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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1921)
8 A THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1921. Deadly Poison Gas Awaits Visit OfBankYesss Metallic Cylinders in Vaults of Ralston ami Fremont Banks Set to Trap Robbers. OfficerProbe Death of Girl Yeggmen are due -for an unex pected reception when they make their next visits to either of two ' banks in Ralston and Fremont. Modern warfare will be nothing. , compared to the surprise which awaits cracksmen In these two in stitutions. The Citiiens State bank at Ral ston has been the object of three visits by bank robbers m the past two years onp successful and the other two frustrated attempts. But the officials of this bank no longer lie awake nights in anticipa tion of the fourth visit. For within their vault stands a little metallic cylinder, but eight inches high and four inches in dia meter. 1 But within this small cylinder is a veritable tempest in a teapot. 31 Pounds Pressure. Held captive in this small metal lic vessel, are a liquid and a gas under 31 pounds pressure to the square inch, which, when freed, will expand 1,000,000 times with deadly effect. This cylinder is the invention of two Omaha men, E. V. Lorig, 2414 N street, and U. V. Graham, master methaTiic for Armour & Co., per fected after 12 years of cxperiment . ing. - It is known -is the "Loricrram" and is guaranteed to lay cold the tough ' est yeggman or cracksman that ever wielded a chisel or bored lor a bowl of soup." The cylinder looks like a minis ture 40-centiinetcr shell, but with in its walls of alloy it contains more death to the square inch than any shell, according to E. D. Betels. 202 Karbach block, who is interested in the. invention with Lorig ana Gra ham, j Gas Released. On top of the cylinder is a perfor ated cap beneath which is at circular disc .from which projects a:-sharp spindle. . This spindle threatens a small lead composition scat which is all that ,lies between the gas and the outside air. ... When this spindle pierces the lead seat the gas is released, pouring through the perforations of the top ran ntlrl f vr,in1ii,r 1 llflll fHMI IttitM. sufficient to fill, 36.0(H) cubic feert ac cording to Mr. Betels. , . J The composition disc is set in. mo tion by vibrations similar to the run ning of a gasoline motor, and when these vibrations stir the disc into action, the spindle pierces the lead .. seat. ' ' ' .- . A slight pressure with the thumb will push this .spindle through. Slight Pressure. . But iU takes 300 pounds pressure ' to the square inch to blow a safe, which equals the pressure of many thumbs and releases the gas, Mr. Betels explained. Within the first thousandth expan- - sion ot tnis gas, whose chief compo nent part is anhydrous ammonia, life is impossible, Mr. Betels explained, and within the second thousandth ex pansion the action on the lungs and nostrils is such as to waken the soundest sleeping watchman. gas contained in this cylinder, the sate protected by a Lorrgram is se cure from fire 4also, Mr. Betels de- J - - - - n - - - " ...... " ..... .Htb when released within it to such de - gree thaf the hottest fire cannot melt xne meiai tor to nours, in whicp. space of time the average fire would be extinguished. ,l Other component parts of the liquid and gas .besides the anhydrous ammonia are secrets nf (hi- invntinn Mr. Betels explained. ' The invention is patented and will be manufactured in Omaha. On the front door of each bank and on the outside of the safe con taining one of these cylinders is posted a brass warning to yeggmen and cracksmen" of the protection therein. Mr. Betels predicts a revolution in the safe cracking profession when thes Lorigrams are spread broad cast throughout the country. Boy Held for ThSof $14,600 From Father Spokane, Feb 19.