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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1921)
1. "A THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. MAY 21, 1921. CI if Hubby Divorces Her To Wed Stepdaughter Chicago Saloons 'Kick Off' Dry Lid As Agents Fired . ! II- "Here V How," tie Old Fa, miliar Salutation, Heard on Every Side as Prohibition Sleuth Are Dismissed. By EARL L. SHAUB. I nlrrruil bvrvite Staff C'orrwpond nt. Chicago, Ma,y 20. "Here's how!" The old hilarious salutation was resurrected in Chicago today. The greeting was heard on all sides as practically every saloon in town kicked off the prohibition lid. Prices dropped from 75 cents to 50 cents a drink and in some cases as low as 25 cents. Formal announcement that Chi cago had returned to the pre-prohi-hitioii days was made by Attorney General Brundagc. He said he had .information that practically every saloon in the city was running wkia open and selling liquor openly over tne Dar. Caused by Dismissals. Today's conditions were made possible by the dismissal of 76 .pro hihition enforcement officers in, the central district. Thirty of them worked in Chicago. This leaves only eight men in the service here. Four of these have office jobs and the other four are night watchmen at warehouses where the govern ment .keeps confiscated liquor. So there is no one left to get evi dence against violators of the liquor laws. The police authorities have not in structed the patrolmen to interfere .with the hooch holiday. In the past the police have left the prohibition question strictly up to government agents. They go on the grounds lii Ua.. .-v 1... .1 m kin. dits and murderers and rezulatin Mrs- Louis A- Darsch. of. Chicago, traffic. was divorced from her husband As Chicagoans were quenching Henry Darsch, by Superior Judge their thirst word came from Spring- Lewis in chicag0 recentl bccause held that the state senate has passed , . . . r , . the "Illinois prohibition act" by a Darsch warited to marry his 14-year- vote of 30 to 12. . old stepdaughter, Bertha, according Snonsors sav the bill is intended to w report lrom Chicago. make the Illinois law conform to the Mrs. Darsch . testified that her new Volstiad act. It prohibits the daughter came to her and asked why manufacture. transportation of she did not get a divorce from liminr. heer or win within the state. Darsch. 'I became suspicious. ' Mrs, It prohibits prescriptions of beer and Darsch continued, according to the wine for medicinal ourooses. . report, and decided to watch them. It enforcement is nlaced in the A few days later I found my daush hands of the attorney general or a he.r stepfather's arms." The commission to he annoihted hv the 8""'. 11 s said, "as admitted the "1 I -v i deft styy Postal Workers Steal $75,000 to Gamble on Horses governor. Jt requires shenns and police officers to help enforce it. Warning Is Issued, Attorney General Brundage tossed a fly of warning into the alcoholic ointment of the dav. ..c t v . I'lum icuiis x ndc icucivtu, i comes ot age. ne said, practicauy every saioon m Chicago is 'running wide open and booze is being sold as openly as though there 'were no prohibition laws. "But I want to warn these vio charge, and has declared her inten tion of marrying her stepfather when she becomes of age. Darsch, it is said, has also ad mitted his intention to marry the girl. Bertha will be turned over to the juvenile authorities until she be tiied by Secretary Denby, " Major i t - j i. r ii. I vjcnerai Jcjeunc, coniiiianuam oi uic marine corps, and several officers, the party made the trip down the Potomac on the presidential yacht Mayflower, and returned tonight The house was not in session today. 1,000 Fine ):J.. Ii It Members of Congress Watch Marine Maneuvers Washington, May 20. More than lators that their operations are to be L""."" Tfh ma i.. i:.rj t . Quantico, Va. today, to watch ma- fair warning that the state of Illinois "I?" n,Ane.!!Le"t a"l will not permit a booze holiday in ; 'T i i n.i Chicaeo or elsewhere in this state. "The saloonkeepers of today are a much worse, more lawless type than those of the old days. Many of them are aliens with little respect for the laws of the United states. J. hey are the men who bribed the weaker among the prohibition enforcement officers now under investigation." Hold of Ocean Liner Flooded to Check Fife New York, May 20. The Ameri can passenger arid freight steamship Panhandle State, was beached on the flats near Ellis Island tonight, sifter city