THE. BISK: -OMAHA. FRIDAY,' NOVEMBER 11, 1921.
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Blair Physician
Dies of Injuries
Received in Fall
Investigation Reveals Doctor
Was Mistaken in House
Where He WUhetl to
Call When Injured.
Dr. J. G. Smith of Bair died at a
locl hospital hortly before 3 Tlitirs.
day afternoon of a fractured skull
sustained when lie. was pushed from
the porch of the home of Charles
McDermott. city fireman. 1811 North
Twentieth street, about 10:30 Wed
nesday night.
McDermott told police he was
awakened by the noise of kicking: at
his front door. He opened the door
and told the man to go away. The
kicking started again and he then
pushed the man away and he fell
from the porch and did not rise. Me
Dcrmott called police.
Mistaken in Houses.
Investigation by Detectives Haze
and Donoghue Thursday indicated
that Dr. Smith thought he was at
the home of a friend, Harvey
Hughes, 1809 North Twentieth
street.
Hughes Is a bartender in the soft
drink saloon of S. R. Deaver. Twen
ticth and Clark streets. Deaver and
Hughes are friends of Dr. Smith.
Deaver formerly lived in Blair, Dr.
Smith always called on them when
lie came to Omaha.
Was Making Call
It is believed that Dr. Smith came
to the place late Wednesday night
and, when he found it closed, de
cided to call on Hughes but went
to the wrong house. Neither Deaver
nor Hughes saw Dr. Smith Wednes
day. - . '
With Dr. Smith when he died
were his wife, his mother, Mrs. J.
C. Smith; his son, Wayne; a broth
er, E. G. Smith, and four daugh
ters, Edna and Evaline smith and
Mrs. Peterson of Blair and Mrs.
Rutledge of Herman, Neb.
Father, Mother and Eight
Children Are Deficient
Broken Bow, Neb., Nov., 10.
A father and mother and eight chil
dren appeared before County Judge
Holcoinb for examination and all
were found mentally deficient. The
entire family, belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Shinn, -were found living
in a two-room shack six miles north
of Sargent. They range in age from
. 14 months to 20 years. One member
of the family is already in the asy
lum. Judge.nolcomb ordered them
taken to the home for feeble minded
at Beatrice. ,
Charles Neal, Grain Officials Deny
Man, Uies Suddenly
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Charles T. Weal
Girl's Charges
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Lancaster County Officers
Say They Made no Attempt
To Influence Testimony.
Geneva, Neb.,' Nov. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Testimony given by
Anna Stejbkal in the Staritz hearing,
which contradicted her story in
criminating the defendant in the
preient case against him now being
Perfect Packages Slogan of
Superior Commercial Club
. Superior, Neb., Nov. 10. (Spe
cial.) The Commercial organization
of Superior is co-operating with the
railroads aid express company in
their "Perfect Package" montlh This
is a move on the part bf the carriers
to have the. shipper realize the im
portance of careful packing of all
commodities for shipment. If a pack-
age is improperly packed it will be
checked and report made back to
the secretary of the commercial club,
who will keep this data and make a
report at the end of the month. ,
Charles T. Neal, well known Oma-
han, head of the Neal Gram com
pany, and an a'ctive war worker, died
suddenly at his home, 1000 Mercer
Park road, of acute gastritis yester
day. . '
Mr. Neal complained offeelinsr ill
Monday night. Wednesday night he
became seriously ill and died a few
hours. later., y
Buffalo County Ministers
Endorse Armament Meeting
Kearney, .Neb., Nov. 10. (Special.)
The Buffalo County Ministerial
Alliance in session here'adopted the
following resolution.
We, the Ministerial Alliance ot
Buffalo county, express ourselves as
favoring the conference for limita
tion ot armament which will con
vene at Washington, November 11."
We hope and pray that this confer
ence may be successfuu! in its pur
pose to reduce the sorrow of the na-
10ns of the world and to minimize
the hazard of war.
Sutherland Men Injured
When Auto Turns Over
North Platte, Neb., Nov. . 10.-
(Special.) W. Lindsey and Mainerd
Coker, both ; of Sutherland, were
found under an overturned auto on
a road two miles west of this city
by a party of hunters. The men
had been under the car for several!
hours and Coker was unconscious
when found. Both were badly
bruised but not seriously injured. A
break in the steering gear caused the
accident. . : .
Nebraska Potatoes Find
Ready Market in Superior
Superior, Neb., .Nov. I.U. -(spe
cial. )i-Western . Nebraska potatoes
are being shipped into Superior and
marketed at 95c and a bushel. The I
spuds are in nice shape and a ready
market is found. . .
