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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
THEATERGOERS
WARM DESPITE
NEW COAL ORDER
Managers Do Not Fear Ruling
Unless Cold Wave Hits
Omaha.

Theater goers went to their favor
lite houses yesterday prepared for
low temperatures as result Of the
coal committees edict cutting off
coal from amusements, They found,
however, that temperatures in thea
tiers were normal.
The Boyd theater, which is heated
by the Burgess Nash plant, is assured
Of heat for the next ten days, &C
cording to w. ]. Burgess, manager
If no coal is secured at the end of
that time the theater will close, Mr..
Burgess said.
The Brandeis and Strand theaters,
which are heated by the Brandeis
power plant. were comfortable in
spite of the fact that heat was cut off
Saturday.
H. B. Watts, manager of the
Strand, said that with the exception
of one cold day, his theater had not
been heated this fall. The heat gen.
Grated by the crowd is sufficient to
keep the, theater warm, he said, I'M
less the weather is exceptionally
cold.
Joy Sutphen, manager of the
Brandeis. explained that his house is
situated in the center of a warm Of
flee building, and declared that It re-
quired little or no heat, except dur
ing the very coolest weather. The
great difficulty was to keep the place
cool enough, he said.
Other theaters were comfortably
warm. Churches were also heated as
usual.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
AGED TREYN0R
farmer HANGS
SELF IN BARN
Large Landowner Takes Own
Life-Eriends Differ on
Reason for
Act.

Jacob Tierck, one Of the wealth.
est farmers and largest landowners
in Pottawattamie county, Ia, COM
mitted suicide on his farm two
miles east of Treynor Sunday. He
was past 20 years of age and had
resided in the vicinity of Treynor
ever since he was young man. He
was found hanging in one Of the
barns on the farm by his son, Au-
gust, when the latter was doing the
morning work. He was still alive
and convulsive shudders we're shak-
ing the body when the SON reached
him. He was instantly cut down and
the strangling moose removed from
his neck. The chest was still heav-
ing and several gasping breaths
came, but he ceased breathing a mo-
ment later.
Physicians were called from the
nearby village, but every effort to
resuscitate him failed after more than
all hours continuous work. 1t was
said in Treynor yesterday that he
had made previous attempts to take
his own life, and it was denied that
financial losses connected with the
construction of the Treynor Short
Line railroad had anything to do
with his act of self-destruction. 1t
was intinated that domestic discord
had affected him unduly.
Coroner Cutler was notified and
took charge of the body yesterday
afternoon, but had not decided upon
an inquest. The body was not re-
moved from the farm and the
funeral will be held there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24

knew, but it was found that the per-
SON either isn't missing, or they
changed their minds later.
Consults Shotwell.
In response to urgent requests,
Miss Ballard came to the city in
the afternoon bringing the clothes
of the dead girl. She took these to
the Gentleman mo-tuary, and con-
ferred with County Attorney Shot
we'll concerning their disposition,
finally agreeing to leave them at the
mcrtuary if Mr.. Shotwell would
hold himself responsible.
Miss Ballard remained several
hours comforting with Mr.. Gentle
man, watching the stream of visi-
tors view the body, and later assist
ed in the examination of the body
for scars and marks. -.
Chief Dunn of the detective bu-
reau joined her about y o'clock fol-
lowing the arrest of the Stricklett
youth, and they left the place to-
gether. Miss Ballard did not care
to discuss the Stricklett arrest, or
state whether it had been made at
her instance.
Detectives Get Clue.
1t was announced by Chief Dunn
at about 4 that positive identified
ton had been made, and to all ap-
pearapces the case, as far as the
name of the girl was concerned,
would be over within an hour
His announcement followed the
appearance at the station Of two of
his men with three girls and three
youths who had been taken to the
mortuary to view the body. After
a consultation in Mr.. Dunn's office
the entire party went away, having
big Cadillac, and it was announced
that they had gone back to the
mortuary to take another look at
the body ITO make sure"
They did not reappear at the
mortuary, and it is thought they
were taken back to their homes.
Nothing more was heard of this
Identification and that it had failed
was attested by Miss Ballard at 10,
when Mr.. Gentleman announced
that up to that time the public view
of the body had resulted in nothing
definite.
1t was said that two of the young
women who thought they knew the
body were Miss Alice McAmee and
Miss Maude Shayler of East Omaha.
They were said to have been present
at the dance with Stricklett at Cal
houn.
After Theater Parties.
The mortuary was kept open and
the body on view, until after the
closing of the theaters last night,
several parties having announced
their intention of looking at it, be-
lieving in the possibility Of the dead
girl being some one they had
known. Nothing definite was
learned as a result of this. however.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
Permanent Marine
Force Of 27,467 Men
Requested by Barnett

