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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1921.
Girl Perjures
Self on Stand to
Defend Father
Father Flanagan's Boys Entertain Federal Prisoners
Proprietor of "Moonshine
(!aveM on South Side Faces
Charges in Juvenile
Court.
In a vain effort to defend bet
uihrr from bootlegging evidence
closing in on him. 14-year-old
motherless Kmnia Yoler.ic perjured
herself right and left in juvenile
court Saturday,
Her lather, Joseph Volcnie, form
er city fireman, was arrested Friday
night 'n one of the biggest moon
shine raids ever made by Omaha
I olice. "lie's Rood to us; he never
did anything wrong!" she cried.
V'olenic was caught in the act of
tending two giant i-1 i 1 1 s in a freshly
i.uir cave in the rear of the V'olenic
home, 222! South Sixth street. With
him was Joe Laushman, 2426 South
Fifth street.
Cave in Cliff.
Washing, hung on a line to dry.
r jinouflagcd the door, and Miioke
vas pouring from an aperture at the
i ear in approved Kentucky fashion.
rliff in tlii rrnr nf the Vntpnec
home. It is 100 feet long, feet
It is supported at the sides by pil
lars, with boards across the top, for
greater safety.
nptrrtivp Srreeant Mitrnhv and
Detectives Treglia and Buford, creep
ing up on the plant, found their view
of the cave door obstructed by a
family washing, hung on a line in
trout ot the entrance in such a man
ner as to conceal it from the street.
When the raiding party rushed the
entrance it found both V'olenic aitd
Laushman bending over stills in the
middle of the cave. Both machines
were bubbling merrily, to the accom
paniment of a steady drip, drip of
illicit liquor.
The officers confiscated 1,400 gal
lons of corn mash.
Denies Complaints.
The littte girl, brought into court
Saturday by complaints that "moon
shine" surroundings were unfit fur
the V'olenic children, made a whole
sale denial of each complaint.
She denied that her father oper
ated a still: that she took orders
over the telephone for liquor; that
her father entertained at booze
parties until 4 a. m., or mistreated
her anil hia nthrr threp children.
Her testimony was in direct con
tradiction to that offered by her
older sister. Lillian, 17; her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Dworak; two
uncles and an aunt.
The father was then called to the
stand.
Admits Making Booze.
He admitted that he manufactured
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4KOze tor nis own use, dui aemeu
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When Father Flanagan's boy
entertainers take to the road they'll
give their show most any place.
So when the group touring Kansas
reached Leavenworth they stopped
at the federal penitentiary and gave
a performance for the convict?.
Then they had their pictures taken
in the prison grounds. In the picture
above, which shows the lads from the
Omaha home standing beside one of
the prison buildings with a sentry
box just a few yards away, are, left
to right: Harley Fox, Jim Callahan,
Frank Pivonka, Herbert Carr,
Charles Brehn, Paul Fox, Jimmy
Cole and Frank Brehn with Man
ager A. H. Toher in the rear.
Stage Entertainments.
Father Flanagan has two groups
on the road, one in Kansas and the
ether in Minnesota, Nebraska having
been covered last winter. The boys
stage entertainments at different
towns and villages.
, The purpose is to impress citizens
with the necessity of rearing boys
in the right manner. No contribu
tions to the home are asked but they
are not refused.
Not Merely Local.
Father Flanagan's Home k not
merely a local institution, as boys
from any part of the country are ac
cepted.
Unlike many children's institu
tions the home does not strive to
have its boys adopted. To the con
trary a family which offers tc take
a boy into a home is not permitted to
adopt him unit! after the boy has re
mained in the home two or three
years and Father Flanagan is as
sured that he will be caved for
properly.
18 Years Difference
In Ages Reason Given
In Fremont Divorce
the sale, o which charge he was
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hearing Monday.
He declared he was "through"
with the practice and promised to
provide better home surroundings for
liis motherless children.
The eldest daughter, witn me two
youngest children, 7 and 3 years old,
in her arms, made a pitiful plea to
Judge Scars to bar a woman from
her home. -
"She bosses mc in my own house,"
wept the young girl.
Judge Sears-laid strict injunctions
on Volenic to clear his house of
questionable characters, or his four
children would be taken away from
him.
Defends "Other Woman."
W,1: !f,w1frt tin wnmnn ulio
sat in the courtroom, a stoic fig
ure in black, while all the family's
attacks were directed at her.
