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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1921)
CHE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. JTJNE 10, 1921. 4 Joyce's Memory Hazy on Details Of Tntnl Tnrnnip ,v AVIV. Xiivvlliu Millionaire Characterizes Ac tress Wife As Robber Testimony Disappointing To Large Crowd. Her Birthday Cake To Have 93 Candles Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Liwd Wire. Chicago. June 9. James Stanley Joyce, millionaire lumberman from whom Peggy Joyce is endeavoring to collect $10,1)00 a month alimony and $100,000 attorney's fees, was put j on the witness stand betore Judge Sahath today. The room was crowded, a large proportion of the spectators being flappers who were anxious to catch a glmpse of the man who clavns Peggy lured him into marriage and cost him a half million dollars or more. His testimony was disappoint ing in a way. He characterized Peg' gy as a robber. The crowd found considerable interest in his state ment that he owned but four auto mobiles, valued at $25,000. one of them being a second-hand machine The audience smiled when he told of paying $500 for a camping place in Minnesota where lie and Peggy planned to lead the life of hermits and the flappers laughed outright when he missed his own straw hat and put on an old lid, formerly the property of a court attache. Memory Faulty. Mr. Joyce displayed a faulty memory. He appeared to be very hary about several important de tails. He declared he did not re member whether the $2,000,000 lumber concern of w hich he is one- third owner, paid any. dividends last year. He was equally at sea regard ing other sources of his income. Pressure on this point finally caused him to refer questioners to "Mr. Johnson, my expert accountant, who knows all about my financial af fairs." He said his net worth was $2, 995,000, according' to the figures sup plied by his expert accountant of March 31, thi's year.- He said he had deeded the Miami home he built for Peggy, over to his brother. "Did your brother pay you for it?" "No, I deeded it to him voluntarily to keep from being robbed. I did not want to be robbed of all my property. I did not want my wife to deed it to a tlyrd party. "I've $400,000 life insurance. I changed the beneficiary from my wife when I found out that she was not a good woman. It is now pay able to mv estate. It costs me at abofct $67,000 a year." , Admits He is Successful. Mr. Kirkland introduced one ques tion that apparently had little con nection with Immediate subject un der discussion when he asked: "Do you consider yourself a suc cessful business man?" Mr. Joyce answered in the affirmative. Mr. Tovce fidgeted a bit when inned down to the details of his in come, occasionally Wiping ms nurii- nmraed spectacles and tanning mm- self with his straw hat. He described his business as "the lumber and railroad business," ex- 4c' f V Stillman Spends Time on Yaclit With6Mrs.Leeds' Banker Said to Be Cruising From Place to Place With Woman Named in Di vorce Suit Kinety-three candles will grace a birthday cake at the Old People's Home, Saturday, in honor ot Mrs. Mary A. Nesbit, its oldest resident. A real party is planned for "Mother" Nesbit. A reception in the afternoon, and a fine dinner party, to which the "honoree" will invite any friends she cares to have, will be held. The board of trustees, headed by Mrs. Isaac Douglas and Mrs. Charles Iracv, will keep "open house. Mrs. Nesbit has lived at the home for 18 years. Though confined to an invalid chair, she insists she is "93 years young." "The word 'old' is not in my vocabulary," she declared. Mrs. Nesbit can read a newspaper without spectacles and can thread a needle as quickly as manv younger people. She was born in Ireland in 1828 and was a resident of f remont before coming here. This is the fourth party given for Mrs. Nesbit by the board. All in mates over 90 are so honored, ac cording to one of the unwritten laws of the institution, said Mrs. Cynthia Estlin, matron. . plaining that tie Was principal own er and president ot two railroads. One of these The Groveland, Lut- kin and Northern railroad of Texas pays him a salary ot JfJU a month. It is 21 miles long. . Before he was placed on the stand, Alfred S. Austrian stepped to the bench and said: "As soon as counsel is through with Mr. Joyce, I wish to be. heard on a motion to bring the petitioner (Peggy Joyce) into court." . Attorney Kirkland broke in with the comment : 'We wish it understood that we contend to have the right to question Mr. Joyce, whether the petitioner is here or not." Quantities of Clothing Taken From Bluffs Store Nearly $4,000 worth of men's clothing, caps and shoes were stolen Wednesday night, from the store of J. Abrahamson, 529 South Main street. Council Bluffs. The robbery