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! THURSDAY. MARCH 29, 1923. FZATT62IOX7TH SE2II-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE SEVER Special Easter Offerings! Come in and look over the many new Spring articles that we are showing, at prices lower than elsewhere. M r 3 1 NEW Spring Dresses Made of Messalia.es, Taffetas and Crepes. All latest styles and trim mings. Priced from SI 2.75 to $17.75 New Ratines, excellent quality, plain and fancy colors, strictly fast. Priced from 75 to 39 yard. SPECIAL FOE THIS WEEK - Ladies' black silk hose, made with v ide back seam. Regular $1.58 value at T94. Fancy colored Marquisettes, excel lent for drapes. -45 per yard. DO YOU NEED A COSSET? We are offering one lot of splendid corsets comprising Thompson's Glove Fitting-, C. B. and Warner's at 95 each. We are agents for Gossard Corsets. Ladies' fancy satin and patent leather slippers. Brocaded heels and counters. Special at $5.95. Ladies' b!ack and brown oxfords, Ooodvear welt and rubber heel, at 94.75 per pair. Ladies' and Misses' patent leather slippers at $3.45. en's and Boys' GARMENTS! Men's new dress shirts. Orange, purple and blue checkered. Separate collar to match, at $1.49. Men's dres3 sox, black and brown, at 15? per pair. Men's pure silk thread sox with re-inforced heels and toes at 75 per pair. Men's athletic union suits. Good, serviceable garments at S5 each. Men's and Boys' new spring caps. A large variety of the latest colors to choose from. Priced from $1.75 to as low as 9S each. " Men's genuine cow hide belts with patent sliding buckles at 65 each. Arrowtex semi-soft collars will not wilt or wrinkle, at S5 each. New knit ties, the latest shades and colors at 75 to 49r. i DRESS AND WORK PANTS Men's and Young Men's dress and work trousers.- A new shipment Just received. An extra large lot to choose from. Come in and let us fit you out. Headlight overalls and Jackets high or low back. Positively the best overall made at $2.15. Bormon Drossos! We are agents for the nationally known Barmon dresses the dress with the adjustable back and hem. To see them is to appreciate them. Made in the latest styles of excellent fast color ginghams. Priced at $1.75 to $4.75 GROCERIES! 10 lbs. sugar for 9S Seeded or seedless raisins at 17 4-lb. pkg. Pillsbury's pancake flour, reg. 50c value for 37? Pillsbury's Health Bran, large pkg., reg. 25c value for 1S Blue Label catsup, large size 29c Pound Jar of strained honey 22t 2-lb. jar Heinz apple butter SSd Pure fruit preserves, large Jar SC Van Camp's chili sauce for 230 Chase & Sanborn's tea, per lb 49c Carnation milk, 2 large can3 25c Gold Medal flour, per sack $1.S5 All we ask is that you compare these prices. If yon don't we both loose. You can live just as well and for much less if you trade at ranger's. HOUSE PASSES HIGHWAY BILL BY SUNDER MARGIN . Limits Amount Used on State Eoads to 25 Per Cent of All Motor ! Vehicle Taxes Collected, i By a vote of 53 to 42 the house Tuesday passed H. It. ISO which, as amended, provides that the budget for the, state highway system in counties shall not exceed 25 per cent of all the motor vehicle taxes collect ed in the county. It further provides that 50 per cent of the remainder shall be placed to the credit of the general county road fund and the balance to the credit of the road dragging fund. Three and one-half per cent of the gran dtotal is for ad ministration of the law. Objectors to the provisions of the bill contend that the provision for highway maintenance is inadequate and that whatever is lacking must be raised by general taxation. Un der the present law not to exceed 75 per cent shall be used for mainte nance of state roads, the unused por- ALVO J. W. Scott was in Lincoln Satur-i prt-pared by the ladies of the society, day night and Sunday. Ja kecpisg with the evf;nt. our Clarence Curyea started down i Sunday morning topic wilj be a rRjs from Lincoln Wednesday. cn Christ." It clependa pn the weath- Austin Ough of University Placeier and the rfcoir at to any special was visiting relatives in Alvo Satur- music for tbe occa&jon. The chorister day afternoon. ! v.