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Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
SAYS HUSBAND
threatened HER
LIFE WITH knife
Mrs. HammersIey In Divorce
Action Charges She Had to
Call Police for Pro-
lection.

Edwin J. Hammersley was sued
for divorce in district court yester-
day by his wife, Della P. Ham
mersley, who charges him with ex-
treme cruelty and with threatening
to kill her.
The Hammersleys live at 54l6
Florence boulevard. the "Prettiest
Mile" district. Mr.. Hammersley
makes from $1,000 to $500 a year,
according to his wife's statement.
They have an automobile and be-
long to clubs.
Mrs. Hammersley alleges that on
October |, 1918, her husband
knocked her down and threatened
to kill with knife. Ever since
that time, she says, he has been in
different to her and has refused to
live with her as a husband.
During the greater part of this
time, she alleges, he has refused to
talk to her. although they lived un-
der the same roof. He has refused,
she declares, to take her to enter
tainments or for automobile rides.
The most recent outbreak, she al
leges. occurred last Tuesday night,
at which time she says he struck
her, called her vile names, tore her
night gown to shreds and became
so drunk that he was almost crazy
and terrori1ed the whole neighbor-
hood. She had him arrested at that
time.
She says he has become so
abusive that she is afraid to live
with him.
The Hammersleys were married
in Chicago, October 4, 1902. They
have one child. boy, 10 years old.
She asks the court to give her tenn
porary alimony and attorneys fees
and. upon the decision of the case,
permanent alimony for the support
of herself and the boy, custody of
whom she asks.
She says her husband has large
amount of money in the bank.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Detective Denoted Because
He Is Too Conscientious
Arthur Cunningham Placed Under Fire By Certain
Executive Members of Police Force Because of His
Active Attempts in Suppressing Vice, Is Charge

days ago, Cunningham said: Here
l am, chief. l took a stick of
dynamite when / accepted the head
of the morals squad, but I did what
I know was expected of me-"
The chief failed to give out any
specific cases in which Cunningham
is said to have worked "too con-
scientiously."
Cunningham has been on the
force nearly 20 years. From ac-
counts of his fellow men on the
force, he is we'll fitted for the work
called for in the position of police
executive. On September 2. 1913,
he was wounded twice in a gun bat
tie with a lone negro robber in the
basement of Edward Maurer's res
taurant, formerly at Fourteenth and
Farnam streets. 1t was through
Cunningham's efforts that a private
Office at the police station was es-
tablished recently for the use of the
members of the morals squad.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Wants to Apportion
Freedman Children
Among the Relatives

Mrs. Fannie Greenberg, 27l0 Burt
street, appeared in Juvenile court
!estreday and provided a solution
for the domestic troubles of Alex
ander Freedman and his SIX chill
dren who have been in custody of
the juvenile authorities for many
weeks because of alleged neglect.
II am widow and have raised
seven children" she said. But | am
willing to take Goldie Freeman. Mrs.
Freedman is my sister.
"Mr. Freedman has three brothers.
They have no children and they own
their homes and have good busi-
nesses. They should take the Freed
man children and are we'll able to
do it."
Mrs. Greenberg was compliment
ed by Juvenile Judge Troup for her
action and the authorities will try to
get the brothers to take the rest Of
the Freedman children.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
WAR FOOD BOARD
TOBE REORGANIZED
AS FAIR PRICE BODY
Aim of Committee Will Be to
Expose the Profit
eerS.

Oscar Allen, former county food
administrator, has returned from
Lake Okoboji to take up the work
or organizing a fair-price commit
tee, according to directions of G.
w. Wattles, who served as state
food administrator.
As far as it is possible to do so
the personnel of the wartime food
committees will be asked to serve
Mr.. Allen believes that he will have
his committee ready for action the
early part of this week.
To Expose Unfair Dealers.
Attorney General Palmer recently
requested all state and county food
administrations to resume their
functions to the extent of investi-
eating prices and determining what
they believe to be fair prices. He
urged that publicity of unfair prices
would have a restraining effect.
Governor McKelvie recently
wired Mr.. Wattles. requesting that
he recommend early action by the
various county food administrators
Mr.. Wattles in turn notified the
county administrators.
Late in Getting Started.
This county is late in getting
started on the fair-price investiga-
ton. Lancaster county has had an
active organization at work for sew
eral weeks and other counties of
the state have been similarly ia
vored.
H. M. Bushnell. who was identi-
fed with the former Douglas
county food administration, will as
sist Mr.. Allen in the fair-price
work.
1t is the intention of the new
committee to cooperate with c. A.
Davis, attorney general for this
state
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
MANY ROBBERIES
INCLUDED IN THE
CRIME FOR NIGHT

