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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY-, JAKTJAKY 4. 1921. Man Says Wilson Advised Him to Imprison Wife Woman Found Locked in Home in Emaciated Condi tion Husband Says She Failed to See "Light. 1 hirago Tribune-Omaha IWe Iaid Wire. Chicago, Jan. 3. As a result of an imprisonment for 30 days in her home Mrs. John Novak is seriously ill in a hospital at Crown Point, Ini. Novak, a mechanic, who owns a home, first built a 10-foot fence around his two-story frame resi dence. He then boarded and bar ricaded all the windows and fitted doorswith heavy padlocks. Neighbors suspected all was not well, but did rot guess the facts until Novak was injured in a steel mill. He went to a hospital, leav ing Mrs. Novak and the children still imprisoned. The neighbors no tified the police. They battered their way in and rescued the prisoners, vho were emaciated and with no subsistence except water. Mrs. No vak's health is said to be permanent ly impaired. Novak has been discharged from the hospital and is again living at the house. His barricades still stand. ' Questioned as to his action, he said he believed he "was entirely within his rights as a husband." "If a man can't discipline his wife, who can?" he asked. "We have been married nine years. About two months ago I be came convinced her affection was waning. I talked with her, but she was evasive. I then entered into communication with the higher pneuma. A voice from the cosmio void advised me to go to Washing ton and talk with President Wilson. I did. 'John,' said the president, "there is only one thing to do. Lock her up. Tut her in solitary and maybe she wilt see the light. So then I built the fence and boarded up the windows. Every day I would ask her: . "'Mary, have you seen the light?' " "What light?' she asked at first "The great light, the shining light,' I explained. "She didn't see it Once or twice she thought she did, but I fancy it was merely a cerebral ignis fatuus, because her attitude toward me re mained inflexible." , 8,000 Hungarian Prisoners Repatriated From Siberia Budapest, Jan. 3. Some 8,000 Hungarian prisoners of war have been repatriated from Siberia through American aid, said Ernest Ludwig on his arrival today from Switzerland, where he has been in chargej of the repatriation of such prisoners, but 15,000 still remain in eastern Siberia, unable to leave be cause of lack of funds and the in ability to charter ships. "It will cost $1,000,000 to support the prisoners in Vladivostok until the port opens and another million to bring them home," said Mr. Lud wig. who before the war was Hun garian consul at Cleveland. . ., Harris Productions Cut : Theater Tickets 50 Cents New York, Jan. 3. Reduction of the price of theater tickets in vari ous cities has been followed in New York' by the productions of Sam H. Harris, presidents of the Producing Managers' association. Beginning "-.onight the top price will be $2.50 instead of $3. SusDect in Murder of N. Y. Gangster Gives Up to Police ,New York, Jan. , 3. Jeremiah Bo han, a prohibition enforcement agent, said by the police to be the mvstrt-imj "Mr. X." soucht in con nection with the recent killing of "Monk" Eastman, gangster and . . , , j woria war nero, toaay surrendered . : I We continue to sell Any SHIRT ' In the Store 1 Milk ) (Drets ShlrU Excepted) ' wJL MMVimt PRICE p . (Which U lets than wholeiala CMt) , Manhattan Shirts Included - . $3.00 Shirts $1.50 T 1 7'5 Sh5rtS $3.75 now now $4 Shirts $2.00 now8!1!1!! $4.00 $5.00 Shirts $2.50' 10- ShiTt8 $5.00 now now $6.oo shirts $3.00 1 ?1?0w Shir8 $6.00 now 0 now .; We promise Jotf at these prices, you will pap less than you mill pay retail for the next six months at least. This is your opportunity take advantage of it. v The PHOENIX Hosiery Store of Omaha. ' Advocate of Minimum Wage Bill Will Urge Passage in Nebraska ' ' - 4 . ' Miss Jeanette Rankin of Missoula, Mont., the first woman member of the lower house of congress, arrived in Omaha yesterday. ' Miss Rankin, who was a representative from Mon tana in the Sixty-fifth congress, is field secretary of the National .Con sumers' league and is here in the interests of the minimum wage bill which is to come up before the Ne braska state legislature. She will remain in Omaha until Tuesday noon, at which time she is expected to speak at a luncheon ar ranged in her honor by Mrs. Draper Smith. Muesday atternoon sne win leave for Lincoln where she hopes to speak before the legislature to interest the members in the passage of the bill. According to Miss Rankin, U states and the District of Columbia have passed the minimum wage bill, the "good" legislation moving east ward. The bill provides for the es tablishment of a commission to de termine the minimum wages of in dustrial workers as based upon the cost of living. ADVERTISEMENT r -j STOMACH 0. K. i I Indigestion, Acidity, Sourness I and Cases ended with "Pape's Diapepsin" i Millions of people know that it is needless to be bothered with indi gestion, dyspepsia or 'a disordered stomach. . A few tablets of Pape's Diapepsin ' neutralize acidity and give relief at once. When your meals don't fit and you feel uncomfortable, when you belch gases, acids or raise sour, un digested food. When you feel lumps of indigestion pain, heartburn or headache, from acidity, just eat a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin and the stomach distress is gone. The cost is so little. The bene fits so great: You, too, will be a Diapepsin enthusiast afterwards. House Shortage In U. S. Estimated At Over 1, 250,000 National Chamber qf Com merce to Investigate Con ditions During Meetings In Washington. