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THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. APRIL 3. 1921. 7 A C.O.Staufferancl C. A. Goss Made District' Judges Oakland Attorney and Former Judge Art Appointed to Bench by Governor McKelvie. Lincoln, April 2. (Special.) For mer District Judge Charles A. Goss of Omaha and Carrol O. Stauffer of Oakland were appointed judges of the Fourth judicial district this morning by Governor McKelvie. The Fourth district comoriscs Burt, Washington and Douglas coun ties. These annointmcnts come a the result of the passage of the bill two (lays ago in the state legislature which authorizes an increase of two judges pn the Fourth district bench. F "Goss is well Viiown thrntiD-linnr ' me state ana especially in tne lourth district," says the governor's state ment issued afthe time of the ap pointment, "but because of a com- ' bination of circumstances he failed to be re-elected to the district bench till, "Thete was such a general demand for his reappointment that I have felt it incumbent upon, me to place him again in this position of public rc- .:u.u.. i Msuiiaiuitiiy. - Stauflfer is a practising attorney of Oakland. "Py his methods and habits in priv ate life and practice," says the gov ernor's statenient,'"hc has fully deni jstrated his absolute honesty and ffs ability and efficiency in handling matters intrusted to him. "fie received the unanimous en dorsement of the bar of Burt ' county." Bank Bandits Stage Real Movie Thrills; fEscape With $15,000 Hhirnso Trll)unn-Oiimh Bee Leased Hire. Uiicagof April 2. In a spectacu lar raid rivalling the western movie drama for real thrills, four bandits today robbed tho State bank at Sum mit, 111., of $15,000 and escaped. They were pursued by a hastily assembled posse, hut a passing train cut off thejr pursuers at a railroad crossing and they were enabled to get into Chicago and lose themselves in the maze of cars on thr boule vards. Three employes and four patrons, two of whom wero women.-were in the. bank. , Three of the thieves en tered the bank, pistols in hand. The fourth remained outside in an auto mobile and kept the engine running. The bank employes and patrons were forced to line up along a wall with their hands in the air. While one robber relieved the era I ployes and patrons of their money k and jewelry, the others forced Cashier Mandcl to open the vault. One of the robbers entered the vault and scooped up what money was in sight and then cleared off. the cashier's desk of several rolls of bills. As they fled they fired a volley of gullets at persons on the streets, cfiasina; them into the nearest refuge. This is the: third holdup of the same bank. . Measures to Protect " Indians Are Planned Washington, April 2. Increased precautions to protect Indian owners of oil and mineral1' lands from ex ploitations were forecast by Charles H. : Barke; former representative from South Dakota, who took office tie 'rrtmrmft:ir.nr of Indian afTairc Declaring that some Indians of the Osage tnbt receive family al ' lowances from royalties and other 'sources running as high as $50,000 annually, the commissioner said:. "This is a dangerous situation and I heartily ; approve the efforts that the government has already taken to limit the amount of money that car. be turned over to them." Mexicans Executed for Part in Bomb Plot Mexico City, April 'l Victor J-azcano atil lieriuerto saigaao met death before a firing squad eariy this morning, 10 hours after their arrest for! alleged complicity in- a plot against the Jives of prominent per sons in Mexico City and the city of Puebla, according to the El Nacional. Salgado is said to have been ar rested yesterday afternoon in the Mexico "City postofiice, w hile mailing a package containing a bomb ad dressed to the chief of federal mili tary operations in the state of Puebla. Evidence given by him caused the immediate apprehension of Lazcano and the calling of a court-martial, which sentenced both men to death. Former Bee Staff Man Is . Attaining Success as Poet George B. Child. 