinner guests in his
hotel on the fifth floor of-the court
house, and he "stands" to lose about
60 cents on each guest.
The "down and outers" who are,
up and inners at present will sit
down to this Christmas menu: Roast
chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy,
cranberry' sauce, pumpkin pie,
pickles, olives, bread, coffee.
The sheriff ! receives 33 cents ,a
day for boarding the prisoners. That
has to cover the three meals a day.
Whatever he loses on the Christmas
dinner comes out of his own pocket.
Council Holds Star Chamber
Session ou Light Hearing
Mayor Smith and the city com
missioners held a closed conference
yesterday to discuss their line of
procedure in connection with the
Nebraska" Power company's applica
tion for increased rates.
'We are sitting as judges in this
case and it is not proper to interro
gate a judge during the progress of
a case, was the mayor's reply this
i, orning to an inquiring'-newspaper
man. '
The city officials expect to analyze
the company's statements and to be
ready to hold the second phase of
the hearing on Juary 17.
ChopSuey Parlor Must Get
Dance Hall Permit, Is Rule
The Far East cafe, 1408 Famam
street, will be required to obtain a
dance hall permit or stop its practice
of allowing dancitfg to the music ot
a mechanism which responds when
patrons drop a coin into a slot pro
vided for that purpose,
That was the order of O. M.
Adams, superintendent of the Board
of Public Welfare, after he conferred
yesterday with Mayor Smith, in
company with members of the Wel
fare board.
Man Ju6t Released From
Hospital Struck by Train
J. W. Dc Lay, SS, and blind in one
eve, who was released from a period
of long illness in the Edmundson
hospital in Council Bluffs last Mon
day, was taken to the Mercy hospital
Friday night suffered two mangled
legs as a result of being struck by
Northwestern passenger train No
160 at Thirteenth street and Fourth
avenue. His condition was low yes
terday and attendants at the hospital
hold out little hope for his recovery
because of his age and recent illness.
Builders' Committee to
Sit at Light Hearing
Alfred C. Kennedy, president of
the Building Owners' and Managers'
association, has appointed a commit
teeto sit in the hearing of the appli
cation of the 'Neraska Power com
pany for an increased1 schedule of
electric light and power rates, to be
resumed before the city council early
in January-.
Ernest Sweet of the association
charges the power company with ac
tion similar to the Omaha Tenants'
Protective league making useless
paper.
Lieut. Pat O'Brien, Pilot
Of War Fame, Kills Self
str fi
1
Los Angeles, Dcc.i8. Lieut. Pat
O'Brien, famous world war aviator,
was found dead in a room in a
downtown hotel lure last night. The
police said there was a bullet wound
it: the forehead and a revolver near
by.
O'Brien, an American, went to
Canada early in the world war gad
enlisted in the royal flying corps.
He was captured by the Germans,
but frscaped while on the way fromJ
one internment ramn to another.
lie wrote a book on his experiences.
He had been employed here by a
motion picture company.
"A .report setting torth that Lieu
tenant O'Brien, officer of the Royal
flying corps in the world war, had
committed suicide was filed today
by police detectives who investigated
the case.
Will Not Holcl Inquest.
It was stated at the detective bu
reau there probably would not be an
inquest. Lieutenant O'Brien was
found with a bullet wound in his
forehead and an army pisto! at his
side. Police said he had tried and
failed to effect a reconciliation with
his wife, a motion picture actress.
O'Brien, the detectives said, came
here from Oakland yesterday and
went to the hotel where his wife had
. .
a room, tic took anotner room anu
telephoned to her. according to the
report. Mrs. O'Brien, it was de-
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Officers Freed of
Robbery Charges
Heine Bosen and Frank Haley,
suspended police officers, were
found not guilty of breaking and en
tering charges by a j'iry in district
court after trial late Frdiay.
The jury was out 25 minutes. Both
men were tried before the .same
jury. ' . ,
Bosen and Haley wen, accused of
breaking and entering the establish
ment of Fairbanks, Morse & lo.
on the night of July 3 for
ihe purpose of stealing five auto
mobile tires ,
Their defensevas an alibi. ,
Bothi men will orobably be rein
stated on the police force, according
to Chief of Police Eberstein.
Bosen and Haley both declared
they will make an effort to claim
their pay for the period' of suspen
sion, each man contends tne city
owes him $725 in pay.
ManDoesn t Miss Divorced
Wife, But Needs Furniture
v Andrea Prinzinclli, 1455 Evans
ftrect, was able to bear separation
from his wife, but he needs hjs fur
niture badly, he told Justice of the
Peace Collins yesterday: Andrea
swore out a writ of replevin to ob
tain several articles of household
goods from his former wife.
Angelina uigliotti, U'umo street,
from whom he is divorced.
"I pay her alimony, that's plenty,"
Andrea declared.