-.is hopeful for the new music in James Friend is shingling the roof , band. ' ' of his house now occupied by I. D. j Some folks have not yet found the 1 11 . . . . . . wins aau iumiiy. way 10 prayer nieeiiug circle on Among those returning home from Lincoln Saturday were James Fore man, W. S. Jordan. The Misses Doris and Dorothy Coatman visited a few days recently with relatives in Lincoln. Mrs. Harry Appleman went to Lincoln Sunday to visit her daugh ter. Miss Farley Young a few days. Frank Uptegrove of Lincoln caniei in Tuesday to visit a few days with hi? mother and brother and other relatives. Robert L. Parmtnter who has been visiting his uncle J. V. Scott the past i;on goes to the county road dragging Tl,0.1o ' f A T ta slimnA tli.t far. -"""ucj. of the license fees will be inadequate to maintain state roads in most of the counties. It is claimed by oppo nents of the bill that the farmer will Sam Cashner of Lincoln autoed down Tuesday evening to visit his father Sam Cashner who has been ill v.iih grippe. Miss Alice Kellogg returned home , Thursday nights. Bring your Bible and a friend." We are glad to have our univer sity students at home for their spring vacation. The talk of our boys and girls most of the time is class play, dress class entertainments but dad has it prominent part in it too. So does liisma. They do without. Well, friends, don't forget to be present at every service you cau. Yours for a strong church going peo ple. We are still looking forward to our date for our revival in April. P.tv. and Mrs. I. G. Galloway will L-ron return to us and remain till the meeting eioses t least. HALF I5R0THER EI ITER suffer since he pays but 3S per cent nS Som cn Sre lhl1 TCWAHLS "DIVINE SARAH;" ff. .Ula Ihe ZlT week with he" mut , 0 SORROW OYER DEAI pays the lion's share of the general tax. Friends of the bill contend that its provisions will permit more at tention to county roads leading to highways. Passes the Free Pass Ministers, charitable workers and pent the pa neice Marguerite Ayres. i James Pilkington purchased the property just north of the drug store and is removing the building3 to be used in improving his lots here in ; town. j Grandma Parsell is feeling some others may ride on railroad passes or better again and able to sit up short at reduced fare if they care to and rCricd3. Her son. Joe E. Parsell and the railroads permit it and the gov- v-ifo are heiping care for iier at the ernor signs the bill. S. F. G9 has now nrPT)t time made the grade in both legislative Charles Ayres returned home f rom i E"ii. "o friendship has existed be DEATH MoAlepter. Okla.. Marin 2C. While the world mourned the pass ing of the "Divine" Sarah" tonight an aged Frenchman sat in a little lurniture repair shop in McAlester. his heart filled with bitterness. lie was Joseph Bernhardt, 73, who claims that Mine. Bernhardt was his half sister. "I have no pity, no sorrow," he "We Sell for Cash and Sell for Less!" ranger s Phone 206 Department Store Plattsmouth, Neb. branches. The vote in the house was Lincoln Wednesday where he visited O4to. inree memDers oi me i.an- nis nttje daugter. Marguerite, who caster delegation, Messrs. Green, Ja- i3 jn St Elizabeth's hospital and is coby and Harrington, voted against said to be siowy convalescing. Mrs. the bill altho Mr.. Harrington repre- Ayres went in Lincoln Thursday to rents University Place, generally i,, TCith hPr littip dan?htPr tween us for many years. When Sarah could have done much for. me, she didn't." Joseph Earnhardt's claim to being a half' brother for Mine. Bernhardt has never been disproved here, where 2 reckoned as a ministerial town, j j-he primary department of the Bernhardt has made his home for 25 i Messrs. Dennis and Egger voted for Alvo scbooi wni give tne operetta, years. I the pass. Mr. Wilson, sixth member "Mij .enmer Pv a mnsini fiirv It is said that Sarah Bernhardt J of the delegation, was absent. ' The county judges salary bill It. 201, lc1u Mid-Summer Eve." a musical fairv I play, Friday, evening. March 30, at once while touring America, sent an H- 8 n'clnclr in the hicrh Krhnnl audi- emissary here to interview him. but in and out of committee tnrium There are rharpcters ; Bernh: rdt spurned the advances. much of the time for several weeks, j Mrs. A. I. Bird wa? called to Lin- saj-ing that the few years each finally made the grade when it breez-ijQ Thursday to help care for her r-ight have to live would not justify ed thru third reading, 62 to 25. ' siEter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Hard- a reconciliation. Messrs ' McCain and Ward, joint au- nocl- who vas fiick A L Bird Tisit. : thors. started out to do a little re- ed in Lincoln Saturday night and PUECHASDTG P0WEE forming in a salary way. Their pur- SuEday. Mrs. Bird returned homo : OF FARMER DI CREASES pose was to lower salaries of judges M0nday noon irVfno0 Simpson purchased the Washington, March 27. The slow IL'ilLJTtl1 barber shop . from Mr. Nicholson upward tllmb of farmers' purchasing ; ' rsrCl " , iuesaay. -casing immediate posses- power, the department of agriculture sion. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson left .nnnminerd todav. continued dnrlnc- (Ti'esday for Omaha until they find a February, with the index figure for suitable location. Mr. Simpson spent 'the month 9. compared with CS in the rast four years in Elmwood. " 1januar Price's of crops went up 4 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Snavely who points, and livestock I point during 'or a bill time threatened to wreck the REORGANIZATION OF UNIVERSITY IS RECOMMENDED were defeated and the report finally approved. Gives Report to Regents The legislative committee present ed its report to the board of regents Monday night, demanding reorgani zation of the administrative depart ments at onee and the removal of Chancellor Avery. After deliberation, the committee, it is said, decided to Dr. George E. Condra is Censured inwna.raw l.ne ?-emanf A,r Vt cnan" 7, . cellor s resignation at this time. Eocse Committee Report I c. L. Tochum of the committee to- Chancellor is Silent. day said the committee had sworn affidavits to substantiate charges against Dr. Condra. LEGISLATIVE HIGH SPOTS t 4 H. R. 1C. excess profits ta? bill, is dead. It wa3 smotered in house committee of the whole Monday af ternoon without so much as a record vote. The measure has hung by a thread for several weeks PARIS WILL BURY , SARAH BERNHARDT NONPARTISAN LEAGUE GETS RESTRAINING CHDER: i have spent the post four months here Lincoln, March 27. Upon applica- caring for the former's mother, Mrs. tior. of Harry M. Lux. state manager J. L. Snavely, left Wednesday on No. and treasurer of the Nebraska branch 6 for their home at Shell Lake, WIs o ihe Nonpartisan league. District consin. They spent several days in Judge W. M. Morning today granted , Lincoln with relatives last week, an order temporarily restraining j j Arthur C. Townley, Luther L. Grif- j M. E. Church liths. Einar Johnson, C. C. Grifilths While last Sunday was not an .and II. E. Moore from removing the ideal day for neonle to tro ot church. the month, while prices of commodi ties other than food that farmers buy jumped 2 points. Compared with 126 in January, the average farm price of 10 leading crop3 was placed at 130 as an index number, the highest figure reached since December. 1820, when the in- j dc-x number was 131. Higher cotton. corn, wheat and oats nrices, the de- Preparations Made for Impressive ti i n a Ti 11' fi " xuuera.1 oi vrrjan iuuiii. i money, automobiles, negotiable in- nevertheless, we diri havf a nrrttv Dartraent S3id. weer mainly resnonsi ure Tomorrow Noon. , r ;ruir.er.ts and office equipment of the fair turnout after all. Even the Sun-; bli for the advances. " Nebraska branch from this state, or clay night audience was greater than i The index figure of farm prices for Paris. March 27. The body of disposing of any of the above men- we really expected. Glad to see the j livestock wa3 given as 107 for Feb- Sarah Bernhardt will be removed at t'or.ed property. folks trying- to keen ud the church ruary, compared with 10G in Janu- Th house Epent most of the af--noon Thursday from her late home L-jx alleges that A. C. Townley interest in Alvo. When the bad roads ! ary, the average for 1922 having tive n . .xTTrnryrJto substitute the deceased bouse bill! the cemetery of the Pere-La-Chaise, property, gocds, rights Xe-j--AJi U Iilivo. A. W. A1WUUU j fleaiing with the same subject, but j the last resting place of hundreds of of the Nebraska branc Lincoln, March 27. Complete re organization of the administrativ departments of the University of Avery is head, was recommended to- I A message has been received here day in a report submitted to the by friends of the family of the death house of representatives by a special on Sunday of Mrs. A. W. Atwood, legislative committee investigating former Plattsmouth lady, which oc th? University of Nebraska. 'curred at the family home in Jack- While the report does not mention sonville, Illinois. Mrs. Atwood made Chancellor Avery's name it is -under- her home here for a great many stood that the committee suggested years and was a lady of the most to the board of regents of which charming personality and who won Frank Judson, Omaha, is chairman, for herself a large circle of warm that the chancellor be requested to friends who will regret very much resign. ' i to learn of her death. The deceased Avery Declines to Talk j lady had been suffering from tbe af- ChancelLor Avery today said he did tcr effects of the flu and heart trou not care to make a statement at this M developed that caused her death. tjme . Mrs. Atwood leaves two children to "is I am head of the administra-! mourn her death, Lee Atwood of Chi tive department of the University of cago and Mrs. James W. Newell of Nebraska I understood that inference St. Louis. The funeral was held at is made that I resign." he said. "As Jacksonville yesterday afternoon. I am cot named specifically I will not I : r?ply to an inference. Maybe after GEORGE J. GOULD IS ternoon on S- F. 69, free pass