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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1922)
1'HU liUS: lUitA. 'n&diiAV. ji A tit it i. lici. 1 1 r t ' Omaliuii Misses $100,000 Fortune hv Single Vote Six Wfl'Cunumrl in Trial of Crllrtc! Will Cae 61 Jury Hal ... John T. Kirlnun of Onnhi, for inrr fircmlfnt rf the O wit Auto Top.Uody company, faitrj by Juot one juror ' vole M get $K0,000 In I If it a claimant for tic f slate of tlie Utr Juhn (Conno who died in Hitting in 1 VI 3 aftrr liiing there 3H ytr anil acrumuUtinf the for tune ly toil a a cobbler. Trial of the cane took rtrarty i wrrk and ihe jury ldilirats I for "5 liour, taking o4 ballot and final ly bring dinlurgrd without rraclti. f an reiurnt. StU I urn, attoritc 'or K n k nun, laid tli jury atixid 9 to J in favor of Kirknuu'i claim. It re quire only 10 votet of a jury to make a Irriiou in a civil cae. 'Hie O'Connor cae i one of the nict celebrated will cacs in Ne braska annaU. f '1 liere are lour irU of claimants. The Allman claimant live in Denver ond base their claim on a certain tintype. 1 be Connors come from . Ibany. X. Y.. and base their claim on handwriting. The OUcn are lialf-breed Indians, living in Winni peg, Canada. All were represented at the hear ing. Kirkman' claim j based on two tilings. First, body marks, including an extraordinarily long thumb and peculiarly curved little finger, alike on O'Connor and on Kirkman. And, second, photographs alleged to have been found among O'Connor's ef fects in Fremont after he left there and moved to Hastings. The photo graphs were identified by Kirkman as pictures of his mother. He claims that O'Connor was iu reality his father, James M. Kirk man. O'Connor's long life in Hastings was surrounded bv mystery, accord ing to Attorney Harris. He refused to discuss his previous life. Mate Sought Company of Omaha Woman,' Sayg wife Tosfnh Brockclsbv. wealthy rc- Wd farmer of Vail, la., has teen coming to Omaha to see women, his wife, Priscilla, alleges in an answer she filed yesterday in district court to the rctitiou for divorce filed by Brockclsby recently. She says one of the women was a "Mrs. Ramsey." lie has lost his love for his wife, she declares. Sh sav 'ha nrooertv worth $125,000 and she asks ,$K'0 a month! temporary aumony ana aouu ior ai torney's fees and expense money in petting evidence to defend the suit. ft)r.ckelsby charges her w;th cruelty and desertion. Girl Fatally Burticd When y. Can of Kerosene pxplodcs - .i'rctoiK Ta..' March 6. T Special) t- nz j.,..i,fA rtf '.v'Sund Mrs. Lewis Choate, living near5 llls Place- "as 'a'3" uumcu at the'He of Fred Johnson, where she was" Wh"Urg. when a, can of kerosene, whicVMr. Johnson liSd left on the warX'tug oven of t he kitchen stove, topped over on the lwated part of thev stove and ev ploded. 'Miss Choate's clothing at once caught fire. The flames were extin guished by Mrs. Johnson who wrap ped a blanket about the burning girl, but she died a short time later at the Johnson home. 1 Six Beatrice Youths Held ' ; on Chicken Theft Charge Beatrice, Neb., March 6 (Special Telegram.) Six Beatrice young men were brought into county court on the charge of stealing chickens. Francis South and Tom Day pjcaded not guilty and their cases were set for hearing Wednesday. Louie Witski, Russell Ramsey, Evan Freeman and Velma Tatum entered pleas of guilty and were bound over to the district -court. All were re leased on bond except Day and Frce-rpan. Road Conditions (Farnlnhrd br'Omnha AvU Club.) Lincoln Highway (EanU Road nowy Mid altppfry. -Lincoln Highway (West! RoRrts a IHtle luftony, but In it"0d oonditionj Grand 'Island r-norts mads rood. . O. ts. r. HtRhway Roadn a little snowy, but no tilfficuity in travylln. , Highland Cutorf-Ttoads rough. , S. T. A. Good. -Cornhusker Highway C.ood. 