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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1921)
THE tifcft: OMAHA, THURSDAY. MARCH 24, 1J21. V-... V Two Omaha Women Held In Bluffs For Shoplifting wit. t it ft x; i r niic oi r. i. iving ana iom-i l,anion Arrested With Quart tity of Loot in Their Possession. Marrying Parsdn Ties 5,000th Matrimonial Knot Mrs. 1'. K. King, M South Thirtieth strrrt, Omaha, and a companion Riving tier name ?s ; Anna Neditnable, were arrestJ in Council Bluffs yesterday aftcr , i.ooii upon shoplifting eliarges. Two ', pairs of slippers from the Peoples department store, a hat from the Joe Smith store anil candy, sta tionery anil hairnets from a 10-ccnt store were touna in mar possession. A clerk from the People's depart ment store, who followed the women after the slippers were missed, caused their arrest at Pearl street and Broadway. He called Traffic Officer . Robert Weimar, who took them into custody. Mrs. King rc ' fused to go to the police station, and during the argument her companion ran into the Fanger Woman's Tog gery. The policeman called A. J. Niel sen, Bluffs aviator, to help him, and the birdman brought Anna Necht nable out of the store. On the march to the police station the offi cer and his prisoners were followed ty a crowd ot curious spectators. Mrs. King pleaded constantly with ,Vcimer to release her and attempted to break away every few steps. Mrs. King was arrested in the Bluffs in the fall of 1919, w hen she and a companion, Mrs. L. Winchell, attempted to steal a $600 fur coat at the John Bcno store. They were jursued and captured by Peter Mad sen, after a chase of many blocks, in which they dropped the coat. They pleaded guilty to the charge in district court and were lined $500 each and sentenced to. five years in the women's reformatory at Rock well City. Prison sentence in each case was suspended, however, and the women were paroled to their husbandvS. Mrs. Jing used the alias of, Rosa' Miller, while Mrs. Winchell told police she was Hazel Reed at the time of their arrest. Mrs. Wincbell is now in Chicago with her husband, accordr ing to the county attorney, who says Mrs. King may now ferve a term at Rockwell City for violation of parole. Exhibit of Dearth Paintings Popular 'Art Lovers Throng Gallery Of Library for Memorial. Ch dc??Les : ! 1 i!r Woman Battles With Roller for Sev eral Minutes She Battled Bandit ; Who Entered Home, Intruder Escapes With Loot After Overpowering Mrs. Lehman and Locking Her in Closet. Rev. C. W. Savidge, Omaha's' mar rying parson, reached the &oal of his ambition at 4:30 yesterday after noon, when he married his 5,000th couple. Vinnie Towle. 10. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Towle of Benson, was the bride. Walter Rasmussen, 24, sen of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rasmus sen, also of Benson, was the groom. The ceremony was performed at Rev. Mr. Savidge's home. Rev. Mr. Savidge performed his first marriage ceremony October 15, 1R?9, in Richfield, Meeker county, Minn. A year or so ago he declared he would be satisfied when he had nnrried 5,000 couples. But last Might- lie performed an other ceremony, which brought the total to 5,001, and now the m ii rjing parson says he'll keep on marrying 'em, even though he has passed the 5,000 mark. "Some of these days I'm going to get myself some timber land near Seattle, Wash., where my son lives," said the minister last night. ' I want the land on the mountainside, where the birds sing. I'm going to build a log cabin there. The place must be near enough to the ocean so I can fish and hunt for clams. No, I don't think I'll leave Omaha permanently, but I plan to spend part of my time there, at least. "If the time should drag I might be able to find a few couples to marry, too, How docs it scund to you?" The memorial exhibition of paint ings by Henry Golden Dearth, aft American, painter, is proving a popu lafftd jjitercsting feature at the art f:l'e;,n the third, floor of the pub lic library-' V- ' ' ( In avgallcrytafk yesterday Morris Block .director of the Omaha Fine Arts .society.' described the painter's works -fand the. various periods it Covered, -. - i Dearth's art had three periods. Tlje firgf shows landscapes of poetic Vtiality, ,'The second gives studies n'brqke.n.'colors, the