414 North Forty third street, is beginning, to attain success as a poet. Three recent poems. "Jennie McGrew," "My Riches" and "A Workaday Prayer," have been accepted bv the Christian Advocate, and the first ...mentioned was copied by the New York World. Mr.' Child was on the editorial staff of The Bee nearly 20 years ago when he first came to Omaha. Extra Judge Called in to Help Out in Juvenile Court A second judge, Charles Leslie, was called ,into service yesterday to handle juvenile court' cases. The docket has been so long for'th? last few weeks that court continued through until 3 o'clock, with no jipch for court attaches or witnesses. jungt: Leslie heard the regular panel of cases, while Juvenile Court Judge "Sears heard the Brauch case in , his own court room. Man is Sentenced to Hang For Murder of Naval Nurse Baltimore,". April 2. Henry A. Brown, negro naval mess attendant, was sentenced in the United States' court today to be hanged June '2, tor the murder of Miss Harriet . M. Kavanaugh. naval academy hospital nurse, on January 14, at Amiapolis. Robbery was the motive of the rima. , Former Judge Who Returns to Bench XmLiiMt I ii'ii U. ill ilk"" Fijis Safe, Gmahan Writes to Daughter Pastor 'Relieved" to ' Find Omaha Meat There for Natives. Keep Mirrors on Desk for Beauty, Teachers Told "When You Start to Become Angry Take Look at Your self," Says N. Y. Educator at Meet Here. Travel in the Fiji islands has been uade safe for democrats and republi cans, saints and sinners. ' . . It has. according to a letter , re ceived on Friday by Mrs. : William Ritchie of the Blackstone hotel, from her father, the Rev. 1.6uis A.- Arthur, retired Episcopal minister, formerly of Grand Island. Neb., and now attached to this diocese. The safety zone which has i been established in the Fijis has;; been ac complished -by the- - shipments of dressed beef from .It he South Omaha packing plants, according to the letter. The Rev.'-Mr. .Arthur expects 'to travel to New Zealand, China, Philip pines and other countries. before re turning to Omaha. ',.. ' In his communication from the Fijis he facetiously referred to the arrival of a fresh meat shipment on the same day on which he arrived, which situation gave him a sense of relief. He referred to a "missionary meat market," stocked with South Omaha meat. He reassures his Omaha friends that travel is much safer nowadays in the Fijis. . :,, ..y. Woman Forges Name Of Mrs. J. C. Dahlman , ..... . Charged;. with passing la -forged checks sigue,d with, the name; "Mrs. James C. Dahlman" and "Grace B. Putnam " , wife ot Dr..L. J. Putnam, Mrs. Frances Britton was arrested by Detectives Franks and Graham at 1 p. m. yesterday in her home, 1920 Bancroft street, and is held at the . Central police station. , The detectives say she confessed, declaring. "I forged the checks be cause 1 had to have the money." She has two c hildrcn, 12 and 13 years old. Her husband is' employed on the South Side; Three of the checks, totaling $26, were passed at Basket Stores, . two totaling $20 at the Brandeis stores, one for $12.50 at the, D. Silverman grocery, Sixteenth " imd Yintoa streets, and others at the J. Kroupa drug store, Sixteenth and Vinton streets, and other places. " " ' Junkman finds Bonds Taken in Bank Robbery Chicago Trlbun-OmaW Bee Leased Wire. Danville, 111., April - 2. Calvin I Richardson, a Danville junk dealer, turned over to the First National Bank of Danville a tin box contain ing $43,200 worth of registered: Lib- 1 erty bonds, part of the loot stolaifc from the First National. .Bank of, Wellington, 111., on March 3... . , According to Richardson, he found i the bonds while driving oil a country I road northwest of here. -When take" to that district by the police, he could not point out the place , where he found them. He is being, held. . .' "Murray Mcrritt, president of he Wellington bank, came... here this afternoon, identified the bonds and took them back to the bank. . Girl Who Offered to Marry For $1,000 to Appear on .Stage New . York,-1 April 2. From the Shubert" headquarters come this story that Dorothy Miller, the gill who offered to marry any man who would give $1,000 to pay for an operation her mother must undergo, will appear in "The Passing- Shor of 1921". at the Winter Garden for one week. J. J. Shubert. it appears, read of her' plight and promptly declared Dorothv need not.marrv anybody to get $1,000.' lie; sent his general manager to Trenton,"" Doro thy's home town, with $1,000 in gold, telling him to make the girl a pres ent of it. Dorothy, the story goes, did not want to accepf.it as a gift and asked if.' there were not sonic way she could earn it. Mr. Bloom, the genera manager, suggested the week at the . Winter Garden. . Man Admits Guilt in Daughter's Delinquency Sam Leeper of Kalston pleaded guilty in county ; court y esterday to ' a charge of abetting- the ' delin quency of his 1 j-year-old daughter Judge Crawford -bound him over to the district court. Leeper's son, George, .pleaded guilty to the same charge two. weeks- ago and was bound over. The sentence will be six months in jail; j Called Him "Old Fool" Mary Jurgens, 4024 South Twenty-fourth 'street,' called