Ambulance Company Men
To Hold Annual Batiquet
The orieinal Omaha Ambulance
company, No. 335, was to hold its
second annual banquet and meeting
in the rathskeller of the Hotel Hen
shaw last night, in commemoration
of. its return from the battlefields of
France, rive tormer officers ana
122 men were to attend. R. S. Jones,
chairman of the Rommittee on ar
rangements, has arranged to have
the Henshaw dance orchestra play
during the meeting.
City Electrician Urges
Safety In Xmas Trimmings
Israel Lovitt. citv electrician, ad
vises merchants and others to adopt
safety-first measures m Christmas
decorations. He warns against jthe
use of niflammable materials tn
window displays and on Christmas
trees.
Why Did They Do It?
Because They Had To
Chief Eberstein wore one.
Inspector Pattullo wore one.
Police Judge Foster wore one.
Chief of Detectives Van Dcuscn
wore one.
Hans Nielsen, chiej of the identi
fication bureau, wore one.
So did Mrs. Emily Byrom, Ber-
tillon expert.
What? Big, heavy overcoats.
Why? Because the furnace at
Central police headquarters went
on a strike yesterday and lo
little oil stoves, yoing full blast,
couldn't heat the atmosphere
enough. .
clared, replied she was too ill to sec
him. A few minutes later attend
ants heard, a shot fired. O'Brien
was found dead.
. A note in O'Brien's handwriting
was discovered in the room ad
dressed to his wife, as follows: ,
- Note Found in Room.
"Only a coward would do as I am
doing, but I guess I am one. With
all my war record, I am just like the
rest of the people in this world a
little bit of clay. And, to you, my
sweet little wife, I go thinking of
you. And my dear sweet mother
my sisters and brothers.
"And may the just God that
answered my prayers in those two
days that I spent . in making my
escape from Germany once more
answer them,
"And bring trouble; sickness, dis
grace and more bad luck than any
one else in this world has ever had,
and curse forever that awful wo
man, that has broken up my home
and taken you from me; the woman
that stood in my home and gave
(several words blurred). She caused
this life of mine, that just a few
months ago was happy, to go on that
sweet adventure of death. .
"Please send what you find back
to my dear mother in M,omence, III.
"To the five armiesI have been in;
the birds, the animafs I love so well:
o my friends; to all the world of
adventure 1 say goodby." '"
Lieutenant O'Brien was a native
of Richmond, Cal., where he was
born 33 years ago.
Mother Notified.
Momence, 111., Dec. 18. Mrs.
Maggie O'Brien, mother of. Lieut.
Pat O'Brien, the aviator, who was
found dead in a Los Angeles hotel
last night, said' today that she had
received a message from her daugh-
ter, Airs. Clara Llcgg, who went to
Los Angeles two weeks ago to
spend the winter with her brother,
stating he had committed suicide.
Lieutenant O'Brien left his home
here several months ago to take
charge of an automobile agency in
Los Angeles and later became iden
tified with a motion picture concern.
Wonderful Baby Grands
, Upright Piano Bargains
It will most certainly pay you well to call at 1807 Famam
St., just two doors east of the Wellington Inn, to hear, test and
examine tnese great Bargains.
Upright Grand, polished
mahogany
Upright Grand, strictly modern
finish mahogany
Upright Grand, a beauty in nice
walnut case
Upright Grand, polished golden
oak case, perfect
,
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Sonera Trovatore with ten 10-inch double-face
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OUR SPECIAL OUTFIT B
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SPECIAL OUTFIT C
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(TlAKFORD
MCsric Co.
Mail Flyer Who
Set 1-Day Record
Flight Visits Here
Pilot J. F. Moore Made Round
Trip Between' Cheyenne
and Salt Lake In Day
"For the Service.'
James F. Moore, first air mail
pilot to make a rouyd trip flight
lrom Cheyenne to Salt Lake City
and back between dawn and dark
ness, arrived in Omaha Friday
with a cargo of aif mail from the
west, and hopped oil Ak-Sar-Ben
Held at noon today for the return
trip to Cheyenne.-
Pilot Moore's muscles were still
stiffened when he reached Omaha
'Friday night from the exposure of his
record flight, lie made the round
trip flight Wednesday, leading the
field at Cheyenne at 5:42 in the
morning and arriving there on his
return journey at 4:48 the same aft
ernoon. Crosses Rockies Twice.
On that flight he crossed the
Rocky mountains twice, covering
8"9 miles, with 400 pounds of mail,
and making but two stops, one at
Rock Springs, Wyo., on the west
ward journey, and the other at Salt
Lake City, when he exchanged car
goes of mail.
lie dill not stop tor lunch in salt
Lake. His westward flight was
made in five hours 28. minutes and
his return trip in three hours four
minutes. He reached "an altitude as
high as 14,000 feet.