-EUiott Wood Michener, 14, arrested at Northport, Wash., charged with the theft of liberty bonds and certificates valued at $14,600, from the trunk of his father, C. B. Michener at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, last (Tuesday, was held fn jail pending arrival of authori ties from IdaTio. Bonds, and certi ficates worth $14,500 wer found on the lad when he was taken into custody, police -said. . ' Woman Declared Before. Her; Death That She Was Forced To Drink Poison. Topcka, 'Kaiu Feb. 19. Police in vestigation today of the mysterious death last night of Miss Katherine Foley, 20, who staggered home from a neighbor's house and died after telling her mother a man and a woman had forced poison down her throat,' developed today she had been watched by a man and a woman on the street. Miss Catherine Long aker saw the couple while she was talking with Miss Foley last night, she said. Miss Foley was summoned yester day .as a witness against George Kruse in his trial at Wichita on a charge of having killed his third wife uy cmumiik "-' u uvmu. Miss Foley, believing- him unmar ried, formerly had been friendly with Kruse, her father said, and received a letter last night addressed in Kruse's handwriting, the father said. He said Kruse had tried to persuade the girl to leave Topeka rather than testify against hiin. Two Suits Filed in Conrt Against Fenger Hospital , Suits were filed in municipal court yesterday by Henry M. Johanns rcn company and W. G. Cleveland company against the Lord Lister hospital and Fenger Danish Memor ial hospital for $288.86 and $943.45, respectively. It is alleged that the plaintiff companies furnished mate rials for the new hospital and that payments have not been made. Economic Issue Is Gravest Today, Roosevelt Savs Son of Former President and Oklahoma Conjjresswoman Address Pittsburgh Press Club. Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 19. Lieuten ant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Congresswomau Alice Robertson of Oklahoma ad dressed almost 1,000 persons on tlis occasion of the 40th anniversary ol the Pittsburg Press club here to night. Colonel Roosevelt declared that of all the problems facing the world toxlay, the economic: problem over shadows the rest. 1 "That, appalling manifestation of past misrule, bnlshevism, is primarily an unsolved economic struggle, but it is not tlie only uuscnievous eco nomic movement that is abroad in the land," he said. "There is another which is almost as bad. It has as its aim the smashing of labor unions." Colonel Roosevelt said that while crroaf nrnirrt-sc liaH been made for 'the betterment of working men and women in this country mat iurtner steps must be taken. "Insofar as possible we must work toward a condition where everyone engaged in business must have Some direct interest in the success of that business. W will have to work toward a condition where, in the broad sense oi the term, you can speak of. an employer and employe as on a partnership basis. When we ap proach such a condition then our economic problems will be in a large pafrt solved. . Howat Challenges Governor Allen to Coal Digging Contest PitKlinrtr. Kan.. Feb. 19. Alexan- : der M. Howat, replying today to a j statement made at Sa'.ina yesterday hv Governor Allen, in which the 1 state executive said that the president of the Kansas Miners' union might soon "be doing some useful work in the state in the coal mines at Lans ing," challenged the governor to a test of ability to dig coal. "I'll dig four tons of coal to his one and the one who backs out first must agree to leave the state," said Howat. "I am getting tired of having Gov ernor Allen go around the state tell ing the peeople what a wonderful thing his industrial court is and what a soft job I have and how I sponge off the workmen. Now is his chance to prove I am useless. If he does not accept this challenge he might as well shut up." Sister of Late A. J. Seaman Given Title to Bluffs Land Harriet E. Wolfe, sister of the late Andrew J. Seaman, Omaha ec centric, and sole heir to his estate, was awarded clear titles to more than 40 pieces of property in Council Bluffs yesterday by Judge O. D. Wheeler in a decree handed down ra a suit she had filed against 40 Bluffs residents, including a number of real estate men. - , ; . Two Arraigned for Murder Mattie McNicholes and Morcsell McNicholes. both colored, charged with first degree