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-..-113 BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. Al'lilL G, 11)21. Salesmen Held For Swindling Chicago Concern .Wholesale Grocery Firm Loses $300,000 Through System atic Frauds Practiced Six Years hy Employes. Chicago, April 5. A $300,000 swindle of a prominent grocery house, which has been in progress for six years, was bared today by the state's attorney's office after con fessions from four of the principal actors had been obtained. Indictments against the four men will be asked of the grand jury. They arc now under arrest. They are Max Coodman, former chief bookkeeper of the Durand & Kasper Wholesale Grocery com pany, the company on which the swindle was perpetrated. J. J. Doctor, salesman. Crafted Five Years Alexander Wincbargcr, salesman. J. Landola, salesman. "lrivj years ago," Goodman said, "my -wife became ill and was sent to a hospital. 1 was broke and des perate. "I noticed that some of niv sales men were getting away with small amounts of money on credit slips. I then evolved the scheme for which I am now under arrest. ' "1 made arrangements with cer tain salesmen to turn their collcc- ttons m to me. instead 01 posiing them on the ledger and cash hook where the cashier would see them I withheld the money, splitting the loot with the salesmen. "I would then doctor my books to square everything. There were only certain accounts we would monjcey with. We made on an average of about $.'000 a month." Auto Was Downfall For six years- everything went well. A few weeks ago police dug up an abandoned automobile trom the Chicago river. Investigators traced it to Goodman he was ar lested. The grocery house heard of it and Goodman was summarily dis charged. His books had not been "doctored" for several weeks, lie knew exposure faced him. He wrote Just Before She Said "Yes" By CHARLES DANA GIBSON. Copyright I.tfe Tub. Co. i letter to Miss r.isie Suiinng, casn icr of the Durand and Kasper com pany in which he revealed every thing ' , He- begged Miss Suhring to re sign, thinking that in that'eveut the company would give him his job back temporarily and hat he could then fix up the books. Turned Letter Over. Miss Suhring turned the letter over to officials cf the company. Goodman was immediately arrest ed. He confessed, naming the other men, and they, too, made a clean breast of it. - Goodman was one of the heavy in vestors in the LaSalle street broker age firm of Benjamin Marcuse & Co., which fell with a spcctacu'ar crash some months ago, the bank ruptcy proceedings bringing Jail sen tences for two members" of the firm. Goodman is said to have lost $65,000 in the company. Railway Men Discuss Proposed Wage Cuts With Chief Executive Cleveland, April 5. What is said to be the first break from the na tional agreement and national labor leaders, and the first step toward direct negotiations with the railroads on proposrdi wage reductions, ac curred today at a conference between representatives of 450 clerks , em ployed in the New York Central's learning house accounting bureau and General Manager A. S. Ingalls of the New York Central lines. The conference was arranged at the request of the employes, Mr. Ingalls .said. He said he accepted a proposition submitted by those attending the ronference, that when the company finds it necessary to reduce wages it make the revision "along proper lines of business practice." Readjust ment of salaries will be held in abey ance until the labor board decides wage reductions involving' similar employes in other branches of the service,' Mr. Ingalls said. Ex-Council Bluffs Man Is Made Railroad President Chicago, April 5. Henry Nutt,. former colonel in the United States army who had charge of the trans portation offices of the American army of occupation at ,CobIenz, Germany, today was elected presi dent and general manager of the Monongahela railway and the Pitts burgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny. The properties are owned by the Pennsylvania railroad and the Pitts burgh, Lake Erie railroad. Colonel Nutt has held responsible positions with several western roads. He was born at Council Bluffs, la. Woman Seeking Interest In Estate Appeals Case Lincoln, jN'cb., April (Special.) Susan Hearle Hammond, who fail ed to establish her right as com mon law wife to an interest in the estate of the later Tetcr S. Ham mond of Gothenburg, Neb., Has filed her brief on appeal to the Nebraska supreme court. She says she went to Gothenburg as Hammond's housekeeper in 1908, and later she and her daughter and Hammond