Complying with President
Harding's request .
Patriotic
Services
will be held on the Main floor of
The Brandeis Store
Beginning Promptly at 11:45
(Armistice Day)
Friday -Morning
From the north balcony
Main floor at 11:45
GIPSY SMITH
will offer prayer
Everybody Invited
our Fourth Floor, beginning at 9 A. M. Friday
' issued hv thm Stntm tn
war will be deliv- !
whose names i
tried in district court, was denied by
persons she mentioned as having in
duced her to testify against him.
Sheriff Miller of Lancaster county,
Mrs. Frank E. llawlcy, chief ju
venile probation orltcer, and Mist
Clare Toland, assistant, all of Lin
coln, took the stand for the state and
denied her statement.
Anna Stejbkal sat in the court and
heard all her statements regarding
lier conversation with them branded
false.' Attorneys .of both sides snd
the defendant agreed to a stipulation
introduced in the case tuat the tes
timony of W. L. Killy of the Noyes
Killy Motor company, Omaha, if it
should be given, would be a denial
of all statements made by the de
fendant regarding conversation with
him on October 17. 1920, in Omalia
This was the date on which the
home of Christian Claussen was en
tered, money demanded and a shot
fired, hitting the 80-year-old recluse
in the foot Starita testified on the
stand to having been in Omaha and
four disinterested witnesses testified
that he was at Ohiowa, near which
village Gaussen lives, on that Sun
day. . . - .
Attorneys began arguing' tne case
just before the noon recess. The
defendant's wife and four children
are with him in the court room.
The For Sale Want Ads wilt help
you solve the buying problem.
Character Reader
Speaker at C. of C.
Mabel Warner Rugg Enter.
. tains Younger. Members
By Readings.
"Young bloods" of the Chamber
of. Commerce, learned "interesting
points about their characters yester.
day, when, Mabel .Warner, Rugg,
character analyst, addressed them at
a dinner in the Chamber of Com
merce club rooms.
Mount Burns presided.
Miss Ruftg'n, talk started with a
statement that Mr. Burns was "cut
out" for a golf professional, while
Harrv Kuril li mv.U h larl nf
a true salesman, she said. Of young
l.-i. lj. - w- .- r, . . . . i . t ,
mm navriiB, nas iukk siuicu
he "would gain his objective in life
hv tar nr ni lu.ru,ii Tit JitnlAi
division of the Chamber of Corn
merce acted favorably on 15 new
applications for membership.
Petaluma (Cal.) printers secured a
44-hour week with nearly as much
pay as they received under the 48
hour week basis.
Defunct Shafer Plant
Is Sold for $78,000
The building and property of the
bankrupt M F. Shater company, it
Seventeenth and Webster streets,
was sold yesterday at a receivers'
sale to Harry A. Tukey, Omaha
realtor, for $78,000.
The machinery and equipment in
the building were purchased by a
Chicago firm for $37,000. The Shafer
plant is practically a new building of
five stories.
Economical buyers are daily read
ers of The Bee For Sale Want Ads.
ONE-MINUTE
STORE TALK
Til never forget the
opealng of this store 80
years ago and the shock
that tt gave to the old-time
clothiers when you an
nouaeed for the first tine
fn the western conntryt
'One price to all and that
the lowest' Ton laid the
foundation of row success
right there. The others nre
gone , and forgotten, but
your Ttlne-glvlng goes
marching on," remarked n
well known Omahan yes
terday. ,
ATTEND THE Ufa
anniversary
celebration
at Value
HEADQUARTERS
J0HN A. SWANSON, Pres.:
WM. LV HOLZMAN, Treaa.
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Mow On In Full Swing
Value Demonstration
Supreme
And Distribution of Anniversary Souvenirs
And
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$2.50 gold piece free with purchases of
$25.00 or more throughout the store. Shop
a transfer in any and all departments.
on
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$50.00 or more throughout the store. Shop
on a transfer in any and all departments.
Your Winter Clothing
rtunity
Oppo
Thanks to our determination to make Greater Nebraska's 36th An
niversary a never-to-be-forgotten event, we have assembled the most
wonderful array, of world's beet clothes ever shown in the middle
west. ' ; .... -. -"
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our buying organization has made in. preparation for our 36th An
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mighty message of economy.
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More Than Twelve Thousand
, NEWEST OF THENEW .
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' FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN ; .
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free. . ' , . : . . ,
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Women's apparel sections feature extra
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FRIDAY
400 Beautiful
Silk and Wool
Dresses
$
075
0-
Valuea
to $39.50
Visiting teachers, a wonderful dress
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