her husband, Leo an "old man" and an "old fool " he alleges in an answer, filed yester day to her petition tor divorce He says she refused to get his meals. -Equalization. of educational oppor tunities in Nebraska by means of a $5,000,000 tax to be distributed equitably among the schools in the state was favored in a resolution passed by the teachers of District No.' 2 at the closing meeting of their convention in the Auditorium yes terday. Reorganization of athletics iu high schools to "enable a majority of the pupils to have,, the benefit of athletic training''-. and the organization of special classes for children found to be three or more years retarded were favored in resolutions passed by the teachers. Praises Good Temper. William McAndrew, associate su perintendent of New York City pub lic schools, told the school ma'ams at the Auditorium they could be as beautiful at the close ot the school term as at the beginning. A eood temoer is the most valu able thing a teacher has, or hasn't," Mr. .McAndrew said. It is your duty to be attractive. , Use your busi ness for enjoyment." Use of a mirror as a cure for anger was advocated bv Mr. McAndrew. Use of the tndional tone toward a ouoil causes one's' countenance to become very ugly," said Mr. McAn-J drew. Keep the mirror before you on your desk in the school room and whenever you start to become angry look at yourself." "Try Pleasant Tones " "If this remedy doesn't appeal to you try the scientific cure of replac ing frictional tones by pleasant ones. When ; you shout, John, what on earth are you doing,' in an angry tone otfset the ill etlects ot the trie tional tone immediately by singing the first few lines of 'When You Come to the End of a Perfect Day.' " Count Tolstoy, son of the famous Russian writer, told the teachers bolshevism would be overthrown by the Russian peasants within a year. "There will be no peace in the world until there is peace in Rus sia," he said. "Even now, however, bolshevism is dying out in the cities of Russia. ... "Russia in the near future will be a great republic." Offers Pour in for Stranded War Bride Offers of jobs galore 'pouted into the Y. W. C. A. and American Legion headquarters following The Bee's re port Friday night, that Charlotte Chesncl Crumb, stranded French war bride, was in need of work. . A colonel at Fort Crook and de partment stores called, and several positions in homes were offered. The Douglas county commissioners also rffered her a job at the county hos pital. Mrs. Florence Guernsey, employ ment secretary at the Y." W. C A. will place the young French girl in one of these places. Mile. Chesncl was recently di vorced, from her soldier husband, J. C. . Crumb, whom she married in France. He is now in an army hos pital in Washington. Charter Measure to Be Reported Out Tuesday Lincoln, April 2. (Special.) The Omaha charter bill will be reported Tuesday with amendments, accord ing to . Representative Robert Drucsedow, chairman of the com mittee on cities and towns of the lower house of the state legislature. There was to be a meeting on this bill last night, but Chairman Drucse dow said he couldn't get the members of the committee together. .."'There will be sufficient time fo pass this bill if it is reported out by Tuesday." he said. Estate of Anna Held Appraised at $100,000 San - Francisco, April 2. Anna Held, musical comedy star, left property valued at approximately $100,000, the chief beneficiary being her daughter, Lenne Carrcra, ac cording to papers filed in court to day. -The bulk of the estate is in New York, the portion in California bcine valued at $1,600. Attorneys soughtj confirmation of the sale of somen sugar stock the testator had owned here. According to the will, which was submitted to the court, Beatrice Briochi of Milan, Italy, Miss Held's maid, receives $2,000; Lillian Russell Moore, .actress, a brooch set with pearls and sapphires, and Miss Airjiee Leslie, Chicago, a circle brace let set ,with sapphires. North Side Industrial Explosion This Week The North Omaha Activities as sociation will hold an industrial ex position in the plant of the Imperial Sash and Door confpany. Twenty fourth and Bo3-d streets. The show will be open every af ternoon and night, with special pro gram features each evening. Thirty five north side manufacturers and merchants will participate. Charles Barry is president of the association. ; A. F. of L. Will Ask Ammesty For "Political Prisoners" Washington, April 2. Amnesty fnr "nnlitii-al nrisrvnprs" will he asked of President Harding by a committee representing the American Federation o Labor and affiliated