lived as on family in Omaha, where she had been repre sented as Hammond's wife, by Ham mond himself. I mmmw Printers Urged to Hold Production Unskilled Employes of Road to Reduce Salaries Jackson, Tenn., April 5. Un skilled employes of the jGulf, Mobile and Northern and The Birmingham and Northwestern railroads have agreed to accent a reduction in wages, effective April 1, officials of ine iwo roads announced here to day. Officers of the Birmingham and ron western, it was announced, have notified I. B. Titrrefh nmAent of the road that for the next three months, 10 per cent of their salaries will be voluntarily turned back into the company's treasuo Employes Asked to Work Harder During 44-Hour Week. Chicago, April 5. The labor group of the joint conference coun cil of the commercial branches of the printing industry today adopted a resolution urging the membership of the printing trades unions make every effort possible to give to the employers who concede the 44-hour week as nearly the same amount of work under the 44-hour arrangement as has hitherto been done. The resolution declares that the 44-hour work week is to become ef fective in the printing industry on May 1, 1921, and that the interna tional joint conference has not and could not make an agreement as to the wages that should be paid for 44 hours' work. "The wage question," continued the resolution, "is one to be settled by agreement between local unions and employing printers in the juris diction of such unions, notwithstand ing the fact that the international jqint conference council did recom mend that there should be no reduc tion in wages because of the instal lation of the 44-hour week." Radical Deported by Mexico Is at Vera Cruz Vera Cruz, April 5. Linn A. E. Gale, an American radical, who ar rived here yesterday following the issuance of orders for his expulsion from Mexico, was put on a train bound for Guatemala this morning. Gale, who was accompanied to this city from the capital by his wife and three secret service detectives, begged the Mexican authorities not to send him to the United States, where he believed he would be placed under arrest. Assertions that influential friends were making an effort to secure his freedom were made yesterday by Gale when he was interviewed by The Associated Press. Gale was rather evasive and insisted his name was not Gale, but "Wurtenbcrfeld." He declared he was a German and that his wife, whose given name is Wilhelmina, was also of that nation ality. - Michigan Man May Testify At Inquest of Sweetheart Corunna, Mich., April 5. Forrest Higgins, charged with' murder in connection with the death of Lucy Whittum, 19, his sweetheart, may tell his story of the event on the witness standi at the inquest. His attorney, Albert L. Chandler of this city, stated that he would not object if the prosecution called Higgins. The police are not satisfied with Higgins' story, of his knocking the acid out of Lucy's hands. They ask why none of the acid was spilled on Lucy's or Higgins' hands. The po lice find it hard to believe that Hig gins would notice that she had the bottle first in her left hand and then that she picked it up off the ground with her right. They also think it strange that he should be "fright ened" Immediately after the girl took the acid ar.d then be calm enough after he, reached home to work about shave. ICj C Peace Negotiations Between Britain and Ireland Broken Off London, April 5. Replying to several questions on the Irish situa tion, Premier Lloyd George, in the house of commons this afternoon, stated that he is continuing to watch the situation most carefully, but that no useful purpose could be served by adding to what he has already said on the subject. The moment the leaders of Irish opposition are prepared to negotiate or discuss the question of a settlement in Ireland they will find the government quite willing to meet them, he declared. The premier stated definitely that there were no negotiations now go ing on. An incendiary, fire, suspetced to be the work of Sinn Feiners was dis covered in Bromley Common, Kent, this morning. Sixteen men, mostly Irishmen, were arrested in Manchester, in con nection with the discovery of a Sinn Fein arsenal on Saturday containing a tremendous amount of explosives and ammunition. Oil Firm Promoter Gives Up When He Is Indicted New York, April 5. Harvey C. Howard today surrendered to fed eral authorities when he learned of an indictment pending against him self and others connected with the Ranger Consolidated Oil company, a Texas corporation, charging them with using