most distinctive bdntr:;'p(ols" and "marines" painted in Brittany, The third and most important' aire arrangements of still life, Gothic. Rennaissance, Oriental and portraits and figures against backgrounds of old textiles, Japanese Screens or wood carvings prominent for their rich coloring. . During his life Mr. Dearth won many prizes by his work. The collection is being viewed daily by art lovers of the city. Woman Given $300 Insurance : On Daughter in 2 Companies Mrs. Anna B. Yager, 216 South Forty-second street, was awarded a erdict for $500 against the Ed itable Assurance company and the B. F. (loodrich Rubber company in Mu nicipal Judge Holmes' court yester day. Mrs. Yager was beneficiary of an insurance policy for $500 taken out wiih the assurance company- by the Goodrich company, for which her daughter, Myra, worked. . Miss Myra died April 9, 1920, from influenza, and the insurance was not paid to the mother on the grounds that the girl had returned work, her name marked oft the sick list and liad suffered a relapse, "from which she died.. Judge Holmes held that the companies were liable for the in surance. Carpenters Vote to Accept .10. Per Cent Slice in Wages i . "Acceptance of a 10 per cent wage fceductibtaHfective April 1 was voted Tuesday night, by 000 members of Lo-alrNb: 427 of the Carpenters' funton. 'The vote stood three to one. This, reduction is in line with a corhprennise said to be acceptable fey the contractors who previously announced a 20 per cent cut had to be made. The compromise agree ment calls for another 10 per. cent cut July 10 if conditions warrant.' 'Square Jaws'' Needed to Keep From City Evils, Says Pastor "Square jaws" are needed to with stand temptations of city life, the Rev. Faul Calhoun told young people, who made up the biggest part of the large audience in the Brandeis the ater at holy week services yesterday noon. He urged them to close their eyes to greed and strife and, like Paul on his visit to Corinth, see only Christ. Rev. Mr. Calhoun substituted for the Rev. O. D. Baltzly. The Y. M. C. A. quartet sang. Similar noonday services will be held today and Friday. ADVERTISEMENT r HUNGRY BUT ! DAREN'T EAT I ... '. t Take "Pape's Diapepsin". and j eat favorite foods . , without fear j i t t i t I t t Your' meals hit back! 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Body Plans United iJrive for All Charity Funds Plans for a united drive for char ity funds for all local institutions next year, were outlined by a Cham ber of Commerce special committee yesterday. Randall Brown, John W. Welch, Charles A. Goss, Walter Jardine and David Cole are its members. The committee plans to call in representatives of all local charities to discuss proposed apportionments within a few days. Opportunity is Bee Want Ads. knocking Read Airs. Ferdinand A. Lehman, 55, 2705 South Nineteenth street, was fi lially overcome by an intruder with whom she battled furiously for sev eral minutes, and locked in a clothes closet, while her husband, uncon scious of her danger, busied himscf painting his garage in the back yard. The struggle occurred Tuesday aft ernoon Mrs. Lehman, who is hard of hear ing, did not discover the presence of the prowler until he entered her bed room, where she was seated. "What do you want?" she inquired. "I want money," replied the prow ler. 1 Mrs. Lehman believed the man had been sent to her by her husband to be paid for hauling rubbish away, and replied: "All right, c6nie downstairs with me and I'll give it to you." "No you don't," replied the man, and as she attempted to pass he struck her in the mouth. A tussle fol lowed. The man seized her by the throat and she was unable to scream. She fought desperately, but the man finally dragged her into a clothes closet and locked the door. Before fleeing the man picked up two watches and a pocket knife. Mr. Lehman heard a pounding in the house and found his wife in the clothes closet a short time later. She was badly bruised but not seriously injured, it is, believed. She was able to give police a good description of her assailiant. Over 1 00 Motorists Break Light Laws More than 100 violations of auto light regulations were noted Tuesday night by a squad of volunteer po lice, headed by J. H. Shinn, and sta tioned at Twenty-second and Forty eighth and Farnam