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Alleged Liberty
Bond Swindler
Once Jailed Here
Man Held in Canada for
,: . Fleecing Omaha Trust Co.
Arrested as Vagrant Dur
ing Racing Season.
Ross P. Johnson, alias Harmon
row in custody in Montreal, Canada
and accused in Omaha of swindling
of the United States Trust company
out of $5,000 worth of Liberty bonds,
suddenly was remembered by detec
tives yesterday.
Charged with vagrancy June 7, he
,was booked as Harmon in Omaha
vhtn arrested by Detectives Dan
bauni and Palmtag at the Ak-Sar-Ben
race track, suspected of being a
'con man and pickpocket. r
Is Released.
His pleading with Judge Foster
that he was a structural engineer oi
tained his discharge. He employed
lohn Berercr for attorney and had
-Lou Fitzmeyer, Benson, and two
other men as witnesses, incy .-u-fted
that his character was excellent
aftd that he was an- engineer.
;:; Harmon threatened to get Dan-
laum and Palmtag hred from the
force.
Boasts of "Pull."
vi.AVhilc in the office of Chief of De
tectives Van Deusen, Danbaum and
.Fitzmeyer almost came to blows.
Kitzmeyer told other detectives that
jhe had a "puir that wouiu get van
bauni's iob.
.It took days to try his case on
Vagrancy charges.
Trio Arrested.
t" With Johnson under arrest at
ilontrcal is a man who gave tho
name of Al Hastings, Omaha, and
two women suspected as the go
ietweens in swindles,
j " Police of Colorado Springs also
.'ire on their way to Montreal to ob
tain the men and women, according
-to advice from the Canadian city.
Ex Chief Van Deusen left last
Ttiight to extradite the quartet if pos
sible. They are . making d tight
against extradition. ,
Demented Fremont Man
Planned Big Air Trip
' Fremont. Neb., 'July . 17. (Spe
cial,) Archie Kyle, 38, was found
.wandering about the city park scan
tily clothed, in a demented condi
tion. Police had received reports
during the day that he had been
seen sleeping in the cellar of a res
taurant. When they went to inves
tigate the man was: gone and "for
a few hours he roamed at large.
He attempted to convince the otfi
:fcials that his sister1 was to have
KNew York by plane, while a brother
vas to leave Frisco at the same
time. He insisted that the ships were
- -to meet in Fremont, -where they
.intended to pay him a visit.
Crippled College Student i
Rides 260 Miles to Get Job
f; Fremont, Neb., July IS. (Spe
cial.) Harold Wiggin, 19, slightly
Jamc, a student of Central Holiness
' -university, Oskaloosa, la., made his
way to Fremont, a distance of 260
miles, on a bicycle in order to ac
cept a job in the press room of a
; newspaper. The ambitious young
;man left Oskaloosa ..determined ta
SiiaTce the entire trip on his wheel.
-The journey consumed about 30
fours' actual travel for the crippled
.cyclist. The bicycle tourist suffered
bhe attack of tire trouble. He spent
;sbut $7 en, route,, most of this being
:uscd to quench his thirst.
"Judge Revokes Divorce, So
r. Queenie Has Two Husbands
' v Quccnic White has two husbands,
"According to representations made
4o District Judge Day by her first
thusband, James Wilbur White, yes
? terday. James got a divorce from her
May 18 and, he told Judge Day, she
'Rot married to G'.ty Hawkins in
Council Bluffs June 23, without
'waiting for the required six months
"to elapse before marrying again.
-Judge Day thereupon revoked the
-.-divorce of May 18 and James Wil
?bur White is now again the husband
."of Queenie. . ;
c Pawnee City Churches to '
Stage Community Revival
C Pawnee City. Neb., July 15.
.(Special.) Revival services will be
held on a massive scale this fall in
Pawnee City. All the churches of
, the city have joined in the effort.
UThe committee has secured a tent in
uhich to hold the services, which
Will seat 1.500 people. The first
Service will be held on August 28,
rnd they will last indefinitely. Rev.
tFrank Mathis will have charge.
Hiarry P. Armstrong, evangelistic
singer will have charge of all music.
Fremont Fire Companies
H Will Hold Picnic July 17
Fremont, Neb., July 15. (Spe
cial.) Four Fremont volunteer fire
.companies have joined in a huge
."'picnic to be held at Arlington park
Xjuly 17. They have taken over all
of the concessions and expect to
- have a big time. A wagon load of
-rwater melons will form one of the
-treats of the day. Games of all kinds,
'base ball games for the men and
V -women, will make up the athletic
? tports of the day.
