State Engineer
Declares War on
Omaha Sand Firm
George Johnion Declare
Richry Company Violated
' Agreement and Raised
Price for Gravel.
Lincoln, June 11 (Special)
George E. Johnson, state engineer,
today refuted to accept bids for road
work entailing a raise of 20 ceuts
ton in price of gravel used and pur
timed from the1 pit at Bell wood,
Xeb owned by the Richey Sand
company of Omaha.
The Job in which this increase in
the price of gravel was noted is in a
four-mile stretch of road in Butler
county which is to be graveled, and
the cost of surfacing it with this ma
terial will be more than one-half the
I total cost of construction,
Johnson 'declared that this com
pany has been selling gravel from
its pit for 80 cents a ton until a week
prior to the letting of $2,000,000 in
road and bridge contracts now un
der wsy here, when the price was in
creased to $1 a ton. All bidders
were compelled to base their bids on
' the advanced rate, which means ad
. ditional costs amounting to several
thousands of dollars.
To Have Own Sand Pit
Johnson asserted today that he,
with members of Jhe Butler county
board of commissioners, had decided
to open a sandpit of their own and
take out their own gravel unless
the Omaha firm reduces its price.
The action of tne Omaha firm,
Johnson declared, breaks a gentle
men's agreement made- by state of
ficials interested in. road work and
gravel companies.. This agreement,
according to Johnson, was to the ef
fect that the atate would not use its
tavudpit at Ashland if the gravel
companies kept their prices down on
gravel caq Nebraska roads. ,
The aUtoi house is filled with con
tractors front all parts of America
to bid on road tvork and the super
structure of the neK$5,000,000 state
house this week. V.
Bids on the superstruY-jure, neces
sitating two . dozen kinds of work,
will aggregate $1,000,000 and will be
opened Wednesday: tftre are 20
contractors Who have, MfM. to
specifications on the Variols
Architect B. G. Goodhure' will
here Wednesday to aid Johnson in
examining, bids.
Taxpayers to Benefit
, Bids opened so far show that
hraska taxpayers will receive fn
20 to 25 per cent more, for th
money in road work this year tl
. .i . ;
last, aue xo ine arop in maicrii
and labor and a corresponding.
dine in bidding Drice for work dol
. "This not only means less mod
ior work done but more work tori
money." Johnson said today,
labor is working harder this
.than it did a vear ano." .
The first contracts awarded
. Tohnson. with the sanction of m
bers of county boards who are p!
ent at the meetings, follow: .
Jefferson County-Bridge, Stand
Bridge comoanv. Omaha. $22,844
Hamilton Six bridges, Pionl
Construction company, Lincoln, $
- Hamilton Three bridges, D
mond Engineering company, Gra
Island, $5,756.67.-
Sarpy Bridge, Central Bridge a
Construction - company, Waho
S4.567.28.
- Dakota Grading and gravelitf
trading company, Blair, $7,953,481
: Dakota-Gradinsr and graveliJ
Peterson. Shirley and GuntH
I Omaha, $12,939.86. '
Garfield Bridge, Southern Kan
Construction company, Wichita, $
7.W i
Dundy Grading, Peterson, Shid
and Gunther, umana, is,ujw;' w,
cm Bridge and Construction
panv, Omaha, culverts on
$2,115.05.
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year way. Only 4 days open sea.
Swift and htxuctous Aift.
Landliig at Cheroantg, Swthanp
ton, Hambonj, Aarwerp, Liverpool,
and Glasgow. Snbias every day or ,
e. Let ns sell yon abeot the
S.S.1
Air Mail Vet
and Vet
r
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In flying toga, E. Hamilton Lee. ranking veteran among the air mall
pilots in point of service, and, in civilian clothes. Jack. Knight, ranking vet-
1 1 I J r
ciau. in uoura in uia au.
Two Omaha fliers, buddies during
the world war, now comrades in
Uncle Sam's air mail service, hold
unique records.
E. Hamilton Lee. diminutive pilot
of the Omaha-Chicago division, holds
the record for number of days in the
service. '
Jack Knight on the Omaha
Cheyenne division, holds the record
for actual hours in the air.
Lee never has had an accident
Knight won fame when he made
the first night flight of the air mail
Both were stationed at Ellington
field during the war, where Lee in
structed cadets in combat maneuver
ing. Inaugurates Lines. . 1
He joined the air mail December
3, 1918, fend inaugurated theJines be
tween Washington and New York,
Chicago and St, Louis, and Chicago
and Minneapolis.. ' -
72 Shrine Temples
Participate in Parade
(Conttaaca From rat One.)
dunes of the old San Francisco when
they had the place all to themselves.
