THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1021.
Police Work on
Two Theories in
Death of Child
Officer Say Woman May
Have Slain Tot in Fit of
Insanity Fear Given ,
Ai Other Cause.
" Chicago. Dec 2. Two theories
were advanced last night by the po
Ike In an effort to solve the mystery
the death of Mar
itiret Cotighlin, 3, whose body, dis
membered and mangled with a saw
n4 half cremated in a basement
tove, was found yestxrday in the
home of Ralph Fcnsef, a neighbor
ol the Cousrhlin family. ' The body
of Mrs. Penses wat found in an tip
Hir room, her throat slashed with i
bread knife. ,.'
Absence of any moUve was ex
nUinrd h the' theory that Mrs
Prnaaa had killed the cirl in a fit
of insanity and had committed sui-
rlfU uhn detectives attempted to
intr her heme.
This theory was supported by an
announcement of Dr. W. S. Hick
Ann t hat the Penses familyMr. and
Mrs. Penses and their two daughters
had all been adjudged dementia
praecox cases October 31, 1918, fol
Inwinff a family ouarrel.
The other theory was that Mrs.
Penses had given the baby poison
ho had mistaken for medicine and
then had become frightened and at
tempted to conceal the child, i. his)
theory was supported by Penses'
statements that his wife had told
him the girl had become ill when at
the Penses home weanesaay eve
Penses and liis two daughters are
The CouKhlin baby, daughter of
Edward Coughlin, a policeman, went
tA the Penses home to play Weemes
day. When she failed to return the
Goughlins became alarmed and upon
ouestioning. Mrs. Penses declared
the child had become ill and gone
home.
Search for the girl ended yester
day when Coughlin was attracted by
smotce issuing iron im umo
home. The doors were battered
' dewn and the girl's body was found
dismembered In the basement, part
of it in a wash boiler under which
a fire had been lighted.
- TTnsfaira with her ihrnat ala
the body of Mrs. Penses was found
shortly afterward. Penses and his
two daughters were arrested. The
daughters asserted their mother was
very fond of the Coughlin baby.
Income of Board of
Home Missions Drops
Philadelphia, Dec. .Eighteen
blshooa from all . sections of the
United States and one from. India
were in attendantk.arAtu'dajr; at the
. ooeninsr session of th hoard of home
missions and church extension of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which
chiefly was devoted to a review of
the year's work. Approximately
15,000,000, it was stated, wouia oe ap'
propnated for home , missionary
work.
In discussing the work of the board,
Dr. D, D. Forsythe, corresponding
secretary, said that the income of the
board for the fiscal year was, $811,
000 below that of last year and that
under the rules of the board, it would
he necessary to reduce appropriations
for 1922. $811,000 below , those of
.1921.
The total amount distributed for
church extension work jn 1921, he
said, was $2,761,863; ;
Marshal Foch Spends
Rnsv Dav in Pnrrlanfl
-"- Portland, Ore., Dec. 2. Marshal
Foch spent a busy day in and around
Portland, beginning with a recption
at the Union station and parade
through downtown streets and dos-
reception at the armory. Hia special
. train departed at a late hour last
lwte 4ir PratiMiston
va swu vjvv
After the ceremonies of the fore
; noon the generalissimo was taken tor
a trip over the Columbia river high
, way. Streets leading to the high
way were banked on both sides with
thousands of school children.
Action Against Kimball
Will Dismissed by Judge
7. Chicago, Dec. 2. An appeal from
.the order of the probate court ad
' mining the will of Mrs. Evaline
Kimball, widow of W. W. Kimhall.
Chicago piano manufacturer, was
dismissed yesterday in the circuit
court. The fight over disposition of
- the $4,000,000 estate was brought by
. ttve heirs who received minor be
. quests. The court duled that a bill
in chancery to set aside the will
must be filed to obtain relief sought
and attorneys for the heirs indicated
; woqiu dc none
The petitioners are Irving and
, George Cone and Geneva and Mir-
Jucrita Burn of Los Angeles and
esephine Noble of Chicago. The
'principal beneficiaries were the Art
- Institute of Chicago, which received
" ti nnrtrwi .- n,.; ,j tlj
Warren Salisbury of Chicago, a
niece.
Ponzi Creditors to Get
xv rer ceni junrisimas wit
Boston, Dec 1. Trustees of
Charles Ponzi, having brought to-
? ether the available assets of his de
unct quick-rich scheme, announced
today their intention to pay a divi
' dent of 10 per cent to his many
creditors for the Christmas holidays.
J. A. Lowell, one of the trustees, in
dicated that the creditors, whose
claims ran into millions, might
reasonably hope to get back 25 per
,cent ot what they paid in by the
time final settlement has been made.