firemen had unsuccess fully fought a fire below her decks. Seacocks in the fireroom and after holds were opened in an attempt to flood the burning compartments and save the vessel. The fire started in an oil feedpipe on the port side as it lay berthed at its North river pier. It- soon spread below decks and up through the superstructure, threatening near by vessels. After a hard struggle, firemen extinguished the flames above the vcrsel's deck and in its passenger staterooms. In the fire room and afterholds, however, the fire got beyond control and firemen ordered tugs to pull the burning vessel to the flats and flood her. "Hire a Hero' Week Planned By Former Service Men Chicago. May 20. A movement toward a "hire a hero" week, begin ning May 23 was started by the Buck Private society, A. E F. The purpose is "-"to get alU ex-service men out of. the gutter,-awar from the breadline, ana into tne orcaa wagon in order that the unemployed ex-service men may ceebate "Me morial day in a fitting manner. Landis Refuses to Sentence Man in Soldier's Uniform Chicago, May 20. Federal Judge Landis refused to sentence William Zweyer, found guilty of robbery, be cause he appeared before him in the uniform of a United States soldier. Zweyer asked for leniency because r f his record in the war. The judge answered by continuing the case and cautioning Zweyer not to wear his uniform in court again. Over-Stocked Markets Blamed for Export Slump .Washington, 'May 20. Over, stocked world markets were said by Secretary Hoover to be largely re sponsible for the slump in American exports. Conditions are improving somewhat, however, he added, and with the movement of the stocks of commodities on hand in the foreign markets, American deports couldi be espected to pick up again. Loss Occurs in Postal Savings Department of New York Substation Theft Occurs During Nine Months. New York, May 20. Manipulat ing postal saving certificate books two clerks in Station I swindled the postoffice out of $75,000 during the last nine months it was learned to day when they were arraigned before United States Commissioner Hitch cock on charges of embezzlement. The men who said they used the money to gamble on horse races are: James E. Dunlay, for 13 years in the employ of the postomce. Ralph Rosenberg, employed in the postoffice two years. Both were held in $25,000 bail on the complaint of Postoffice Inspector lames A. teeney. The government is the sole loser by their operations and depositors will not suffer. Assistant United States Attorney Schwartz declared The men were stationed in the postal savings department of the sub-station , and they adopted a method of embezzling the money which was simple, though bound eventually to lead to their discov ery. Whenever any money is deposited in the postal savings bank the de positor is given a certificate for the amount, instead ot giving Sucn ae nositors certificates out of the cur rent books the blanks of which are numbered serially, they would tear out blanks from books which imthe ordinary course of events would not be reached tor a year or more. They could then pocket the money without fear of immediate detection, as the current books did not show such deposits. Alaskan Towns Threatened By Klondike Flood Waters Dawson. Y. T.. May 20. Heavy thaws have caused unusually high water in the Stewart and Klondike jivers, making it necessary io pui crew of men to work diking the Klondike at Bear Creek, eight miles from here, to save the town and machine shops from being flooded. The Bonanza has overflowed its banks, flooding the Klondike com pany's field and destroying garden crops. Navigation on the Yukon river was formally opened today. NASHVILLE A new town five miles northwest of Florence, on the Washington High way. Several good open ings for different lines of business. See Nashville Chamber of Commerce. Steamships Sn Francisco, May II. NU. Honf- kone. Antwerp. May It. Lapland, Nfw York. Havr. May H. I-a Fayette, New York. Hamburg, May IS. Weat Katan, Ta- eoma. . Manila. May IT. Empreaa ot Aala, Van couver, B. C. Depart nr. Havre, Day 14. La BourdonnaU, New Tork. Queenitowa, May IS. Haverford, Phil adelphia. ' Honckonr. May It. Empress Gf Japan, Vancnurer. 