Odd Fellows Cantonment
, To Be Held in West Point
' West Point, Neb., July 15 (Spe
cial.) The Patriarchs Militaut
- Order of Odd Fellows of Nebraska
' will meet at their cantonment in this
-;... A..rir,r .Via mcpIi thrffinninC
August 7. It is expected that more
3-than 300 ninbers of the order will
'..attend. This is the second meeting
: of the cantonment at West Point
Auto Kills Girl
I v" Grand Island, Neb., July 15.
Laverna Ammerman, aged 6 years,
5; of Scotia was run over and instantly
" killed by an automobile truck which
emerged from an alley at Scotia just
;: as she was about to cross it. The
'car was driven by Roy Shoemaker of
- J. C Schoemaker & Sons, mer
: chants.
Complete Paved Highway.
ChntonXIa July 15f-in anotner
week Linwn highway will be pared
Bond Bunco Suspect
"Vagged" During Races
National Swine
Show Dates Set
Will Be Held in Peoria, 111.,
From October 3
- ' To 8
Chicaeo. Tulv 15. The National
Swine show will be held in Peoria,
111., this year, from October 3 to 8.
it is announced here by the National
Swine Growers' association. The
show has the assistance of a $15,000
appropriation recently voted by the
state legislature, and under the same
aid it will be held next year again
in Peoria. Contracts were signed
this week.
Prizes totaling $20,000 will be
awarded this fall. W. J. Carmichael,
secretary of the Swine Growers' as
sociation, adds to the announcement.
This is the largest amount ever
offered on this occasion.
The same states that led m hog
relative positions . today, according
to a review of recent census figures
The Hogman, organ of the Na
tional Swine Growers' association.
This is its list:
Iowa, 7,864,304 swine on farms in
1920: Illinois. 4.640.447: Missouri.
3,888,677; Indiana. 3,757.135;- Ne
braska, .3,441,917;Ohio, 3,083,846.
these six .states are the only ones
which reported more than 3,000,000
swine in 1920.
Buy "Auto Plates
Pawnee City, Neb., July 15.
(Special.) The Pawnee Community
Service club has purchased several
hundred pairs of name plates bear
ing the name of the city, to be
placed on automobiles of the com
munity, - .., . . .
15 Men Seeking
Postmaster's Job
In the Gate. City
Present Incumbent, Ex-Postmaster,
Clerks, State Solon,
Ex-City Commissioner and
Plumber Among Them,
Washington, July 15. (Special
Telegram.) Fifteen citizens' of
Omaha have indicated by applica
tions on file with the civil service
commission that thev would like to
serve as the city's Nasby for the
next four years. Applications for
the job had to be in by the close
of the bureau on July 12. Here are
the men who expect the lightning
to strike them, with their occupa
tions as disclosed by the 1920 Oma
ha directory:
William r. White, clerk in post-
office; Benjamin F. Thomas, ex-postmaster;
Louis F. Etter, superintend-
i-nt of South Side postofnee; Charles
F. Wille. clerk m city postofnee; b.
Eugene Munson, clerk in city post-
office; Joseph R. Gilliam, clerk in
city postomce; ucorge .1. uaniei,
plumber; Lawrence F. Dyhrberg,
clerk in city postoffice; Clyde E. Mc
Cormick, ex-world war veteran, gov
ernment employe; Charles L... maun
ders, state senator from Douglas
countv. and real estate operator;
Charles E. Black, merchant; Joseph
W. Thompson, not in city directory
of 1920; W. G. Ure, ex-commissioner
of Omaha and public accountant;
Herbert S. Daniel, acting postmaster
and attorney-at-law; Lawrence
Prculx, assistant superintendent of
mails.
Omahan Convicted of Attack
On Girl Mu6t Serve in Pen
Lincoln, Neb., July 15. (Special.)
Stanley Fox, Omaha, must serve
four years in the state penitentiary
for an attack upon Bertha Anderson,
Omaha, in 1919, under the ruling of
the state supreme court today. ;;
Testimony showed that . Fox,
Thomas Sullivan, Amos Loyman and
Joseph O'Hara met1 Bertha Ander
son and Elvira Turnqtiist as the girls
were leaving Central High -school
production 1U years ago held theirfand offered the girls a motor ride,
The girls accepted and when they
reached the edge of the city, accord
ing to testimony, O'Hara and Fox
attacked the Anderson girl. The
Turnquist girl escaped.