The pageant itself was nearly three
and one-half miles of colorful, melo
dious life a sort of long drawn out
blaze of glory. Every march imagin
able was snapped out by the bands,
ivry cheer possible came from the
t fullPlIThtliyt)ftl
he other ten per cent represents con
iditions in which destruction of vital
if parts has taken place.
r ,t s i -i t a: j
now una wny tniropracuc can uu su
much for you will be explained' by call
ing at my office or writing for . free
booklet Office hours 9 a. m. to 8 p.m.
Lady . Attendant Complete j X-Ray
Laboratory. f .
. Dr. Frank F. Burhprn
: PALMER SCHOOL CHIROPRACTOR
POUTICAI, ADVERTISKMKVT
CHARLES H. RANDALL
in Service
in Hours, Pals
.r-r ut
,
Knight has a record of 2,250 flying
hours in the air. mail, 1,050 flying
hours in. the army, and -600 hours in
commercial flyintr. -.r. ...: -. ,
Lee is known as one of the best
all around fliers in the service.
Knight is known as "just about the
nerviest.
Keen for Night Flyinar.
Knight is keen for night flying,
having given the country a thrill
when he pushed through bad
weather and innumerable hazards in
"carrying the mail" - from North
Platte to Chicago on ,the, first night
flight of the service, - ,
Knight was born at Lincoln, Kan.;
Lee at Aberdeen, b. JJ.
When "off their runs" at Omaha,
they are inseparable companions, ac
cording to mechanics at Ak-Sar-Ben
field.
Knight makes his home at 2216
Howard street.
Railroad Man Drowns
in Grand Island like
Grand Island, Neb., Jum It
(Special Talegram.) Gus Strom, 22,
unmarried,,: vrt drowned this eve
ning in KotekU Lake, the second day
of its openlnx- Strom, with several
companions Mi swimming about in
the deeper pettions of the lake when
he cried ior help and sank. William
Hint immediately swam to the
ot where he ;sank, but could find
r trace ot ine Doay. ine laice at
i ejjoint is., estimated to be from
to XO feet deep. Strom never rose
the surface after sinking the first
he, arid 'is. believed to have been
icken with cramps. . He was a
od swimmer. He was employed
the Union Pacific as a car check
' A large force-of young men
s still diving and raking for the
;dy several hours after the acci-
lHay fever is here six 'weeks ahead
time let the Uiitt-Loceka-.urug
mpany, seventeenth and Farnam
eets, tell you what to do method
Fe, sure and ettfyVit's a wonder
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POLTTICAX. ADTXBTISEJtKST
, OF RANDOLPH
A DUSINESS MAN
? for GOVERNOR
What Randall Stands for:
REDUCTION of taxes to the lowest point
where effective government can still be
maintained.
A SYMPATHETIC attempt to solve the prob
lems of the farms and business as they
touch the state government, utilizing the long
f and intensive experience of a large farm
owner and manager.
A CLOSE relation between legislative and ex-
ecutive branches of 'state government in
the interest of better laws and the adminstra
tion of them.
A BUSINESS-LIKE administration of the
executive branch, utilizing the experience
and capabilities of a successful business man
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1922.
Shipping Board
Officer Killed
by Rare Disease
Sicknwi of Chinese Origin
Ciuiei Death of A. J.
Frey Only 67 Caie
Known.
Washington, June 13. A, J. Frey
of Los Angeles, vice president of the
shipping board's emergency fleet
corporation, died today at Johns
Hopkins hospital. Baltimore, after an
illness of several months, according
to announcement by Chairman Laik
er of the board.
He had been ill with San Joaquin
valley disease, of .which only 69
cases are said to have been known
to - medical science and of which
57 proved fatal. The disease was
declared to be of Chinese origin.
Sacramento, Cal.,. June 13. The
San Joaquin Valley disease to which
the death of A. J. Frey is attributed,
is the colloquial name ot a rare
disease known as cocoMoides, a fun
gus which attacks the skin and then
the inner tissues of the human body
and has nearly all the symptoms of
tuberculosis of the lungs, according
to Dr. Gundrum, vice president of
the California state board of health.
The disease was first discovered
about 15 vears ago by Dr. William
Oppuli of Stanford university, Dr.
uunoTum statea.