8. O. Tower, May !. Deuel. Portland, Ore. Made to Sell at $30, $35 and $40 All Go in Otir Big Saturday Sale at Davis Confers With President in Regard To Strike of Seamen Washington, May 20. Confer ences with parties involved in the marine wage controversy were con tinued by Secretary Davis in an ef fort to reach a final settlement. He met representatives of the marine engineers and also called at the White House, where he talked with President Harding half an hour. He planned to confer with Chairman Benson of the shipping board last night and later meet iwth represen tatives of the seamen, engineers and radio operators, when it was indi cated a definite solution might be looked for. It is understood that the men sug gested to the secretary a basic 15 per cent wage reduction as demand ed by the ship owners and the board, but an upward revision in overtime scales, which would make reductions actually range from 10 to 12 1-2 per cent. While ship owners have announced that they would not sign any agree ment with the men, Chairman Ben son said he had not determined hi course. . Convict Woman Who Threw Acid at Another Prescott. Ari.. May 20. Mrs. Anna Irene Hopkins was found guilty of assault by a jury in the superior court here today. The jury deliberated several hours before reaching a verdict. v Mrs. Hopkins was convicted of having thrown acid into the face of Miss Lucille Gallagher, a school teacher, in a cafe at Jerome, Ariz., March 31. At the trial the defense attempted to show that she did this under the delusion that Miss Gal lagher Was a tool of a group of men who were trying to discredit Mrs. Hopkins' husband, Clarence V. Hop kins, former chief engineer for a large copper company at Jerome. The defense also attempted to show that Mrs. Hopkins was insane when she threw the acid. French Imports Fall. Paris, May 20. Imports for the first four months of the year de creased 5,750,000,000 francs and ex ports increased 1,112,000,000 francs. Railroad Employes ' Raised in Grade by Government Control T Washington, May 20. Under fed eral control, of railroads, wages of specified classes of employes not only were raised, but many employes were placed on higher grades than those in which they were prior to the orders and national agreements, President A. H. Smith of the New York Central, testified before a sen ate investigating committee. "The reclassification not only had the ef fect of increasing wages, but very largely increased the number of men," he added. "The effect of the Adamson law," he said, ""was to establish in con tracts for labor and service, eight hours as the measure of a day's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services, in place of 10 hours. The result in money to the New York Central in 1917 was an increase of $4,045,000, or 18.9 per cent in the pay of enginemen, fire men, conductors and trainmen." Ford Demands Probe Of Newberry Election Washington, May 20. Demands for investigation of charges that Senator Newberry ot Michigan was elected through "fraudulent expendi tures of vast sums" of money, was made by Henry Ford, his defeated opponent in the 1918 election, in messages to Chairman Dillingham and other members of the senate committee on elections, which will meet tomorrow to determine what action, if any, should be taken. Referring to the recent decision of the supreme court, setting aside the conviction of Senator Newberry as contrary to law, Mr. Ford point ed out that the court also "de clared the proper place to investi gate these charges is the senate." i Princess Troubelskoy's Marriage Is Annulled Green Bay, Wis., May 20. The marriage of Captain Wallace i. Schutz of Milwaukee, to Princess Nadejda Troubetskoy was annulled today by Circuit Judge Henry Graass. The decision was sealed. Welly Afcks President t To Support Waterways Washington, May 20. President Harding is urged to lend his sup port in the devclopemcnt of inland waterways of the Mississippi valley and the west because of high rail transportation rates, in a letter from former Representative , Welty of Ohio, made public today. Mr. Welty announced that he had sought the aid of members of con gress to further such plans. C. M. & D. LOCKS FOR ALL CARS Sold by nearly every car dealer and garage in Omaha and vicinity. APPROVED THIEF-PROOF Fully Guaranteed Every Way. REASONABLE IN PRICE. ASK TO SEE THESE. DISTRIBUTED BY W. S. LOVEJOY fi1 THESE splendid Suit were made to sell at $30, $35 and $40 and even more these price having been bated Upon the new Spring schedule and being fully one-third , lower than six months ago. SIZES, styles and fabrics to suit every individual taste fine silk - mixed ' worsteds, smooth finish velours, cassi meres, blue serges, unfinished worsteds, flannels, and irides cent are included. 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