Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-04
BRIEF CITY NEWS


"Townsend's for sporting Goods
V>SLatest Wedding Rings-Edholm. Jeweier.
Electric Fans, rgess-dranden Co
Gsodricb Garden Hese-Morton q Son..
&Iave Root Print It--Now Beacon Press
now In The Bee building, "the building tha'
y always new"
III 'Today's Movie Program classified sec
tlon today. 1t appears in The Bee e1clu-
lively. Find out what the various moving
Il picture thesters offer.
x Loses Watch and RolI-o. Olson OF Chi.
cago met two strange men at Fifteenth anc
Capitol avenue last evening who pro-
ceeded to separate him from his watch
and $s7.
I'm Charged with Raising Bills-charles
X Crawford, colored. and Emery Duncan were
Y taken in charge by federal officers on 8
charge of raising" the face values OF pa
per money.
"a Seeks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grace Nc
4 Donald of Trinidad, Colo. has written the
Omaha police asking them to try to To-
cate her brother-in-law, Frank Lechner'
Lcchner was last heard from In this city
Gets Cut in Fight-In an alteration over
some trivial difficulty Joe Karplan. South
Side, cut Joe Bann, 1917 Dodge street. so
that several stitches were taken In the
wound by d. o. Myers. Karplan was placed
e under arrest
Andir0ns, Fire ScreenA--rIn der|and's
Burglars Get Tobacco-Fifteen cartons OF
cigarettes and two boxes of cigars were
stolen from pool room operated by Gum
Schultz at 21s North Sixteenth street early
Sunday morning, when burglars entered
through a rear door.
Held for Observation-C. H. Bulls, Sew
onth and Bancroft streets, has been ar
rested and charged with being delirious
During the evening he drove the family
from HIS house and threatened the life OF
Rhs wife. He is being held for observation.
Large Crowd at Manawa Sunday-Several
thousand people hied themselves to Manawa
Sunday to escape the heat Of the city
More than thousand crossed the lake. their
destination being Manhattan beach, which
was alive with bathers all afternoon and
evening.
Three Houses Raided-The following per-
sons have been arrested and charged as
keepers of disorderly houses: Robert stod-
dard, 216 South Fourteenth street; E. A.
Cox. $40 South Tenth street, and William
Ushel, 203 South Ninth street. Inmates
were taken from each establishment.
Girls Screams Save HEREAFTER being
enticed to the rear of the Dupont school,
Twenty ninth and Martha street, Grace
Knipper, aged 10 years. 2411 South Twenty
ninth street. screamed so loudly that her
assailant a man Of middle age. was fright
ened away before he had done any damage.
o. o. Bernstein Of New York City, Sunday
opened an evangelistic campaign In a tent Al
Fourteenth street and Capitol avenue on
the site of the Billy Sunday tabernacle,
speaking to an audience Of about 800. The
revivalst expects to be In Omaha about two
months. stl- .a ,a..-
Another Brick Yard Ordinance--Another
brick yard regulatory ordinance introduced
provides that dirt for these industries may
be hauled in only from adjacent sites. The
purpose is to prohibit hauling of dirt over
paved streets for brick kilns. Two i'm
provement clubs have protested against one
brick yard
Weatherly Woman on Trial-Ada Wealth
erly charged with manslaughter. was placed
on trial In Judge Sears court. The woman.
white wife of negro, killed Minnie Wilson
June Is in a quarrel over Mrs. Weatherly S
husband. When arraigned she plead guilty,
in self-defense. and Judge Sears ordered
the trial to go on.
Dusky Bellies Interrupted-Mabel woodson
and Mamie Dunn, both colored, living at
1917 Douglas street, were arrested at that
number while preparing to carve each other
with long and dangerous looking blades In
being brought to the station the women In
some manner succeeded in Kidding them
selves of the knives but, nevertheless, will
be arraigned in police court on the charge.
Mrs. Potter Secures Divorce-Mrs. Evelyn
Potter has been granted a divorce from
Francis Potter, well known Omaha muSl-
clan, on grounds of cruelty. Mrs. Potter is
given custody of a 7-year-old daughter,
Lynda Jean, and Is further awarded $40
per month for support of the little girl
until she 10 Is years Of age. The father
is given permission to visit the child
whenever he wishes to do SO.
Burial without Permit--Health Com
missioner Connell states he has sworn to
a warrant and complaint against Edwin
Carroll sexton at Holy Sepulcher cemetery,
charging him with burying F. T. Mahoney
without first securing a permit from the
health office as provided by law. Six
months ago the commissioner sent letters
to all cemetery officials advising them he
would enforce the laws pertaining to bur-
ial permits.
Use Tex Tile" Shingles.--Sunderland's