Fox was 20 and Miss Anderson 16
at the time. "
Des Moines Man Killed
When Train Strikes Auto
Des Moines, la., July 15. (Spe
cial.) W. L. Hedge, 40, was in
stantly killed ; when, his automobile
was struck by a Great Western, pas
senger train here. The accident oc
curred while Hedge. was going from
his home to the Bennct coal mine,
where he is employed as a black
smith. He is survived by his wife
and two children.
Farmers Buy Cattle
To Use Corn Surplus
The surplus corn in Nebraska
and the outlook for a larger crop
this year forced a great many farm
ers to get into the live stock raising
game, according to Henry Behrens
of Bccnicr, a member of the last leg
islature, who was a visitor at the
stock yards yesterday. Mr. Behrens
said he had 14.000 bushels of last
year's corn on his place and another
bumper crop in sight and had to
buy up a few feeder cattle to get rid
of the corn.
"The feed lot is the solution of the
problem of what to do with all the
grain and rough teed, said Air. Ben
rens. "I hav heard of several farm
ers in my neighborhood who have
expressed an intention of going into
the live stock feeding game.
Fremont Man Must Pay $10
Of $18 Salary for Family
Fremont, Neb., July 15. (Spe
cial.) Earl Dryden, arrested on, the
charge of deserting his wife and
three children, was released under
promise to pay $10 per week toward
their support in tne iuiure. ne is
only able to earn $18 a week. Dry
den has left his family on numerous
occasions, his wife claims, always
forcing her to resort to the aid of
her parents for the sake ot tier chil
dren.
Merle Hay's Body
Lying in State
In Legion Hall
Mother Unable to View Casket
Of Glidden Boy Funeral
To Be Held On
July 24
Glidden, la., July 15. (Special.)
Lying in state, guarded by l is for
mer comrades in arms, the body of
Merele D. Hay, one of the first three
Americans to fall In the world war,
reposes in a casket sunk in red and
white roses in the American Legion
hall here, named in his hoiioi;.
Representatives of the American
Legion post, all of Glidden, and
residents from the surrounding
country met the body yesterday
morning and escorted it to the legion
hall. The dead soldier's family was
not notified of the . body's arrival
until 20 minutes before time.. The
dead boy's mother is suffering from
heart disease and may not be able
to view the casket! Harve Hay,
the boy's father, and Basil, a brother,
met the casket together.
Six boy friends and buddies, all
members of Merle Hay post, will be
pallbearers when Hay, first Iowa
soldier to die in the world war, is
interred at Glidden Sunday after
noon, July 24.
The boys are George Gude,
George Brand, Charles Coleman,
Tom Brand, Glen Hunter and Bill
Dankle.
Services will be in charge of Merle
Hay post, of which Fred Franzwa
is commander.
American Legion posts from sur
rounding towns will-march in the
funeral possession in uniform. The
towns represented will include Coon
Rapids, Scranton, Jefferson, St.
Anne, Grand Junction, Lake View,
Carroll, Yctter, Lake City and Rip
pey. Brig. Gen. Matthew A. Tinley,
Council Bluffs, will speak. Chaplain
W. E. Robb, sheriff of Polk county,
Des Moines, will preach the funeral
services.
Aurora Boy Pleads Guilty
, To Forging Check for $15
Aurora, Neb., July 15. (Special.)
Roy Cop, who has been working
on Fred Willmot's farm near Hamp
ton was arrested and brought to
Aurora on charge of forgery. It
was claimed that he signed Will
mot's name to a check for $15 and
left . for Grand Island. Cop, who
claims he is only 17, pleaded guilty,
and was bound over to the district
court.
Flip of Coin Decides
Land Office Head
croKcn isow, icu., juiy is.
(Special.) The naming of Jules
Haumont of this city for register of
the Broken Bow land office carries
with it a pccufiar little story. There
were two republican applicants for
the office, Jules Haumont and Flor-
ian Jacobs. Both were acceptable to
party leaders, who were a little back
ward about giving cither of them en
dorsements. In a conference be
tween the two applicants and County
Committeeman Kennedy, it . was
agreed to let a coin flip decide who
should have the endorsements, l'iacli
of the applicants lost to the ofher
and it was then up to Kennedy. The
result is that the plum goes to
Haumont.