murder for the death of Emma Polke January 23, were arraigned before District Judge j Redick yesterday and pleaded not gujltyL ; JJ Judge Halts Lawyer's - Thanks for Acquittal . Exalted by the verdict of not guilty returned by a jury in district court in Council Bluffs yesterday, John P. Tinley, attorney , for the de fense of August and Blanche Sierck, indicted on charges of second degree murder in connection with the shoot ing1 of George Mikesell on the high way near Treynor, la.. June 2, was stemmed in his flow of gratitude and thanks to the jury on his own behalf and that of his clients by Judge O. D. Wheeler with the rebuke that he was out of order. "The jurors merely did their duty, as they saw it," remarked the magis-' trate. "It is not for you nor anyone in this court to attempt to render them thanks for their decision.' k The jury was out 21 hours. Press ing her baby close to her breast as she awaited the words of the jury foreman, Mrs. Sierck burst into tears when she heard "the words "not guilty." First Trainload of French War Dead Arrives in Paris Paris, Feb. 19. The iiirht train load of. bodies of French soldiers killed at the front, the work of dis interring which now fs being enrried out on a great scale, arrived in Paris today and were buried in various Paris cemeteries with all military honors. Pass Quarterly Dividend Cleveland, Feb. 19. Directors of the National Acme company, meet ing here, voted to pass the current quarterly dividend to conserve cash resources. Man "Cured" of Kohhery Is Sentenced for Theft Pittsburgh, Feb. 19. Martin Hen del, who -sometime ago was said to have been cured of a maiitia fpr rob bery as the result of an operation on the skull, was sentenced to priiou, from six to nine ygars for stealing an overcoat. ,- . i , . , erection of eight radio stations along the coast of that country, German material and instruments being used. ADVERTISEMENT ADVKRTISKMKNT Give "California Syrup of Figs" only Say "California" If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give , only genuine "California Syrup of Figs." Millions of mothers always keep this harmless laxative handy. They know children dearly love its delicious, "fruity" taste: that it never fails to gently move all the constipated poison, undigested (ooi and sour bile from the little onels system. Full directions for babies and for children of all ages printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits. Mother, you must say "California." If you don't say "California" you may gety an imitation fig syrup. 1 ' SMART NEW BUNGALOW APRONS AT ALMOST GIVE-AWAY PRISES ( Beddeo Clothing Co. Has a Value Surprise Awaiting trie Readers of Their 'f Ad in Monday Eye . nine's Paper. Hundreds .'upon hundreds of fine - Gingham, Percale and Chambray Bungalow Aprons every desired - color, both light and dark dozens of smart styles all sizes and the at tractive part of the whole lot is the remarkably low price at which they -will be sold. You'll want three or four, and the shrewd shoppers will bay them by the half dozen. . Watch Monday evening's pa per, as the sale smarts Tuesday morning. 8E0DE0 CLOTHING CO. ' 1417 Dovglas St . VYker yoor credit ii food. Advertisement.' ra3 Goo JricJi is what it is to Jay because during the fifty yean o fib growth it has adhered , . i ' " - ideals. The progress of the company fiom the beginning has Been markedly itfluenced by the ,byal lehef of eoery member Qflheorgmuaim --'-:-;. I GOODRICH AND THE RUBBER INDUSTRY ill 1 HEN Goodrich started business fifty years ago the whole rubber industry was represented by a few scattered plants. The two-story building in AEron, on the site of the present Goodrich factories, was part of the nucleus of the industry itself as it now exists. At that time few persons ever dreamed what the industry could become. Scarcely any ot the fields in which rubber products play so important a part had come into being;. Electricity was undevel oped. Transportation was in its infancy; The automobile and motor truck were unborn. The combination of circumstances which brought about the greatest industrial era of the world was virtually