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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1921)
THE REE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1921. 1 V Many Worthless Checks Cashed bv Girl Swindler She Won't Run for udge; Not Enough Pay Daring Forger, Described as Young, Petite ami Richly Dressed, Eludes Arrest When Delected in Fraud. A young and richly dressed girl, with dark eyes, Hashing white teeth and a petite figure, has been con ducting a' systematic series of forg eries on Omaha stores, using the names of Richard and Ralph Kitchen, wealthy owners of the Hotel Faxton, it became known yesterday. . (.hecks totaling $500 have already reached the Kitchen's bank, and it is reared the girl forger has cashed many more checks that have not acd through the clearing house as ot, according to Manager Mills of the Hotel Paxton. The system used bv the beautiful forger is. the most perfect Omaha po lice and private dctccttvcs have ever been called on to combat. Has Forms Printed. 1 The checks are the special forms used by the Paxton Hotel company. The forger has. had them printed, and they are an exact replica of those used by the hotel company, except they are a different color, ac cording to Manager Mills. "She has been using green checks and the serial number is 1,200," ex plained Mr. 'Mills. "When we were using that serial number our checks were yellow. "The name or Richard Kitchen is written in a hand very similar to his, but when the woman signed Ralph Kitchens name she apparently made io attempt to copy the original. In every case the checks were made out to a woman. The name? of three different women were used." Learns Code Letters. The daring young forger made her Vvstcm even more complete by learn ing the name 'of a man who passes on all checks at the Brandeis store and forging his signature on all checks she cashed at that store. In some manner she ' had also learned the code letters specifying the amount, which is used in the Brandeis stores, and had inserted it before handing thecheck to a' clerk. Her most recent attempt to cash a check occurred Tuesday night at the Brandeis store. Larry Finn, store detective had been notified Tuesday afternoon of her wide-spread activi ties and was called when the check was presented. Rushes to Scene. . Finn rushed to the scene but the girl, sensing something amiss, had departed hurriedly, according to the clerk. She left the check behind. It was for $50. The Hayden Brothers store has also cashed several of the forged checks, according to Manager Mills. Description of the forger by clerks who waited on her indicate she changed her costumes each ime she cashed a check. Losses through the. scries of forgeries arc covered by the National Surety company. Sugar Price Reused Two Cents a Pound Sugar was selling at $9.50 a hun dred pounds vesterday as compared to S7.50 and $S a hundred last Sat urday. The increase i attributed to the refusal of refineries to sell their products at low prices which pre vailed last week, and the increased domestic and foreign demand by Omaha brokers, jobbers and re tailers. ' .A statement issued, Tuesday by the United Slates agricultural bu reau announced that the sugar crop in 19J0( was the largest in history, The establishment of a sugar price stabilizing committee and the desire of refineries to hold their sugar un i stable price was fixed was given as a riv;; n for the price ad vance by an Omaha jobber. Loup County Rancher Walking to Washington s Expecting to reach Washington, D. C, by March 4 to w itness the inau guration of President-elect Harding, W. P. St. Helen, 57, Loun county ranch owner, left Omaha afoot at 8 yesterday morning. He will accept such lifts as motor ists offer him, he said. St. Helen has made numerous oth er jaunts in his advancing years. While proving up on his claim from 1910 to 1915. he walked to Ohiaha. a distanee-of 200 miles, and return several times. His equipment for the long hike is a hand case, a book of maps and postcards that he will sell en route. Lincoln Man Takes Position With Omaha Trust Co. F.dward F. Pettis of Lincoln, Xeb.. has been named vice president of the Omaha Trust company, to have charge of the municipal department. He has had 12 years experience in a similar line of work, having risen from the position of collector with the Lincoln Safe Deposit & Trust company to the vice presidency of the Lincoln Trust company, and treasurer of the new City Trust com pany, of Lincoln. Mr. Pettis was active in both church and civic matters in Lincoln. Vray Erected President Of Industrial Laboratories George B. Wray has been elected president of the industriaTLabora tories, formerly the Industrial Chemical Supply company, which has been purchased from tM bank ruptcy court by former stockholders. Joseph Vogel has been elected vice president and C. C. Fechner secre tary and treasurer. It was through the efforts of Mr. Wray that former stockolders were, able to reorganize "the company and relieve it from the oankruptcy proceedings. Washington Bank Robbed :?eattte, Feb. 16. The Rucker state bank at Lake Steven near l.verett. Wash., was robbed by three men. who held up the cashier. Har old Bell, and escaped in an automo bile with $ 1,20a Two Men Jailed For Attack Upon Guest in Hotel Mrs. Mary Bdlle Spencer, public guardian of Cook county, III., with a private law practice on the