the mails in the opera tion of a scheme to defraud investors. Howard, in default of $5,000 bond, was committed to the Tombs prison. The indictment reveals thaL the Ranger company was organized in 1919 with a capital stock of $2,500, 000, which was increased to $4,000, 000 last year. It is charged that false representations were made in sales booklets.' Man Who Took Pal's Glass Eye Promises to Replace It Fred Roberts, 818 North Seven teenth street, will pet his glass eye back. The eye and 7o cents wers stolen from him by Edward Jjhn- son, his roommate, who vas artfst- ed Monday. JohnSon was dis charged by Foster after l;t promised, that he would get Roberts a glass eye. Denby Still Firm For Large Navy ' Inspection Trip Strengthens Secretary's Belief in Build ing Program of 1916. Washington, April 5. With worthy sea legs, worthy enough for a tossing, plunging destroyer, a sun-browned countenance and a sailor's cap tilted jauntily on h:; head, Secretary of Navy Denby returned to Washington today from his first in spection of the Atlantic fleet. The secretary came all the way from San Domingo to the navy-yard dock at Washington aboard the de stroyer Pruitt, a non-stop run of 1,600 miles at an average rate cf 25 knots an hour. . "It was some trip," said the sec retary as he landed at the dock. "You can't help admiring the de stroyer after such a trip as I have had through some pretty stiff weath er, too. Sixteen hundred miles and no stops and going an avenge rate of -25 knots. I guess that won't be beaten for some time. I'm a pretty good sailor, you can . see, to stand that kind of a trip on a destroyer." The navy secretary had nothing but words of praise for the officers and men of the fleet which he inspect ed at Guanlanamo and his trip has left him firm in the conviction that the United States should have a big navy. "I still insist that v'e should go ahead to carry out the 1916 building program," he said. "Have you made up your mind what should be done about the fleet policy; whether it should be con tinued in the Atlantic or Pacific, or be re-united into one fleet?" the sec retary was asked. "Haven't decided that yet," h.2 re plied. "We'll get to that later." Jugular Vein Severed When Two Cars Collide Norfolk, Neb., April 5. (Special Telegram.) Maurice Carter is in a hospital here with his jugular vein severed and ugly cuts and bruises on his throat and jaw as a result of being thrown through the wind shield of an automobile he was driv ing, when it collided with a taxi driv en by Charles Wheeler. Creditors Name E.W.Exley Hotel ' String Trustee Order Issued for Sale of North American Hotel in - Scottshluff at V Meeting. E. W. Exlcy was named trustee for the North American Hotel com pany Monday afternoon at a meet ing of representatives of 260 creditors before Fremont Benjamin, referee in bankruptcy, in Council Bluffs. Exley was named receiver at the filing of bankruptcy proceedings in the Bluffs federal court two weeks ago. Appointment of Jesse S, New ton as receiver for Nebraska stock holders was rescinded two days later by Federal Judge Woodrough, at which time the jurist scored attor neys concerned for the appointment of two receivers. At the meeting before Referee Benjamin Monday the representa tive of the creditors elected Exlcy to be trustee and this action was ap proved by the referee. Condition of the company, owners of seven hotels in Nebraska and Iowa, was discussed by the session, which issued an order of sale for the North American hotel in Scotts hluff, one of thoM owned by the firm. Consummation of this sale is still in abeyance, Trustee Exlcy ex plained, and facts concerning the deal cannot be made public through possibility of hindering the closing of the contract. He declared, however, the hotel is being sought hy a Nebraska group. Crops Badly Damaged By Sand and Dust Storm Norfolk-, Neb.,. April 5. (Special Telegram.) Heavy damage was done by the sand and dust storm' which continued for 72 hours and was general over this part of the state, according to reports here. The gale carried heavy dust and" sand which cut or completely covered thousands of acres of small grain and alfalfa fields along the bottoms of the Elkhorn valley. The gale sub sided during the night and light rains were general over north Ne braska. Tuesday. Fur Felts and High Grade Cloth Hats Valued to $6 Now Going at LEON'S Going Out of. Business Store Ho. 1 Opposite Conant Hotel 315 So. 16th St. SALE The Junior Shop Spring Vacation Special on Boy's All- Wool 2- Pant Suits For this week we will show the latest styles and patterns in boys' 