The disease in its soread. Dr. Gun
drum said, very ofter attacks th
brain and then symptoms are . simi
lar to those of meningitis. It is near-
ly always fatal. It is a chronic, slew
affection of which so little is known
that its treatment is difficult. . .
The name of San Joaquin Valley
disease was attached to the affection
because for several years that section
of the stateyj California was the
only known source.
Gver Fifth of Farm
; Advances Paid Back
Of the first $10,000,000 loaned in
Nebraska by the War Finance cor
poration $2,343,260 has been paid
back up to date, Fred W. Thomas,
state director of the corporation, an
nounced yesterday. t
"Gradual repayments are being
made, and although we are still loan
ing funds the repayments daily ex
ceed the new advances,", said Mr.
Thomas. "This is made possible by
increased values of agricultural com
modities, in comparison to values last
fall. For example: During the en
tire spring hogs have been marketed
on a large scale, averaging around
$10 per 100 pounds. Hogs again
have demonstrated the fact they can
fcring prosperity in Nebraska."
Portuguese Fliers Start
on Last Leg of Journey
Bahia. Tune 13. The Portuguese
aviators, Capts. Sacadura and Cou
thinho left her at 7:35 o'clock this
morning on the last leg of their air
ship flight from Portugal to the
Brazilian capital.
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Corner 16th and Farnam
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Congress Candidate
Outlines His Platform
F. Byron Oamond.''
F. Byron Osmond of Wslthtll
Neb., in announcing his candidacy
for congress from the Third district,
outlined his platform as follows."
"I am, against the administration
ship subsidy bill. The American
people will not benefit by its pas
sage. I iavor a merchant marine,
but not by a subsidy that will bene
M the individual. I am against .a
high protective tariff, because any
tariff rill that creates a monopoly
is un-American: I favor only each
a tariff bill as will equalize the cost
of "' production in America and
Europe. Beyond that the already
protected manufacturers are bench
claries and the American, people are
the ones who will bear the burden
by an increase in the price of the
American manufactured products.
, "I, favor repeal of the Esch-Cum-mins
bill passed in congress by the
railroads of this country, destroying
all competition and obtaining a guar
antee upon their watered stock' as
they did during the war. I am un
alterably opposed to a return to the
convention system."
N. D. Senator Proposes ;
Paying Bonus With Cash
Washington, June 13. A propo
sal to pay the soldiers" honu in
cash, the financing to be : done by
means of special taxes on banks' and
through use of the interest' oh the
foreign indebtedness was made to
day in the senate by Senator. Ladd,
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all for $348.00. Stop in this
week and ask to have, your
favorite piece played on one i
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Bargains in Used Uprights and Player-Pianos
UPRIGHTS
Marshall & Mendell. . .$88.00
Gerhard ....$75.00
Conservatory ....... $100.00
Schubert $125.00
Shonniger .$135.00
Price ATeeple $155.00
J. ft C.Fisher ..$160.00
Willard $175.00
Schmoller ft Mueller. $198.00
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payment on any new instrument arid that any used piano you ,
purchase from us will be accepted at its full purchase price
to apply on a new instrument, any time -within one year.
If yon lire ontslde of Omaha,
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Fortune in Land
Involved in Suit
lilinoU Woman Brings Action
' at Hattings to Recover
Dead, to Big Tracts.
Hastings, Neb., June 13 Action
brought here by Clara B. Fort.
Lacon. 111., against Leah W. Cowan
and two minor children involves
5,000 acres of land in Filmore and
Clay counties. Mrs. Cowan, defend
ant, is the widow of George W.
Cowan, pnee agent and manager for
Mrs. Clara E. Fort, 82. Mrs. Fort
hsd about $600,000 worth of land in
Marshal county, Illinois, and nearly
3,000 acres in Nebraska. She alleges
she gave deeds to these lands to her
agent to facilitate transacting her
business with the understanding that
ha was to give them back, bat while
she was In Switserland. Mr. Cowan
was killed in an automobile accident.
His widow, as administratrix, filed
in her . husband's
safety deposit boxes in Peoria.
Learning upon , return oi oirs.
Fort of the nature of the transaction,
vtra . fAwin oavf mill claim deeds
to her one-fourth,' and ligitation is
about the three-fourths share of the
minors. Attorneys for the oetena
ants contend that the deeds were
gifts to the agent. Among the wit
....... M,. rn,t ura Mica Helm
a r.nnAn AttoMr of former
wbmmw.., - - a
Speaker Joe Cannon, a friend of the
plaintiff, judge uuworm nas iaen
the case under aovisemem.
