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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1921)
General Tinley Decorated for His Service to State Delegation of 25 Bluffs Chi zens Attends Ceremonies for Head of Iowa National Guard at Des Moines. Des Moines, Aug. 16. (Special Telegram.) A Council Bluffs sol dier was again honored this after noon, when Governor Nate E. Ken dall of Iowa decorated Brig. Gen. Matthew A. Tinley, commanding of ficer of the Iowa National guard en campment at Camp Dodge, with a medal indicating 25 years' continuous service in the National guard organ ization. General Tinley affiliated himself with the guard before the Spanish American war and served as a lieu tenant in the Philippines, He con tinued his connection with the or ganization upon his return and finally attained the rank of lieutenant col onel, serving upon the Mexican bor der in this capacity. Promoted to Colonel At the beginning of the world war he was promoted to the rank of col onel and placed in command ot the 168th regiment. During his service overseas at the head of this organi sation, he was awarded the croix de guerre and' the distinguished service medal. Recently he was relieved of command of the 168th and promoted to the rank of brigadier general, commanding all Iowa National guard troops. Yesterday was governors' day at Camp Dodge. It also was Council Bluffs day. The delegation of 25 citizens from the Bluffs arrived by train at 11 and were met at the sta tion by automobiles. Original plans to drive overland from the Bluffs were abandoned at ihe last moment because of the heavy rains which made the roads impassable. Visitors Meet Governor. The visitors were driven directly to Camp Dodge, where they ate lunch at brigade headquarters mess hall. After lunch the delegation waited upon Governor Nate Kendall and General Tinley at headquarters and Robert B. Wallace explained the purpose oi" the visit. He said the Bluffs men wished to signify their appreciation of the governor's act in promoting Colonel Tinley to the rank of general and that they wished td visit the three units of Bluffs men who are a part cf the camp. Company L, headquarters company and band and the service company are all from Council Bluffs. They are commanded by Capt Folsom Everest, Capt. Harry Crowl and Capt. Sam Greene, re spectively. Captain Everest also is a member of the governor's staff. Another Bluffs man who holds a high rank in the National guard is Maj. Percy Lainson, former Com Mnv L commander, now at the i head of a battalion. ' Troopi Reviewed. The governor and g'neral re- A . t - A. . 1 .'AlA4t There were 4,000 men spread out in formation over the parade ground, including three regiments of infan try, four troops of cavalry, half a dozen batteries of artillery and three military bands. Veterans of three wars were represented on the two staffs which reviewed the troops. Many of the guard members are sea soned veterans of the Spanish American and world wars, while others are receiving their first taste of military training. Inspection of the troops completed, Col. Lloyd D. Ross of Shenandoah, commander of the 133d infantry regiment, was called to the side of General Tinley. Governor Kendall rode his horse between them and decorated each with an engraved gold medal indicating 25 years of meritorious service with the National guard organization. At supper time the Bluffs delegation was divided into three sections of eight or nine men each. Members of each section were guests of one of the three Bluffs units, Company L, Headquar ters company and Service company at mess. The men expressed gen uine appreciation for the visit of representative business men from their home town. The delegation returned this evening to Council Bluffs. . , The following men were included n the part which came from the Bluffs for the review: Charles A. Beno, Theodore N. Petersen, Rob ert B. Wallace, E. H. Doolittle, George F. Hughes, F. F. Everest, A. L. English, Capt Roy N. Hager ty, Robert O'Brien, Julius Rosen field, Theodore Laskowski, H. G. McGee, George S. Wright, James G. Bradley, Charles G. Saunders, John P. Tinley, George F. Hamilton, Henry Peterson, Emmett Tinley, Dr. L. L. Henninger, Carl Pryor, John B. Long, sr., John B. Long, jr., M. A.' Metzger and Ned E. Williams. Bluffs