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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1921)
.1 h: Girl Lured by Ad ' Attempts to End i w'.i. n A mamr K a m & m W IT 1111 J U1SU Pleading of Girl, Only 16, That She Loves Man, Saves Him From Arrest After Near Tragedy. Last Monday Louise Rensch, 16, sat in her home reading the news papers. -v Her eye was attracted to an adver M tisunent in which William Morris, representing himself as a real cstati man, inquired for a girl to care for a baby. She answered the ad. Yesterday at 10:30 a. m. 6he walked Into the rear yard of her home and raised a bottle of carholic acid to her lips. Face Burned. Neighbors rushed into the yard and struck the bottle from her hand, tut not before her tongue and face had been severely burned. Felice surgeons were summoned. She will recover. A few moments later Morris drove up in his automobile. The girl's father, Otto Rensch, 1313 South Twenty-eighth street, ran for a weapon, but when he saw Mor ris start to leave, abandoned that hunt and chased the man into his ar. Man Escaped. Morris escaped. "Don't arrest him. Don't arrest f . I X . XT- T t I..' mm. io. io. iso. i sun iovc nun, jSrtbn't arrest htm," cried Louise from fher bed where she lay. Police reported that they found the following note left by the girl before she made the suicide attempt: "Dear Will : Mother was worried about me yesterday, so she called up the place where you used to stay and the lady told her she didn't think you are quite right, and you also told her you were going to leave town yesterday to stay for two weeks or more. Motner won t let me go wun you any more, so 1 am going to kill myself. Goodby forever. "LOUISE Members of the family declined to sign' a complaint, according to Emer gency Officer Tom Crawford. Officer Crawford declared lie be lieves the man Morris is not a bona fide Omaha business man, but an out-of-town confidence man who used the advertisement as a lure. ' Stays Out Late. ' Investigation by police disclosed that when Louise, who is pretty with big, blue eyes, answered the news paper advertisement she accepted the position to care for the baby. Then for several nights she was out late and was reprimanded by her mother. This morning Morris called Louise by' telephone and told her he had moved to the vicinity of the Black stone hotel, police declare, and then drove to the Rensch home to get heri -ine Kin inreaienea , 10 wkc hci . J. . m ... . ,1 . wn ite betore tms morning, me po- lile claim. He Buys Tire at 9:30 ' . It's Stolen by 9:40 At 9:30 a. m. yesterday, bought a new tire. , At 9:35 a. m., parked car in front of Peters Trust building, Seventeenth and Farnam streets. , At 9:40 a. m., tire stolen, Thus reads a notation on tne aesK T T TWward. ceneral asrent of va J j. - ' ' ' , . Jt k TtxIf.Aiitn Tnrlpmnttv association. ' with offices in the Peters Trust build ing. ' t lie claims it's a record automobile tire theft and he's out gunnin' for the thief. ' , "We've offered $100 reward for the rascal's arrest," he declared when he reported the theft to the police. Dorward lives at 3115 North Forty-eighth street: Reaf Admiral Eberle Heads Pacific Fleet Washington, June 18. Rear Ad miral E. W. Eberle, now command ing a battleship division in the At lantic fleet, was named today as commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, with the rank of admiral. He will succeed Admiral Hugh Rodman, who will be assigned to command the naval operating base at Hampton Roads, Va. v;- Admiral h. P. Tones was as- with the rank of admiral. He will I H. B. Wilson, who will lower his flag on June 30 to as sume command of the Naval, acad- emy at Annapolis. Bandits Rob Garage Man - And Take 7-Passenger Car Three men entered the garage of John F. Shell, 4330 Leavenworth street, shortly after 1 a. m. yester , day and held up the night man, Jasper Erwin, at the point of a re volver and robbed him of $12.50. The men then took a seven-passenger automobile that had been left in the garage for the night and drove away. ' Erwin did not know to whom the , stolen car belonged. T,hc robbers i overlooked the cash register. V Mother Sues 3 Autoists for 1 $10,000 for Hurts to Children Laura Sanders and Albert San ders, children, were injured at Sev enteenth and Leavenworth streets October 3, 1919, when struck by an automobile driven by Morris Cohen, their mother, Elizabeth Sanders, de clares in a suit for $lp,000 against Cohen and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Chasson, who are alleged to have been in the automobile at the time of the accident. - Y .Washington Official Audits ' , Revenue Accounts at Omaha W. T. Dunn of Washington, D. C. assistant supervisor of internal revenue, is auditing 'the accounts of the internal revenue department, Ne braska district, preparatory to turn ing the office over to A. B. Allen of Trcumseh. Neb. The auditing will require from 10 - davs