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Repeal Opposed
House Committee Hears Ar
guments for Indefinite Post
ponement of Measure to
Abrogate Statute.
J.iiti'oln, Feb. 14. — (Special.) —
Reformation rather than vindicative
punishment of men In the peniten
tiary by society was urged upon the
house judiciary committee tonight by
some of the foremost men and women
in Nebraska in arguments for in
definite postponement of the Bryan
bill repealing Hie indeterminate sen
tence law.
"When I was a |tirl 16 years old,
I began taking an interest In perii
tentaries and convicts," Mrs. Bess
Gerhart Morrison. University p.vce, a
well-know n prison worker, said.
"They had the striped suits, the
shaved heads and the lockstep at our
penitentiary then. If two prisoners
were seen bilking together, they were
under .suspicion, and und**r the rules,
if four were congregated they must
be dispersed.
Working in Fields.
"Today. I can drive past the peni
tentiary and see dozens of men work
ing on tlie penitentiary farm, a mile
distant from the institution, without
a guard. That wasn't true when I
was a girl.
"What lias caused this transforma
tion?
^ "Hope,
"On what is their hope based?
"On the indeterminate sentence
law, which, in effect, is a promise by
society that if they behave and show
n spirit of redemption, their sentence
shall he closer the minimum than the
maximum.
Forty States Have Law.
“The first indeterminate sentence
law was passed in New York in JS79
and id still on its statute books. Forty
other states have followed in the
wake of New York.
"Does our state wish to stop the
dial of hope at midnight for these
men?"
“What is your idea of a peniten
tiary, an institution for reformation
or one of punishment and protection
to society?" II. Malcolm Raldrige
asked.
"Reformation,” Mrs. Morrison re
plied, "because without reformation,
society can never be protected.”
Warden Gives Views.
“True, judgment of - official* has
been faulty at times," Warden Fen
ton said. "All humans err, but I
would rather show mercy and make
an occasional mistake thryi to show
no mercy at all."
“Warden, how many of the men in
your institution are there to serve
their second or more terms?" Donald
Gallagher asked.
* "We have 590 men today and 59
are second termers,” the warden re
plied.
“Who knows," said the warden,
"but that, your boy, my boy, or some
other lad will forge a small check
W'ltne time, and would you want that j
on a flat sentence, or would you
want him to be given an opportunity
to make good and get his sentence
reduced?"
Heal i Opposes Change.
"The trouble Is the public thinks
all of the men In the penitentiary are
criminals," Henry Beal, Douglas
county attorney, said.
"In the four years I was In the
county attorney's office, 1 don't be
lieve 23 of the men convicted Were
criminals at heart. The remainder
were men who had committed their
lirst crime."
"We should not look at a prison as
an end. but as a means to an end,"
Judge Howard Kennedy of Omaha
said.
“Men, to reform, must have hope
that reformation will bring reward.”
Ous Miller, superintendent of the re
formatory said.
"Twenty years ago the average ago
of convicts was from 40 to 50," Mrs.
Bilbao Leavitt. Lincoln, said. "To
day, it is from IS to 25. We must not
harden these young men against a
society w hich you would make a vin
dicative society.”
Tho committee took no action on
tlie bill tonight.
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Suspends Fund Draft.
Lincoln, Feb. 14. — (Special.)—At
torney General Spillman received
word today that District Judge Dill
worth has suspended temporarily his
order for a draft of J1S7.000 upon tho
state guaranty fund, in connection
with tho failure of tho Holdrege State
bank, pending hearing March 6. Spill
man had denounced the order as Il
legal.
Tho maharajah of Cooch-Behar, 7
years of age, rules over 600,000 peo
ple in India. Ilis Income, without tax
•", Is about $150,000 a month.
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Views of Fire in Armour Sausage Plant
The Armour fire started in (lie lop floor, in the sausage department, and worked Its way to lower floors of
buildings IK and 19.
Ilelow is view of the fire from f, street viadurt, showing dense clouds of smoke.
Bond Issue Bills
Passed in House
Two-Thirds Majority Required
for Public Improvements in
Cities and Counties.