"Storms forced me north out of
my route," said Pilot Moore, re
coftnting his experience while in
Omaha Friday night, ;"and I had to
fly over Elk mountain, tlie highest
peak on the Cheyenne division.
Is Still Stiff.
"Strapped in the fusilage of my
DcHaviland for eight hours and 'a
half, I was numb with cold when
my trip was finished. I'm still a
little stiff from the trip."
Wheu asked how he came to make
the round trip in the winter weather,
Pilot Moore unconsciously sounded
the keynote for the success of the
transcontinental air mail service.
"None of the pilots had arrived
from the west and the service was
impaired," be said. "I made the re
turn trip the same day to protect the
service."
Friday flight to Omaha was
Pilot Moore's second trip here.
Trials of Motor Drivers
In Bluffs Are Continued
Trial in Council Bluffs police court
of Emery D. Eakin, 412-Curtis street,
who ran his automobile into the
front of the Eagle laundry a week
ago while speeding to the bedside of
his father, J. L. Eakin, in Mercy hos
pital, where he lay with a fractured
skull received when an automobile
driven by Oscar Lee, R. F. D. No. 2,
at Park avenue and Broadway a few
hours before, was continued yester
day to December 24. Eakin is
charged with operating a motor tar
while intoxicated and fast and reck
less driving. Lee's trial on charges
of reckless driving was also con
tinued to January 3 because of the
critical condition of the elder Eakin.
Negro Holdups Rob
Laborer, 60, of $209,
Five Months' Savings
Less than five minutes' after reach
in Omaha Friday night with $209,
Lsavings of five morlihs from wages
for work on a farm near Blair. Neb.,
DanNSmith, 60, was held up and
robbed by two negroes, who heeded
his pleas or a few dollars with which
to eat and sleep until he mgiht find
employment by returning his purse
containing small chanJe. Smith went
to stay with friends on the South
Side while the police seek his assailants.
Especially Priced
at Oakfords
Steinway Baby
ebonized case,
now on
sale
Grand, style O,
cost new $1,476,
... $1495
m
m
Kurtzmann Baby Grand,
brown mahogany, a
perfect gem
beautiful
$940
Geo. Stack Baby
dinary in tone,
quality and action
Grand, extraor- J
,.$1,095 K
in satin
,
$225
$295 ;
-$275 I
$385
Buy a Genuine
And bringjiappiness to the whole
family. Let us suggest to you
$13350
$168.50
$225.20
$245.20 I
1807Farnani
Omaha Neb.
Wrt
Air Mail Ace Is Still
Stiff From Record Run
Autoist Flees After
Ku miing Down Attorney
An unidentifteil autoist flod after
he had run down Fred V. Anheuser,
3204 Cuming, an attorney, at Seven
teenth and Harney streets at noon
yesterday.
Mr. Anheuser .was thrown to the
pavement. His left knee was cut
badly and his clothes torn. He was
unable to obtain the license number
of the automobile that struck him.
Detroit Street Railway
Announces Wage Reduction
Detroit, Dec. 18. The Detroit
United Railway company announced
today that effective January 1,
wages of its motcrmcn and conduc
tors would be reduced possibly as
much as 20 per cent. The reason
given was that the company was
losing money.
! London Woman
Slain by Oinahan
M Jealous 'Rage
George A. Kelly Follows
Dancer 4o Her Apartment,
Shoots Her and Kills
Himself, Maid Says.
London, Dec. 18. A sensational
shooting tragedy in a residential flat
in St. James street, Piccadilly, was
disclosed this morning, when a
dancer, Miss Sophia Erica Taylor,
aged 29, and George Augustus Kelly,
30, of Omaha, Neb., were found shot,
Kelly was dead and Miss Taylor died
shortly afterward.
Served in War. y
Kelly served with the, American air
force during the war and lately had
been connected with a prominent
American advertising agency.
Miss Taylor's maid is quoted by
an evening newspaper today as say
ing that the tragedy occurred last
evening. She said Kelly had been
keeping company with Miss Taylor
but recently the latter had been re
ceiving the attentions of an army
captain.
Girl Drops.
The haaid declared Kelly followed
Miss Taylor into the flat last even
ing from the street and shortly
afterward the maid heard sounds of
a struggle. She intervened but a shot
was fired over her shoulder and Miss
Taylor dropped to the floor. There
was another shot and Kelly dropped
dead, the maid asserted.
Son of Late Merchant.
George Augustus Kelly, 26, son of
the late G. A. Kelly formerly of
Kelly, Sleigcr & Co., of Omaha, and
son of a sister of R. D. Clarke, Pa
pillichi banker, has been in London
four years, according to Mr. Clarke.