Burglars, highwaymen, sneak
thieves and mashers operated in
Omaha Friday night. Seemingly the
police had no knowledge of the dep
relations until they were reported
at the station by victims yesterday.
There were scores of other law
violations in the city which have not
been reported to the police.
c. L. Tate, $50 Omaha National
bank building, reported to police to-
day that his office was broken into
Friday night and a suitcase contain
ing land contracts worth $4,000 and
some clothing stolen.
Harry Katsos and George Samor-
lis, guests at the St. James hotel.
Ala South Thirteenth street, report
ed that they "firted" with two
women near the hotel Friday night
and that after they left them Kasos
was minus $3.50 and Samorlis $3.50.
The fruit store of Joe Tzalm. 81
North Sixteenth, was robbed of $228
while Tzalm was in another room
shaving.
G.. T. Kigaros, Fourteenth and
Douglas streets, reported that a man
he had washing dishes for him in
his restaurant disappeared with $l05.
A black leather bag containing 81
was stolen from the room of Miss
Amelia Jones, 1928 Dewey avenue.
Several suits of clothes and some
jewelry were stolen from the room
of P. Bomena, 502 South Thirteenth
street.
A. ]. Fields, 2220 North Twenty
seventh street. told police that a
man entered his room and stole two
pair of shoes. and two valuable
stirk Dins
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
DISAPPEARANCE
OF GIRL PUZZLE
TOPOLICE HERE
Timothy Keefe, Father Of Miss
Genevieve Keefe, Spends
Several Nights and Days
In Search.

The disappearance of Miss
Genevieve Keefe, Is years old, 1924
Pinkney street, together with the
failure of Harry Adams. private de-
tective, who was with the girl when
last seen, to return to his home, is
new mystery police are work
ing on.
Timothy Keefe, father of the
girl, has spent several days and
nights in an attempt to locate the
missing girl.
She disappeared from her home
on the night of August %. Trace
of her was found at the home of
Harry Adams, in Benson, where it
was learned the girl was found
wandering alone in his front yard
at 3 the following morning.
Fails to Return.
Mrs. Adams, the detectives wife,
said that the girl asked her husband
to give her a place to sleep. Adams
hired a taxi, it was learned, and said
he was going to find her place to
sleep, and then return home.
The father of the girl told police
that he traced the couple to Fif-
teenth and Harvey streets.
"I'll try to get her a room in a
hotel Adams is said by Keefe to
have told the axi driver.
Both Are Missing.
No further word has been heard
from either of the two. Mrs. Adams
said her husband had counted on
going to Blair the following day,
and may have remained down town
that night rather than spend the
time coming home.
Inquiry at the homes Of the girls
relatives failed to reveal any trace
of her. The father of the girl has
made repeated visits to the police
station in hope of learning of any
trare of his dauChter
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
County Board Votes to Pay
Union WaueS to EnqineerS

The board of county commission
ers yesterday. by a vote of 3 to 2.
granted the union scale of wages to
firemen and engineers employed in
the court house and county farm.
This was in response to demands
by representatives of the union.
Commissioners Mcdonald and
Unit voted against the resolution
on the ground that there was not
sufficient information at hand re-
garding the wages being paid in
other buildings.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
0rkin Says Higher Prices Are
On Way In Next Few Months

Julius Orkin has just returned
from a three weeks buying trip in
eastern markets and reports that
women's ready to wear apparel is
still advancing in price. regardless
of government investigation. He
looks forward to even higher prices
in tthe next few months.
Mr.. Orkin says that New York
is strike mad" the actors strike
about Gaping the climax in the way
Of strikes, practically all the show
houses being closed. He says Oma-
ha looks inviting after siege in
dead" New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Policeman Lauded
By Judge for Arrest
OF Laundry Owner

Patrolman John Coffey was laud
ed by Police Judge Foster yesterday
for arresting S. E. Segur, proprietor
of the Adams laundry, Friday for
interfering with an officer. Segur
was discharged and reprimanded
by the judge.
"The officer did right in bringing
you to the station when you inter-
fered with his attempts to perform
his duty" the judge said.
Segur wasarrested when he fatty
refused to be questioned by the Off
Ger as to the facts in street car ac-
cident at Seventeenth and California
streets Friday morning, in which
Miss Lou Martin, an employe of the
Adams laundry, was slightly injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