'BroW Robs. Cops
v Near Sidney, Neb.
SiHnev. Neb.. June 13. Two1
r. with hlnodhounds are search
ing the country one mile north of
here for a man believed to oe rrea
Brown, the Omaha "chain man,"
who late this afternoon robbed two
local oolice officers. v
iGus Wellner. a farmer living one
mile north of Sidney, called (the po
lice late today and told them a sus
picious character was camped in his
pasture. Chief of Police Wait and
another officer went to the pasture
where the man held them up and
took all their belongings and ordered
them to go back to town.
Chief of Police Wait declared that
the man was Brown and posses were
immediately organized.
Road Conditions
(Fnmltbed by th Onuhi Auto Club.
No roort Is tue! thll mornlni dua to
in tact tnt au wires arc down on ac
count or wind storms. A special report
will be lsiued this afternoon it wires ara
O. K. .
rices Mil
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We. have just received a car
load of new PREMIER BABY
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are the best values on the
market. - To see1 them is to
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Close at 5 P. M., Excepting
6 r. M.
Officers Elected for
Children's Home Society
Trustees of the Nebraska Chil
dren's Home society at their annual
meeting elected the following of
ficeri: Judge Charles A. Coss, pres.
ident; F. L. Haller, vice president;
A. B. Olson, secretary; Fred V.
Thomas, treasurer; H. A. Snow, au
ditor. The following were elected to the
executive committee: Dr. W. F.
Milroy, A. B. Olson, A. L. Havens,
Fred VV. Thomas, Rev. Thure Ja
cobson, Rev. J. VV. Kirkpatriclc
Dean Ringer and Robert T. Switi.
ler were elected attorneys.
The following medical stiff was
elected: General, Dr. H. M. He
Clanahan, Dr. Clyde Moore, Dr. Jo
seph R. Henake; laboratory diagno
sis, Dr. B. C. Russum, Dr. C M.
HyUnd; roentgenologist, Dr. V.
The sweater costume, the tailleur,
the jumper frock, all call for
blouses of refreshing1 newness.
Recent arrivals are:
Tuxedo style blouses fashioned
of a fine quality French voile,
beautifully hemstitched and em
broidered and trimmed with wide
hand-made filet lace. The sizes,
34 to 46, in either long or short
sleeve mo'dejs. " $5.00.
. 4. . - ' .
Hand-made Peter uPans with
collars and cuffs' outlined with a
hand-made Irish lace edge also
daintily, ' embroidered and. hem
stitched. Price $3.95.
H. Mirks; oculist and aurlst, Dr. J
James M. t'atton; clinical psycnoio.
git, Dr. Ci. Alexander Young, l'rof.
Leon O. Smith; dentists, Dr. Jt,
Newton. Dr. II. L. Karrer.
li. II. Ralls was re-elected state
superintendent. The following wereJ
appointed district superintendents!
h. K. rord, Omaha district; Johi
V. Thomas. Lincoln district: C. E
Ryder, Beatrice district; VV. B. How
ard. Norfolk district; VV. VV. Mc
Klfrrth, Grand Island district; Frank
T. lloon, Hastings district; Miss
Flora Hunt, Alliance district.
One thousand and forty-six chil
dren were given attention and aid
during the year.
MaamiaiaHiaWMBiBMaasaSBHBBaBasS
Fight Forest Firei
, Vandcrhoof, B. C, June IS. Fire
fighters were busy today attempting
to control a forest fire burning for
miles along the right of way of the
Grand Trunk Pacific.
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Chinatown - colorful
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The Waterfront ships
under every flag.
The Bay fottleshiprow,"
the navy yard, interesting
islands and the Golden
Gate. .
Busy Market Street the
shopping district, parks,
beaches, hotels and res
taurants. The Quick, direct, comfof
able way to this city where
you see so much is via the
Union Pacific the route
that offers so much to see.
Side trip to Yellowstone and
Yosemite at slightly addi
tional cost. .'
Overland Limited
From Omaha at 9:45 a. m.
Solid Pullman train with ob-.
servation, buffet-club and
dining cars.
From Omaha at 1:20 a. m.
Standard, observation and
tourist sleepers, chair cars'
and diner. Sleepers ready at
10:00?. m.
Greatly Reduced Summer
Tourist Fares Daily to
September 30
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