was not discovered until the pro prietor opened the place yesterday morning. The "thieves entered the place by boring holes through the rear door. New York, June 9. James A. stillman and "Florence i-eeds are living on Mr. Stillman's yacht, ac cording to reports from Southamp ton, L. I. Many persons who know Mr. Stillman say he played a num ber of rounds on the National Golf club links last week, and that his yacht, with "Florence Leeds" and another woman on board, was an chored in Pcconic bay. just off the golf links, for about 10 days prior to last Monday, when it steamed away. Mr. Stillman spent much of his time aboard the yacht, according to the reports. "Florence Leeds" did not come ashore. The yacht has been moving from place to place close to New York since it left this city a month or more ago. Its course is followed on shore by a limousine which Mr. Stillman uses occasionally. The amendment to the answer of Mrs. Stillman to the charges of her husband in his divorce action, was served upon counsel for Mr. Still man today. It is brief and charges that Mr. Stillman was intimate with one "Clara" at various times between the fall of 1917 and July, 1920. The charges relating to "Clara" are sup ported by the affidavits of three women and one man, who, accord ing to information which has reached Mrs. Stillman's counsel, base their identifications of the banker on photographs and other descriptions of him. Counsel for Mr. Stillman will ask that the hearings before the referee, beginning on June 15 at Pough- keeosie. shall continue over June 10 and 17, and shall be resumed as soon as possible thereafter. j The store was entirely cleaned out in the rail, the bandits looting sys tematically every locker and case in the place. They obtained -$5.65 in cash from the register, the only thing taken beside the merchandise, Farmer Sues Grocery ; Company for Injuries Carl Jacobsen, farmer and milk man, asked judgment against S. T. McAtee and the McAtee Grocery company for $2,660.25 in a suit filed in district court yesterday. The claim is based on personal injuries sustained November 18, last year, when a driver of one of the grocery delivery trucks struck him and knocked him down while crossing the street at Broadway and Ninth street. Jacobsen sa5s he suffered a com pound fracture of the left , leg be low the knee, his right arm was broken and one ear was almost torn off. He says he was in the Edmund son hospital for four months and has been ocrmanently injuried to such an extent that his earning capacity has been greatly reduced. Prior to the accident he says he was earning from $175 to $200 a month. Money Saved by Bluffs Man for Bride Stolen Ventura Sanches,' 150? Eleventh avenue, Council Bluffs, reported to police yesterday the theft of $485, a sum which he had been saving for years to pay expenses of his ap proaching marriage to a dark-eyed senorita in Mexico. Ventura came to Council Bluffs several years ago to earn money for his wedding. He kept his sav ings in the bank until a week ago, when he drew it out ?nd placed it in a trunk in his room. He was intend ing to leave soon for Mexico to claim his bride. Thieves entered the room during his absence and took the money from his trunk, also $15 from the trunk of another roomer at the same house. Woman Says She Had to Make "Booze" to Support Family Mrs. Clara Purvear. arrested in a "booze", raid by Sheriff Groneweg's deputies when they called at her home. 218 Harmony street, waived examination and was held to the dis trict court grand jury under $1,000 bond. She has three little children at her home. 4 Since her husband left her some time ago, she had been compelled to resort to the unlawful business to support them, she is said to have told County Attorney Swan-son. Flood Waters of South Platte in Denver Subside Originated by HORUCK -7cmt.tti&.ti The Old Reliable Round Package KnuiiicLVs The ORIGINAL Malted Milk Used successfully for over 13 century. Made under sanitary conditions from clean, rich milk, with extract of our specially malted grain. The Food-Drink is prepared by stirring the powder in water. Infant and Children thrive on it. Agrees with the weakest stomach of tha Invalid and Aged. Invigorating as a Quick Lunch at home or office. Ask For and Get Horlick's thus Avoiding Imitations SUBSTITUTES Cost YOU Same Price Crest of High Water Reached La6t Midnight Hundreds Of Dwellings and Manu factories Flooded.. Denver, Colo., June 9. The South Platte river reached its crest in Denver and Colorado at midnight last night. After flooding for four days two square mites of Denver' lowlands on the west side and inun dating farming sections along its course through northern and north eastern Colorado, the flood waters have begun a gradual descent. The recession of the Platte is ex pected to