Seventy-Two Buildup
In Mexican Town Burned
Xocales, Ariz.. Dec. 2. Seventy-
two houses in the Ronquillo district
,of Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, were
destroyed by fire Wednesday night,
.ftrmrHinfir tn word rrivrH hre
Several days age almost an entire
.block of .bouses was destroyed by
Are there. The origins of both fires
Noted Austrian Surgeon
Aids Crippled Children
Bloodless Surgery Revolu
tionizes Science of Phy
sician Famous Since
Operation on Lolita
Armour.
- By MAROERY REX.
New York, Dec. 2. Rates of ex
change may, wipe out the wealth of
one country and inflate the currency
of another in comparison. v
But human service is a coin whicn
never falls below the par alue of
shining golJ. , '
To the crippled children of Amer
ica Prof. Adolf Lorcnz, master of
bloodless surgery and specialist in
joint diseases, is offering aid. It is
such aid as was brought to the crip
pled daughter of a millionaire pack
er 18 years ago, when Dr. Lorcnz
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was brought from Vienna to Chicago
bv T. Oeden Armour to enable his
little daughter, Lolita, to gain use of
her limbs,
And it is even more than that,
since Dr. Lorenz declares his meth
ods in bloodless, harmless surgery
have been revolutionized since those
days.
The noted surgeon 1 68 years old
now. He looks as santa Uaus might
if he were able to add distinction to
benevolence white beard, rosy,
clear skin, light blue, keen eyes.
Great Changes in Everything.
"Those 18 years have brought
great changes yes, indeed," Dr.
Lorenz began. "But what a change
in New .York -City I
"This is truly the 'City of Light.'
Paris used to be called that, but in
that respect it cannot compare with
modern New York. t v.
'Life here is all in a tumult: it is
terrible and bewildering to me. The
rush, the hustle and the noise. It
is undoubtedly bad for the nerve
of New Yorkers, but they seem to
survive." ...
Dr. Lorenr will continue for some
time the clinic begun by him at the
Hospital for Joint Diseases.
-scores ot crippled children com
to the great surgeon there, and it is
estimated that nearly 700 letters a
day have been received at the hotel
where he is staying.
iechnique has been revolution
lied since my first visit here," toe
specialist continued, "but harmless
ness is characteristic of It all. Other
people may -agy, 'Do you want to
take a chance and have an opera
tion?' Well, there is no risk at
tendant here.
But your poor New York chll.
dren so many of them thrown all
in a heap by Infantile paralysis. I
am using some new methods and ex
periments to assist them.
'.Limbs can be etralittitened bv
manual traction' and mechanical
means. kventuallv 'transplantation'
can take place. Healthy muscles can
be as easily removed from a healthy
limb and placed in a sickly one as
rosebuds can be grafted and re
canted. Hip joints that are fle
ormed can be set straia-ht that ha
always been my specialty, ,
"But there is also sufferinsr in mv
home Vienna. The dearth of sup.
plies continues, The decreased
value of the kronen prevents buying
even such supplies as ar offere4 in
the shops.
war profiteers, of course, Jive in
shameless splendor. The brain
workers are badly off.
"The former prosperous class, to
wnicn i was supposed ta helnnir
with a laugh) has lost everything.
At this- point Dr. S. Wevman
whom Dr, Loreni has appointed as
his assistant, told me that the great
surgeon was not worth even $1,000
today.
"My fortune is reduced to 1.000th
of what It was formerly," he said.
n cost me Z,500,000,000 kronen to
come over to America.
Austria has about enough sup.
lies to last a month. It ii nnt
ertile land, but mountainnua
fertile provinces we had we have
lost.
"We must import' thr-fni,rlii f
all our needs, and the thrr.
fourths must be bought in the world
markets with pur worthless kronen,
6,000 of which would barely buy $1.
we owe mucn to your fine
American relief administration, to
Home Brew Explosions
Rock Bisbee City Jail
Bisbee, Ariz.. Dec 2. A series of
explosions in the city jail yesterday
caused a police riot call." They
found scores of bottles of home brew,
seized in raids several days ago,
either blown lo bits or on the verge
of eaploding. Dikes were built to
keep the main floor of the jail from
being flooded.
CaTkr4 f
McMianrlile. Ore. Dc. S. J. J. Wl
ker. cashier or tb lrayta Drcra
SUte hank, which railed aereral moqths
am. waa yestardar eoaTlctad by Jury
ot arson. Ha was charred with hav'.cc
hired a Japanesa to barm a cannery,
which Tt :Sim- awnad. la order ta eelleet
ta laaaraaca. Seraral etnas earn saara-
jina- eankins; lrr-a,ritia are pecdinc
the Tewlsh relief and the Red Cross.
"Would I like to live In New
York?" Dr. Lorena emiled. "Well.