'Omalia-Toreka. Highway Good; bridgs t Louiavli!. closed. .O 8tret Hoad Snowy. fGeorg Washington Highway Muddy. Black Hills Trail Snowy, but roads food. Kin or Trails (North) Roads muddy to Missouri Yally: north fair. .King of Trails (South) Snowy, but roads good. . RIvfr-to-TUver Boad Muddy at Neola, otherwise fair. -White Pol Road A little snowy, but reads fair. I. O. A. Shortllne A little anowy, but Mir. ;Rlue Grass Road Fair. s , Weather reported cloudy at every point. r with snow. Predictions for unsettled and Orobably colder. 5 ADVERTISEMENT WARNING 3k Cold and Grip Germs find their earliest victims among those who are weak and run down nd whose resisting power is lowest. t The pure food elements in Father John's Medicine build energy to re sist Cold and Grip germs. . The gentle laxative effect of Fa rther John's Medicine helps to drive out impurities. -You are safe 'when you take Father John's Medicine because it is guaranteed free from alcohol or (dangerous drugs in any form. . . f 5 year ia Fortune Almost Won Sargent Hotel Man Killed in Car Crash .4rgertt, Xcb., M.'cli Special) Telegram ) Charles l"r.itn, 40, Jtarent fiotel proprietor, w killed iiointly when tlie iutof.oh'le in wliith he wa riding WidJe4 on a tnu.iivird ri'J'd aiu caUi'iiileJ into the il'UH four iui!r rxrtfi vl here t J;W Sunday win hi, liui w wt ff iiur men te turning from Ititiwdl Ut Saiget, If vi M4ih injured lishlly, wh.le Jane 1 inlcy and a liurwrll railroad man, Other iiieuilH'r vi the party, were iinhint. None of the men wit aide to tell rtaitly how the aa'-lent wcurred t tie autuiiuihi'e badly wrevkei Atlii.ii on l)r. I'irKU l Dcljjr-tl .y I4M lllnr. IJlH'oln, Mrh 6 "iSpetlal HI iu ( Attiriiey t'.fiifial tUrrnce A. Pavis, in bed witli inilueiwa. will Miipne aetinn ui tlie board vi par jinii and paroles relative to whether )r. I e.Ile I'irtda li4'l be k"'" iiefiii4iierit trnsi'tr t the aute re loi maiiiry. A teiuiHwaty transfer was (sianti.! tn aemuHt vt preval ence tt jnriiietira aming iiimatet and nred of a person llieie capable vl dircctinf pioper iiur.tim. Snow at Ufalritr Heatrice, N'eb,, Mauli 6, (Sprci.-I l i!i'iaiii ) A wcl iunv it falling U lliia niiHin t the elate and Uiiihh l r i'tt flul it lit j'l-t tb thmg t" wmier wlie4t. Iinluathais ae kt I tifjw i.i'l hi iititikiuie. (nr le Hun U,Ml. . I'eiinsvlvanu ha I.Tfl nniei if highly, cl which miles, or ,1o jier criit. euitsinute the t4te biiilt vay tteoa, "-(ll63! John F. Kirkman, 1 51$ North Sixteenth street, former president of the Omaha Auto Top Body company, who misted securing by one juror's vote the 1 1 00,000 estate of John O'Connor, cobbler-hermit, who died in Hastings. Neb., in 1913, on the claim that O'Connor really was his father who disappeared when young man; and the queerly marked hand of Harold Kirkman, 6, his grandson, which resemble those of the dead her mit and the milling Kirkman. Youths Held for Tlicfl From Aunt Uomls Set at SI, 300 Kai-h Uotli Jailed in Default of Hail. Louis Krabal, Cleveland, O.. who enlisted at Fort Crook a week ago, and Reynolds Cehlcr, youth from Imperial, Xcb., charged jointly with grand larceny, were arraigned and bound over in Central police court yesterday under $1,500 bonds each. They arc accused of stealing $640 from Mrs. Clara Dorn, 4.12 Cedar street, aunt of Cehlcr, with whom he had been staying. According to police, they admitted talking the money to spend for "a good time." Cehlcr came to Omaha from Im perial about three weeks ago, accord ing to hi story, to stay at the home oi Mrs. Dorn while she was at the bedside of her husband at St. Joseph hospital. The stolen money represented her lie savings, she said. Doth ,men were remanded to jail in default of bail. Select Jury for Trial of Dr. Elizabeth Lyman Trial of Dr. C. Elizabeth Lyman on a charge of murder by producing abortion began in district court yes terday' with selection of a jury. The complaint charges that the death of Mrs. Lucille Payne, 3218 California street, was the result of Su operation performed by Dr. Lyman at her of fice. 504;i South Sixteenth street. Dr. Lyman denies that she per formed any operation. Man Convicted for Slaying of Deputy 0eeu1a. Ia. March C William FentUman of Wichita. Kan., was found guilty of first degree murder by a district court jury here early teMerday for the slaying on Oc tober 19. 