Sheriff Thwarts Plot At General Jail Delivery Plans for a general jail delivery in the Pottawattamie county jail in Council Bluffs were thwarted .Tues day night when Sheriff Groneweg and Deputy Sheriff Gillaspy drew their revolvers and covered four prisoners who had sawed in two severs! iron bars and broken three locks. ; Jail officials assert the prisoners planned an assault on the jailor and his family, after which a general de livery would have been attempted. '. Sheriff Groneweg and his deputy discovered the plotters at work, and watched them sawing an iron bar for several minutes before interfer ing. . S 1 New Coal and Oil Company Asks Permit to Sell Stock Lincoln, Aug. 17. (Special.) An application for a permit to sell stock in Nebraska was filed today by a $1,000,000 corporation known as the Wyoming Coal and Oil company. One of the incorporators is F. E. Schaaf, who was head of the de funct Nebraska Building and Invest ment company. He also is under sentence of 30 days in jail for con tempt of court because he is alleged to have, attempted to block receiver ship proceedings of the investment company, together with the Ne braska Hotel company Council Bluffs Soldier Decorated by Governor i i i Mi It its- 1 : a : ' mwiisjiiiii i i mm minium iiisiiimiir ' 1 Brig. Gen. Matthew A. Tinley of Council Bluffs and Governor Nate E. Kendall of Iowa at the Iowa National Guard encampment at Camp Dodge. General Tinley was decorated by the governor with a medal indicating 25 years' continuous service with the Iowa National Guard. A delegation of Council Bluffs citizens went to Des Moines for the ceremony, which came as a complete surprise to General Tinley. $3,000,000 Firm Had $155 Cash, Receiver Reports Schedules of Debts and Assets Of Guarantee Securities Company Filed in Fed eral Court A $3,000,000 corporation with only $155.70 c.sh on hand was exposed when schedules of the debts and assets of the defunct Guarantee Se curities company were filed in federal court yesterday by Frank E. Shee han, receiver. Deposits in the bank total only $2,468. Though the assets listed show $2,962,496.78 as against $1,606,52560 in debts, the assets dwindle pitiably when the sum of $2,197,733.66 listed as stocks and negotiable bonds in the assets is subtracted from the total. Included in this worthless or ques tionable stock is at least $1,100,00 of Colonial Timber and Coal company stock, according to Sheehan. The best unquestioned assets are the real estate listed: The Securities building at Sixteenth and Farnam, listed at $500,000; a leasehold on property at Thirteenth and O for $50,000, and some South Dakota land, $6,500, totaling $556,500. Federal Judge Woodrough is hold ing court in Des Moines, so the or der for a meeting of the creditors will await his return. Ten days must be allowed for the call, which brings the date of meeting the- first week in September. Complete totals compiled by Shee han, with the assistance of A. F. Mul finger, attorney for creditors, fol low: SCHEDULE A LIABILITIES. Taxes .m Secured claim 1,407,788.00 Unsecured claim 3,648.00 Bills ought to ba paid by par- tlea thereto 129,974.00 Accommodation paper ...... 68,500.00 Total SI, 606,625.60 SCHEDULE B ASSETS. Real estate. 666,600.00 Cash on hand .,-jyH! Bills, promissory notes 14B,1J.8 Machinery and tools Debts due 61,323.00 Stock! and negotiable bonds. 2,197,733.66 Policies of Insurance 2,468.00 Deposits of money in banks.. 2.902.04 Total .(2,962,496.78 Wounded and Gassed War Vet Suddenly Goes Blind Charles City, la., Aug. 17.-Rich-ard Cross, .a world war veteran, wounded twice and gassed at Chat eau Thierry, holder of the Croix de Guerre, went blind suddenly here today when playing with his little son. According to doctors, his blindness is the result of gas. Little hope is held out for Gross regaining his eyesight Prisoners Escape. Sioux Falls, S. D. Aug 17. Two prisoners yesterday morning made their escape over the wall of the state penitentiary here and up to an early hour this morning had not been ap prehended. The men were Joe Toreman, 35, a half-breed Indian, serving his third term in the insti tution for grand larceny, and Lewis Whitmarch, 31, also a third termer, serving a sentence of 25 years for assault Road Conditions (Furnished by Omaha Auto Club.) Lincoln Highway, East Roads