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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, Itci. Garbage Hauler Breaks Contract Ami Forfeits Bond Husband and Wife Kill Man And Throw Body Into River Commends Omaha Welfare Workers Council Committee Working Out Plan to Meet Situation Caused ly Failure of Contractor, Harry V. llayward is unable to . continue f i is garbage contract with the city. Failure on his part to carry out the provision of the contract means the forfeiting of a $10,000 bond which he furnished to the city. The contract was in fact let to Henry Pollack, financed by Mr. Hay ward, who established a liOR-fecding yard near Cedar Creek, 'Neb. Mr. I lay ward furnished the bond which was required by the city when Pol lock obtained his contract. Last fall Mr. 1'ollock left Omaha rather sudden t It, whereupon Mr. Jlayward undertook to continue the garbage contract with the city. Decides to Forfeit Bond. Within the last week Mr. nay ward indicated to the city council that he would endeavor to continue his contract until the end of this year .if the cily would establish a loading dock at Fourth and Leaven worth streets and would obtain for him a reduction of carload freight rates charged for hauling bis gar biiee from Omaha to Cedar Creek. Yesterday afternoon Comniission- er Zimman announced that Mr. Hay ward'has decided to forfeit his bond of $10,000 and get out from under the financial burden which he says he is carrying. The contract which was entered into between the city and Pollock ' stipulated that the city would pay $45,000 a year for a period of five years, Pollock to collect and dis pose of all garbage according to rules and regulations prescribed by the health department. Hit by Declining Prices. A declining hog market was one of the factors which entered into the situation and another factor was the rate of $50 to $80 a carload i . T ! j t i cnargea oy me rauroau ior namms a carload of garbage from Omaha 'to Cedar Creek, where Mr. Hay ward now has nearly 2,000 hogs. Mr. Hayward told the city council that he could not collect and dis pose of the garbage during June, Jtilv and August for less than $10,000 a month. He told Commis sioner Zimman that he paid out $82,000 last year to meet the pro visions of his garbage contract and received $45,000 from the city. City Commissioners Dunn and Zimman and City Attorney TeFocl are serving as a special committee for, the city council to work out a plan to meet the garbage situation until such time as the city will be able to build a reduction plant or install an incinerator system. Negro Cleared of Blame ior Death of Mart Killed in Figlit John A. Scruggs, negro, 2813 Dodge street, was acquitted b.y' a coroueo jury yesterday afternoon of any blame in crntnectioit with the death of Lee " Miller, negro, with whom he was in a battle with knives at Thirteenth and Pierce streets, Saturd;' night. -Scruggs, head tied up. face badly cut and swollen and 18 stitches in one arm, testified that as he, his wife 'and a man named Johnson were walkimr. Miller approached ami shouted, "Gimme , that quarter." ScrmrBS paid the money. Then, he said, Miller began cursing and final- v thev etiEaced in a tight witn knives. The jury found that Scruggs acted in selt-detense. .Bowen's i Three-Day Sale of Dining Furniture A special purchase of Dining Rooni Furniture permits us to give re markable price induce ments. Your opportunity for any kind of Dining Room Furniture is Tuesday and Wednesday. Advertisement M 170ft immediate relist at ccxema I pre- inol Ointment' , thousands of a been doing T know it is f, easy to tfls to ormrm JA similar IUl. 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The body was found floating: in an eddy of the river so badly decomposed that the identity would not have been determined had not a pocket of the clothing cpitained cancelled bank checks and a state ment from the Farmers' State bank of Platte. The papers were found in a pocket of the coat which had been wired over the head of the victim. Dehart and his wife were arrested at Burwcll, where they were visiting relatives. Asks Divorce as Wife Spends All Her Salary for Herself Robert McClurg, in ati answer filed in district court yesterday to the petition of his wife, Oenevra, for divorce, alleges that she often told him he was not her equal and ad vised him to seek someone whowas of his own social status so that she might associate with the class of men and women in the community of her own social type. He says she makes a . salary of $138.50 a month as a clerk but docs not contribute anything to the sup port of tljeir child arid spends it all on fashionable dress for herself. He asks a divorce. New Yorker in Speech Here Advocates Placing Waif In Private Homes. C. C. Carstens of the New York- Society for the rrevention of Cruelty to Children delivered an address at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce at noon yesterday on child's welfare work. Judge yillis G. Scars of the juvenile court and other officials of the court, as well as public welfare woikers and members of the Visit ing Nurses' association, were present. Mr. Carstens described welfare work as it is being done in the east and complimented the Omaha work ers particularly on the work they have'. been doing here. The speaker characterized most in stitutional care of children as "cold storage" and said that children