19JI, of Charles W. Jones of Murray, la. The jury, which wa out five hour; and 10 minutes, recom mended that Fcntlcman be sentenced to life imprisonment. Attorneys for the defense an nounced that a motion for a aiew trial would be tiled. Judge Homer K. Fuller gave them one wees) in which to file such a motion. In the event a new trial is denied, Fcntlcman will be sentenced March 13. Jones was a member of a sheriff's posse which was attacked by a band of men. Eddie Adams, notorious Kansas bank robber who is said to have been the leader of the gang, was shot and killed recently by a policeman. Frank Foster, confessed member of the gang, is in jail ai Creston, la., on a murder charge for his part in the attack. The fourth member of the gang is still at large. Radio Outfit Installed to Lure Folks to Church Iroudale, O.. March 6. As a means of attracting young people to church, Rev. William Powers, pastor of the Irondale Methodist Episcopal church, plans installing a radio outfit in his church. Rev. Mr. Powers quit a $2U0-a-month job as an electrician in an Athens county maine a few years ago to become pastor of a congre gation that paid only $800 annual salary. He has ordered a radio outfit. Me plans to make it give concerts, news, sermons and various reports broad casted from Pittsburgh. . SYRUP PEPSIN IN OLD AGE Much used by elderly people for constipations biliousness, head aches, etc. - MANY men and women, as they grow older, surfer constantly from little ills. The cause is the poisons produced by chronic constipation, result ing in headaches, depression, bloating, sour stomach, bad breath, etc. A single bottle of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will prove to you that you can so regulate yourself that elimi nation will occur promptly every day. Increased doses are not necessary. It is a com bination of Egyptian Senna and other simple laxative herbs with pepsin. The cost is only about a cent a dose. In spite of the fact that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin has been on the market 30 years and is today the largest selling liquid laxative in the world, the formula has never been im proved upon. It is safer and better for you than salts, minerals, calomel, coal tar and such drastic purgatives. Half Ounce Bottle Free Few escape constipation, so even if you Ao not require a ioxdht'e at this moment Ut me send ?ou a hoif-ounce Trial Bottle of my Syrup 'epsin FREE OF CHARGE so that you u'iil have it handy when needed. Simply send your name and address to Dr. W. fi. Caldwell, 14 WojKmfum Si., Monriccllo, lit. Write me uxSi. ) : . . ... Cottage Cheese tor the Lenten Table Health-giving, palatable, economical and capa ble of a great variety of uses for the table, Cottage Cheese is a special boon to many house wives at this season. It deserves a larger place at all times t)f year than some realize. Alamito Cottage Cheese is made just right. You'll like it. Our man will leave it with milk if you say the word. Alamito Dairy Company Phone Doug. 0409 Leavenworth at 26th St. Sale of- Notions In which you can fill vour needs for many much wanted little necessaries at Very Low Prices Drtu Forma With Stand Cot- ercd 'lth gray: tizrs 32 to 44- Inch bunt: regularly o sold at 5 00; fnrM..JJJ Ptrfetion Hair 'Pins Shell, Amber and (tray; regular 20c box: snl price is, in. per box Xt7C Star Marcarlxtd Machine Thread No. 60, black and white; 100 yards to spool; regularly 10c; specral A sale price 4C Silk and Rubber Dreia Shields flesh color, very light weight, regularly 50o pair; special , uJb Cushion Collar Band Good quality, each one In an enve lope, all sizes: regularly r 12', 4c; special, each Ob Rubberized Kitchen Apron Neat small checks: regularly 50c; specially priced each 39c Rick-rack Braid By the yard, varigated colors; 2 f" yards for ut Kotex Sanitary Napkins Reg ularly 60c; special, QQ per dozen ........... JiJ Cube of Beaded Pina 100 pins to cube; regularly ISc; 7 ' special, per cube .' II Shoe and Slipper Tree m Regular 10c; per pair .. l Safety Pin 3 sizes, a O 10c card for Ol Elastic Remnant ?i-ln. elas tic in to 1-yard remnants, vhite or gray; special . price 1UV Carbon Steel Dressing - Q Pins 300 to the paper..- JV 10c Children' Gray Elastic 1 f-. Garter All sizes.... ivt Stickerl' Wash - Edging All wanted colors; regularly ft 15c; per bolt , , ib Heavy Blue Shopping Bag TNegularly 15c; spe- daily priced ul Ocean Pearl Button o Various sizes, per card., J. 4 P. Coat Mercerized Darn ing Cotton Extra quality, 75- yard spools; regularly 15c; special O. N. T. and Star Crochet Cot ton All colors; spe- OE daily priced, 3 for ..tiut colors, 75 yard balls; regu larly 7'2c; special, g per Dan isv Hickory and Dr. Parker Walta for Girl and Boy Oft-. Regularly 50c; special 0 17 C Foot Form Stocking Darner Fits the foot of the stocking; regularly 15c; special, f f each XVW Kohinoor Snap Fastener All sizes, black and white, g 3 cards for .......... XUC American Twill Tape 3-yard bolts, all widths; spe- r cial, per bolt V Hook and Eye Black only. 3 sizes; regularly 10c; i special X V Circle Combs, Shell and Amber -Regularly 35c; spe cially priced 25c The Brandeis Restaurants Men's Grill Business Men's Luncheon 60c Prompt and Efficient Serv ice, Delicious Cooking. Take Express Elevator to Tenth Floor. . ' ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' '''' ' ' '' ' ' '''''' : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''''' ' ' ' ' One Dollar Sale Tuesday All Wool French Serge 40-inch width, a Hplcmlij Jrcss duality, thoroticlily spoiigfii fliid shrunk. Not in years liavo wo offered sudi a linrfr&in as Huh. 1,000 yards m navy blue, black and all wanted shades, bpc cially priced, per yard SI Main Floor Center Children's Gingham Dresses 1920 dresses, made of Amo.skeai; pngliam and cliambray with rffevtive trimmings of gingham, or gandy is n d embroidery. I'lain or patily styles styles in various colors and eliei-ks. Sizes 2 to C years, "'"SI Third Floor Eatt Silk and Lingerie Blouses "50 crepe do chine, georg ette and voile Mouses, many styles in light and suit shades. .Sizes U! to 41. Values to 3.95, but because tjiey are blight ly soiled, re duced to SI Second Floor South -ught wooi Sweaters F or Women M Uses UOO Sweaters in coat, slip over and tuxedo styles, in shades f flame, ltclgian, navy, brown mid purple. Sizes SI to 4D. y Values to )X, for SI Second Floor Center -Trimmed Scarfs Lace Trimmed and Embroidered Scarfs Some with insets 1 AA of lace and embroidery. Ea. 1 v Main Floor Kitchen Toweling Kitchen Toweling: With red or blue border; specially priced, 1 (f 6 yards for 1 UU Mala Floor Trimmed Doilies Lace Doilies 8-inch Cluny 1 f( lace trimmed doilies, 3 for A VrV Main rioor Weat WOMEN'S Fine Lisle -Hose Imported lisle Hose, full fashioned and double soles; some self clocked; black, brown and white; per pair, $1 Main Floor North WOMEN'S Silk and Wool -Hose Black, brown, gray 'tand light tan.. Irregulars of 2.00 values; per pair Main Flror North WOMEN'S Quilted Satin Slippers Quilted Slippers with leather soles in old rose, pink, blue, lavender, purple and black; all sizes; pair $1 Third