streets. D. T. Miller, L. A. Williams, H. G. Marsh and R. E. Paulson were on duty. The flashlight signal code, used by the volunteer traffic "cops," con tinued to befuddle drivers. "How do- you know?" inquired one frate driver when notified, be fore his car had passed the officer, that "his tail light was out." . - By 'L '-' ::";" yR '-:::'. Mr U. P. Announces Excursion Rates Faros to Western Points. Ro duood on Fixed Dates for ' Homeseekere. Mrs. Ferdinand Lehman. ( Owner of Woodrow Cafe Cruel to Wife, She Says Theresa Hassell filed suit- against John Dick Hassell, owner of the Woodrow cafe, for divorce in dis trict court yesterday, alleging ex treme cruelty. They were married in Chicago in 1917. She asks for cus tody of their two children. She says she will set forth in detail his alleged cruelty if called on to do so. The Ui.ion Pacific system pursu ant to its policy of developing its agricultural territory, has announced homseckers' excursion fares from St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Kansas City and Omaha to Union Pacific system destinations in Idaho, Utah and Mon tana, and in Washington and'Ore gon cast of the Cascade mountains. Tickets will be on sale the first and third Tuesday of each month, April to October, inclusive. 1921, and will be good for 21 days from date of sales, stopovers being; permitted in Utah, Idaho and west. The basis for these round-trip tickets varies from about fare and one-half to the nearer points, to slightly over one fare to the more distant destinations. While the homeseekers fares apply to all Union Pacific system points in the territory covered, following figures are in dicative of the .whole: Salt 'Lake City and Ogden," Utah. $53; Poca tello, Blackfoot and Idaho Falls, Idaho, $53; Butte, Mont., $53; American Falls, Twin Falls, Boise and Nanpa, Idaho, $55; Huntington, Baker, La Grande and Pendleton, Ure., $W; walla Walla. Dayton, Col fax, Spokane, Washington, $60; Yakima, Wash., $62.50; Heppner, Arlington, Condon, Shanike, Sher man and Bend, Ore., $62.50. It is expected the restoration of these cheap excursion tares for homeseekers will stimulate the move ments from cities of the east to the agricultural regions lying brjwcon the Rocky mountains and Cascade mountains. Silk Lingerie Taken From Woman's Flat Pretty, soft and clinging pink silk lingerie and a black beaver dress, worth $300, was stolen from the apartments of Mrs. Ralph Christen son, Drake Court, Tuesday after noon, according to police reports. Laura Rabel, 4735 North Thirty ninth street, reports that when she stepped out of her office at 320 First National Bank building, some one picked up her handbag contain ing $70 and a ring. Burglars stole cigaf holders and pipes from a pushcart in the J. T. McVittic cigar store, Fifteenth and Harney streets. Mr. K. Anderson 25o5 Kvans street, reported her home ransacked and a TilTanv diamond ring stolen. Burglars got three watches, r stickpin and fountain pen from the home of Ferdinand A. Lehman, 2705 t South Nineknuli street. Man Held for Shooting as v " He Goes to Sign Warrant Robert Hawkins. negro. 22.S (""liarles street is held at Central no- lice station for investigation into the shooting of Joe Cooper, negro, Tufnlv.twnnd and Charles streets. who lies in a hospital with a bnllet wound in his ahdomen jiawki'is anneared at the station Tuesday aft ernoon to swear out a warrant for Cooper's arrest. Later Cooper ml Ins wife appeared for medical treat ment. 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"Gotham Gold Stripe" the gold stripe stops the run. , "Glover Silk" plain and drop stitch patterns, Black Brown Navy Mexican Hand-Drawn Work Hose in black and brown. $2 to $8.50 .Hosiery Shop- -Main Floor- The Stbre of Specialty Shops r- " " 'r 'MO S t'f' Hi u3 f IK 1 ' 'iiii.iiiiiiiiiiiihiiiihiIFi' - lllltllllllllltlililllllllllll'ltll Orchard & Wilhelm Co. ' Announce for , I The Week of March 2St ;1 Their Second Annual ; Furniture Pageant The public is invited and especially urged to keep at least one of the evenings: March 28, 29, 30 or 31 open for attendance at the special evening entertainments. . One hundred living models will be used in the Pageant. Thompson-Belden Co. send forty. Suitable music will be rendered on every floor of the store. Admission will be FREE. Watch for further details. It m , i h