need ed the love of parents and home, as well as- protection while being reared. He advocated placing children in private homes, where children were wanted and where they could be as sured of kindness and love. Speaking of the work of the juve nile court he declared the probation system of extreme value in prevent ing boys and girls continuing in a life which would, when they became older, land them in serious trouble. Return of Register "Copy" Price of Diniond Diploma Carl Diinond, former editor of the Central High school annual, must return the missing Register "copy" by Wednesday or he will not be at lowed to graduate with his class, Principal Masters announced yester day. Mr. Masters said he had conferred with Diniond Saturday, but that the youth had reiterated his previous statement that he had none of the copy. , Discharged Officer Will Start Inquiry To Clear His Record Llyod Toland, former city deleo tive and special' narcotic officer, charged yesterday he was discharged from the police force without just cause. He is checking the records of the departemnt to ascertain his status with a view of demanding refund of assessments against his salary and division of rewards and court fees, which he paid into the police pension fund while on the force, he said. ' Toland was dismissed from the de partment last week withhis brother, Willis, and other officers. He be came a city detective in January, 1919, when engaged byXhief of Po lice Eberstein, under whom he served in the department of justice. "If I was confirmed by the coun cil I am entitled to a hearing before dismissal," he declared. Girl Says Man Spurned Her; Wants $20,000 Heart Balm Lincoln, June 6. (Special.) So cial ostracism has followed the al leged spurning of her love by Tor rencc W. Van Andcl of this city, ac cording to charges in a $20,000 heart balm suit filed here today by Miss Maude Fritts. The engagement was made in July, 1914, she alleges, and continued with. Van Andel postpon hig the happy date time after time, until filially in March, 1921. fie spurned her, according to the allega tions. "It has resulted, in the loss of her social standing," the petition reads. Asks All Hubby Has Anna Hudson, in a petition for di vorce from Jessie Hudson, filed yes terday in district court, asks $2,000 alimony, i his is the total amount of her husband's property, she says They were married in 1900. She charges him with cruelty. Brief City News lit last vord in Quality The best word in Price fry o C mm j II j 1 3 i L JLl 1 1 n J' ff"1 mm V f.. Pj V J 7 SIZE 303'4 324 334 324 33?$ 344 33x5 355 S1LVERIOWN CORDS Anti-Skid Safety Tread $24.50 $32.90 $41.85 H3.10 $47.30 $48.40 $58.90 $61.90 TUBES $25 2S0 &55 $3.70 450 .75 3.80 Fabric Tires Ssoo&3Q)$ $1200 Safety 324 $2650 Safety 303 13.4S" Safety 3fr4 830 sefety 303$ toflO fcfcty 3K $3715 Anti-Skid Safety Tread SILVERTOWN THE B.F. 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M'orknum Injured in ThII John Rushey, 66, 1512 North VUghteenth street, was seriously injured when he lell la feet from u house on which he waa working yesterday morning. To IVn Tuis Time Wllkle I,onp. 13. 2812 Harney street, paro5?d by JJlstriet Judge Troup October 80, 1920, after he had pleaded guilty to writing bad checks, was sent to the penitentiary yesterday for from vne to threo years. Falls to Pay Alimony The failure Of John A. Farnberg of the O'Don nell Grain company to pay temporary alimony to Mrs. Fernberg caused District Judge Wakeley to order his answer. to his wife a divorce petition to be stricken from the court files. Woman Takes Poison Mrs. O. Troer, 1320 t'apitol avenue attempt ed to take her own life by swallow ing poison Sunday, according to po lice, who say she was despondent becauso hef husband was dismissed fpom the city police force last week. Motorcycle in Collision Harry Eastman, 16. 118 South Thirty seventh street, was driving east on Douglas street when ho collided with a motorcycle driven by Percy Craig, 4246 Farnam street, with Pearl Pier sol, 20, in the side car. Craig and the girl were hurled to the pavement and their motorYyclo demolished. Testifies Against Iiovcr A pretty young Omaha girl, whose identity was withheld, appeared in federal court yesterdny to testify against her lover, John Cavric, arrested by se cret set-vice officers for impersonat ing a government officer. The case was' taken under advisement by Unit ed States Commissioner Boehler. Abandoned Babe III Baby Helene Tate, deserted by her unknown mother on the doorstep of the M. A. Tate home, 2543 Capitol avenue, April 26. is ill at University Hospital. Helene is but three months old. Mrs. Tate plans to adopt Helene, and is distraught lest humane ottlcers will take her away, now that she hasbe coine ill. Quits Police Force W. J. Turner, j recently demoted from detective to acting desk sergeant at South Sidei station, turned In Ms badge arid credentials Sunday night io Capt. Peter Dillon, lie declined to make a statement. yur Protest Jtcad tn Cliurclies Tho first step in Omaha iu con junction with tho nation-wide move ment to link sit religious faltlia in an opposition to recurring war wa tnken Sumiay when a letter, protest tug against war and ita burden! of taxation and armament waa rend from Bishop K. V. Shaj ler t ronv nvery Kpiscopnl pulpit. During the gmwtng age-' ammustbetahmtopmvide W T ML i. 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