Floor East Venus Bandeaux 2 for 1.00 Hade of flesh colored pop lin and mesh materials, they fit perfectly. Narrow shoul der tapes, back or front closing; sizes 32-42; special, 2 for SI Third Floor North BLACK GEORGETTE CREPE The very best quality of black georgette crepe, 40-inch width, in a durable ocepcy . quality of fine texture; regular value 1.05; special, per yard Main Floor Center SI ODD LOT OF SILKS Comprising Poplins, Moire, Cotton Back Satin, etc. ; in various colors'; 36 inches wide ; per yard, ' Main Floor Center SI French Gray Silver Girdles Smart and attractive girdles in French gray, silver set with semi-precious stories and col ored ivory insets. 1.98 and 2.50 values, for $1 Main Floor Ea$t ' . Leather Hand Bags New and attractive Bags in yelvety calf, seal gray and alli gator, silk lined and fitted. Swagger styles, envelope shapes with double handles; regular 1.50, 1.98 and 2.50 val ues, lor SI Main Floor East TOILET ARTICLES at $1 1.00 1.00 1.00 with Melba 1.00 1.00 1.00 Houbigant Quelques Fleurs or Ideal Talcum Powder Specially priced for this selling, Phi Phi Face Powder An exclusive imported Face Powder; regular 1.50 value, for, ' Aubry Sister's Beautifier and Tint 1.00 Beautifier and 35c Tint, both for, Gold or Silver Plated Vanity Vanity filled Compact Powder; regular 1.50 value; specially priced for this selling, 1.50 Cutex Manicure Set Traveler's size; special, Djer Kiss Soap 1.50 value ; Specially priced, 3 bars for Main Floor West French Ivory Hair Brushes Genuine French ivory Hair Brushes with concave backs and real bristles; regular 3.00 value, for- $1 Main Floor East BOYSVSHIRTS AND BLOUSES, 2 for In plain while and neat stripes, good quality madras and percale, collar attached, neckband and sport collar styles. Tom Sawyer and other makes; special, 2 for , SI Garbage Pails 5-gallon size, made of gal vanized iron with bail and cover; each $1 Fifth Floor West 2-Eound Box Candy A family box consisting of choice Chocolates, Caramels, Jordon Almonds and our dainty hard mixes; made in our own candy factory; special, 2 pound bos for $1 Pompeian Room Main Floor- Novelty Curtains Sheer quality scrim trim med Avith lace edge. Worth 1.75; per pair $1 Sixth Floor East Ruffled Curtains Made of good quality scrim with full narrow rurrie and ruf fled tie-back to match; 1.75 value; per pair , : . $1 Sixth Floor East Mop Sets Consisting of heavy dust ing mop and bottle of oil. Special $1 Fifth Floor West. Light Cut Glass ; ware A collection of attractively shaped pieces of light Cut Glass, including candy jars, oil or vinegar jugs and .footed bowls; 1.50 to 3.00 values, for Women's Union Suits Fine lisle or cotton, bodice or regulation top; loose or tight knee or closed skiit style; each Women's Cotton Vests Fine combed cotton, flesh or white with band, crocheted or bodice top; all sizes; 26c each or 4 for SASH CORD CLOTHESLINE 100-foot length; best No. 7 sash cord; very strong. Vv ill not stretch. Special- II I III 1)sMiBmiiiiiaBHHsaMSM I II r "$1 . $1. . $1 . $1 : JVlMJUtir Fifth Floor East Third Floor Center . Third Floor Center Fjfth pteor West j 0 on 6 Pairs Children's I I 7 Pairs Men's I 4-Piece Pantry Set Z j solid rubber mats, 18x30 Cotton Hose Cotton Socks r t- ' framed Mirrors inches, "easily cleaned; r- . , f frn SeamX": wkSck of Consisting of flour, sugar, good protection for car- First quality of Children s medium weight, in black, cor- tea and coffee cans enam- 10xl6-inch size ; frames of , Cotton School Hose in me- dovan, gray, navy and balbrlg- pa wi,;t . cPt white enamel ; all ready to pet; each, - diuni rib, black and white; n: all sizes. These ar. run e, sei , . , ' gT4 ' 5 to 9U 6 pairs for- of the mil.. 7 pairs for- ' V V? ' $1 $1 SI $1 $1 - ' Basement Arcade Basement Arcad ' - Fifth Floor West Fjfth Floor West I ' ' ' ... i'- ' ' .