to two weeks. Mr. Allen wili uccccd George L. Loomis, present tollcetor of internal revenue. What "r-ir v W w V r t r 7" Banker Who Won't Help Son Ousted Avoca, la-, Bank President Loses Postiion, Refused to Aid Son in Bankruptcy. Avoca, la., June 18. (Special.) Stockholders of the Peoples Savings hank here, angered because Caleb Smith would not come to the finan cial assistance of his son, Lester, who recently took advantage of the bankruptcy law, have forced the elder Smith to sell his holdings in the bank and resign from the presi dency. Smith was one of the founders of the bank. He is the owner of 800 acres of farm land and credited with being one of the wealthiest men in. the community. Young Smith, who is a farmer, became badly involved. He is in debted to the bank to the amount of $5,590. The father would not even make this good, it is said. Feeling against the elder Smith by the creditors "of "his son is said to have been bitter for weeks. It final ly involved the stockholders of the hank. Man Admits Slaying Wife and 4 Children Innisfail, Alta., June 18. J. J. Rutledge, a farmer, today was for mally charged with murder in con nection with the death of his wife and four children; who were cre mated in their home Tuesday night. He i in a hosoital suffering from burns received when he escaped from the burning building with a fifth child. ; Rutledge is said to have made a signed statement to the provincial police declaring that he and his wife had decided to kill the children and themselves, after discussing the pos sibility of the Chilreu's Aid. society taking their children away from them, and selected fire as the means. He knocked one of the children unconscious, his alleged statements say, 1 to save it from pain. When the beds were blazing with the aid of oil, according to the statement, he "lost his nerve," and fled, carry ing one of the children. - Peace Negotiations Strike New Obstacle Washington, June 18. The con clusion of peace negotiations with Germany and Austria struck a new obstacle today. Senator Lodge must go to Har vard to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his graduation and he probably 'vill not return Deiore me eno oi next week. Meanwhile peace must wait. The conference committee tenta tively agreed, it is understood, to ac cept the provisions of the Knox reso lution designed to protect the rights of the United States in the peace making process. No effort was made, it was stated, to patch up the dispute over the main point of dWerence the question of repealing the declara tion of war. Conferees again expressed belief that an agreement would not 1 e long delayed. Jury Views Accident Scene Finding for Tram Company A jury in District Judge Stauffer's court was escorted to Twenty-eighth and Leavenworth, streets Friday afternoon to view the-scene of an ac cident for which Sarah E. Bowman was suing the street railway company for $7,500 damages. After viewing the scene, the 12 men this morning returned a verdict for the company. Divorce Court. ' Divorce Petition. Kathryn SlacDonaM agaimt Neil Mac Donald, nonsupport. Vera Smiley atainat Harry Smiley, cruelty. Divorce Deere. Norah Short from Homer Short, d eertion. Ella Greer from Samuel Greer, non eupport. Earl William from Flora Williama, er!ly. Glee bouts agaimt Chester LouU, cruelty. J wgangnay!7; - c-r"--" " ' S toe, WiT? V-''.t ,r y.i. larwj H t, i,l i 7LJHSL&& They Would Like to Do (CevriM: mi: air Th CUomt Trlboa.! , .v;r Harding Favors Reciprocity In Tariff Measure Bargaining With Other Na tions in Behalf of Amer ican Trade Sanctioned By President. Washington, June 18. President Harding strongly favors inclusion of reciprocal .provisions in the new tar iff bill. He has indicated to Rep resentative Fordney, chairman of the house ways and means committee, that he approves the plan to give the executive power to bargain with other nations with resoect to recip rocal tariff arrangements. As to the details ot tne scneme the president is not committed.. He favnrt the hrnarl nrinciDle of barter and reciprocity. He believes that the United Mates ougnt not to open its markets to countries that will not open their markets to the United States. ..Ci Reciprocal provisions as dratted by experts for the house ways and means committee fail to go as far in the direction of a bargaining tar iff as has been urged upon the Miimittpp hv the. national foreien trode council. President Harding, Harding, so tar as lie nas stated nis position, may be satisfied with the draft now. before the committee. A point of difference on the prop osition relates to whether reciprocal diall he subiect to ratifi cation by congress or not. The na tional foreign trade council nas urged that the president should be given broad power, without ratifica tion by congress, to bargain with other nations, granting concessions below prescribed rates of duty or Hips The maximum concessions and1 penalties