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Laed Wirt. Washington, Jan. 3. Estimates placing the shortage of houses, in America at more, than 1,250,000 will be placed before the national coun cil of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at a meeting to be held in Washington, January 27 and 28, which will discuss measures to relieve the situation. The housing shortage, according to John lhlder, manager of the na tional chamber's civic development department, has reached a point where 4,000,000 persons are inade quately housed. "For a number of years prior to the world war," Mr. lhlder said,, "it is conservatively estimated between 350,000 and 400,000 family dwellings were erected each year. This in cludes houses and apartments. In 1919, it is estimated there were only about 70,000 houses built in the United States, while the number erected during 1920 probably will turn out to have been even smaller than that figure. "While it is true there are many honses for sale, these are nearly all now occupied by tenants. The num ber of houses for rent in most com munities is practically nil, and the majority of these houses are "not suitable for the needs of the aver age wage earner. A man with art income of $5,000 a year or more does not have as much trouble get ting desirable quarters as the wage earner who cannot afford to pay high rents. Those earning small salaries are the ones who are hit hardest by the housing shortage. It is for these that decent homes must be built." Elks Subscribe $10,000 To Feed Starving Kiddies Los Angeles, Jan. 3. William M. Abboott of San Francisco, grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent Pro tective Order of Elks, announced here the grand lodge of that order had subscribed $10,000 to the fund of the Hoover committee for the re lief of central European children. MOTHERS MEND For. Expectant Mothers Used Bt Three Generatioxs IITI rot IOOKLET ON OTHIUHOOO MO . PMI tuMHU tiauUTOI CO. DIPT. I-D. ATLANTA. A ADVERTISEMENT. 666 is a prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. Bowen's Lower Price. FURNITURE SALE affords the opportunity in Overstuffed Chairs, Rockers and Davenports to get them NOW at re- j ductions in price, mak ing them the Biggest Bargains in all our mer chandising history. Advertisement Hughes May Represent Sioux Indians in Suit For Government Land Chicago Trlhune-Oiuaha Bee Leased Wire. Washington, Jan. 3. Charles Evans Hughes is waiting to hear, not only from Senator Harding, re garding a place in the cabinet but from the Sioux Indians of South Dakota, regarding retention as their attorney to prosecute a claim against the government. In 1876 the Sioux ceded the Black Hills country to the United States under duress, they now claim. They are seeking compensation tor the land and congress has authorized them to carry their suit to the court of claims. Secretary of the Interior Payne directed that each band should send delegates to a convention on the Crow Creek res ervation December 15, to select their attorneys. Judge Hughes was favored by a large number of the Sioux. The outcome of the council has not been reported to Washing ton up to date. Windy City Rich Field For Thieves Last Year. Average $12,435 Day Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, Jan. 2. Thieves' loot in the Chicago district for the year 1920, based on burglaries, holdups, and pocket pickings alone, reached the staggering aggregate of $4,528,453.40 an average daily property loss of more than $12,435. Embezzlements and forgeries, run ning into the hundreds of thousands, are not included in these figures as compiled by Chicago's police depart ment. Police records show that of this vast loss, only a little more than one-fourth, or $1,403,934, in property and cash, was recovered. This means that more than $3,000,000 was the net loss. This compares with a record of $3,543,594 in property and cash stolen during 1919, with police recoveries of $972,699. During that year there were 8,983 robbery complaints turn ed in to the police department. Don't buy until you have compared our bargain values. Every garment marked in plain figures. Choose any garment in the store and discount just one-half two for the price of one. Missing Naval Balloon and Itsv Crew Are Located Storm-Driven Sailor-Aviators Forced to Land in Forest Lost Four Days in Woods. Chicago Tribune-Omana Bee Leaoed Wire New York, Jan. 3. The missing navy balloon, A-5598, landed 20 miles northeast of Moose Factory, Ont, December 14, and the crew of three men are safe at a Hudson. Bay trading post, according to a telegram received at the naval air station at Rockaway last night. 0 Moose Factory, Ont., is a trading post and outpost of the Hudson Bay Co. on James Bay at the mouth of the Moore river, latitude 51 north, longitude M west, about 700 miles due north of Toronto. The telegram bringing news of the landing of the balloon came from Matice, Ont., and read: "Driven by storm Monday. Dec 13, to lower Hudson bay. Forced to land at 2 p. m. in dense forest on Tuesday, Dec. 14, about 20 miles north by east of Moose Factory, Ont, lattitude 51.50; longitude 81. Lost in forest for four days. "Crew safe at Hudson Bay com pany's post, Moose Factory. First available means of transportation to railroad by dog sled, which will take about six days. Leaving here on or about Dec. 27. (Signed) "LIEUTENANT KLOORS." The A-5598 carrying Lieuts. Wal ter Hinton, Stephen A. Farrell and A. L. Xloor, jr., left the naval air station at Rockaway Point, L. I.'