unseen. Yet the history of the company shows that ;even in those early days Dr. Goodrich and his associates were actuated by a broad view of the future and its potentialities. Radiating from that small factory and small organization of half a cen tury ago, Goodrich has built a city. Not alone the huge city of brick and stone and steel which houses the great plant in Akron but a city which comprises the entire Goodrich organiza tion everywhere in the world. '.., It requires people to make a city, and the spirit of those people is the soul of that city. The per sonnel of Goodrich is one that has a family feel ing a pride in its work a determination to maintain the integrity of its creed and which extends that integrity to the service of the prod uct itself. Wherever a Goodrich product is used,it carries with it the good faith and good will of the organ ization. The opening of the second half century of the organization finds it just as earnestly building its city in the esteem and regard of the public, as it worked on that far day in 1870 when it was enter ing a field almost untried and approaching an era of development passing the imagination of that time. THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY AKRON, OHIO extraordinary sale news of 'OMAHA'S VALUEVGWING STORE Space only permits mention of a few of the remarkdble savings All Overstuffed Davenports Rockers and Chairs Now at just I2 of former price $235.00 Davenport $117.50 75.00 Tapestry Rock er at 37.50 260.00' Vclour Daven port 130.00 J20.00 Tapestry Dav enport 160.00 185.00 Tapestry Rocker 92.50 Easy Rockers and Chairs $27.50 Cane Wing Mahogany Chair... $13.75 29.50 Windsor Mahogany Chair...,..,.......'....... 14.75 24.50 Mahogany Rocker 12.25 14.50 Solid Oak Rocker.. 725 8.50 Fumed Oak Rocker 4.35 16.00 Golden Oak Rocker. 5.60 Big Value in x 4-Poster Walnut Bed Room Suite 5 87.60 Bed, full size .$39.00 90.00 Roomy Chiffonier. .. 40.00 110.00 Large Dresser...... 47.5O 95.00 Dressing Table..... 46.25 Splendid Assortment of 48 Suites lor Your Selection. , Big Value in $55.00 Solid Oak D&sser , 75.00 Quartered Oak Dresser 85-Ot) Mahogany, Dresser G8.50 Walnut Dresser , 76.50 Old Ivory Dresser. . Dressers $27.50 37.50 34.00 34.25 36.00 Dining Furniture at prices that will ; appeal to you Suite in Genuine Walnut or Mahogany $130.00 Extension Table. $62.50 148.00 60-inch Buffet... 73.00 17.50 Dinerar leather seats . 8.25 26.00 Host Chair 11.00 Buffets at Interesting Prices $150.00 Jacobean, William and Mary design. $49.00 80.00i Fumed Oak, Colonial 2600 57.50 Golden Oak, Colonial..........,....' " 21.00 67.50 Golden Oak.'Wa Finish-.;...'. 24!oO 135.00 Mahogany, 60-inch QueenAnne. ....... ....... 61.00 157.50 Walnut 60-inch Queen Anne....... 68.00 Bowen't AluAinum cpurtf n r S ' Sower.'. Guaranteed , Plr,co'aJcor8 I tn . Carpet - - j Guaranteed : tSer' . eStt f ' Br0mS' $1.95 $2.25 ' I g5 j 33 Reduced Prices on Every Piece of Goods in Oar Drapery' Department Imported Lace Curtains Our Entire Stock of Irish Point, Swiss, Brussels, Marie Antoinette and Dutchess Also Some Very Fine Domestic Voile Curtains. - '$13 12.50 10.75 9.0O 8.50 $25.00 Swiss Curtains, 2'3 yards long, per pair, 22.50 Swiss Curtains, 2& yards longr per pair 20.00 Irish Point Curtain, 2 yards long, per pair...... 17.50 Fancy Ivory Voile Curtain, 2' yards long, per pair 15.00 Ivory Swiss Curtain, 2i yards long, per pair.... 12.00 White Marie Antoinette Curtain, 2'i yards long, per pair 10.00 White Swiss Curtains, 2!4 yards long, per pair 8.00 Ivory and White Voile Curtains. 2 yards long, per pair 7.50 Ivory Marquisette Curtains, 2Vj yards long, per pair 7.00 Ivory Voile and Marquisette, 2'i yards long, per pair , 6.25 Ruffled per pair . ,.00 Ivory Marquisette Curtains, 2'i yards long, Pr Pair 2.75 4.23 White Mi-tquiseite Curtains, 2'i yards long. per pair - 3.75 Ecru Voile Curtains, 2'. 4 yards Ions, pw pair.. 2.75 .White Voile Curtains, 2',i yards long, pvr pair.. 2.50 Ecru and , White Marquisette. 2!i yards Ions. per pair jtj Grenediue Curtains, 2'i yards lon. 7.00 5.50 4.95 4.00 3.75 3.50 2.45 2.25 1.95 Howard St., Between 1 5th and 16th J