would be within .a percentage limitation nxea by congress. President Harding's views tn favor of reciprocal provisions are being used by members of the ways and means committee in support of the proposed reciprocal lumber duty against finished lumber imported from Canada. i 4 Sleuths Comb Woods Near Riverview Park for Slayers Four detectives comhed the woods cast of Tenth and Bancroft streets shortly before noon yesterday for two men. said to be carrying revolvers, who made statements regarding the murder of Mrs. C. M. Hyland. Information received by police over the telephone told of two men who were seen loitering in River view park. "If the police don't keep f Rivprvieurnark there will "be. another shooting," was the hue of conversation overheard by a pedestrian who was passing through the park and who called police. 30 Youths Take'U. S. Radio Examinations in Omaha Thirty youthful radio enthusiasts of Omaha and' Lincoln were exam ined in the federal building yester day by United States Radio Inspec tor L.' R. Schmitt. Most of them took the examma- !rn tn opt amateur oermits to op erate wireless outfits of their own. several nopea to pass an examina tion which will entitle them to com m.rrul lirpncp. Results will not be announced for several days. Boy Buys Swiped Bike; Must Pay With a Hike. Which He Won't Like Norman Mannweiler, 13, bought a bicycle at "reduced price" last week. Nevertheless, he must walk 36 blocks next Saturday morning, the distance from Riverview home to the court house. It was a stolen bicycle that Nor man purchased from Louis Harvey. He knew it was stolen, Norman ad mitted to Judge Sears in juvenile court yesterday. , So the judge sent him to Riverview home for a week, stipulating he must "hike" it, not "bike"- it, next Satur day morning to get his release. Harvey's case did not come uo. i v.VA .... . ... . v Geraldine Sends Her Mite to Babes "Three-in-One" Contributes Again to The Bee Milk and Ice Fund. "I can only contribute SO cents to the fund for babies now," writes a girl signing her name Geraldine. "A little later I'll try to make a larger contribution, for I know how the money is needed. "Went it not for the salary I draw my own baby sister might be suffer ing from the heat and from lack of cool, soothing milk, just as hundreds of other babies are. "1 am still young, but I believe I am right when I say 'charity should begin at home.' " "Three-in-One" has been in again with three more 5 subscriptions. He is one of the most consistent sub scribers to the fund and apparently considers his contributions toward the health and well-being of Omaha babies a worth-while investment. Contributions. Previously acknowledged (314.50 Geraldine 50 Three-ln-Oue 15.00 Joseph Williams 3.00 James) Lane 5 00 A. Friend 2.00 Mrs. C. C. Howe 6.00 From One Who Loves Children, E. C. P J.00 Total , 1348.00 Lads Drop After Hike in . Sun Under Judge's Order Hot," tired and dusty, Claude Giles and Edward Slavik, 10 and 11 years old, "beat it" into juvenile court yes terday noon and dropped into the first chairs they could find. Miss Sigrid Sand wall, clerk of the court; brought them glasses of re freshing cold water. "Gee, that's good'" murmured the two. They had walked the entire dis tance from Riverview home at Third and Bancroft streets to the court house in the blazing sun. Not because they wanted to. The judge ordered it Walking is Judge Sears' favorite prescription for bicycle thieves. 20 Kickapoo Indian School Children Pass Through City A party of 20 Kickapoo Indian school children passed through Oma ha Friday noon enroute to their homes near Hiawatha, Kan., from the Genoa Indian school. They were .the center of attraction in the Union depot. Cooking, sewing and nursing in struction for the girls and manual training for the boys make up an im portant part of the school's curric ulum, said Miss Vestana Masquoit, young Indian girl, who chaperoned the party. "Baby Helene" Committed To Care of Mrs. C. R. Tate "Jane Doe" appeared on the ju venile court docket yesterday. She was 'declared a dependent of the state and was officially commit ted intd the care of Mrs. C. R. Tate, 2604 Davenport street, until Mrs. Tate shall have obtained legal adop tion papers. "Jane" really is "Baby Helene," the 3-months-old infant who was left in the front hall of the Tate home April 27. She is now in University hospital, but is expected to be re turned to her new home next week. Platte Rises 5 Inches and Tops Record at Grand Island Grand Island, Neb., June 18. The Platte river rose five inches here dur ing the night, sending it higher than its previous highest stage. It has re ceded about an inch today. A wash out on this side of the Hamilton county bridge now makes that road impassable, though the bridge and fills leading to it have not been dam aged. A few families, have moved eff the islands for safety's sake. Canadian Railways Will Reduce Wages on July 1 