'She washes clothes for the chil
dren and helps them with the house
work," he declared.
But the judge was firm in his
stand to bar her. '
In Volenic's yard was found an
automobile, which police say was
used to transport the finished prod
uct. Laushman is said to have been
the sales manager of the firm, while
VoJenic served in the capacity of
production expert in the plant.
Booked on South Side.
Both- men were taken to South
Side police station, where they
were booked on charges of illegal
possession and manufacture of
liquor.
V'olenic formerly was a fireman
in the station at Tenth and Pacific
streets. He resigned from the de
partment July 1, 1920, records at the
city hall show, after serving two
years and nine months.
No record of Laushman's employ
ment by the city was found.
Fremont Man Will Fight
Intoxication Sentence
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Sentenced to spend 10 days in
the county jail on the charge of in
toxication, William Schumacher, tx.i
driver, filed habeas corpus proceed
ings to regain his liberty. He claims
that he was not given a fair trial and
that no witnesses were consulted.
Instead of pleading guilty as the
police court alleges, Schumacher
states that he simply admitted that
he had been drinking, and that he
was not intoxicated. District Judges
A. M. Post and F. W. Button are
absent and as a result the case has
been taken up with the county officials.
Road Conditions
(Furnished by the Omaha Auto Club.)
Lincoln Highway. East Roads good to
Pcnnlson.
Lincoln Highway. West Detour Elk
horn to Valley. Good to Central City.
Graveling road from Central City to Chap
man; roads west are fine.
O. L. D. Highway Roads tn bad condi
tion at Ashland, detour Greenwood to
Waverly, west of Lincoln roads are fine.
Better route to Lincoln la the K. T. to
Union, from Union follow the O Street
Road.
Highland Cutoff Roads rough.
S. T. A. Jload Good. Petour one and
one-half miles Seward to Tamora.
George W asblngton Highway Follow the
High Road to Blair. Roads good to Sioux
City.
Black Hills Trail Road work Omaha to
Fremont: Fremont to Norfolk good.
King of Trails, North Roads good.
King of Trails. South Roads good. Soms
rain, but roads are drying rapidly.
River-to-Rtver Road Fair to . De
Moines.
White Pole Road Good to Des Moines
except for Atlantic where It was reported
roads were a little muddy.
Blue Grass Road Rough Glenwood to
lialvern, roads east of Malvern good.
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Pleading the 18 years
difference in her age and that of her
husband, Rose Haven, 2S, has filed
numerous allegations to secure a di
vorce from Riley S. Haven, 48, in the
district court. Mrs. Haven complains
that the vast difference in age and
temperament has made her married
life intolerable.
The wife alleges that her husband
has been parsimonious in his treat
ment of her and their three children,
and has failed to provide decent wear
ing apparel for his brother, in !;ne
with his financial circumstances. She
claims that he owiu $7,500 in prop
erty and draws more than $100 per
month as an egg candlcr.
The dotiple were married in West
Point in Jul-, 1911. They engaged in
tanning in Jioone county and the
wife states that her hushand forced
her to husk corn in the fields and do
other ardous labors usually delegated
to a hired man. She qjleges that
Haven refused to occompany his
wife to places of amusement or pub
lic entertainment and that he com
plained and nagged her when she
went alone. . Haven also refused to
tllow her to visit with mutual friends
of the family, she says.
Mrs. Haven asks for sufficient ali
mony and the custody of the three
children, ranging in ages from 4 to
8 years. They have resided in Fre
mont the past four months.
Fremont Retired Farmer
Stricken by Appoplexy
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20.--(Spe-cial
Telegram.) Coristi.an P. Dasl
gaard, 72, retired farmer, succumbed
to a stiroen stroke of apoplexy at
his home here following a succes
sion of hemorrhages of the brain,
starting a week ago. Dahlgaarh
came to the United States in 1870
from Denmark and settled f;rst in
Illinois. He moved to Nebraska
about eight years later and estab
lished himself on a farm ne.r. Fre
mont, where he resided until 10
years ago. He became one of
Dodge county's most successful
farmers and gained the respect and
admiration of a host of friends. He
had made his home in Fremont
since leaving the farm. He is sur
vived by his wife, three daughters
and four sons.