'Bowen'8
Carpets
by the yard
At BowenV aV
Now Priced from
30 to 60 Less
32 Patterns to
Select From
Specials Today
Ladies Slippers ..$1.95
Barefoot Sandals. .$1.50
Men's Oxfords . . . $2.95
Canvas Shoes . . .$2.69
Work Shoes....... $2.50
J. Helphand
314 North 16th Street
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In a
Sensational Sale
for Men
White flannel, white with black stripe, blue serge and blue flannel, tweed,
cassiraere and hard finished worsteds in gray, browns and other popular colors.
Extra outing trousers are almost as necessary a part of your summer ward
robe as. a collar button, that is, if you believe in comfort. This sale is, indeed,
timely. -
Gray Palm Beach Pants at $6.00.
Two grades of white duck pants
$3.25 to $3.75
Dress Pants Golf Pants Tennis Pants Work Pants
Men's Furnishing Specials
for Saturday
Any straw hat in the, shop, sizes 6,
6T'8 and 7,
$3.00
Soft Collar Shirts, white or tan,
Broadway cuffs,
$2.50
$1.50 Grenadine Neckwear,
$1.00
Bathing Suits, up to $7.00,
$4.75
Wash Neckwear, $1.00 ties, 75c; 50c
ties,
3 for $1.00
Phoenix Golf Hose with feet, $2.25 ;
without feet, . . '
$2.00
75c Hose, broken lines at
; 45
$1.00 all Silk Tubular Neckwear, . '
50
Broken lots of Shirts were to $6.00,
$2.65
25c fine Cambric Handkerchiefs,
6 for 95
50c Pure Linen Handkerchiefs,
3 for $1.00
$1.50 Athletic Union Suits,
3 for $3.00 !
$3.00 Shirts, guaranteed fast colors,
$1.45
New Shipment of White Silk Shirts,
$6.75
any onuy
Our Annual
uly Clearing Sale
is a progressive feast of bargains. From day to day purchases are
received at reduced cost or new groups from stock are repriced for
quick selling. Herewith a relation of new offers for Saturday:
Cool Cotton Dresses
A total of about 400 dresses from which to select. There are
$ ginghams, organdies, tissues, figured voiles, Swisses, and
innumerable combinations, including a few with taffeta.
Please bear in mind that you will not find every material
above mentioned in all of the groupiugs. We have omitted
quoting comparative values on these lots. However, many of
them originally sold for about double the present prices.
$5.00 :
$10.00
$15.00
$19.75
A Special Purchase of Bathing Suits
la til wool; a great variety ot color, and combination,. In
two tots. July Clearing Prices, $5.95 and 90.75
Bithing Suit Bags, waterproof, 95c ,
100 Silk Dresses
A Special Purchase and Sale
Lot No. 1 Summer Dresses,
July Clearing Price,
Lot No. 2 Summer Dresses,
July Clearing Price,
Lot No. 3, Summer Dresses,
July Clearing Price,
- Lot No. 4 Summer Dresses,
' I July Clearing Price,
Not one of these dresses have before been shown, nor will
they be sold until Saturday morning. There are georgettes.
trlcolettes, taffetas, satins, crepe de chines and lovely com
binations; many with beads and embroidery. There are plenty
of navy and blacks, as well as
browns, white, flesh, gray, henna
and other colors. We feel it super-
fluous to add that the styles are.
right. Sizes 16 to 44. July Clear
ance Price,
iurui
$
lery. There are
24
50
in navy an4
$8.95
Fiber and Tricolette Sweaters
In tuxedo styles and attractive weaves. Plenty
and black, as well as pastel and high shades.
July Clearing Price,
New Knitted Sweaters
Peter Pan and other charming styles, including those with
Angora trimming. We cannot think of any color combination
that may not be had; an abundance of black and OA QC
white and high colors. July Clearing Price, ijrt.7j
For Children
and Juniors
HOT WEATHER DRESSES (6
to 17 years) that give comfort
to the wearer on days that are
not cool. The styles are the
kind that cause one uncon
sciously to feel and . conse
quently look their very best.
There are organdies, voiles,
tissues and ginghams in plaids
and checks, in various colors.
