Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 13, 1916, Page 4

IE WITTMAN'S WIFE SELLS HER JEWELS| Girl Who Eloped, Asks Maintenance She Pleads with Judge Wood- rough for Sake of Her Un. born Baby. IS LOYAL TO PRISONER Mrs. Xavier W. Wittman, young and pretty wife of Xavier Wittman, accused of using the mails to defraud, appeared before Federal Judge Joseph Woodrough and pleaded that her husband be set free with a cash fine instead of a prison sentence. She tearfully told the judge that she could not bear to bring her child into the world with the knowlcd e that its father was a conviet. he would grant her this request, shc said, her husband would plead guilty to the . charge of using the mails to defraud. Judge Woodrough told her that he . could do nothing in the matter and that the law would have to take its ‘own course, Fights for Him. Mrs. Wittman, who is a native of . Sydney, Australia, was wooed and won there while police authorities all over the United States were search- ing for Wittman. Since his capture she has stood loyally by him and has even sold her jewels to enable her husband to fight his case. Judge Woodrough Tuesday reduced Wittman’s bond from $4,000 to $3,000. The prisoner is the erstwhile head of the Electro-Oxygen company of this city, which claimed to put forth a panacea for all human ailments. He is charged with having used the mails to defraud in connection with his busi- ness. A. L. Sutton is defending him. Shafer Company Plans New Plant M. F. Shafer & Co., advertising specialists, are going to build a $150,- 000 home at Seventeenth and Web- ster streets, Ground for the build- ing will be broken in the early part of February, To make sure that their new quar- ters will have every modern facility, W. E. Shafer, vice president of the _ company, and John McDonald, archi- tect, left Tuesday for a tour of adver- , tising houses in the east. Vlllllble suggestions they get there they in- “tend to . 1body in the new structure. Two Taxis Collide And Salesman Hurt|! . Charles J. Clrhon, salesman of Des oines, la, was seriousl njurcd 1 I,wllen the automobile in which he was ibeing driven to the Union depot to ‘catch a train collided with another ‘taxi at the intersection of Kourteenth and Dodge streets. Carlson was ithrown to the pavement and received :ternnl injuries, He was taken to e St. Joseph hospital. The car Carlson was in was bein en by Ira Ehrenreich. L. runson was the driver. of the other r. Both were arrested and held r reckless driving. ive Fish in Mail Package Scares Clerk Shenandoah, la, Dec. 12.—(Spe- cial.)—~When Miss Christine, Swan- son, a mail clerk at Humburg poste joffice touched a package in the even- ing delivery and it flopped, she gave ‘a shriek that brm&lh! the force and the postmaster to her rescue. It hap- ‘ened this way: Stanley Opelt's father lives across the Missouri river at Peru, Neb. sent Stanley a dresh fish that evening and it was of the buffalo species, noted for longev- ity. When the young woman picked up the package cwmning the fish it wiggled and squirmed fiendishly and she dropped it like a-hot potafo. Sixteen Killed in 2 . . Anti-Deportation Riot in Belgium Amsterdam, Def_ 12—(Via Lon- don.)—Sixteen persons were killed and several mortally wounded in a riot at Tourcoing on the occasion of the deportation of 300 civilians by the Germans, according to the 0 Belge. The paper says that the riot started when one of those otdered deported was struck on the head with a rifie butt by a German soldier because he did not walk fast enough. Thereupon the crowd of spectators rushed at the soldier. and a general melee followed, the German troops using their rifles, The account says that a squadron of cavalrymen had to charge the crowd before order was restored and that fifty arrests were made subsequently. Phrailstence I8 the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. Alleges that Her Husband is Squandering His Fortune in Riotous Living. ARE SOCIALLY PROMINENT Pretty Mrs. William A. Leet, nee Anne Robertson, is suing her hus- band, “Billy” Leet, 20, wealthy sportsman, for separate maintenance. The young couple’s elopement creat- ed quite a sensation nearly two years ago on account of the youth and prominence of the principals and be- cause of a threat to annul the mar- riage, made by the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs. Lida Leet. Mrs. William Leet is the daughter of Mrs. E. L. Robertson and is a sister of Mrs. Fred Hamilton. In her petition filed in Carroll county, where the Leets own a farm at Manning, on which a luxurious home and other modern features, such as a swimming pool, have been erected, Mrs. Leet charges: That on October 10, “Billy” de- serted her, refusing to conmbm: to her support, That for more than a year prior to his leaving her, he squandered large sums of money in prolonged debauches in Chicago and other How to Cure Coughs and Colds. | Keep out of drafts, avold exposure. Eat #nd live right and take Dr. King's New Discovery, in use over 40 years. Guaran- teed, All drugglsts.