good to Dentson. Lincoln Highway, West Detour Elk horn to Valley. Fremont to Columbus good. Central City to Grand Island fair. O. L. D. Highway Rough roads at Ashland. Detour Greenwood to Waverly. West ot Lincoln roada are fine. Highland Cutoff Roads rough. , 8. T. A. Road Good. Detour one and one-half mile Seward to Tamora. George Washington Highway Tako High road to Blair, fnir condition. Black Hills Trail Road work Omaha to Fremont. Fremont to Norfolk roads good. King of Trails, North Roads good. King of Trails, South Roads good. River to River Road Roads fair to De Moines. White Pol Road Good to De Moines with exception of Atlantis where they are atlll a little muddy. Blue Grans Road Rough Olenwood to Malvern, Good aat ot ftlalvern. THE Diggs Nolen Bids Memphis Farewell Notorious Character, Once Convicted in Omaha, Given 20 Days to Leave City. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, (Spe cial Telegram.) H. Diggs Nolen, notorious police character, druggist and underworld star, Tuesday signed his own warrant of exit and leaves Memphis and Tennessee forever. He was allotted by the shenff 20 days within which to wind up his Siisinpss affairs, sell out his drug storeand shake the dust of Mem phis from his feet. Nolen announced that he would go to Kocnesier. Minn., for a surgical operation and later buy a farm in Nebraska. Tr wai nt Omaha Nolen first met his Waterloo when he was sen tenced to the federal penitentiary (nr froilfl1pnt lisp of the mails. He escaped but was recaptured and sent to Leavenwortn prison irom quan ta. One man was killed here in an effort to rescue Nolen as he passed through to Kansas. He was arrested here in connec tion with the sale of $250,000 worth of Liberty, bonds, stolen from mes sengers of a brokerage concern in New York City. This case was not pressed and he was freed. Nolen was arrested a dozen times in a week here, charged with various crimes from drunkenness and pistol carrying to the sale of narcotics. In a crime crusade here Sheriff O. H. Perry declared he would drive Nolen from the community and would arrest him as fast as the courts could free him. His drug store was raided Saturday and he was arrested on a charge of threat ened breach of the peace and held without bond. He applied for a writ of habeas corpus, but when told he mnuM hp rearrested as fast as he gained his liberty Nolen signed an agreement to quit business and leave the city torever. nis Drotner, Ernest Nolen, signed a similar doc ument. School Dates Changed York, Neb., Aug. 17. (Specials Public schools will open here Sep tember 12. A change in date was made to avoid conflicting with the state fair.' CORNS ENDED BY A TOUCH Pain Stepped InttantlyComn ? movd Quickly and Gently This is the scientific way, the modern way to end corns. A fa mous expert evolved it. A world famed laboratory produces and guarantees it. With millions it has displaced old methods, harsh and crude. It is Blue-jay the liquid or the plaster. Either is applied by a touch. The pain stops at once, and soon the whole corn loosens and comes out Thus any corn, old or new, can be ended at your will. No joyful hour need ever be spoiled in this way. Prove this tonight. Get Blue-jay at the drug-store. Bid all corns, a lasting farewell. Liquid or Plaster Bluejay Stop Pain Instantly End Coma Quickly A Good Garage 10x16 ft. for $66.95 Don't let Tour ear be exposed to ttie weather. Buy an elegant garage 10x18 for S66.9S. Strietly clear 6-Inch fir drop aid ing, red or green alate roofing, good clear 4-inch flooring for doors, two windows with all hardware included, heavy hinges, aufficient paint in two colors. C. Hafer Lumber Co. Council Bluffs, la. BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921. Escaped Trusties Suspected of Part In Motor Holdup Three Bandits Stop Auto Party and Get $50 in Cash; State Reward Offered For Capture. Lincoln, Aug. 17. Three men, two of them believed to be Henry Slack and John Horton, trusties who es caped from the : state prison last night, held tip and robbed an auto mobile partv of five men in the northern part of the city early today. Thpv rellpvptl the victim of $50 in cash. The holdup, men were armed with guns and an iron pipe, a state reward has been offered for capture of the men. Slack and Horton were employed in the penitentiary