organizations at a conference next Monday, it was announced by bamuel uompers, president of the federation. Deaths and Funerals. John It. GaIIhor, 75. former resident of Omaha for 31 years, who lived at 3924 Xorth Twentieth street, died and was furled n Allston. auburb of Boston. Mass., according to wora receivea touay oy uma hft friends. Mr. Gallagher was nunectet with the smelter in Omaha for many years. . He i survived 1y two daughters, Sarah and Mary, of AlUlon. and one son, James Gallagher,, now of Philadelphia. Lane Warns Packer Workers to Prepare For Battle in Fall Packer employes were urged to he ready for a stiff wage battle Scp- tcmbcr 15 when the existing agree ment with the government and the employes expires, by Dennis Lane, international secretary of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, the principal speaker at a mass meeting held in the hall on the South Side Friday night. Lane told the workmen' of the conference in Washington when a nation-wide strike was averted. He declared Secretary of Labor Davis told him "If. you will agree to the wage cut 1 will stand back of the eight-hour day and insist on again submitting the controversy to Judge Alschuler." ( Lane said he saw tjic wage cut was inevitable, and agreed, but is now in the held organizing the union men for a big battle next falC Alleged Auto Thieves Captured at Holdrege Iloldregc, Neb., April 2. (Spe cial.) Mr. and Mrs. Fay Jenkins and Sam Brooks were arrested here charged with the theft of an auto- niobile in Waterloo, la. The party slopped at a garage in Atlanta, Neb., where they got a supply 1 gasoline and left while the garage employe was getting oil. Holdrege officers were notified and captured the party while repairing a blow-out. The "get-together medium Bee Want Ads. Men's and Boys' Clothing Department now located on Main Floor of New Building-. EVERYBODY STORE Shoo Depart ment now located on Main Floor New Building. Our New Store .Beautifully Equipped and Conveniently) Arranged We have endeavored to build a store which will fullfil its slo gan as "Everybody's Store." We want everyone to feel at home ,here to have every convenience for their comfort and to help them select the merchandise they want. ' To step into our store will be like passing through the magic door to the "place where dreams come true." The richest silks, finest linens, daintiest laces, most exquisite jewelry, most beautiful furnishings for the home and the most fashionable apparel for men, women and children are being: collected from all over the world by the most expert buyers, for your inspec tion, and a shopping: tour through our great store will be interesting as wejl as educational. The Cold Storage Vault Our cold storage vault will be of special interest to people at the present time as many are already planning to store their furs for summer. Our plant is located on the eighth floor and is the best equip ped as well as the largest private cold storage plant in this locality. It is arranged so that each garment has its own individual hanger and space. New Spring Frocks Aplenty for W omen and M isses In fact we've just opened some new boxes and here are some, new as can be. Crisp, shining taf- 1 fetas, Canton crepes, and crepe de chine seem to be the pre dominant silks for the new frocks, and navy blue, gray, tan and brown shades the col ors. They are delight ful dresses some with snowy or gandy collars, some with two colors of the same silk cleverly combined, some with silk and bead em broidery and others with wool trimming. Eyelet embroidered tunics, long bodices, basque effects, new skirts, short sleeves all these are fash ion points. Scarcely two alike and each one de lightful. Priced from I $25.00 Up . ' The Newest in Spring Blouses are to be found in large assortments in our Blouse department, tem porarily located on tlie second floor of our new building. No matter what style blouse or for what occasion, you are certain to find it her Over Blouses. rlea'chceei cor- accessory for the spring $uit or skirt where a costume effect is desired. They are to be found here in georgette, crepe de -chine or Canton crepe Tie back; short sleeves, collarless models, many times a cluster of wool embroidery flowers form the trimming. These are priced at $15.00 and up. Voile Blouses ,Werhae th,e , loveliest assort ment trimmed with real filet or Irish laces, one style has double frill down front, another has shawl collar cas cade effect edged with dainty lace, another has roll collar edged with real Irish lace. Priced from $2.95 to $5.00. A table of . "odd lots" are here at very special prices; sizes