be slow. Intermittent rainfall in the mountains has served to make the river rise during the last few days. It rained again last night, but not heavily. In Denver hundreds of frame dwellings and manufacturing plants were surrounded and railroad yards submerged by the water, which was at its highest yesterday at 12 feet one inch. Second Drowning Occurs. The second flood casualty oc curred here last night members of the police safety patrol reported to day. A cry or help late in the night was heard. Workmen found foot prints on the river bank, disappear ing in the waters. Mud, torn up by the victim's hands indicated his struggle for life. The body has not been recovered. Farms in northern Colorado are inundated by the flood waters of the Platte. Ranch houses are flooded. Bridges, by the score, are washed out, highways were made impassable and railroad trackage torn and twisted. Official estimates of the damage indicate the loss will pass the million-dollar' mark. Weld, Boulder and Larimer counties suf fered most. Logan and Morgan counties escaped the wrath of the flood waters because of the low val ley through w hich the Platte flow s in that section. Eighteen Drowned at La Junta. Pueblo, C010., June 9. (By The Associated Press.) Eighteen per sons are known to have been killed in the flood in the La Junta district. according to Capt. J. a. Mock ot the Colorado National Guard, who arrived here today after a 50-hour battle against the elements. Cap tain Mock s report was the first offi cial statement of the situation around La Junta. In an interview with The Asso ciated Press today Captain Mock, who assisted Mayor Fred Sabin in the work of rescue and in the search for bodies, estimated the property damage in the district at from $800, 000 to $1,000,000. Pittsburgh Girls on Hike To Denver to Win Wager Adelaide 'Ackerman and Marie Murphy, attractive young girls from Pittsburgh. Pa., passed through Council Bluffs yesterday on a hike from their home town to Denver, to win a $500 wager with Rhody Mar- shall, a Pittsburgh attorney, and Capt. Fred Probst of the same city. Both girls have bobbed hair, khaki trousers, army shirts, overseas caps and knapsacks. The conditions of their wager stipulate that they may accept 'lifts only from horse-drawn vehicles or slow moving trucks and that they may not stop at any hotels en route. . They have averaged 28 miles a day in their tramp and expect to reach their destination before the end of the month. Voters of Oregon Approve Bonus for Ex-Service Men Portland, Ore., June 9. Aid for ex-service men in the shape of a bonus of $15 a month for each month served in the world war, with an alternative of a real estate loan not exceeding $1,000 was approved by Oregon voters yesterday by a vote of about three to one, accord ing to returns reported from all ex cept a few remote counties. Hearing on Rail Wages Develops Into Love Feast Representatives of Both Roads And , Workers Express De sire for Peace and Amity. Chicago, June 9. The second wage reduction hearing before the railroad labor' board, in which more than 150 railroads, asked wage cuts,; closed in a rhetorical love feast to- j day, with representatives of both rail roads and employes expressing a de sire for peace and amity in the rail road industry. "Let's null the country out of the situation it faces." urged F. W. Sargent, counsel for the Chicago and Northwestern. "We're anxious to settle controversies for the benefit of all. We have faith in this board. So far as this road is concerned, it will obey every decision of the board, even if "it takes us into the hands of a receiver." Heads of the Big Four gbrother hoods expressed their appreciation of the spirit of co-operation" shown by Mr. Sargeant and other rail repre sentatives and the case was con cluded with exception of a dispute over the right of the Pullman com pany to appear in the hearing. Chair man Barton announced that the board would sit tomorrow to con sider the Pullman application fur ther. The wage hearings occupied but four days. A decision is expected soon. Rain in I'orth Vnkota. Norfolk. Neb., June . 