Washington. Nov. ga perma-
nent enlisted strength of 27,467 men
for the marine corps. approximately
double the pre-war force, is recon-
mended by Major General Barnett,
commandant, in his annual report.
Early action of congress is urged,
as delay would mean loss of rank
for temporary officers who would
be retained.
Opportunity to qualify for per-
manent commissions should be
given all present temporary officers
eligible for transfer, the report
said.
Attributing much OF the success
of the marine corps in the war to
the system of drawing its commits
stoned personnel from the ranks,
the commandant said the highest
efficiency would be served BY adj
herence to this policy, which at
tracts the highest class of recruits,
General Barnett recommended
that the present two, three and
four-year enlistment terms be made
permanent and asked increased pay
for both enlisted men and officers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24

weeks when the whole of the sur
rounding property was bought up
by a syndicate for a general store.
All but the Scotsman's.
Stuck for $4,000.
They offered him $500 for his
rights. He scented the start of his
fortune and refused.
Would he take $4,000" Still the
Scotsman said Nothing doing"
"They let me alone for a week."
he told home folks, "and then a big
fat lawyer istrolled in one day. and
after some big words he asked what
my figure was.
II saw that they could not do
much without my shop, for it was
right where the entrance would
need to be so | said $4,000. You
should have heard what that lawyer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
BY BARON Won DAN
KELMANN.

Formerly OF the German Army Staff
Hamburg, Nov. 23.-It is hard to
reconcile my position today with
that OF year ago, when | was one
OF the staff of the German army and
enjoyed the confidence of the en-
peror and crown prince. Today I
stand at a street corner in Ham
burg in my uniform, selling papers.
When l embarked on my military
career ] was wealthy for member
of the German nobility. | soon
found that the life of extravaganza
in the circle around the crown prince
was going to cat into my resources.
Soon | got into debt. I tried keep
ing away from the expensive haunts
frequented by the crown prince, but
he kept on pressing me for explana-
tons of my absence.
| could not tell my prince the
truth, because | was overcome with
false pride.
Therefore went on, plunging
deeper and deeper into debt.
When the war broke out l went
Will tiiC SlcWh ~ ihSC lHtO tiC Wdl
zone as member of his personal
staff and took part in the desperate
fighting from the battle OF Charleroi
to the arnlistice. / was in the Yer
dun shambles.
Meets Girl.
One day in Luxembourg / met
lovely girl of the student class. l
was able to give her lift in my car,
and we became friends. She held
strong socialist views. and, to my
surprise, she did not hesitate to ex-
press them in my presence.
| liked to hear the wickedness of
my class denounced from such pref
ty lips in such sweet and musical
tones. I let her talk on, and, to my
I woke up one morning to
consciousness of the fact that my
life had been wasted, and that, like
so many of my class, | was really
a drone and ought 10 be ashamed of
myself.
I was transferred from Luxem-
burg. In the change of environment
my determination to live the new
life of service was weakened.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
$4,000 in Mexican Coins
Seized BY u. S. Customs Men

Ell Paso. Tex, Nov. 23.-American
customs officials here were holding
for investigation $4,000 in Mexican
silver coins they seized with an att
tomobile crossing the international
bridge from Mexico last night.
Mexico authorities recently re-
ported large sums of silver and sill
yer bullion being smuggled from
Mexico contrary to law, and last
week an order was issued that no
silver or gold Mexican coins could
be taken out of the country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24

fellow said. He told me something
about Scotsmen that / never knew
before. But he gave me a check
all the same.
Leaves With $4,000.
The next. day l took the money
to broker and asked him to in
vest it for me. l invested $4,000
in sure thing and $4,000 in oil
shares.
We'll, those shares fell every day
for fortnight. and | was begin
ming to kick myself when oil was
found. Then up went the shares.
Right up to 81 times their value
when | bought them. Then l sold.
They went up a good bit higher,
but | cleared out with $4,000 to
the good"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
MURDER VICTIM
Identified BY
SIX 0MAHANS
Friends of Mrs. Fitzsimmons
Recognize Body and
Solve Mys-
terry.