A veteran of many gun battles
with crooks, in one Of which he was
seriously wounded, Arthur Gun
ningham, present chief of the day
morals squad, has been slated to be
removed from that position Septem-
Der /, to work under Detective yen-
sen, according to word out OF Chief
of Police Eberstein's office. Jen-
sen will, it is sad, succeed Cunning
ham.
ITO conscientious a worker for
that job" is the reason assigned to.
the change, the chief said.
Cunningham was appointed as
head of morals squad on July |. Be-
cause of his too active attempts to
perform his duty in suppressing vice
in the city and going after bootleg
gers, he was placed under fire by
certain executive members OF the
police force, it is charged.
When called before the chief two
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Would Cut Expenses

A resolution that the services OF
DR.. G. NJ. McArdle, physician at the
county hospital, be dispensed with
and that a young. unmarried doctor
be employed at $100 a month, be-
ginning October /, was introduced
by Commissioner Neble at the meet
ing of the board of county commits
sioners yesterday.
Mr.. Neble believes a saving can
be effected in this way. DR.. Nc.
Ardle receives $l44 a month and
board for himself and family.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Delivery Of Army
Surplus Foodstuffs
Will Begin Tuesday

Delivery of the army surplus food
stuffs, ordered through the postof-
flee, will begin Tuesday, it was def
nitely announced by Postmaster
Tanning yesterday. Army officials
here have been engaged in filling
the requisition, place with them by
the postoffice for the past week.
The order has now been filled and
delivery will begin Tuesday, as no
deliveries will be made Monday, La
Dor day, it being a department holi-
day
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Mother Asks $1,000 Damages
For AIIeqed Injury to Baby

Five thousand dollars damages is
asked for injury to 4-months-old
Georgia Adams, alleged to have
been caused when an automobile
driven by John Murphy and John
Stewart crashed into the automobile
in which the infant was riding with
it. uncle, Phillip Anderson, and the
mother, Edith Adams, at Twentieth
and Clark streets, the evening OF
August II. The suit was filed by
Mrs. Adams in district court.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Negro, Accused by Girls,
Saved From Mob by Officer

A negro, giving the name Of
Ernest Wilson. was arrested in Ri>-
erview park Friday afternoon by
Special Officer Jackenburg just in
time to protect him from violence
at the hands of a gang of men
working in the park.
The negro was identified by three
little girls as the man who at
tempted to attack them. In police
court yesterday, Wilson was given a
Jail sentence of 90 days for vagrancy.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Iowa and Nebraska Men Are
New Officers In Men0nniteS

Harrisonburg, Va, Aug, 30.-S. c:
Yoder OF kalona, Ia, was elected
moderator at the national conference
of the Menonnite church, which
closed its sessions here today. Del
egates attending represented 10
church conferences, including l9
states, Canada and India. Among
other officers elected was D. G..
Lapp, Roseland, Neb., treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Bids for First Million of
Bonds to Be Opened Tuesday

Bids for the first $1.0O0,000 worth
of Douglas county highway inn
provement bonds will be opened
next Tuesday noon in the office OF
the county commissioners. AS soon
as these bonds have been sold, ad-
vertisements for bids for the con-
struction of the first of the lis
miles of brick roads in the county
will be advertised for.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
HYMENEAL
Wilson-Clymer.

Joe Lee Wilson of Silver Creek,
Neb. and Miss Hazel Clymer of
David City, Neb., were married by
Rev. Charles w. Savidge Friday
afternoon. They were accompanied
by Miss Grace Etting and Iden B.
Griffin of Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Pickpockets Relieve
Contractor Of $500,
But Overlook $50

Pickpockets relieved D. c. Eader,
contractor, 1902 North Sixteenth
street, of $500 yesterday while he
was waiting for street car at Four
teenth and Farnam streets. About
$50 in another pocket was over
looked by the thieves.
Mr.. Eader was not aware of his
loss until he arrived at his home
and found the money gone. He
remembers being jostled about by
two men just before getting on the
car. according to the report he
made to the police.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Robert S. Dixon Dies

Robert S. Dixon. 43 years old,
36lS Grover street, died Friday
morning at his home of heart dis
ease. His wife and two children
survive. Funeral services will be
held at 2 Sunday afternoon at Stack
& Falconer's chapel.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Man Says He Was Robbed of
$220 by Pickpockets