Wood Lake Youth Injured
When Stacker Head Falls
Wood Lake, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Orton, 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Steele, was severely in
jured when he was caught tnder
his tather s haystacker. He was driV'
ing the team that was hauling the
haystacker to a new location in the
field when the rope that held the
pitching head in the air broke and
allowed the head to fall on the boy.
He owes his life to the fact that he
was riding the stacker cart and when
the head fell he was thrown off the
cart which held the weight oif him
until e could be carried from under
the stacker.
Butler County Teachers
Will Meet August 24
David City, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Butler County Teachers
institute will be held in the high
school auditorium August 24, 25 and
26. Every teacher in the county is
expected to attend. There will be
many speakers here during the term,
among them Miss Bess Foster, a
former primary teacher in the Des
Moines schools. At present she is
art supervisor in the Oklahoma City
schools. C. E. Benson, head of the
department of psychology and child
study at the Cape Girardeau State
Teachers College, Missouri, will be
here.
" Breaks Leg on Train
Bigsprings, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Thomas Bradley, 21, of New
Jersey had his leg broken at Jules
burg while trying to bum a ride on
a freight.
Thompson Must Return
To Iowa to Serve Term
On Larceny Charge
Lincoln, Aug. 20. (Special Tele
gram.) District Judge Sheppard de
nied the petition for a writ of habeas
corpus filed by Harry Thompson,
former convict in the Nebraska state
penitentiary, wlip was arrested
shortly after his release here by
Iowa authorities who want him at
Anamosa reformatory, where he is
alleged to have broken his parole.
Thompson served one year of a
10-year sentence for manslaughter at
Stanton, Neb., and ,was released on a
technicality by the supreme court. At
the time of his arrest on the man
slaughter charge he was serving time
in the Iowa penitentiary for larceny.
At the request of Nebraska authori
ties he was released and taken to
Stanton to stand trial for murder.
Prior to the murder he had broken a
parole while serving time in the re
formatory. Thompson alleged that
he was not a fugitive from justice
and was taken to 'Nebraska against
his will.
His attorneys filed notice of appeal
to the supreme court. Thompson
will be taken to Anamosa and re
main in the reformatory until the
supreme court acts on his appeal.
Cortland Visited
By Small Tornado
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) A small cyclone passed
through a strip of country between
Cortland and Pickrell, north ot here
tonight unroofing fa,r n buildings, and
leveling telegraph and telephone
wires to the ground. The storm was
about half a mile in width. As far
as known no fatalities occurred.
Following a day of intense heat, a
heavy rain feu here this evening.
The moisture will put the finishing
touches on the corn. A strong wind
accompanied the rainfall.
Hastings Merchants Are
Victims of Clever Forger
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Two checks, declared to
be forgeries, each for 1587.50, were
cashed by Hastings merchants for a
man, who purchased goods and said
he would call for them later. He was
given the difference in cash. The
checks were drawn on a Fairmont
bank and signed in the name of T.
M. Wright of Fairmont.
Joint Celebration of
Labor Day in Hastings
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Tentative plans
have been made for a joint celebra
tion of Labor day by the Central
Labor union and the American Le
gion. There will be no parr.de, but
the two organizations will have
sports, a picnic and probably peak
ing.
David City Band Concert
Attended by Large Crowd
David City, Net., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A band concert given for the
benefit of the business men was per
haps the largest attneded of any held
in this city. The streets were lined
solid with cars, and the regular seats
and about 200 extra placed in the
square, were all filled.
Open New Store
David City, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Irving Sligkin and Harry Co
hen of Kansas City have leased the
Bennett store building here and will
open a complete new line of ladies
ready-to-wear garments and millin
ery. The store will be known as
' The Leader."
Washington Orders
Washington, Aug., 20. (Special
Telegram.) Charles A. Shoff was
nominated to be postmaster at Graf
ton; Mart T. Christensen, to be reg
ister of the land office at Cheyenic:
Isaiah E. Yoder, to be receiver of
the land office at Cheyenne.
Police Seek Family
Of Man Killed in Fall
At Fremont Friday
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Andrew Haas, 4, was
picked up dead after a fall from a 12
i'oot haystack on the farm of Harry
Jorgenson, northwest of Fremont,
Friday. Physicians are attempting
to determine whether the fall was
responsible for his death or if the
man suffered a sudden stroke.
Haas is unknown in this vicinity.