and! on the boulevard Peririe to the with the other defendants has formed and storms and sickness all let up i been 111, as against 107 in 1S21 cut rate fare bill lor ministers, char- church of St. Francois de bales, in a a conspiracy, the object of which is we shall surely be delighted to enter- ity workers and others. An attempt ; nearby street and then reconveyed to "to secure control of all the money, tain our usual church privileges and and cnatteis get back to putting on a full church BELIEVED NEAR DEATH talking to the regents 1 will nave something to say later." In a second renort which was an proved by the house, Dr. George E. Mentonc. France, March 27. The Condra, head of soil conservation and condition of George J. Gould. Sr., of survey departments, was censured,- New York, ill at the Villa Zoralde, although he was not asked to resign, at Cape Martin, near here, was re Fripn's nf Pnndra tried to eet the re- norted today to be very serious. Mr. port killed or when Condra co behalf to the charges. All motions death might occur at any moment. going only so rar as to provide lor reduced fare, was defeated and the bill advanced to third reading exact ly as it passed the senate. By a vote of 41 to 29, the house dismissed the Joint committee which France's famous people of all times. It will be one of the most impressive funerals of a great figure since that of Victor Hugo in 1885. Hugo's fu neral was under the auspices of the government; Bernhardt's will be at the same to their own use. branch and convert program for every service. So we are ; perfectly content to say "What can't be helped must be endured." j The Bible Sunday school clas3 seems to have the best attendance The index of commodity prices was placed at 172 for February, as com- I pared with 170 in January, uu aver age ni ICS for 1922, and 161 in 1921. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES WANTED TO BUY reported some ten days ago on the: the expense of the city of Paris financial condition of the state treas ury. Representative Bock, house mi nority member of the committee, asked for more time to prepare a minority report but this was denied him. Since the senate discharged the committee when the report was submitted, it has been a one-legged or one-branch committee. The senate failed to pass S. F. 15S. the Banning bill to license auto buses and trucks, two votes being lacking with four senators absent. An effort may be made to reconsider this action. S. F. 46, for nomination and elec tion of legislators on . nonpartisan ballot was indefinitely postponed, as was S. F. 14$. for selection of pre- roverty is given as the reason that Bernhardt will not be buried in Bell Isle, where many years ago she had a tomb dug in the solid rock. It is explained that shortly before her Morning services. Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Communion services 11:00 a. Sermon 11:30 a. m. C. E. at 6:30. I have several customers that ire m. regularly ot all the classes. This is 'ready to buy your property jdh a '?. little out of tie regular order orjjaonthly payment plnn with a sub run of Sunday shoo's. When spring ; stsntial' payment down. If y .u want i opens so the ioiks can attend we I really look for an overflow in the An Easter program will be given cIpss. Some Sunday morning the by the Sunday school in the evening Bible class will put on a Bible read under the direction of Airs. Hudson iner from the four trosnels of the trial aeatc. pressed as always ior reaay and Mrs Decker. Everybody wel- of Jesus and Hi3 Crucifixion, money, the actress was obliged to corae. The service class will have We have almost, overlooked the sell the house with the land at Belle their monthly meetinsr at the Darson- Easter bazaar bv the larli es aid soci- Jlsle and it is suggested now that at age with Mrs RODb and they will ety which will be next Saturday af some iuture time permission De oo to sell that w-ay, call at my pifice or phone 2S. J. P. Falter. Coates Block. ci7-tfd INSURANCE i a vk (in fin u n v iiirr" liii. n mi a. im l lci iiuuu. r uuu snic d u n aifint? ni 1 1: i ns . tained from the new owner to have luck djnner ami come prepared to! coates uiocg. Before placing your Insurance on your property, see me. as I can save ! you some money. J. v. r alter. m7-tfd tne body transrerreo mere. quilt A rented villa in a Paris, suburb, which was to have been her summer . home, replacing Belle Isle, is bright with, iresh paint, on tne gate is in scribed as the villa's name 'Bern hardt motto, "Quand Meme," which is likely to remain as a memorial of TWO CASES FILED a day set' for hearing Gould paed a very bad night and it ' !" ' Jt .ti, fr.1 :ould testify in his own was stated this morning that his j4" national bank