up to last Tuesday, at which time
occurred sensational escapade
that broke up their relations and
compelled them to leave the hotel
Gun Play Last Tuesday.
According to the stories told by
Harvey Wolf, Clerk S. NJ Smith Of
the hotel and the Mrs. Wicks and
Miss Newman, Fitzsimmons and his
wife had terrific quarrel in their
rooms at the Elms hotel last Tues
day afte moon.
Shortly before 4 the fight became
such that Mrs. Fitzsimmons cried
out for help
An appeal was made to the clerk
to call the police, but at first he re-
fused to do so.
He attempted to pacify Fitzsim-
mons. however, whereat the husband
sdrew revolver. The clerk threw it
up and the two rolled upon the bed.
The revolver was not discharged.
Escaped in Taxi.
The night clerk broke from the
grasp of the man and, rushing to a
phoiie, called for the police.
Fitzsimmons and his wife. 'becom-
ing alarmed, hastily packed their
belongings, summoned taxi, which
is believed to have been a Blue taxi,
and at 4 left the hotel, but few
minutes in advance of the police.
All -Four Disappear.
Since the fight in the Fins hotel
and the DISAPPEARANCE of the Fitz-
simmons couple there have been
two other disappearances that are
held to have vital bearing upon
the whole affair.
The sister of the Fitzsimmons
girl, known as May, and her hus-
hand. Homer Morrel, barber at
the Fontenelle hotel, have disap-
peared.
Shot on Tuesday.
According to all the evidence in
the case that appears probable, re-.
garding the shooting and finding Of
the woman in the Washington coun-
ty ravine. she could have been shot
Tuesday night.
The body was discovered Thurs
day morning.
Admitting that there is no doubt
of the body being that of the Fitz-
simmons woman, it is pointed out
that her killing Tuesday night would
fit exactly with all the circumstances
attending the finding of the body,
which it is asserted by physicians
could not have been dead more than
AZ hnurs before found
Fitzsimmons Disappears.
w. A. Fitzsimmons, 334 North
Forty-hrst street, said early this
morning that his son. A. Leo Fitz-
simmons, came to him at the stock
yards last Tuesday morning late
and said he was going to leave town
Tuesday night. Mr.. Fitzsimmons,
ST., said he understood Leo's wife
was going to accompany him. Leo
Fitzsimmons said something about
going to Colorado to live on a
ranch, the elder Fitzsimmons said.
Married Again.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons was sentenced
to so days in the county jail on a
vagrancy charged filed by his father
on October 7. He charged that his
son had been living with his di-
vorced wife under the name of
Mable Fitzsimmons.
The father, with tears i'll his eyes.
at that time testified that his son
had been drunk for five weeks and
that his divorced wife had him UNI
der influence and dragged, him away |
from his home and business.
The escapades of the younger
Fitzsimmons and his divorced wife
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
4 COLD BELIEVER
FOR FIFTY YEARS
Or. Kings New Discovery has
q successful record Of half
a century.

/" ME-TRIED for more than
fifty years and today at the
L zenith Of its popularity! When
you think of that, you are bound to
be convinced that DR.. Kings New
Discovery does exactly what it is
meant to do--soothes cough-raw
throats, congestion-tormented chests,
loosens phlegm-pack, and breaks the
most, obstinate cold and grippe at
tack.
DIR. Kings is safe for your cold,
for your mothers cold, for the
kiddie's cold, cough, Group. Leaves
no disagreeable after-effects. Coo.
q bottle at your druggists.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
Bowels Act Sluggish ?

Irregular bowels often result in
serious sickness and disorders of the
liver and stomach. Make them act
as they should with DR.. ing's New
Life Pills. Keep the liver active
the system free from waste. 25c. a
bottle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
Mrs. John Fitzgerald Dies.

Mrs. John Fitzgerald, IS years
old, 1882 South Twenty-fourth
street, died Sunday. She has been a
resident of the South side for. the
past 20 years. She is survived by
her husband and one daughter, Mar
garet. Funeral services will be held
in St. Bridget's church Tuesday
morning at 9 O'Clock. Interment will
be in St. Mary's cemetery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
American Legion Declares
War AGAINST Anarchists

New York, Nov. 23.-War against
anarchy in all its various phases
was declared by the American
Legion in letters of instructions to
every Legion post in the state,
signed by Russell E. Sard, state
commander.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
SCOT BACK HOME
WITH 100000 HE
MADE NAHURRY
Percy Willis Tells Dundee
Folk How He Cleaned the
Yankees in a Few Weeks.