—Advertise) cities, materially dissipating the large fortune left him by his ?athtr, That “another woman” entered their marital tribulations in Chicago last October. She names one Maxie Goodwin as co-respondent, and de- clares that she had not condoned the alleged intimacy; That although “entitled to a di- vorce on account of his conduct,” she is unable at this, time to| institute such proceedings as she has forfeit- ed her residence in Nebraska; that Leet, since the 10th day of Octobcr. “has absconded from the state” to esca?e service of summons, and that finally she has not resided long enouxh in Iowa to qualify for di- vorce. Mrs. Leet claims her boy husband Gregor~y Sa;,ys He ; Will Not Resign Washington, Dec. 12—Attorney General Gregory has no intention of resigning now or later, it was said au- thoritatively today. According to offi~ cials this makes it certain that all of President Wilson's cabinet will remain in office for at least a time after March 4, Kellom School People | Plan Two Big Meetings Mrs. R. O. Freeman of Chicago will-talk Thursday night at 8 o'clock before members of the Kellom school community center in Kellom school. Her subject will be “Give the Kids a Chance,” Mildred Krasme will give a piano selection and Anne Melcher a vocal solo, On Saturday night, Rev. John F. Poucher, ex-ldjuum of the Fourth [Nebraska regiment at the border, will tell of his soldier-life in Mexico. Piario selections:. by Miss Emile Phelps and vocal solos by John Gunn/ and Kln. Longnecker are also on the program. Thousands of Families Rely On This Kidney Medicine About nine years ago the doctor had given me up, saying I had kid- ney trouble, enlargement of the liver and stomach trouble; that there was | no medicine for me that he knew of that would help me, and hearing of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root I bought one fifty-cent bottle, which did me so much good I bnnght six one-doljar bottles. After taking this amount of Swamp-Root 1 was completely cured and have not donsulted a physician since, and am doing my own work every day. When 1 feel any of the| old symptoms coming on 1 go back to my old friend, Swamp-Root, which lmmedmely gives me relief. truly yours, MRS. J WEIEENTHALER, Grand Island, Nebr, Personally appeared before me this Bth day of October, 1915, Mrs. J. J. Weidenthaler, who subscribed to the above statement and made oath that the same is true in substance and m fact. THEO. P. ROEHM, Notary Public. wamp-Root Will Do | For You. Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,, for a samble | size bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of | valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writ- ing, be sure and mention the Omaha| Daily Bee. Regular fifty-cent and | one-dollar size bottles for sale at all Christmas Present. a pair. “Slipon” Slippers For a Man’s Christmas Present There is one Christmas present that a man always appre- ciates and that is easy slippers. All men hope to find a pair beside their beds on Christ- mas morning—they might almost be called the Standard We have a big, new line of Men's Slippers, all sizes, many new shapes and styles, from $1.50 to $3.50 drug stores —A(Ivcrmemenl ~ | Mrs. William Leet. is still the owner of $150,000 worth of lowa property; that she waited for him to return to their magmficcn! farm near Manning, and that anxiety and worry attendant upon the vigil produced a nervous breakdown which caused her to be confined for several weeks in Miss Stewart’s hospital in Omaha. Judge E. G. Albert of the Sixteenth judicial dumct of Towa, after hearing Mrs. Leet’s application, granted a writ of attachment against $75,000 worth of Leet's farming lands in Car~ roll, Aubudon and Guthrie counties in lowa, to secure her demands for sep- arate maintenance. The writ is is- sued without bond for Mrs. Leet, and was executed at Rockwell City, Ia, December 8. 