. on the morning of December 13, to make an experimental flight, with some point in Canada as its indefi nite objective. The balloon had no cngir.es, traeling entirely by means of air currents, direction being main tained by throwing out ballast un til currents of the desired directions were reached. Late on the night of the day on The Greatest Bargain Event in iflBYjgUflBftne nnnn The most radical Clearance Sale ever offered to the Parisian. All through the store we are offering SUITS, COATS, FURS, Etc. AT OD(SMfffftf From Our Regular Low Prices Every garment was excellent Parisian value at the original price. Today we are not looking for profit, but must turn over our stock at prices that are absolutely rock-bottom. Below are just a few of the many bargains of fered. ' All Winter Garments Must Go $25.00 Garments $35.00 Garments $45.00 Garments $55.00 Garments i a , n which the balloon left its Long Island station, it was sighted over Wells. N. Y. It. was at first re ported that it had crashed into the side of Fork mountain, near Wells, and that its passengers were ma rooned and it could not be reached because of the height of the Sacan daga river. This report proved erroneous and thereafter there were a variety of reports that it had been sighted in various parts of the northern Unit ed States and Canada. - Brother offi cers of the navy refused from the first, to believe that the three aero nauts were lost. United States Not , v Inclined to Oversee Elections in Cuba Clilcaco Tribune-Omaha Bee. Ideated Wire. Washington, Jan. 3.T-In spite of efforts of some leaders of the Cuban liberal party to ' have the United States supervise the coming by elections in Cuba, there is no incli nation on the part of this govern ment to participate, it was learned officially hert today. - One of the principal reasons for this attitude, it is pointed out, is be cause the United States helped Cuba to set up a competent electoral law and machinery and it believes that that the Cubans, having been pointed in the right direction through the Crowder electoral law, should be left to work out their own political sal va.tion. - Nevertheless, Dr. Fernando Ortiz,, vice president of the Cuban house of representatives, and Dr. Julio de la Torre, a prominent Havana lawyer, who have been in the United States for sex-eral weeks, issued a statement here stating that President Menocal and his party cannot be trusted in their promises to the Cuban people. School of Retailing Is Plan of New York College New York, Jan. 3. A school of retailing said to be the first institu tion of its kind in the world will be opened at New York university next September, it was announced . today. It will be known as the New York University Training School for Teachers of Retail Selling. 1519-21 Douglas Street DRESSES Now $12.50 Now $17.50 Now $22.50 Now $27.50 $65.00 Garments Now $37.50 $75.00 Garments Now $37.50 $85.00 Garments Now $42.50 $95.00 Garments Now $47.50 .if Robbery of U. S. Legation Sliows Bad Conditions Pressing Need for Better Quarters and Protection of Cash and Valuables at Many Foregin Offices. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leard Wire. Washington, Jan.3 The thorough cleaning out of the cash box of the American legation at Warsaw, Po land, on the night of December 13 by robbers, reveals a serious lack of protection of confidential and other valuable papers and materials in American embassies and legations abroad,. . . With the current appropriation in adequate to simply clerks to the em bassies and legations, safes and office furniture, are in, the class of luxuries. The American minister to Serbia at present Is forced to typwrite his own dispatches and reports. . - The American mission in Berlin is housed in a building where water soaks through cracks in the walls during a rain. The American em bassy building at Constantinople is in a bad state of deterioration. - At Budapest the only quarters that could be obtained Avithin the means available of the Jrmerican mission are declared to; be shocking. The approach is through a cburt ' yard and then up two flights of rickety stairs, smelling of sewer fumes. All requests for furniture sent in by American ambassadors and lega tions abroad have been refused by the State department for three years. Dozens of officers, are using ordinary unpainted, wooden kitchen tables for desks. Archives and other trade and diplomatic records are tjed up with string in bundles, for want of filing cases. In several countries the legation has no safes and more than one consulate has no way in which to secure the thousands of dollars in cash paid in weekly as visa fees. Bee Want Ads Are Best Business Getters. Omaha Our women of Omaha by the 1 Police Commissioner to Address Epworth League . A silver loving cup will .be awarded xj the Epworth league having the larg-' est representation at the monthly social and business meeting of the : ! Epworth League union of Omaha in . the Dietz Memorial church, Tenth and Worthington streetsnext Mon- i day evening. J. Dean Ringer, police ' commissioner, will speak on "Crime in the Big Cities." . '. . : 1 . . isa-l ADVKRTI8FMKNT "They WORK while you sleep" You are constipated, bilious and what you need is one or two Casca rets tonight sure for your liver and bowels. Then you will wake up wondering what became of your 'diz ziness, sick headache, bad cold or upset, gassy stomach. No griping no inconvenience. Children love Cascarets, too. 10, 25, 50 cents. ' 1 I " I l I 1 in MIO Our prices may be duplicated, but the values can not. in Beautiful showing of plaid, all wool serge, tricotine and silk skiru V2 Price si