Mr. Clarke said his broiher-in-law,
the elders A. Kelly, kit Oma
ha 15 years ago for Brooklyn, N. Y.,
taking his family with him. The
From Now till Xmas-,
A Great Sale
- --of Men's Gifts
Starting Monday and lasting clear up until Christmas,
we are going to place on sale nearly every article in
our TWO STORES at greatly reduced prices. We feel
in making this move, and in offering nothing but our
regular lines of High Grade, dependable merchandise
that this sale will be of unusual interest to every one
wanting "Useful Gifts" for men.
Silk Shirts
' to be bargains
We have placed every silk shirt in our stock in this
sale regular values are as high as $20.00. These are
all remarkable silks they are the kind you can feel
safe in giving they will wear and give months of en
joyable satisfaction. They go, starting Monday, at one
price
$8.85
Madras Shirts
Imported from England
These "are the best shirts made beautiful patterns
wonderful gifts nothing more sensible. Prices re
duced for this week
$4.50 Values for
$5 00 Values or $3.35
Other grades similarly reduced.
Neckwear
Gift Bargains
Every one of our choice lines Silks as well as Knits.
Men never get too many Ties. See these Monday at
such ridiculous prices as
Values to $2.50, now .. . . ..$1.35
Values to $3.50, now $1.85
Others equally reduced now.
It doesn't matter much what you have decide'd to give
in the FURNISHING line our assortments are very
large, and at" the new sales prices you will save mdney
if you come to either of our TWO STORES to get them.
PRAY
TWO GREAT STORES
808-10 South 16th St.
and 1908 Farnam Sf.
Th. Horn of PHOENIX HOSE for Men and Women
father died four years ago, Mr.
Clarke said.
The I'apillion banker doea not re
call on what mission his nephew
went to London. He said the
mother is also related to Henry T.
Clarke, attorney for the Omaha
Grain exchange, who was out of the
city yesterday. Mr. Clarke said his
nephew was not married.
Kelly Stciger Sc Co. went out of
business in Omaha 17 vears ago and
was succeeded by the Thomas .Kil-V
patnek company. '
Omaha Death Rate
Is Lowest in U. S.
6.8 tJer Thousand Is Omaha
Record for Week 37
, Cities Average 11.
Omaha's death rate during the
week ending December 11 was 6.8
per 1,000 of population, and this was
the lowest of any cities recorded Jy
the United "States bureau of the cen
sus, according to a report received
yesterday by Dr J. F. Edwards,
health commissioner.,
Comparative statistics prepared
by the census oflice show that Oma
ha has been one of the best places
in this country during the last few
months from the standpoint of
Irealth.
Omaha's recent low death rate of
6.8 is regarded as particularly low
when compared with the recent
average monthly death of 57 Ameri
can cities, which was 11 per 1,000 of
population. About 15. per 1,000 is
recognized as normal. V
Burglars Loot Unoccupied
Home of Bed Clothes, Dishes
An open window in the furnished,
but unoccupied, house next door at
.1539 Grand avenue Friday; night led
E. A. Carey 3536 Grand avenue, to
investigate and notify the police.
Burglars had entered the premises
and ransacked the place, stealing bed
clothing, dishes, kitchen utensils. The
house is owned by Jesse Bruce, 4366
Crown Point avenue, police say.
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For
Men
Man Whose Wife s
Went to Dance
Tries Suicide
Thanksgiving Day Reconcilia
tion Is Short-Lived Atlor-.
ney's Advice Agauist Vio
lence Conies to Naught. !
Jealousy of hi wife is said to hav
prompted John Morlan to attempt to
kill, himself at his home, 622 South
Twentieth street, Friday night. He
was found unconscious on the porch
of the house by Ruth- Farnell, a
roomer.
. Several months ago his wife sued
him in district court for a divorce.
His attorney, Ross Shotw ell, effected
a reconciliation on Thanksgiving day
and the couple went back to try to
live together. -
Morlan said during the divorce
proceedings that if his wife secured
a -divorce he would kill-himself.
-Last Thursday evening at U
o'clock Morlan called uv, Mr. SIo
wcll said ipesterday.
"He told me he had seen his wile
at a dancewilh a man cmploved in
a certain department store,"-said Mr.
Shotwell. "He was laboring under
great mental excitement and told me
he was going to 'fix them.' I per
suaded him to do nothing violent.
He mentioned suicide and I dis
suaded him from that." I
Mrs. Morlan told police that her
husband's--act of Friday night fol
lowed an argument. She went with
him to the hospital.
He is in a critical condition.
Citizen Cops to Appear
In Safely First FUme
Members of the Chamber ofXom
merce volunteer traffic police forc .
will meet Sunday at 12:15 p. m. at
the Farnam street entrance to the
Douglas cjounty court house to tak.
part in the filming of motion piclurc
which will be used in the educational
campaign in Omaha against speeding
and reckless driving. i
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