broken- Second Fleer - New Gloves , For Spring and Summer Wear , Just received, "Chateau" French kid gloves in 2-clasp gauntlet and mousquetaire styles, .also silk gloves in 16-button gauntlet and 2-clasp styles. In the new shades, silver gray, beaver, pongee, mode, oak and willow, brown, also black and white. , Main Floor The Lace Fad is here again to stay for on most every dainty frock, blouse or piece of lingerie one sees a bit of lace. Real Venice and val are especially popu lar as trimniings on blouses and dresses. Our assortment of new laces is now very complete and at moderate pricings. We Have Just Received a Shipment I, -H Imported English Leather Goods It is a line of leather novelties which will' interest you, consisting of beaver and saffian leather bags, cigarette cases, photo frames, sewing boxes, traveling case3, shoe horns and sewing baskets. Each piece is a novelty in style and construction and the prices quoted are below manufacturer's cost. Cigarette catei, $1.00 to $3.50 Hand Bags, $5.00 to $18.50. Photo frames, $3.50 to $5.75 Sewing boxes, $1.95 to $8.75 Shoe horns, 50c Saddle bags, $3.95 to $5.95 Main Floor ' For the Home To make it cheerful youll need . New Draperies Bungalow Nets, 85c Yard About 25 pieces in ivory and ecru nets up to 45 inches wide, lengths'from 5 to 12 yards. These are bolt ends from regular stock and are priced for quick cleanup at 85c yard. Madras, $1.50 Yard Madras for overcurtains, 38 inches wide; double bordered madras that can be used in ,split widths. All colors and color combina tions, $1.50 yard. Lace Panels, 65c to $1.25 Beautiful panel lace, can be cut any de " sired width; all new, clean stock and priced very low for this week's selling 65c, 95c, $1.00 and $1.25. Dotted Swiss, 50c Yard Pretty, crisp Swisses in small figures and dots, 36 inches wide; just the thing for kitchen, bath room and sleeping room curtains.- ' Third Floor' " ' 1 A Wonderful Sale of Finely Woven Madras , Shirts, $2.95 Monday on the Main Floor , Representing a collection of the finest shirts that we have ever been able to offer at this price. The materials consisting of rich fibre striped madras, fine woven madras and jacquard weaves in a most wonderful as- sortment 01 pieasmg patterns ana colorings. To the discriminating man who prefers shirts of the better kind this offers a splendid opportunity to supply his require ments. All sizes 14 to 18. Men's Silk Four-in-Hand Ties, 65 c A special feature sale of good new merchandise. There is an almost endless variety of patterns snd colorings. Neat figured effects, pretty stripe, polka dots, you will vent many of them. 65c. Main Floor Athletic Union Suits. $1.00 Men's athletic union suits of fine checked nainsook and striped madras, large roomy garments made with elastic back, well fitting garments that will give excellent ser vice. All sizes 34 to 46. Wash Fabrics For the Summer Dresses Polly Prim, 75c yard Polly Prim, a very pretty wash fabric with a neat border effect, made especially for children's dresses, 75c yard. Swiss Organdie, $1.50 yard Fine imported Swiss organdie, 45 Inches wide, in all the wanted light shades. Very special, $1.50 yard. Dress Gingham, 75c yard Fine imported dress gingham in neat checks and plain, very pretty colorings. Spe cial, 75c yard. t , Voiles, 59c yard 50-inch pieces of new dress voiles, all in very neat patterns on dark grounds, 36 and 40-inch. Special, 59c yard. Mala Floor Sale of Silks Exquisite new roecffiU in all the seasons most popular shades Priced very low. t . Charmeuse Satin Charmeuse satin in a large, assortment of 'wanted plain shades. On. sale Monday at $1.95 yard. Crepe de Chine 40inch Crepe de Chine in pretty plain shades for dresses,' blouses, and underwear. Special 8ale Monday, $1.59 yard. Sport Satin White sport satin, a special sale for Monday only at $3.19 a yard.jlO inches wide. ' Canton Crepe Special sale of Canton crepe in navy blue, brown, zinc grey, tanand black. 40 inches wide; On sale Monday -Smly, $4.50 yard. Figured Foulard 86 inch figured foulard in very neat de signs, plenty of navy blues. Special at $2.19 a yard. Wash Satin 36 inch white wash.jsatin, desirable for un derwear or dresses. On sale Monday at $2.49 yard. Japanese. Pongee Imported Japanese pongee, natural color, 32 inches wide, heavy .quality. Very special at $1.49 a yard. At $1.95 36 inch Chiffon T Uf feta, navy and brown. 36 inch Figured foulard .ilk. 40 inch Corf.tU crp, plain colon, strip silk .hlrtinf . 40 inch Crep da chin white, f leih and pink. 36 inch Black chiffon Uff.U. 36 inch Mcalin silk, plain colors. On Sale Monday, $1.95 yard - Mala Floor