side, who has decided not to become a candidate for judge in Chicago Heights, II!., where she lives, as the salary paid is not sufficient to in terest her. Mrs. Spencer, who was one of the first women attorneys in Chicago; says she cams five times as much as the office pays. ' Finaf. Disposition Of Cables Is Tangled With Mandate Issue Washington, Feb. 16. Final dis position of the .former German ca bles seized by Great Britain, Fralfce and Japan during the wa.r. have become interwoven, it developed, with the larger question of the status of the mandates assumed by, or proposed to be granted to the al lied "powers. v It was learned that the interna tional communications conference here has been considering the pos sibility of compromising the posi tions of the parties to the confer- f 1... .t. t.t- ence oy separating me cauic ques tion from that concerning mandates. There will be further discussion, it was said, when the conference re sumes Monday. It is understood that the British legation is still without information from its government. Fire Threatens Town Waubay. S. D.,Feb. 16.-Fire of unknown origin destroyed four store buildings here .earlv today, causing a loss estimated af'$100,000. For a time the entire town was threatened. Firemen and volunteers f rom Web ster, near here, helped extinguish the blaze. Man Who Displayed Large Roll When He Registered Relieved to Have Reen Drugged by Companions. Two men were arrested late yester day for investigation into an atleged attempt to attack, drug and rob Joseph Rogers of San Diego, Cal., in the Chatham hotel, Thirteen and Dodge streets. The men are Joseph Walsh and Clarences Shoemaker of Mason City, la. Roecrs. with Walsh and Shoc- ! maker as companions, appeared at : the desk of the hotel yesterday morn ing and engaged a room. He displayed a large roll of cur rency in dealing with the clerk, George Hollander, who also noticed that neither Walsh nor Shoemaker displayed any money. The three men went to the room and were there most of the day. Toward the middle of the aftcr nooiv.Walsh left the room and asked Tom Simmons, porter at the hotel, to get him some chloroform. Simmons reported the1 request to the clerk, who remembering the money Rogers carried, suspected foul play. Hollander raced to Central police station w here he, conferred with Ed Vanous. secretary to Chief Eber steiu, and Officer Buford was sent to the hotel. Thfrp he found Rotters lvinvr ' dazed on the bed with $15 in his hand a roll ot $18-' in currency under the mattress. As he entered. . Rogers aroused himself sufficiently to attack the of ficer,, stopping only w-hen convinced he was fighting a policeman ami not an assailant. Rogers told the police he met the two men in Mason City and they came to Omaha with him. He is held as complaining witness. School Teachers Walk Out; Demand Increase in Wages N'ew Westminster, P.. ('. Feb 16. -Seventy-one school teachers went on strike today for highcrjalarie.s. The board of school trustees has anitounccd salaries wilLnot be raised without authorization of taxpayers and has ordered the teachers to re turn by tomorrow on pain of dis missal. V ' .Honest Advice on How to Keep Well Dr. W. A. Evans, who con tributes a daily column of health notes to The Bee, is a widely recognized authority. He stands high in his profession. His ad vice and suggestions are in ac cord with common sense ideas, which form the basis of treat ments prescribed by a large per centage of the medical profession.- He is not a faddist, nor does he offer cure-alls. His sugges tions are scientific, sound and based on experience. He uses plain, straightforward language, unfurbished by high-sounding, medical terms the average reader cannot understand. Many Bee Readers have found his advice valuable. His "Howf to Keep Well" col umn appears daily on the edito rial page of The Bee. Dr. Evans will answer, either personally or through his news paper column, questions from Bee readers on hygiene, sanitation and prevention . of disease. Address the letters in cart of The Bee. ADVERTISEMENT V They WORK while you sleep" Woman Police Chief Takes Bandits Who Robbed Crap Game Benton, lit., Feb.. 16. Miss Lizzie Overturff, chief of police at 'Buck tier, near here, today arrested two of tenir armed bandits, who had held up a craps game and obtained $700, r.tter wounding Jolm Hall, a by stander, in the left arm. Miss Overturff organized a posse and pursued the men several miles. Two bandits escaped. The other two attempted to hide in a field. The pos se surrounded them and Miss Over turff disarmed them and brought them to the jail here. Government Objects To Packers' Plan for , Sale of Stock Yards Washington, Feb. 16. Objections to the substitute plan of Swift & Co., and Armour & Co., for disposal of the,ir stock yard interests were filed iiNhe district court by the Department of Justice. I he govern ment brief said the plan did not pro vide for an early and complete divest ment by the packers of their hold ings in the yard, as required by the consent decree of January 4, 1920. The packers proposed last week that sales agents be named to dis pose of the holdings. It was also proposed that the court appoint three trustees to take over the holdings meantime. It was7 contended by the govern ment that the plan with regard to the .authority to be given the trus tees failed to provide for complete control by the court, of the holdings during the time required for the sale of the packers' interests. It was announced that the govern ment would ask Justice Stafford to set an early date for a Scaring on its objections. Man Held as Rank Rand it Convicted on Murder Charge , Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 16. Charles Clinton, alleged bank rob ber, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder-, Clinton was wounded and his part ners, Archie Kitterflian and C. S. Scitz, were killed on October 26, last, mi a battle with Officers Wraith and Schisler of the Colorado Springs po lice department, following an at tempt to hold up an Elbert, Colo., bank tne night before. Clintons de fense was self-defense. 