kitchen, which is in the administration building and outside the prison wall. s.Urr it an Omaha man serving one to seven years for larceny as bailee. He has a sister, Bessie urass, who lives at 1146 Dominion street, Omaha, and another sister, Pearl Wilson, 1706 Burt street, Omaha. Two brothers, Harry and Reuben, also live in Omaha. Another brother, Roy, is in the penitentiary, serving time for grand larceny. Black was a waiter before he en tered prison. He is 25 years old. Horton is serving a one to seven vear sentence for grand larceny :n Dawes county. He also was a waiter. Beatrice Guardsmen Leave Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special.) Company C in command of Capt. Emmett Powell, overseas veteran, left Beatrice for Camp Dodge, la., to attend the annual guard encamp ment. ' ADVERTISEMENT STATES THAT IT SATISFIED HER GREATEST NEED After Suffering for Five Years, Lincoln Woman Is Now Well and Happy. "I hadn't finished my first bottle of Tanlac before I realized that I had at last found the medicine I need ed," said Mrs. Elizabeth Finnell, 1642 N St., Lincoln, Neb. "Only people who have suffered from indigestion for years can know the tortures I went through with. There never was a time in all these years that I could sit down and en joy a meal like other folks, as I knew no matter how careful I was about what I ate I was going to suffer misery afterwards. I suffered a great deal from my ankles, and feet swelling up and for days at a time couldn't bear to put my feet to the ground. I don't believe anybody ever had worse headaches than I had for I felt just like an iron band was being drawn tight around my head. Finally I suffered so much my nerves gave way and I couldn't rest day or night. "This was the condition I was in when I began taking Tanlac, and what this medicine did for me I re gard as among the greatest blessings of my life. I was discouraged and de spondent and thought nothing would help me, and it certainly was a glad surprise when I began to improve almost from the first dose of Tanlac. To put the story in a few words, it made me a well and happy woman. All my troubles have disappeared and I feel as well and strong as I ever did in my life. It's just beyond my power to express the gratitude I feel for the wonderful change in my condition." Tanlac is sold in Omaha by the & McConnell Drug Co. and by leading druggists everywhere, Yeast Vitamon Greatest Secret of Complexion Beauty Clear Skin, Firm Flesh and Strong Nerves. SKIN t 1 BIACKWEADS pouch spotsJC " r3LPIMPlES COLOR LtSi HPS SCRAWNY NECK Of what use ar fine features, with an ugly skin, flabby flesh, sunken cheeks, a scrawny neck or a care worn face? i If you want to quickly clear your skin and complexion, put some firm, healthy flesh on your bones, increase your nerve force and power and look and feel 100 percent better, simply try . taking two tiny yeast Vitamon tablets with each meat and watch the results. VITAMON contains highly concentrated yeast-vitamines as well as the two other still more important vitamines (Fat Soluble A and Water Soluble C) and is now being used by thousands. It posi tively will not upset the stomach or cause gas, but on the contrary is a great aid to digestion, to overcome constipation and as a general con ditioner of the whole system. Pim ples, boils and skin eruptions seem to vanish like magic under its puri fying influence, the complexion be comes fresh and beautiful, the checks rosy Instead of pale, the lips red instead of colorless, the eyes bright instead of dull. VITAMON is posi tively guaranteed to give you new health, beauty and a more well rounded face and figure whether you are young or old or the trial costs you nothing. Make the test your self and see. Be sure to remember the name VI-TA-MON the original and genuine yeast-vitamlne tablet there is nothing else like it. Get it at any good druggist. t t i i r f Hudson and Lssex Lar Prices Again Reduced Detroit, Mich., Aug. 17. A third cut in the price of Hudson and Essex automobiles was announced today by the manufacturers.