I like America, but the hustle of
this city terrifies me. As tor that
subway that rumbles under the
ground, I would never trust myself
to go down with its crowds. 1
know I should never, never come
out alive."
Dr. Loreni spends four and a half
hours a dav at the clinic at ihe hos
pital for joint diseases, where an en
tire floor has been placed at his dis
posal, After his work here I finished he
will go to Chicago. On his way
he will stop off at Buffalo, Gcve
land and Detroit, where clinics will
be arranged.
"In Chicago I am going to
Mrs. John J. Mitchell, who was Miss
Lolita Armour when I knew her,"
declared Dr. Lorenz.- "I was In
vited to her wedding but couldn't
come on at that time."
At the time Dr. Lorenz performed
an operation on Lolita Armour and
effected a cure he became inter
nationally famous.
Reward of $1,000
Renews Hunt for
Missing Teacher
Sister of Ornalta Woman Lost
Nearly Three Years Re
fuses to Give Up
Hope,.
Mrs. Anna E. Meyer of Council
Blulfs has not given up all hope of
finding her sister, Miss Lucy W.
Evans, 47, a teacher in the Central
school, Omaha, for 23 years, who
disappeared nearly three years ago.
Yesterday she began sending our
circulars, bearing a full description
and photograph of Miss Evans, to
all police departments, hospitals and
sanitariums throughout the country,
bearing an offer of $1,000 tewsrd
for information leading to finding
her sister.
Fled From Hospital.
Mijs Evans suffered a nervous
breakdown about six months before
her disappearance from Ford hos-
pltsl. February 16, 1919. Hospital
authorities could not explain how
she escaped but believed she climbed
down a fire escape.
Not a word has been heard from
her. since that time, though nearly
three years nave passed.
But hope still lingers in thi heart
of Mrs. Meyer.
Can't CHvt tat,
"I feel, somehow, that my lter
is living, sne sam. "for one thing,
she has not been found dead. It
would be an easy "thing for her to
have wandered away to some other
city, to a town or even to a farm
where she might have started life
all over again without telling any
one her real name. Isn't that pos
sible and even likcty? She might
have had a lapse of memory.
"I have neve ceased my efforts
in these three years to obtain trace
of my dear sister and I can't five
up hope, '
"I am poor but expense Is no ob
ject as lone as I have a chance to
find her. I will pay the $1,000 re
ward with , great cheerfulness
though It may be all I have In the
world." .
ttuuell H. Chldenrien t Metlre.
New Havan. Conn.. Litu. 1. Munxil H.
ChlSanilan. for naarly si years director
of Hhcffl.ld Snl.nllfle irhool, Tale uni
versity, will retire next June, It waa an.
nounoefl last nliht. Frofeaaor Chldendtn
la It years old.
U. S. Charges Combine
To Fix L. A. Oil Prices
Washington, Dec. 2. Members of
the Independent Petroleum Market
ers association were charged by the
federal trade commission today with
having agreed among themselves to
maintain the prices and selling prae
tices, established in the state of Cali
fornia by the Standard Oil company
of California.
The charges of the commission
were contained in the second sec
tions of its report to the senate on
price and competitive conditions in
the Califronia Oil industry.
The commission declared that Los
Angeles officials of the standard Oil
company were notified promptly
by a member of the marketers asso
ciation of understandings and agree
ments relative to price maintenance
within that association "thereby
placing the Standard in a better po
sition to know when a new price ad
vance would be followed.''
The commission also asserted that
records since 1915 disclose that the
Standard's prices in California have
been followed generally by alt mem
bers of the marketers association. It
declared that the association had
prepared a list of peddlers and other
retailers who refuted to sell at the
agreed prices and held the dis
tributors responsible for that class of
trade would not receive supplies until
the retailers maintained the . list
prices.
U.S. Sells $12,842,300
Of Rail Certificates
Washington, Dec 2. Sales of
$12,842,300 of railroad .equipment
trust certificates held by the govern
ment was announced today by Di
rector General of Railroads Davis,
bringing the total of these securi
lise disposed of by the government
to I1J2.910.600.
For the first time since the govern-
ment began the sales ot these cer
tificates western financial interests
have taken blocks of these securities
according to a statement by Eugene
Meyer, jr., managing director of the
War Finance corporation through
which the sales were arranged.
The sales today included certifi
cates of the Chicago and Northwest
em, Michigan Central, Chicago St.
I'aul. Minneapolis and Omaha rail
roads, totaling $3,335,200 to a syndi
cate of Chicago bank.
Railroads Willing
To Abrogate Contracts
With Shipping Firms
Wsshlngton! Dec. 1. -Willingness
to abrogate preferential eon.
tracts with foreign shippmg Inter
ests was expressed today before
shipping board olfleiala bjf sU of
the eight American railroads having
such agreements. Two roads which
were invited to appear before the
shipping board interstate commerce
ss being party to preferential con
tracts, announced those contract
which they had held had expired and
would not be renewed.