9. (.Special Telegram. ) Heavy rjin is general all over north Nebraska and south-' em South Dakota, Auto roads are being dragged. Drtai your children be comingly nd econo mically. Send ui $1.00 ind we will forward you ity parcel Boat paid, one pair of rompera that re tail for $2.00. You are able "to benefit by our manufacturer's whole sale price and aave two profiti. Pacific Manufacturing Co., Pacific Bldf., San Francisco, Cal. tBowtn'sx BOWEN'S MATTRESS SALE SATURDAY An Unusual Event On Saturday morn-, ing 500 guaranteed mattresses will be placed on Special Salo at prices that will eclipse all previous events in unparalleled value-giving. J wm r HELP YOURSELF CLUB See Our Windows Example- If you buy a garment for $13.75 you get another $13.75 garment for $1.00. Buy a $29.50 gar ment you get another $29.50 garment for $1, etc. Friday and Saturday Lo&tt Every Coat, Suit, Wrap in Our Entire Stock Included Of all the tale that have ever been held in Omaha we went to say that this it the greatest and offers the greatest opportunity for a real saving. Think of it! A coat, suit or wrap for $1.00. We are going to clear our entire main floor of this merchandise to make room for pur gigantic stock of summer wear: Here is how you do it: Buy one garment at our regular low price and then you can buy another of the same price for $1.00. All of the very newest styles in such $n oo a. Coat Suit Wrap Sale materials as: TricGtines Gaberdines Chamoistyne, Etc. ad)) Up $11 00 No Refunds No Exchanges No Charges II All Sales Final JJL ( m 1M 22 1 i i f00 I Coat ii J Suit p ' Sale 1 y Sale of I -Wraps I all I m . 1 Bo Vii Ml1 Velours t I T f iff Join Your ( Neighbor fl p I SI Second Payments M ean ore Votes for Members Every Help ..Yourself Club Member should take advantage of the Second Pay ment plan. The Second Payment plan is one way of making votes for yourself rapidly. It means getting your friends who gave you small subscriptions earlier in the campaign to now make a second payment on their subscriptions, thus extending the time for which they are paid. As an example,- we will take a case where you were given a subscription for the Daily and Sunday Bee, by carrier, and were paid $5.10 for a new six months' sub scription. If you now get this same sub scriber to give you an additional $5.10, this Second Payment will still be consid ered a part of the new subscription and you will be given the' difference in the amount of votes given for the first pay ment and the amount called for oh the total payment, which is 44,000 votes, and the subscriber, will have a year's subscrip tion credit on our books. The same rule applies on any of the other combinations printed in this sched ule. 'If the subscriber was an old sub scriber when the first payment was made you will be given one-half the number, of votes named in this schedule. . It makes no difference whether you or another member received the first pay ment. If, you get the Second Payment you will receive more votes than were given for the first payment. ORIGINAL PAYMENT SECOND PAYMENT TOTAL SUBSCRIPTION Tim D. and S.- D. and S. 12 mo. . D. and S. 1 yr. . D. and S. 6 mo . .' D. and S.- 1 yr. . . . D. and S. 1 yr. . . . D. Only 1 yr. . D. Only 2 yrs D. Only 1 yr..... Amount VoU Tim Amount The Omaha Bee By Carrier mo. . .$ 5.10 32,000 6 mo $ 10.20 76,000 12 mo. . . v. 10.20 76,000 lViyrs. .. The Omaha Bee By Mail 4.00 7.50 7.50 5.00 10.00 5.00 22,000 62,000 62,000 32,000 76,000 32,000 6 mo. 1 yr. . . . 2Vt yrs. 1 yr. . . 1 yr. 4 yrs. . , 5.10 10.20 15.30 3.50 7.50 18.00 . 5.00 5.00 20.00 Vole. 44,000 104,000 174,000 40,000 74,000 188,000 44,000 60,000 218,000 Tim Amount Total for 1 yr. . . .$10.20 Total for 2 yrs ... . 20.40 Total for 2 12 yrs. . 25.50 Total for 1 yr. . . . 7.50 Total for 2 yrs ... . 1 5.00 Total for '3 Vs. yrs.. 25.50 Total for 2 yrs ... . 1 0.00 Total for 3 yrs. .. . 15.00 Total for 5 yrs. ... 25.00 , Votes 76,000 180,000 250,000 62,000 136,000 250,000 76,000 136,000 250,000 Coat Suit Wrap Sale If you want only en garment, tt your friand or naifhbor to So in with you and you can both ahar in tha aavinga by dividing tha coat. We allow thla ao that the Woman or Miaa who wanta only one auit, coat or wrap can ahare in this won derful bargain event. Vote values are given on a basis of the length M of time of the subscription the larger the amount m the more votes in proportion. You will note, for m instance, that a year's subscription is given more for six months. But, by applying the Second Pay ment plan, you get the larger number of votes al lowed for a longer term. ; Be sure in all cases to mark your remittance blank "Second Payment" Unless it is so marked you will be given only the regular amount of votes. Incidentally, the second payments are easily obtained. Your prospect is already a subscriber to The Bee and will be glad to give you a further get payment on the subscription to help you more votes. . It does not make any difference whether you or some other member received the first payment. It is well for all the members to keep in mind , m the fact that long time subscriptions are worth most votes proportionately. 'The longer the term of a subscription the more vote value it has for you. Try in every case to get the longest sub- M scription listed in the List of Vote Values of Sub- p scriptions. . 1 1 Keep in mind the fact that you must so mark M all Second Payment subscriptions on your remit- B tance sheets or you will not be given the addition- . f al votes. . . M