1 Service was obtained upon young Leet at Manning, according to Fred Miller, clerk of the Carroll county district court. Mrs, Leet has been in Omaha for several weeks past, visiting her moth- er after she was discharged from the hospital. She is said to have returned| to Manning Friday, where she was met by Leet, who, according to re- orts from Mlnmng, returned the day cfore from Flonda | e o i e e Toyland at the Central THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, Mrs. William Leet, Pretty Omaha WIFE OF ALLEGED BANDIT IS LOYAL Louis ig Good Enough for Her, Mrs. Assman Says, “‘Even in Jail.” VISITS HIM AT FREMONT Right or wrong, in jail or out, A. Louis Assman, who with Tom Col- | cord is held at Fremont, charged with the robbery of the State Bank of . | Winslow, can bank on the loyalty of his wife. This was made plain by Mrs. Assman when seen .t her phar- macy at \'or!h Sixteenth and Nich- olas streets. “If he' good enough for me when he’s out of jail and will work hard to support me, he cer- lamly is ‘good enough for me when he's mn jll] and 1 will get along as best 1 can,” she declared. And she added that “people who think other- wise are off their base.” Sorry for ‘Colcord. Mrs. Assman visited her husband at Fremont Monday, but, she said, she was not permitted to see him alone. She brought him .a change of clothes and also supplied Colcord with clean linen. “I don’t know Colcord,” she said, “but I felt kind of sorry for him.” She says she intends to visit Assman again in a few days. Frank and Harry Goddard, arrested by the Omaha police on the suspicion that they aided‘Assman and Colcord, will be taken to Fremon today. It is said that they have not established the fact that they were here the day of the robbery, but officers who have investigated the case declare that the Goddard boys visited Winslow with Assman and Colcord a couple of days before the robbery. * To Select Officers for The Builders’ Exchange Nominations for the offices and directorate 6f the Omaha Builders' exchange are to be made this evening at a meeting of the members in their headquarters, sixth floor of the Barker block, at 8 o'clock. A nominating committee will be chosen, which com- mittee will probably get together im- mediately and make up. the nomina- tions to go on the ballot. The an- nual election will be held the first Monday in January, which is New Year's day. _1918. Tom Moore Facts you should know ITjs surprising how few facts smokers know about their favorite cigars. Itis a good thing to have faith in a cigar as satisfy- ing as Tom Moore, but it is better to have good rea- sons for that faith. These facts may interest you: Tom Moore’s Havana filler grows in the garden grounds of Cuba. This filler leaf is cured on Cuban soil, then mel- lowed by naturalageing in this country. This takes an average time of two ANA FILL!D CIGAR ‘TE N CENTS A Izght hearted EF[.'a_,ya Rothenberg & Schloss, Distributors, Kansas City, Mluoun. Omaha Branch 1715 Douglas Street. Tom Moore’s mild wrapper comes from the Island of Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies. Finally, Tom Moore Cigars workers (many of whom have been at their benches for twenty years), fashion Tom Moore's chosen materials into easy drawing shapes. In every process we aim to preserve Tom Moore’s Havana fragrance without sacrificing Tom Moore’s essential mild- ness. And of this feat we are rather proud. We would be very glad if this brief description of Tom Moore should interest you to smoke one or two for a trial. Where you will find prac- tical Toys for the children of any age. Useful Toys that will keep the hands and mind busy as well as Toys so amusing that even the grown folks must laugh. You are sure to find what you are looking for at this store, and you can save 20 to 50 per cent on every purchase. Drums Games Trains Autos Veloci- | Doll " Childs Black Board on Easel, like cat, at......... 19¢ ' Kiddie Horses This popular exercise Toy comes in various sizes, like cut. .. Wagons pedes Doll Carts Furniture Furniture .95¢ ’ Teddy Bears Three sizes, at— 40c, 80c and $1.20 Electric Lighted Eyes, in same styles, $1.50, $1.75 $2.10 One of.the useful gifts, in keeping with these days of efficiency and sensible gift giving, At the Best Stores KKNOWN THE WORLD OVER 8Y THIS lAfiKTsF SHOE CO 16T & DOUGLAS. XMAS CARDS A. HOSPE CO: sy DOUCGLAS ST. 1513-1515 Will Santa Bring Sdmething Electrical to Your Home This Christmas? There’s an Electrical Gift for every mem- ber of your family—a gift that combines good taste with everyday utility. For Father there’s an Electric Engine and Radiator Heater to keep his automobile in good condition during the cold weather, an Electric Desk Lamp, a Shaving Mirror, or a Cigar Lighter. Mother would be delighted with an Electric Washer, a Vacuum Cleaner, an Iron, or one of the dozens of table or toilet appliances. A Traveling Iron, a Chafing Dish, a Boudoir Lamp, or an Electric Hair Dryer, would bring joy to the Daughter of the house, Brother would be happy with Electric Toys, a Study Lamp, or a Couch Bracket, while Baby will coo his pleasure over an Electric Radiator, a Nursery Milk Warmer, or a Heating Pad. " Make this an Electrical Christmas. « & Power Co. Geo. H. Harries, Pres. Better Sort Read Want ads for Profit—Use Them for Results—Bee Want Ads Never Fall A Pure Grape Brandy of the