Frank Bianchi. 3013 Burdette
street. complained to police yester-
day afternoon that he had been rob-
bed Of 500 by piekpoeketa
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Drapery and
Rug Department

The home atmosphere, in the best sense
OF the word, is attained by the assembling
OF interior furnishings and decorations, such
as can be had in the Drapery and Rug De-
partment of the Greater Bowen Store. The
selection of those things needed for the
beautifying of your home, if made at the
Bowen Store, will reflect great credit t.
your buying judgment Our moderate prices
permit your buying at any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Robbed at Circus

E. c. Nichols, 1907 Burdette
street, was robbed of a gold watch
and chain and a $40 gold piece
charm Friday afternoon at the
circus, he reported to police.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Improvement Club Complains
About Poor Water Service

Members of the new St. Stanislaus
Improvement club, which meets at
Forty-frst and L streets, are deter
mined to keep after the Metropoli-
tan Water board until they are pro-
vided with what they believe to be
adequate water service. These citi-
zens have filed a petition with the
water board, which has failed to act.
An attorney will be engaged to take
the matter into court unless relief
is given. The next meeting of the
club will be Thursday night, when
City Commissioner Towl will speak.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31

Your neishbors are buying Gro
cer4es, Fresh Meats, Hardware,
Paint and Wallpaper At Harpers,
East End Flatiron Bldg. 18th and Howard.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Attractive Value Giving Liuing Room, Suites

}, comfort-giving living room if the furnish
Every suite is of value that will i'm
and fair judgment.
Mahogany Rocker, bue-striped velour upholster-
Mahogany Rocker, all-over tapestry upholster-
Mahogany Straight Chair, tapestry upholster-
Mahogany Wing Chair, gray velour uphoister-
Mahogany Sofa, cane back and ends, upholstered
In tapestry, beautifully finished. ....... $500
Mahogany Chair and Rocker to match each
Mahogany. Dnvenports. cane back and ends upS
holstered In blue-striped velour. loose cush-
Mahogany Chair to match. ch.................. $43.50
Mahogany Duofolds, tapestry upholsterng, cane
back and ends, at. .SS9.6O
Mahogany Rocker and Chair to match. -. :. $3.50
cal at. ................ $3.50. $85OO and s47.5O
Mahogany Duofolds, tapestry upholstering. S70.bO
Fumed Oak Rockers, genuine leather seats. full
spring construction at.................,. at. .$l4.0O
Sofa Tables in Queen Anne design. ....... .$29.5O
Cane Back Wing Rockers, blue velour upholstered
seat at. ........................$2 $22.SO
Fumed Oak Library Tables, straight line. S11.OO
Mahogany Library Tables, priced at $3.50, $I7.5O,
S32.50 and. .......................... $500
Golden Oak Library Tables, priced at $3.50. s11.OO.
Hl40U, SZ\0V and .$1S.OO
Golden Onx Rockers, priced at $2.75. $3.75 $3.50,
PedestaIs. in all finishes Golden and Fumed OAK
and Mahogany. 1875, $3.50, 1918, $7.25 MP
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
$1,000 in Prizes

to winners of contests for men,
boys, women and girls at the Fes-
tival of Fun at Krug Park Tuesday
night. Special prizes for those wear
ing the prettiest, fanciest or most
grotesque costume.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-31
Floor and Table Lamps
Moderately Priced at Bowen;s

In your library or living room the addi-
tion Of floor or table lamp will add much
to tho comfort and attractiveness of the
home. The Greater Bowen Store last week
received several hundred lamps-lamps in
different woods, finishes and designs, as
well as goodly number of reed floor and
table lamps. See this display at your first
opportunity.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-12-20
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLD?