Montreal, June 18. Canadian rail ways today formally advised their employes at a conference here that on July 1 they would be asked to accept a 12 per cent wage reduction. The cut will affect 130,000 men. 9 . Local Pilot to Dodge Mexican Payroll Bandits Omaha Mail Flyer Pickup and 2 Other Pilots to Carry Oil Firms' Payrolls, Tampico ' to Mexico Citv. An Omaha air mail pilot is going into Mexico next week with instruc tions to foil the bandit bands which have been preying on payroll de liveries of big oil companies. He's C. V. Pickup, intrepid flyer of the mountain division. Pickup's the boy who won second prize in The Bee's $1,000 air mail contest and is a veteran flyer for Uncle Sam. His Uncle just . gave him two months' leave of absence to under take' this bandit game. He's just back from Washington and went down to Lincoln yesterday to com plete the arrangements for his flight across the Rio Grande. To Start Tuesday. There are to be three pilots in the venture. He doesn't yet know who'll be his "buddies" in the game, but it's to be war on the payroll bandits of old Mexico. The trio expect to hop off at Lin coln next Tuesday on their long flight to Tampico, .Mex., which will be one of their stations during the bandit war. They will ply between Tampico and Mexico City, carrying mail, which will include merchandise and money for the payrolls of the big oil companies down there. Mexico Asks Help. Mail bandits have-been as ener getic and successful in Mexico re cently as they have in the United States, perhaps more so, and it is reported the Mexican government appealed to Uncle Sam for help in foiling them. This is said to account for the leaves of absence granted Pickup and his two unknown companions. "As soon as the service is estab lished down there, I'm coming back to the air mail service here, if I still want to, under the terms of my leave," said Pickup. "The government has given me free rein in the matter I may stay if I like or return to my old post. In Standard Planes. "I reckon I'll be back, unless something unusually attractive turns up down there." The trio of flyers will use stand ard planes manufactured by the Ne braska Aircraft company of Lincoln in their flight to Mexico and service between Tampico and Mexico City. But E. C. Hammond, " secretary treasurer of the firm, declined to discuss the situation, merely assent ing to the use of his planes in the venture. He declared the hop-off for the land of mesquite, mescal and Pancho Villa, probably would not be made until next Wednesday. First Battalion in Cadet Regiment Wins Competetive Drill Valley, Neb., June 18. (Special Teleeram.) Four hundred parents and friends arrived by special train and automobile today to view the competitive drill of Central High school cadet regiment, held on visi tors' day, marking the close of the annual encampment here. Battalion honors in the drill went to the First battalion, commanded by Maj. Stewart Edgerly. Company E, in command of Capt. Harry Haines, took first place in company awards. In the "spell-down" drill" for in dividual honors, Corp. Walter Key of Company C won first; Corp. Wal ter Alback of Company 1, second, and Serg. William Chambers of Com pany B, third. Cadets will break camp tomorrow for the return to Omaha: Smoke From Kitchen Blaze Fills Omaha Athletic Club ("Ciipcts and rmrtloves at the Omaha AthUriV rlnh were disturbed shortly before noon yesterday when fire caused by burning grease in tne kitchen filled almost every room with smoke. All food prepared for noon lunch was destroyed by fire and smoke, according to employes, ine large flue which carries the soot and grease from the large cook ranges caught fire and the intense heat made it difficult for firemen to com bat the flames. Trie onlv naniace was caused by u:nt.r anH fire tn the. walls. Investi gation after the fire by officials of the club showed that only part ot the kitchen was in danger. bmoke pouring trom lour win lows attracted a large crowd and .1 ought almost every piece of fire pparatus in the downtown district Judge Allows Man Sued for Divorce to Visit Chudreu Edward Minous is locking for ward to a visit with his three chil dren; Lillian, Helen and Ruth, at 2 this afternoon. His wife, Lil lian, is suing him for divorce in dis trict court. He came to Judge Sears today and complained that his wile refused to let him see the children. The judge made an order that he shall be permitted that privilege today and every Sunday from 2 to 4 o'clock. Ronald Amundsen Reaches Nome on His Way to Seattle Nome, Alaska, June 17. Roald Amundsen, the explorer whose ship, the Maud, wintered off Cape Serge, Siberia, arrived in Nome today and will leave for Seattle on the first steamer, he announced. The Maude lost a propellor in the ice during the winter, and will be towed to Nome this summer for repairs. Body of Woman, Missing Since April 15, Found Granite, 111., June 18. The body of a woman