He came to the farm of Phillip Lind
strom about three weeks ago apply
ing for work. He was given a job
in the hayfields and proved to be a
good worker. He spoke very little
about himself and said nothing of
his past, except that he had been
working around Lincoln. Officials
are trying to locate the man's rela
tives, although as yet they have
found no trace of anyone who knew
Haas before he came to the Lind-
strom farm.
His personal effects were exam
ined, but no clues were found that
might lead the officers toward lo
cating any relatives. The police
found $180 in new bills issued re
cently by the bank at Arlington,
Neb. Bank officials at that place
could give no information as to how
Haas secured this money. The body
was brought to Fremont for further
investigation.
Fremont Men Held on Charge
Of Stealing Iron Flasks
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20. Spe
cial Telegram.) Austin Perry and
Jay Crocker were bound ovea
to district court icre csarged
wits stealing and selling two
cr.st iron flasks valued at $250
from the Fremont Foundry com
pany. They sold the flasks ai junk,
it is alleged, to Charles Elliott, junk
buyer, for $4. The defendants in
sisted in court that Elliott hired
them to break up the hugs molds
and gave them $4 for their labor.
They claim that Elliott gave them
the impression that the flasks be
longed to him. Elliott in court tes
tified that the two men sold him the
iron and led tim to believe toat it
was tneir property.
Two-Year-Old Lindsay Girl
Drowned in Tank of Water
Lindsay, Neb.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Cecelia, 10, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Iloegerl, was
drowned in a tank of water near
their home. Just a little while be
fore the little girl had been given a
piece of bread, and the supposition
is she crawled on the trough,
dropped her bread and in trying to
recover it fell in the water. The
father in lookine around discovered
her in the tank, but life was instinct.
Women Play Ball
Callawav, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A women's base ball team
has been organized at Oconto. They
will play Eddyville in the near future.
Over 200 Children
Attend Birthday of
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'Uncle Dave Armogost
David City, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The most enjoyable event of
the year for "Uncle Dave" Armagost
of this city is the annual family re
union of the Armagost families, con
sisting of his children, grand children
and great granchildren.
Over 200 of his descendants were
present at the reunion this year,
which was held in the city park. Din
ner was served at noon in picnic
fashion and nothing was lacking.
Uncle Dave Armagost is 80 and
was sheriff of Butler county for two
terms. He came to Nebraska May
7, 1871, from Stephenson county,
Illinois, and settled in Union town
ship. He lived there until 1890,
when he came to David City. He is
the father to eight children living
and grandfather to over 100 grand
and great grandchildren.
His children are Mrs. Dave Cur
ry of Garrison, Mrs. Sarah Jones of
Polk countv, Mrs. John Smith of Al
bion, Mrs. F. Woods of Denver, and
Mrs. Laura Grover of Minneapolis,
Mrs. Carl Jungleman of Hastings,
Mrs. W. C. Buehta of David City
and Will Armagost of Rising City, j
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ROME MILLER
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"Confession" of
Plot to Kill Mrs.
Stillman Fake
Youth Admits Telling Story
Because He Was Hungry
And Wished to Return
To New York.
Kansas City, Aug. 20. Samuel S.
! Harris, police declared last night,
had made a new "confession." Au
j thorities declared he admits cvolv
l ing the Stillman killing plot be
I cause he was hungry and wanted to
get back to New York,
i While he was living at the Mills
I hotel, New York, according to Har
: ris story, he became acquainted
! with Henry Burke, a man who used
' the name of Henry McClosky. and
j an Italian auto driver named Tony
i Seraccio. One day, Harris told the
police, McClosky asked him if he
i wanted to "do a job." A man
named "Huntley Clay," who lived at
the Claridge hotel, wanted Mrs.
Stillman "bumped," McClosky told
him.
"It was arranged that the four of
us were to meet Mrs. Stillman's auto
as she drove along the Pelham bay
road," Harris said. "McClosky,
whom we knew as 'Henry the Pole,'
was to shoot Mrs. Stillman, while
the rest of us were to dispose of the
chauffeur.
Stranger Holds Money While
Man Bathes; Still Holding It
Because he gave an obliging strati
ger his last $3 to hold while he took
a bath, Bazel Mitchell, 16, Skidmore,
Mo., slept on a bench in the police
station Iriday night.