Two special lots greatly re
duced. July Clearing Prices
$7 and $10
COOL FROCKS (12 to 17
years) Daintily designed or
gandies in dotted and cross
barred effects in white, red,
navy, brown, flesh, green and
orchid. July Clearing Price
$15.00
Silk Dress Sale
(6 to 17 years)
GROUP NO. 1 Only about 20
dresses of taffeta and serge
some with touches of hand em
broidery and other attractive
style features. Sizes 6 to 17
years. July Clearing Price
$12.75
GROUP NO. 2 About 35 clev
erly designed frocks of taffeta
and silk; also a few party
frocks for Juniors and, too, the
cunningest taffeta bloomer
dresses in navy and pink, in
sizes 2 to 6 years. July Clear
ing Price
$19.75
Women's
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Women that are particular as to
dress place emphasis on the Style
of Shoes. We are clearing a num
ber of broken lines of splendid
shoes at, per pair,
We Also Offer Saturday a Group of
Ultra Models
Numbers that will constitute a part of our
autumn showing, because they are a prod
uct of "Baker's" and possess the same
style attributes that new purchases ' pos
sessr ;
They are strap slippers and
pumps in gray and brown
suede, black satin, patent
. leather and glazed kid.
In the new line the prices will be but little
less than they have been, $12 to $15.
We can assure you a saving of at least $2.50
a pair by buying Saturday from these ;
Choice Models at, the Pair
$7.50 and $10
Hosiery
for Women
Just a word about hosiery--We
regret to see the term
"Full Fashioned" carelessly
used by some advertisers.
Perhaps they do not intend to
. misrepresent, but there is a
very big difference between
full fashioned and seamless
hosiery. We have more "Full
Fashioned" hosiery than any
store in Omaha. Whites are in
demand just now.
Seamless Lisle,
39c and 59c
Fnll Fashioned Lisle
. 75c, $1.00 and $1.25
Seamless Silk
Foil Fashioned Silk
$2.75 and $&50
A $3.00 Stocking
Full Fashioned. (tl QC
outsizes, white, px.7D
Nightgowns
In two special lots. Coo!,
daintily fashioned gowns of
pink batiste, nainsook and
Windsor crepe, both tailored
and lace trimmed; sleeveless
and kimono style. Cut full and
large.- July Clearing Prices
89 and S1.49
Bandeaux Brassieres
AND BUST CONFINERS
These are broken sizes of
mesh, poplin, Treco and fine
Quality muslin; the trimmings
are of laceB and embroideries.
These will be sold in two loU
at final clearaway prices. July
Clearing Prices
494 and 984
Showing the Extent of Reductions on
The Floor Below
' 7he.
17Uc
17Hc
15c
2
29c
lc
10c
- 25c
25c
35c
$1.25
36-inch Sheridan L. L. Muslin, per yard, ,
36-inch Lonsdale Muslin, per yard,
36-inch Percales, per yard,
27-inch Apron Ginghams, per yard,
30-inch Plisse Crepes, per yard,
30-inch Serpentine Crepe, per yard,
36-inch Silkolene, per yard,
36-inch Cotton Challies, per yard,
42x36 Cable, Pillow Cases, each, '
42x36 Unbleached Defiance Pillow Cases,, each
42x36 Mohawk Pillow Cases, each,
8190 PeDnerell Sheets, each.
Klin. Unbleached Pennerell Sheets, each 1 $U
81x90 Pequot Sheets, each ...... 1J59
81x99 Pembroke Sheets, each, $U
80x90 Crochet Spreads, each, $105
White Goods Main Floor
36-inch Pajama Checks, per yard, , 19c
36-inch Nainsook, per yard, 2Chc
32-inch Shirting Madras, per yard, .Sic
36-inch Fancy Walstings, per yard, c
40-inch Plain Voile, per yard, 3"
40-inch English Voiles, per yard. $1.29
36-inch Swiss Embroidered Voile, per yard, $U5
Wash Dress Goods
A Gmoat Group of the Finest Fabrics
Impcqited dotted Swisses, genuine Swiss Organ,
die, Vffan Stripe Voiles, Silk Embroidered Voiles
$1
00
In navy, brown and a wide variety of
colors are on sale at, per yard,
New arrivals In summer sheer prints, checks, dots
and neat figures, 36-inch, per yard, 504
Printed voiles that have sold at 12.00 a yard, at 694
Mens Furnishings
. In the July Sale
MEN'S WUITE SILK SHIRTS A special purchase; col
lar attached; very cool and comfortable; . (pi nr
an opportunity at, trx7U
MEN'S UNION SUITS Fine madras and mercerized cloth: also
knit suits; you will remember paying $2.00 and $2.50 for them;
price, $1.15
MEN'S SILK SOCKS In blue, black, gray, cordovan, at 594 ,
MEN S SILK rp'JR-IN-HANDS-ll.OO and $1.50 values; in a
clean-up, each, 594
from Clinton to Chicago,
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