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Douf . 1623 CARPETS CARPETS Jit Bowen's Greatly Reduced in Price We have a splendid line of all the popular grades in Carpets by the yardr from the' finest Wiltons to the cheaper Tapestries and Velvets, in varied shades, patterns and col ors. If you anticipate carpet ing a roefm, office, hall or church, this is your op portunity. Advertisement. Cuticura Soap -The Hlthy Shaving Soap Collars Bospsbsra ttteuiaisf. EterrvhanBe. GOING TO THE THEATER? IF SO. READ THE ANNOUNCE MENTS PREPARED BY -THE THEATERS AND SELECT THE DESIRED ENTERTAINMENT. AtlVERTISEMENT 666 is a prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. Growing of Timber as Crop Urged by Greely Boston, Feb. 16. With three-fifths of the primeval forests gone, the United States must turn to the grow ing of timber crops, Col. W. B. tireely, chief of the United States forest service, told the Massachu setts house of representatives today. He said less than 5 per cent of the virgin forests of New England re mained. "The United States has reached the turning point in forest re sources," he continued. "Either we must quit using wood, or we must fuul a way to grow wood upon our millions of acres of idle land. ' "A serious shortage of wood can not be overcome in a couple of years. Extend publicly-owned for ests and encourage owners of titu berland to grow trees as much as we can and the supply of wood will still be hopelessly inadequate when the pinch conies.' Fifteen-Yrr-01J Girl Fscapes From Idaho Jail Osden, Utah, Feb. 16. Usintf the haixllc of a spoon as a screwdriver, Helen Brewer, 15, of Preston, Idaho, who was held in the county jail here, removed a heavy panel in the wom en's ward last night and escaped. Just Unpacked Fresh from thkr New York Boxes! Our Buyer has just returned from New York where she purchased at a very low price-- 500 Fine Petticoats Silk Jerseys! Taffetas! Satins! Special, Thursday UU lid V 11 L JUUUgliU 1liClll 1iUO licap J-VJ- UiVnuio cmvi mvuiuui These petticoats, which have just arrived from New includes 500 petticoats and was made at such a price York, adhere strictly to' the demands of the new that we are able to offer this opportunity to every snrintr morlp Thpv arP made un in lustrous crinklv woman U anticipate her spring needs and supply spring mode. They are made up in lustrous crinKiy them &t & ke faf ,ower than jrou have paid for taffetas, clinging silk jerseys and smooth, soft satins. these petticoats in recent times pecially priced at This special purchase made in New York last week, $3.95. , ' Ssxond Floor North '- Notions at "Lower Than Usual" Prices Tape First Quality Bias Tape; as sorted widths; 6 yard r bolts, 4 for DC Main Floor South 1 . Needles x Best Gold Eyed Needles, per package 5c Main Floor South Thread Machine Thread, like silk 3 spools Main Floor South 10c House Furnishings ; Five Big Specials Aluminum Stock Pot made of high grade aluminum with cover and two side handles; 8 and 10 1 zlQ' quart size; special, each, Golden Rod Washing Powder, large packages; special, 1 7 A f V A each, Electric Light Bulbs "Maida" Bulb. 25 watt size, 07 each, Nitrogen Bulbs 50 49c watt size, each, Clothes Line Made of hard twistea cotton sash cord; 50 foot length :;ch 89c GaUanized Pails 11 quart size heaty gal vanized iron with wire X 49c Fifth Floor West MEN! for only 975 You Can Buy All Wool Suits Men's and Young Men's All Wool Suits. lira good assort ment of patterns and styles; good range of sizes for men and young men; specially priced at 9.75 Basement Men's Store Z7 Organdie Neckwear Jn Many Styles at 25 These are most unusual values and we anticipate a very live ly selling of this neckwear; it comes in many styles. Main Floor East Men's Solid Gqld ' Waldemar CHAINS Special These fine chains have all sol dered links, and the designs are new. Men, this is a great value at only 3.49. Main Floor East 349 SPECIAL SALE OF Women's Pure Thread Silk Hosiery Full fashioned and sfemi-fashioned; first quality and irregulars; silk to the knee, double lisle soles; some are out sizes; with ribbed garter tops; in black, white, cor dovan, new tan, navy and gray- -Specally priced at per pair Main Flor South 98c Home Journal Patterns for Children Every child likes a middy, especially it it is a Home Journal Middy. This fine middy ro. 2187 cuts in sizes 6 to 14 years. Price COL You can buy this pattern any size and a copy of this Spring Home Book QC of Fashions for O JC Pattern Dept. Main Floor A Big One-Day Ribbon Special Extra good moire antique, also plain taffeta; full as sortment of colors; special for one day only, yard Main Floor North 29c 14 ... 1