Bread Lines in Madrid, Italys' coal sup
ply practically exhausted, Jugo-Slavs threat
ening war, Germans in Baltic in desperate
plight, retreating before Lettish troops
shooting into trainloads Of refugees! Such
are a few headlines. The world is far
from the happiness that peace was to bring
and is far from peace" These words were
taken from Brisbane's editorial in the New
York journal on Thanksgiving Day, and
Brisbane might have added, "The coal
miners are on a strike 100000 strong, and
the lynching spirit in Arkansas and the Sum-
ny South was never more verile and more
active.''
The quotations which we have made
in this issue Of The Negro World from New
York newspapers and from the New Repub-
lie shows that the spirit of unrest is uni
versal and worldwide. But no writer has
more aptly summed up the cause of the dis
quiet and dissatisfaction than Ernest Bent
ham in The West Indian of Grenada when
he said: 'The present spirit Of universal
disquietude is but the outcom Of wrongly
applied economic measures which, with the
present awakening of true democratic con.
sciousness, will always result in passive or
violent protest against any injustie or in
humanity in whomsOever or wheresoever
found What is lost sight of is that the
spirit Of cooperation has taken deep root
the world over, and just as there is CO.
operation and combinations among capital
ists so in like manner oppressed labor re-
fuses to make commodity of itself. -
This is powerful statement and it's true.
Let us consider the wrongs Of the
world and then the awakened consciousness
has
ably since the days of the Caesers. Then
slavery was a universal institution, The
rights of women and children were not re-
spected. And worst Of all, men fought to
kill each other and fought like wild beasts
merely to amrse crowd in the Coliseum on
a Roman holiday. But still conditions are
far from ideal.
AS matter of fact, men have never who's
ly accepted the teachings of Christ's Sermon
on the Mount They have never en- masse
answered the question cam I my broth
,er's keeper?' in the affirmative They have
never reached the point where they could
love their neghbors as themselves. Until
1916 man could be a good Christian in the
British Empire and still maintain slave plan
tations in the West Indies. Until 1863 a
man could be good Christian in the South
and traffic in human flesh and blood.
Then when slavery was abolished the An
glo.Saxon thought that it was his divine mis-.
sion to dominate the darker races, exploiting
them in the meanwhile And the German
only advanced little further when he con-
ceived the idea of dominating the entire
world, exploiting it on the side. In the
Northern and Western states prior to the
European war the colored mans status was
not so bad. Those Negroes who showed
ability, ambition and energy were aided in
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-12-20
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

Published every Saturday at Seattle, Washington.
U. S. A.
Subscription 81 per year in advance
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter, August 18, 1916. at
the post office at Seattle, Wash, under tho Act Of
March 3rd, 1916.
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Office 303 22nd Ave. South
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-21
SEEKS HARMSWORTH CUP.
G. \. Wood to Build New Boat to Win
Coveted Trophy.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 21.-G. \. Wood
will build q new hydrOplane to keep
the Gold cup in Detroit. Gar" will
leave in the near future for England
to challenge for the HarmsWorth cup
and the international championship
on behalf Of his new racing craft
Although the name has not been
definitely decided on, it will more than
likely be the Miss America. Wood has
gone ahead with his plans for the hull
and engine
Wood made these statements yes
terday in accepting the Gold challenge
cup which was formally presented to
the pilot of Miss Detroit III. While
the Miss Detroit III. will likely de-
fend the cup it is believed that the
Eastern power boat men have some
thing for next year that will demand
a faster boat Commodore A. A.
Schantz, in presenting the Gold cup,
also announced that the American
Power Boat association had allowed
the Labor Day date for the Detroit
Yacht club in spite of Toronto's OPP
position.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-21
NEW PRIZE OFFERED.

In addition to the number of prizes
already offered by the T. A. B. society
in their membership drive, a new
prize of an unusual kind was offered
yesterday morning, and will be given
the high man in the contest. The prize
consists of an automobile trip to the
seashore and a shore dinner for the
winner and his family or a friend. The
society is striving for 500 m EN- bers by
March and has already received a
number of applications. The winner
of the contest will be given $40 in
cash, a new hat, and the trip to the
shore. Five other cash prizes have
been donated by mem bers of the So
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-21
PROVE ALIBI FOR
CONFESSED KILLER
Man Who Says He Murdered RiddelI
Girl Could Not. Have Done It.
Police say.

New York, Jan. 21.-Patrick
ODonnell, who was arrested in
Yonkers last Saturday, after he had
confessed to Miss RiddeIPs murder.
is still in the Long Island City jail.
He insists he killed the girl, but G. K.
Warner, superintendent of the Wa
terman fountain pen factory, where
he was employed told a World re-
porter yesterday that O'DonneIl was
working at the time the s5irI was
slain Mrs. O'Donnell corroborates
this statement
"O'Donnell's time card punched by
him, is indisputabIe proof he was
working said Mr.. Warner yester-
day. Il am absolutely convinced he
did not commit the crime"
District Attorney O'Leary is check
ing up ODonnelIs confession. De-
spite the alibi, his statements are
reasonable enough. He gave added
strength to them by the direct man
ner in which he ed detectives to the
spot where Miss Riddells body was
found.
Fl also said he had come from,