The roads whose representatives
agreed to recommend the cancella
tion were: The Baltimore and Ohio,
Northern Central, Southern, Mobile
and Ohio and Boston and Albany.
The Pennsylvania railroad, accord
ing to its general traffic manager,
R. C. Wright, hud only a business
mi'lcrManifing with the Internation
al Merchant murine, which could be
eaily canceled if the board de
sired. The .hearings were -adjourned
pending the filing by the individual
roads of statements us to their intent.
Start Your Christmas Shopping Saturday
We Are Ready With Complete Stocks of Holiday Merchandiseor, Your Selection
For Saturday Your Choice of 300
Trimmed Hats
Taken from Higher Priced Groups and Offered at
I00
Women appreciate the ttyls) distinction and the value s which prevail in the
Kldredgc-Reynolda Millinery Shop at regular price,
When a sale like this oeeurs, it means -valuea ajttraordinaryv-values that will
result in quick disposal at these Hatstherefore early selection is advised.
Seeend fleer " ; .... ;,
For Saturday-Two-Tone Phoenix
Silk and Wool Hose
$2.50
An exceptionally good assortment of women's silk .and
. wool Hose ia two-tone colors in shades of brown, either
plain or drop stitch patterns. , Also other makes im
silk and wool heather mixtures t $2.50 pair.
Matt Usee
The
"Toddle
OxfordV
-$6.00-
It's new and as exclusive model
this smart patent Oxford create
top street wear tad daaolng. The
street eoles and collegiate, heals
make H ever so comfortable and,
too, they're of the later mode and
are very specially priced at W.Q0.
Tan ealf brogue;
brown Sid, mili
tary heel; black ( For Saturday
calf Oxford. ) only
Main Floor
All Occasions
Women's Pure Linen
Handkerchiefs 75c
The popularity of the colored handkerchief makes this
sale important to all the feminine sex. They have hand
embroidered corners, colored thread borders and may
be had in colors such as green, yellow, copen, sky and
rose. All in ene lot at 75c.
.. -,. Min Fleer
Sweaters for
Slip-Ooer Skating and Tuxedo Styles
$2.95 $3.25
to $12.50
No matter what the occasion there is usually
a sweater to answer the question of dress.
Many new tyje have Just arrived and women
will find it aa opportune time to select one
or more, not only for their own use, but for
Christmas lle. There are all shades a? well
as black and white. -
Slip-on Sweaters
-$2.95-
j-or Saturday we offer an unusually attractive
sUivon Sweater is a norelty weave, with oval
neck, plated belt with tassels, in buff, brown,
nary and black. SlEes ?4 to 4.
Second Floor
-Special I
)$8.50
Iwlr ..r
WOMEN'S COATS
- $39.75
ON SALE SATURDAY
A brand new lot of handsome Winter Coats have been placed in one group
and priced 3t $39.75 for Saturday. They are fashioned frojn.sueh ui literals as
Normandit Velour Mixtures Bolivia
.In navy, brown, black, malay and sorrento. The styles are exceptionally
smart end every coat is finely tailored with full silk lining and interlined.
Distinctiveness and individuality is given the coats by the addition of fur
trimming, sueh as v ,
Bcaverette Nutria Mole Squirrel
. ' . Third Floor ,
f . A Clearance Sale of
WOMEN'S DRESSES
A limited number Dresses will be placed on sale Saturday at $13.50, aj
price exceptionally low, They are made of tricotine, Polret twill and Canton
crepe, in navy, black Sd brown. Sisea It to 40. Make your selection!
srhlle they last.
Third Floor
132
Scarfs
Women's Brushed Wool
Capes Shawls
To wear in the motor, for skating, as a house throw, one of these soft, wooly
Scarfs or Wraps will fill a need created by the cold weather. Priced at
$1.00-$3.00-$5,95-$7.50 and $8.75
Second Ffer
1e.H
Three Great Groups of
V
Coats for Misses and Girls
$9.95 $13.95 $18.95
Previously to $15.00 Previously to $18.50 Previously to $2250
In these thres groups will be found Coats for either dress or general wear, . .
Good warm Coats youthful in appearance belted or plain models. Choice of
Navy Sorento Brown Heather
Made of the newest and most fashionable materials, all neatly tailored. Sizes
7 to 16. .
Also a complete line of Coats in sizes and styles for misses and small women at
$25.0&-$27.50 to $75.00
Second Floor
Our Entire Stock ef Boye Apparel
t 30 Off Regular Prices,
The Store of Specialty Shops
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Our Entire Stock ef Man's Apparel
SO Off Regular Prices.
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