Mitchell, who had been working on
a farm near McCleltan, la., for the
last four weeks, came to Omaha Fri
day afternoon with $14. The rest
he spent for clothing. He decided to
take a bath before "dolling up." A
straneer. who had accompanied him
to Council Bluffs, volunteered to hold
his money. When the bath was fin
ished the stranger was gone.
It Was 97 in Omaha, But See
What Happened to Auburn
High temperature records for the
month were broken at Z p. m. ri
day, when the mercury climbed to
the 97 mark.
Federal weather bureau records
show this was the highest point
reached since July 9, when the maxi
mum temperature was 97.
All records for the year were
shattered Fridav at Auburn, when
a temperature of 104 was recorded,
at rairbury, where 10J was the high
mark and at Lincoln, where 10U was
the high point
Victory Furniture Store
(VAKS PLACE)
Walch for the Big Sign
Remember the new location is at
2423 N St., South Side. The old lo
cation, 2610 N St., was inadequate,
therefor the change to larger, bet
ter, more centrally located quarters.
You will always get honest
treatment and big value at
Vaks' new location.
THE OMAHA
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prompt
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Score Board
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SALE OF SILK GOODS
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On sale Monday at 9 A. M. Wonderful and unlimited variety
of fine 'quality silks await your selection at Philip' Big Store
Monday, in many different shades and patterns.
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Phone Rate Increased;
Wage Boost Denied
Lincoln. Aug. 20. (Special.) In
creases in rates of the Monroe Tele
phone company at Albion, for tight
exchanges operated by it in Boone,
Platte and Madison counties, wire
granted by the state railway commis
sion. The new rates are:
Farm phones increased from $1
and $1.15 a month to $1.25 and $1.10
a month; rates on business and r.s
idence phones increased 25 and .5
cents a month; free service barred
excepting between the Albfoii, l.o
rttto, Newman Grove, Lindsay,
Genoa, Monroe, Tlatte City and lit
nov exchanges.
The commission failed to approve
a proposed 20 per cent increase of
pay of employes, claiming :hat the
high cost of living is decreasing and
wages in other lines are uecrcasing.
Census Shows Decrease
In Farms in Gage County
Wymore, Neb., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) A census report just released,
shows that on ajnuary 1 there were
2,918 farms in Gage county, 185
less tahn in 1910. The number of
tenants is 1,500, which is 122 less
tahn 10 years ago. The number of
acres under cultivation is 444,698, a
reduction of 973 in 10 years. The
valuation of farm land and buildings
in 1920 was $80,395,300, an increase
of $47,585,202.
An investment that pays
dividends Bee want ads.
Wood Will Have to
Retire From Army
To Accept Offer
Secretary Weeks Declares Ac- f
tion of House Leaves But J
One Alternative for Pros
pectivc Philippine Ruler.
New York, Aug. 20. Secretary of
War Weeks declared today that the
tabling by the house military com
mitec yesterday of the administration
bill authorizing Major General Wood
to act as governor general of the
Philippine without retiring from
active service, left no other means of
meeting the situation.
"The only alternative for the gen
eral," he said, "is to go on the re
tired list."
Secretary Weeks passed through
the city on his way to the White
mountains, where he will spend the
next few days, resting.
General Wood will be eligible
October 9, next, for retirement under
the age provision as he will be 62
years old that day. He now is
eligible for retirement after 30 years
continuous service as he is in his 35
year of army life, having entered as
an assistant surgeon January 5, 1886.
big An investment that
dividends Bee want ads.
pays big
This Is the Third Week of Our
August Furniture Sale
These prices will convince you of the great savings of
fered during this great sale. Get your share of them.
Dining Room Furniture y2 Price
Tables e0! Buffete
Solid Oak Genuine Oak Genuine Oak
$14.75 $19,75 I $21.75
Period Walnut M $235
Dining Room Suite Now $147.50
Walnut or Mahogany Bedroom Suites
Dressers
$39.75
Bow End
Beds
$34.75
Ssmpa Vanity
ZrEEEB $43.75
MATTRESS
All Cotton
$6.95
Terms
Arranged
to
Suit
Beds
Period Designs
Wal. or Mahog.
$13.75
August Prices Home Outfits
5-Room Outfits Complete . . . $268
4-Room Outfits Complete . . . $224
3-Room Outfits Complete ... $165
You Can Now Buy
a Genuine
for Only
$65.00
$5.00 Down
$5.00 a Month
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