2 pant suits at (From 7 to 18 yean) These values are rare, and be assured they would be hard to duplicate at any street level store. They are all priced the "up stairs way. Your visit will prove conclusively a saving of from $5 to $10. DA fill EH CLOTHES 2nd Floor Securities Bldg. 16th and Farnam Special Sale on Extra Trousers 1,200 pair extra trousers, all wool serge, brown worsteds, cassimere, in all colors and sizes, to match any coat you have. $10 values. On 1E sale this week only....PO 200 pair work trousers, worth up to $3.50. d QQ On sale S 1 O Boys' knee pants, QQ on sale JOC Heavy overalls, on sale $1.39 J. HELPHAND 314 North 16th St. Archeologists Find Ancient Temple of Vintage of 400 B. C. Athens, April 5. Greek archeolo gists have unearthed an imposing temple at Kerras, Thcssaly. The structure is in an excellent state of preservation and is stated to be as large as the temple of, Jupiter at Ulympia. The bronze inscriptions establish the date of 400 B. C. Numerous tab lets have also been found bearing in dications of laws and resolutions on ancient civilization. This is the second temple which has been discovered within a month, the first having been found near the city of Yolo. The excavations are continuing. Big Artesian Well Shuck Near Sturgis .Sturgis, S. D., April 5. (Special.) Drillers for the Bare Butte Oil Developing company, now operating in the Bare Butte structure near here, struck what is believed to be the largest flow of artesian water ever encountered in South Dakota. The stream was encountered in the Kinnckata limestone at a depth of about 300 feet and fills a sluice-box two feet wide and one foot deep, flowing at an estimated volume of 3,000,000 gallons a day. It is believed "to be sufficient if impounded to irrigate several town ships of land lying immediately be low it. Pavilion Co. Plans Stock Show am Corn Carnival Hebron, Neb., April 5. (Special.) Hebron Pavilion company is plan ning a stock show, corn cornival and base ball tournament this fall. At a recent meeting, M. G. Corliss and Fred IS. Mitchell were rc-elecled president and vice president, rcspfc-' tively; M. C. McMahan and b'red C. Bcisner re-elected to board of di rectors, and V. if. Sharp was elect ed to till a vacancy. The best salesmen -lce Want Ads, A theater chair so formed that an occupant can turn to one side to per mit a person to pass him without rising has been patented. Music Is Essential QUALITY THE FIRST CONSIDERATION 77ns is National Player Piano Week Throughout theU.S. The special carload of quality (Aeolian made) Players, slight ly delayed in traijsit, arrived today and you will be amazed at the genuine values we are offering. Think of it: Brand new Aeolian made Players as low as Real Pianola Pianos for Incomparable Duo-Arts for One Price to All. Commissions to None. $595 $745 $895 Our is truly the quality Player store. Easy payments to responsible people. ffAKFORD 1807 Farnam, Omaha, Neb. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Doctors Stand Amazed at Power of Bon-Opto to Make Weak Eyes Strong According to Dr. Lewis Guarantee to Strengthen Eyesight 50 in One Week's Time in Many Instances rhua Street A Free Prescription You Can Have Filled and Use at Horn Philadelphia. Pa. Victims of iye ftrain and other eye weaknesses, sind tho3e who wear glasses, will be glad to know that according to Dr. Ifewis there is ;cal hope and help for them. Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eves restored by this remarkable prescription and many who once wore glasses 'py they have thrown them away. One man says, after using it: "I was almost blind. Could not see to read at all. Now 1 can read everything without my classes ard my eyes do not hurt any more. At night they would pain dreadfully. Now they feel fine all the time. It v.a3 like a miracle to me." A lady who used it sys : "The atmosphere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this pre scription for 15 days everything seems clear. I can read even fine print with out glasses." Another who used it says: "I was bothered with eye btrsin caused by overworked, tired eyes which induced fierce headaches. I have worn glasses for several years both for distance and work, and without them I could not read my own name on an envelope or ths type writing on the machine before me. ! can do both now and have discarded my lorg distance glasses altogether. I can count the fluttering leaves on the trees ec-oss the street now, which for several years have looked like a dim green blur to me. I cannot express my joy at whit it has done for me." It is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reason able time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble ar.d expenie of evet getting glasses. Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by the use of this prescription. Go to any active drug store and get a bottle of Bon Opto tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass of water and let it dissolve. With this liquid bathe tHe eyes two or four times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and inflammation and red ness will quickly disappear. If your eyes bother you even a little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they had cared for their eyes in time. NOTE: .Another prominent Physician to irhnm the allots article iras submitted, said: "Ves, the Bon Opto prescription is truly a wonderful eye remedy. Its constituent ingredients ave well known to emi nent eye specialists and wirteW prescribed by them. hUTft used It rary successfully in my own practice on patients whose eyes were strained through orer iwrk or misfit glasses. I can highly recommend it tn case of weak, watery, aching, amarting. itching, burning eyes, red lids, blurred visions or for eye inflamed from exposure to smoke, suit, cluat or wind. It Is one of the very few preparations I feel should he kept on hand for regular use in almost every family." Hon-Opto, referred to aboye. is not a patent medicine or a secret remedy. H is an ethical preparation, the formula being printed on the pack age. Tin. manufacturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesight. 50 per cent tn one week's time in many instances or refund the money. It can be ohtainerl from any good druggist and Is snlrt 1n this My by the leading druggists, including the Sherman A McConnell and the Mtlcber stores. "17-that PouaUB s-trct?l Wednesday Specials Marshall's Minnesota Hard Wheat Flour. Positively the best the market affords. Extra special Wednesday, 24-lb. sack for $1.09 Queen I,a Se lllan's jar Naty Beans, o lbs Cutter, best creamery, OHres, (inart 3r 33c ll 4Sc Electric Spark Soap, 10 liars... 4Sc I'alm Olive Soap, 6 cakes -19c Del Monte Trancs, 5-lh. tin..51.05 Special Meat Offerings Konnd Steak, per 11) 22!c Shoulder Steak, per lb ...17!C Ko. 1 Tot Roast, lb 15d Spare Kibs, per lb ;...15 L flilBnffrliTMBIITfilf WAR DEPARTMENT CANNED MEATS IT SPELLS ECONOMY FOP ALL "Economy " the guide word for every thrifty housewife, is truly manifest in this delicious, guaranteed pure, Canned Corned Beef, Roast Beef and Corned Beef Hash. The release of millions of dollars worth of War Department Canned Meats has lessened the strain on the housewife's pocketbook. It has reduced the time she spent preparing meals. Minimized waste. Gave greater variety to her table. Helped her in many an emergency and actually saved her money. At the less than pre-war prices she pays for this nourishing food The Whole Family Can Dine for a Day for a Dollar This opportunity to economize should be quickly seised by every housewife. Go to your dealer at once. Tell him you are tired of paying "twice as much for just as good" and want to save money by buying War Department Canned Meats he can make a legitimate profit from the sale (Wholesale prices below) and you a big saving. are printed below, your purchases. THE WHOLESALE PRICES They wiitgive you some idea of what you will tart on CORNED BEEF HASH 1 lb. cans, lie per can 2 lb. cans, 3Ac par can ROAST BEEF 1 lb. cam. 24e per can 6 lb. cans, 70c per can CORNED BEEF Ko. 1 can, Uc per can No. 2 cans, 27c per can 1 lb. cans, lie per can ( lb. cans, $1.00 per can TABLE OF DISCOUNTS Discounts to apply on aU purchase of surplus canned meats are as follows : 1 250 to $1,000 net 1,001 to 2,500 i per cent 2,501 to 4,000..... 10 per cent 4,001 and over 20 per cent The Government will pay freight oa carload Iota to any point in the United States located more than twenty mile from shipping point. CUMULATIVE PURCHASES COUNT When purchases rtacb $50,001, 24 net to prevail: when purchase reach $100,001, 21 net to prevail; when purchases reach $500,001, 32 net to pre vail; when purchase reach $1,000,001 and over, 35 net to prevail. MINIMUM ORDER ACCEPTED, $250 Buy It by the Case C-26 Dealers' orders should be sent to Depot Quartermaster at the following addresses: Brooklyn, N. Y., S9th St. and First Ave. Boston, Mass., Army Supply Base. Chicago, 111., 1819 W. 39th St. Atlanta, Ga., Transportation Bldf. San Antonio, Tex. ' Saa Francisco, Calif, SURPLUS PROPERTY BRANCH Office of the Quartermaster General, Munitions Bldg. Washinftoa D, c. WAR DEPARTMENT CANNED MEATS 1