Glasgow, Nov. 23.-Percy Willis
is back in Dundee, his home town.
His story might have been taken
from a novel. He aanded in Amer
lea with $l,4S5. With that he
bought small shop in Chicago.
He only kept that shop for two
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24
Crown Princes Companion
Sells Papers To Win Girl;
Nearly Killed On Aisne

Wealthy When He Embarked on Military Career But
Constant Attendance on Royalty Ate Into Patri-
mony-Meets Girl of Socialistic Bent Who Changes
His Views Of Life-Now He's "Newsie" in Hams
burg-Hopes to Win Affection of Lovely Coed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24

Bee Want Ads bring results.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-24

lllS StCHOStdpiiSl, IAHiiiS SSoh' tAS
stated facts that appeared to corro-
borate his claim.
Investigation showed that a Mrs.
Harris, who left the employ of the
Fashion a year ago, was the sister
mentioned by Mr.. Jewell, and
through the efforts of L. Moskovitz,
proprietor OF the Fashion. it was
learned that this sister of Mrs.
Harris has been confined in the pest
house for smallpox. Mr.. Jewell cor
roborated the smallpox story, saying
that his stenographer, had shown
marks of the disease. H. F. Alder
man, 1872 South Twentieth street,
corroborated Mr.. Jewell.
Careful examination of the dead
girl fails to show any traces OF peck
marks.
Not Hanson Girl.
A second identification that prom
ised something was by Mrs. Harry
Wyemorc, a restaurant proprietor,
and E. R. McNally, former secretary
of the local union of cooks and
mattresses, who both said they be-
lieved the body to be that of a girl
known as Tina or Lena Hanson, who
had married a man named Whit
taker, but had lately threatened to
divorce him.
At late hour last night, however,
sister of the Hanson girl said the
body was not that of Tina, despite
the impressions of Mrs. Wyemore
and a number of walters and
mattresses who viewed the body.
Other partial identihcations dur
ing the day came from numberless
people who thought" the dead girl
might resemble somebody they
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Betterments in Line
OF Liberty Closed Cars

Liberty closed cars are. as hereto
fore. a sedan, coupe and brougham.
The outstanding fact about these cars
is that, although in every case their
construction shows considerable better
ment, chiefly in body design, the prices
on two models, the sedan and coupe
have actually been reduced.
The sedan is of the four-door type,
as before-a design which is rapidly
being adopted by all manufacturers
because it makes possible more sub
stantial body construction and has the
added advantage of permitting inde-
pendent entrance into either compart-
mcnt. The windshield is Of the rain
vision, ventilating type. Above it is
placed a rearview mirror, by means
of which the driver gets a clear view
behind through the rear window of the
cars
All windows can be lowered into the
body or the doors. The full enjoyment
of summer driving is always available,
obtain the most complete protection
when the weather threatens. And there
is still further provision for the own
er's comfort during the winter months
in the form of a Perfection heater, by
means of which the car is kept uni
formly warm.
The buyer is permitted to choose the
upholstery he prefers from three diff
ferent shades of high grade broaiclotl,
which are matched by three different
exterior colors. The window shades
are silk and the fittings are finished
in nickel and ebony. Liberty cars are
handled locally by E. S. Partridge &
Co., on Broadway at Columbus Circle.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Brooks-Ostruk Salon Exhibit
Two Striking Bodies Shown by
Prominent Builders

The Brooks Ostruk exhibit At the
Salon includes a cabriolet Of the Saia-
manca type on a Rolls-Royce chassis.
This beautiful example of coach work
is upholstered in tan broadcloth and
color panels of body finished in royal
blue, holdings black, with fine white
stripping. Another model which should
attract the attention of the visitors at
the Salon will be of the park phaeton,
with Victoria hood, on a Packard
chassis. The body is designed on Eng
lish lines, with graceful curved mold
ings and panels Of moderate height.
The wheels are covered with steel
disks. This car is painted in a suede
gray, black holdings, with silver fine
line stripping. Like all of the Brooks
Ostruk equipments, the lenses of the
lrmps are centered, with the monogram
of the owner cut into the glass. The
upholstery in this car is of suede gray
Spanish leather, with carpets and all
fittings to match. Brooks Ostruk in
tended to show seven exhibition models
on Rolls Royce. Sunbeam, Owen Mag
netic and Renault chassis. but while In
the process of construction the labor
difficulties which have been acutely
felt throughout the bodybuilding
trade in New York prevented the COM
pletion of these bodies.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Collins Looks
Into 1920 Season
Cadillac President Foresces a
Shortage of Cars for
Another Year