Btock for the ' ' ,1 il j . X, mVi r..i o omir mAmont I year 9&Z. cinct assessors by appointment in fOT.ot rr h-oh t),cn. Ste l electIon- . , It is suggested also that the the- The Revenue committee of the sen-!atre bearing her name, which is mu ate heard national bankers and then ici l propertyf sbouid retain the Iotto.Tepl.a.c.? npon general file, S name ag a mem0rial, whoever the r. mv, tne dui io validate taxes ot . , v. i have acquired control pf the Herman Dall black smith shop at Manley, and ?vill conduct the place be ginning at once and will be prepared to do a general blacksrxuthing business. Having had the requisite experience, I can assure the trade the best service. in every Une of farm black smithing. Plow work, wagon work and in fact all kinds which the farmer may require. Give me a call when you want anything in this line and I will assure you the best work and the best seryjep as well. - John E. Johnson IV!an!ey, ,fJebraska H. R. 272. with senate banking committee amendments to the guar anty law, was made a special order of business before the senate upon its convening at 10 o'clock this morn ing. The house convened at 9. PVum Wedni3ay Dally. Today in the office of the clerk of the district court was filed an action by the Bank of Commerce of Louis ville vs. William B. Spence et al, in which the plaintiff is represented by Attorney C. A. Rawls and' also the Plattsmouth Loan & Building asso ciation vs. Charles F. Morton, Era Ima F. Morton, Joe Banning et al, rcovering two lots located in Union. 1 J. M. Leyda appears for the associa- READY TO RESUME PEACE TALK London, March 27. Turkey will be informed, within the next forty eight hours that the allies are ready to resume the Lausanne peace nego tiation. The allied delegates who for past week have been examining the allied peace terms, finished their de liberations this evening after having drawn aip a reply to Ismet Pasha's letter March 8. It is understood the allies agreed to make no fundamental changes-in their original peace proposals to the TaraV'niar other ' Jnodifif alions have teen 'mafie are of 'form, rather than substance. One of the .delegates told a correspondent of the Associat ed Presa that when tlve ' conference was resumed the Turks vould find the allies in f ompipte' unity ' on' Jill questions. ' "The Trench delegates vill leave for Paris tomorrow, the Italians will leave Thursday. ANNOUNCEMENT p. rvP s siar Affairs a bibs 9 J O0 VtAl fa at Wti i3 t el cy w THERE ARE NONE BETTER!" Tropartic OH for Cars and Tractors the very best! General Auto Repairing that is worth while. WILLIAM HART MAKES DENIAL OF PATERNITY , tion Los Angeles, March 27. Denial of paternity of any child other than the son of Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart and denial of any trust or pro- On and after April 2nd. I wish to vision for support of any child other ' mo ce that connection with myl - tl o 4 hio 4hA a n Vila rvnenn trifA I was made today by William S. Hart blacksmith business I Will be pre in a statement he made public thru pared to do all kinds of Automobile Repairing. Your patronage solicited and all work guaranteed. Our motto will be "Service, not Promises." JOHN IVERSONf Alvo, Tiie Also arage, ARTHUR DIXGESp Proprietor Nebraska his attorney. Hart's statement said: "It has been my policy to refuse to answer all the attacks made upon me by Mrs. Hart thru the public press or otherwise, nor would I speak now ex cept to protect absolutely the inter ests, of my only son. All this Etuff which is printed in today's papers is false. DE M0LAY HOLDS ELECTION Last evening. Cass chapter. Order of DeMolay held their election of of- "I deny that I am the father of any ficers for the ensuin term and the child other than my son born to Mrs. 'occupants of the various chairs were Har September . lt2. f deny that ?iren" a promotion in their ranks, j ever na4e any trust "or other pro- The following were elected: vision for the support pf any child j jjaster Councilor Edgar Peter other than my own eon above men- eon. ' - . tibned." . i " Senior Councilor Russell Perry. " : . . i Junior " Councilor-r-eorge Per- Mrs. L. C. Sharp nd Mrs. T- -B. "finger. Peterson were axaons those 'filing toT" Tfc remaining officers -will be ap- Omelia this terhoon io "speni a "le: romted hy the new "inaater icumilor hours there attending to some mat- in the next week so that they may be ters of business. "... installed at the meeting April. Spring is Soon Here! Grass and Clover Seeding can now be done. Better see us for your seeds, we have all kinds, among which is White Sweet Clover seeds. Clover Seed at 14c per pound or $14X0 per hundred pounds Get ready for Spring! Harness oiled $1.00 per set. Coalman Hardware o. Alvo, - . Nebraska