found buried in a wheat fitlJ near here, was identified today as that of Mrs. Serena Gilliland, 21, wife of Thomas Gilliland, of Sr. Lou:s, who disappeared from her home last April 15. Her husband is Missing. Omaha Flyer to Battle Outlaws in Old Mexico jit L 3D Rich Wife Freed From Hubby Who Gave Only Nickels Large Property Settlements Made hy Wealthy Woman And Man She Divorced For Cruelty. Large . property settlements weve made by Dorothea Henos, and her hustand, Charles Henos, preliminary to a decree of divorce granted her yesterday by District Judge Fitzger ald on grounds of cruelty. She was restored to ner maiaen name, Dorothea Minehan. Henos is to keep his own bank accounts, the automobile and the Neville cafe which he operates. He is also to get 'a house they own at 4772 Maole street, and the "goods" in the basement of that house. Mrs. Henos gets all her money and the furniture in the rest of the Maple street house above the base ment. She also gets the house at 3111 Lafayette avenue, a handsome new residence to which she will re move the furniture excepting the gcods in the basement of the other house. , Thev were married in 1918 ana she charged that, although he was the prosperous owner of restaurants, he never left her more than "a hand ful of nickels." , When they were married she was the lessee of the'.King hotel and had property worth $20,000. She saii he collected the rents of this hotel, a month. With this he bought jhe two houses. Norway Cahinet Quitsv London, June, 18. The Norwegian cabinet resigned today, says a dis patch from Christiania to the Cen tral News. LOST your appetite? Here, is where you will find it again. Our Counters are loaded down with numberless delicaciei that' include eold meats, salads. and pieties that will tickle your palate. Steinberg Delicatessen Department. 1814-16-18 Farnam Street AT lantic 4603 Omaha's Largest Market Dress your children be- eomingly and econom ically. Send us $1.00 and wa will forward you ty parcel post paid, one pair of rompers that re tail for S2.00. Yon are. 'able to benefit by our manufacturer's whole sale prices and save two profits. Pacific Manufacturing Co., Pacific Bids., San Francisco, Cal. Convex Kettlt, qt. Double Boiler, Every Item a Real Value House Demands Drastic Cut In Army and Navy Deaf Ear Turned to Pleas of Administration That Na tional Defense Will Be Jeopardized. Washington, June 18. The house today turned a deaf ear to adminis istration pleas against drastic army and navy reductions, which it is feared, would jeopardize the whole program of national defense. By a vote of 157 to 128, it went on record for cutting the strength of the army to 150,000 men by Oc tober 1, necessitating the discharge of 70,000 men during the next three months. ; This action represents a slight concession on the part of the house. Its previous vote would have com pelled the War department to re duce the size of the army to 120,000 by the end of the next fiscal year. The concession, however, is wholly inadequate, in the opinion of the sen ate and of the War department. Reject Gradual Reduction. When question of the size of the army was brought up in the house today, .Representative Kahn of Cal Nebraska's Greatest Clothing Store Congratulates Nebraska's Oldest Established ' Newspaper - ; ' Upon Golden Anniversary 1871 - May your prestige and influence for good grow greater daily CORRECT APPAREL Establithed 1855 mroN & SONS CO.. 515 Aluminum Ware in a sale of the very strongest values we have ever been able to offer Monday Only 2 qt. PreMrving Kettle, 8-6 qt. Percolator, 8 cup Round RoeiWr Your Choice $119 sHhartApr- JL.X y bheet Aluminum Any Piece Good Housekeeping Dept. 2d Floor. ifornia, chairman of the military af fairs committee, moved to agree to the senate amendment which would allow a gradual reduction of the army until it reaches a minimum of 150,000 on May 1, 1922. His motion was beat en. Representative Anthiny of Kan sas, in charge of the army bill, then moved to allow $77,000,000 for pay to enlisted men of the army, the effect of which would be to force a reduction to 150,000 by October 1. This was carried. Emergency Relief to Aid Unemployed in Birmingham, Is Urged Birmingham Ala., June 18. De claring that as a result of unemploy ment many individuals and families are destitute in Birmingham, the city commission issued a proclamation calling upon the people for emer gency relief measures. Investigation has disclosed, it said, that unless definite and vigorous measures are adopted to relieve the situation "large numbers of our peo ple will suffer starvation, sickness and possibly death." . . Conditions outside of Birmingham in the coal mining camps of the dis trict are said by the State Federation of Labor to be steadily growing worse. Three hundred families were reported without food in Pratt City alone. , Bee Want Ads Small but mighty. ItsV. 1921 FOR MEN AND WOMEN HARNEY .-1 X