One OF the reasons why so many
people are disappointed by not get
ting the things they want and need is
that they do not prepare" says r. Ii.
Collins, president of the Cadillac Mo-
tor Car Company, in discussing the
motor car outlook for 1920. "The feet
that l knew l would want a rifle In
November caused me to order it last
spring. AS result, | was not disap-
pointed. l got the rife when / wanted
it.
Neither the Cadillac company nor
it's distributors wants to be placed in
the position of disappointing so many
people as were unab e to provide them
selves with our cars this year.
ut may be remembered that a year
ago, Immediately following the armis-
tlce, this company announced that it
would resume normal production of
motor cars as rapidly as conditions
would permit. At the same time, we
expressed our belief that it would not
be possible to build in 1919 all the
Cadil &C cars the world would want.
"The prediction was we'll founded, as
many people can testify. During the
last few months our distributors have
been compelled to decline many orders
for motor cars, simply because the
forehanded buyers had already placed
orders sufficient to absorb the wears
production.
ut appears now to be reasonably GER
tain that the same conditions will OBJ
tain next year Undoubtedly the Cad
IL ac's war record has measurably
heightened the public's appreciation of
the car, which means that the Cadillac
market is much wider than heretofore
and even before the war it never
was fully supplied. We can do no
more than present the facts as we see
them"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
M. W. Smith Exhibits Porter
innovations in New Four-Cylin.
der Car at Salon

Of exceptional interest to those ap-
preciating the best that America has
produced in quality automobiles is the
entry OF the Porter car at the salon
show with selected number of new
attractive body styles, including large
and medium inside-drive limousines,
tour and seven passenger touring cars,
coupe limousines and full collapsible
landaulets. The bodies are by Brew
ster & Co. and other we'll known body
builders. One of the outstanding fea-
lures of the new Porter car is the ex-
treme lightness of it's chassis, insuring
great tire mileage and small gas con-
sumption. All steel used is chrome
vanadium. conducive to great economy
in operation. Its four-cylinder motor
develops fifty-two horsepower at 1000
revolutions. 1t has been demonstrated
throughout the war, where motors were
put to the severest test, that the four
cylinder motor showed great power,
speed and durability. This also has
been demonstrated in racing cars, and
the tendency is now apparent to re-
turn to the construction of four
cylinder motors as in fore gn-built
cars, especially now that the vibration
has been eliminated. The Porter was
designed by that expert automobile
constructor, Finley Robertson Porter,
and is built by the American-Bri
Manufacturing Corporation, of Bridge
port, Conn. 1t has a 142-inch wheel
base, and its transmission is equipped
with four speeds forward and reverse,
self-adj djusting service brake on the
transmission and emergency brake on
rear axle, which are exceptional. A
chassis and completed cars with Gus
tom-built bodies will be on exhibition
at the Automobile Salon by the Nor
ton W. Smith Company, Inc, Of 10
West Forty-fourth Street, New York,
who are the sole distributors of the
New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Annual Exhibition To Be
Brilliant Display of Post
War Designs in Chassis
and Coach Developments

When the doors arc opened to-mor-
row morning on the automobile salon.
which continues through the week in
the beautiful ballroom of the Hotel
Commodore, the motoring public Of
New York will enjoy an elaborate dis
play Of luxurious motor cars.
The leading manufacturers of Europe
aid America have united their efforts
to make the salon Of 1919 representa-
tive of the worlds motor industry at
it's highest point Of development.
New Designs in Coachwork
In coachwork particularly, this
years salon will set new high stand
ard. All the displays of former years,
splendid as they were. are outshone
by the latest creations of the body
building shops. New body lines, new
colorings and finishes, new styles ir
upholstery and fabrics, countless small
refinements and improvements adding
to the comfort and convenience of m,