- The new price is less than cither car has sold for at any previous time. The Hudson super six, which sold at $2,600 last year, is now priced at $1,895 for open touring models. The Essex, which sold at $1,795 last year, is now priced at $1,375. Similar re On Sale Thursday 312 Pairs of Women's Pumps and Oxfords $(g95 and $g95 THIS extraordinary event is made possible only because of our policy to closi out quickly all broken lots of regular summer footwear in August. Every pair from our own shelves. Priced for an effective one-day disposal. Including: Black Kid Oxfords Black Calf Skin Oxfords Black Patent Leather Oxfords All sizes walking heels. Exceptional values. Savings that are decidedly worth while. Low shoes that ate or early Fall wear. THURSDAY- Important August Features August Sale of Fur Coats. I'inest skins superior workmanship, newest styles a' 33 1-3 per cent discount. ; . .- x 4 August Sale of Winter Cloth Coats. Splendid assortment, at a 20 discount. August Sale of new Fall Dresses at a bona fide reduction of 20. THIRD FLOOR Cotton Overblouse Sale $51 THURSDAY- For a Down Town Meal, the Indian Grill Room offers everything: a person possibly could desire in pure food properly prepared. Our Tavern Breakfasts, com plete 75c Luncheon and six course Table d'Hote Evening Dinner at fl.25 are popular values. Animated entertainment , by the Twentieth Century Society Quintette. HOTEL FONTENELLE Home of the Indian Grill Room PIANOS TUNED AND REPAIRED A. HOSPE CO. All Work Guaranteed 1513 Douglas St. Tel. Doug. B5o8 ductions are made in other models Officials of the two companies state that heavy summer sales ex hausted old inventories, reduced overhead and made it possible to buy materials at new low costs. Blue Springs Delphians To Raise Fund for School Blue Springs, Neb., Aug. 17. (Special.) The Delphians of Blue Springs, assisted by Lenhart's or chestra of Beatrice, will give an entertainment in the high school auditorium, Thursday, for the bene fit of the new school buildings. Brown Brown Calf Skin Oxfords Walking heels Also a number of Louis heel strap slippers. -MAIN FLOOR- A very limited number of novelty overblouses spe cially priced for Thursday's clearance. Made of French voile and dotted Swiss. Trimmed with hand embroidery, real filet and cluny lace. Short sleeves, round, flat and high roll collars. Previously priced up to $12.50. -SECOND FLOOR- The Store of Specialty Two daily trains, conveniently timed. Standard equipment, including cafe, parlor, observation and club cars. II Leave Omaha 7:20 AM If Leave Council Bluffs ... 7:45 AM II Arrive St. Paul 8:20 PM If Arrive Minneapolis .... 9:00 PM Filling Station Entered Second Time in Two Weeks Fremont, Neb., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) Miscreants ransacked the fill ing station of National Refining company here this morning for the second time within the last two weeks. The first attack netted the thieves over $50, but this latest one got them only their labor. The thieves then journeyed to the Philip Wernsman grocery store and broke the lock on a gas tank located in front of the shop. They stole about 20 gallons of Rasoline. Kid Oxford3 are desirable for immedi -THURSDAY $5 -THURSDAY Shops. 7:30 PM 7:52 PM 7:30 AM 8:10 AM Close connections in Union Stations at St. Paul and Minneapolis for all points beyond. For Complete Particulars Apply CONSOLIDATED TICKET OFFICE 1416 Dodge St. Phone DO Uf las 1684 MARSHALL B. CRAIG, General Afent Pass. Dept. 1419 First Nat. Bk. Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Phone JA ckson 0260 liOWENS' Value-Giving Store Real Values at BOWEN'S Brown Fiber Keener Built for comfort and service. Regular price 111.50. Priced for Saturday aelline;. $5.85 Regular value $13.50. Especial ly well made Rocker In the popular Baronial Brown finish, In every way a high-grade Fibre Rocker, Just the regular pneo' $6.75 $16.50 Genuine Chinese Cane Imported Chairs and Rockers In natural finish at V the regular selling price $8.25 $18.00 Genuine Chinese Cane Imported Rocker, with extra finish in the popular brown, going at a sacrifice $8.75 4-ft. Wood Porch Swing Complete With Chains $2.45 Genuine Aluminum Percolator Black Ebonlzed Wood Handltt family size. $1.25 Genuine Aluminum Stew Kettles $1.45 Genuine Alumimm Double Boiler $1.25 Bo wen's Guaranteed Brooms Useful and Serviceable Stepladder Stools $1.95 Use Bee want ads speedy fealu I 33c I 65 CENTS The Substantial Galvanized Bteel Construction of our "Homeald" In sure! satisfactory service. Howard, Between 19th & 16th X