Lincoln, KeL 14.—(Special. 1—The
lower house today passed on third
reading a series of the O'Gara
Harbour hills making voting bonds for
improvements more difficult. These
bills, all varying the cufergeney
clause, w hich means they become ef-,
fectivp Immediately after the passage
in the senate and signature by the
governor, call for two-thirds vote on
county bond issues, parks and public
grounds in cities and villages, county
and city internal improvement bonds.
When a bill came up calling for two
thirds vote to make enlargement or
improvements on city waterworks it
was killed, and tho present law for a
majority vote stands.
Another billed killed called for a re
duction in potato grading fees from
M to $3 per carload.
Other bills passed on third reading
follow:
Making legal artisan's lien on au'o
mobiles and other vehicles.
Makes bootleggers liable for dam
ages suffered by a person in conse
quence of liquors sold.
Validates all real estate conveyances
on record for 10 years regardless of
defects or irregularities.
Makes tapping gas or water pipes
unlawful.
State Fair Sunday
Closing Bill Killed
Lincoln, Feb. 14.—(Special. V—Tic
state fair Sunday closing bill was
killed in the child w elfare commltti -
by a vote of (1 to 0.
Secretary Danielson of the state
board of agriculture opposed the bill,
while church delegations from Lin
coln and University Place spoke in
favor of It. Danielson told the com
mittee that the passage of the hill
would cost the fair Jlli.OOO to f2ft,0(>0
He said the only concessions operated
•
on Sunday were church dining rooms
nd practically the only entertain- !
nient was sacred concerts.
The committee also heard several 1
exponents in favor of the bill for the
standardization of motion pictures by ,
a state board of censorship, to con- -
»ist / three members. each drawmg
$3,000 a year. One of the arguments
advanced in favor of the bill was that
it is favored by a good many motion
picture theater owners to get away
from the movie trust.
Plan (lautaloap Acreage.
ScottsMufF, Neb.. Feb. 14.—(Special.)
—An acreage of 200 acres of canta
loupes will l>e secured her© to t***t
the adaptability «»f tills region to prn.
•luce and market cantaloupes iu corn
petition with lto« kyford. Colo.
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Low prices are always obtained here, and during our February Furniture
Sale our prices are accordingly lower than elsewehere. Our low rent and
small overhead makes this possible. We charge nothing for handling
goods, either in a retail or wholsesale way.
Bed-Spring $1 C75
and Mattress I v
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Entire
Stock of
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end
Mattresses
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RICE
Specially Priced for February f
Dining
raom Suite
t 58800
id ®n,y
Beautiful 8-piece Dining Room Suite, period design wal
nut. This is an exceptional value such as is to be found
only at the “State.'*
Living Room Snite
$9750
Beautiful 3-piere Living Room Suita in tap
estry or velour. Loose < sshions. spring
construction. A wonderful suits that sells
regularly for $22ft.
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Authorized Agents for
We carry a complete stock of Bruns
wick Phonographs and Brunswick
records.
Hundreds of other bargains
in complete suites, separate
pieces, rugs, electric appli
ances and phonographs.
!PHONOGRAPHS
Beautiful up
right phono
graphs, ma
h'lgany finish,
regular $150
value
Prirrd during
this sals at
only —
$2975
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with each instrument.
$1.00 and 75c
RECORDS
Special 25c
Bed Room Suite
Only
$7950
Vpier > walnut, P#r|a«l Deaign H'droom
Sulla that regularly aella at $195. Thlg la
indeed a rara bargain.
Exchange Dept.
Turn in your old furniture on
new pieces. We allow high prices
for your old pieces and sell you
new pieces at low prices. Cell or
phone Jackson 1317.
We Make
Term* to
Suit You.
State Furniture Co.
Corner 14th and Dodge
Gu«mntf*d
Electric
Iron
Rigid Economy
With Road Funds
Plan of Senate
House Measure Permitting
Use of Dragging Funds for
Extensively Treating High
ways Is Killed.
Lincoln, Feb. 15.—(Special.)—The
Nebraska senate went on record this
morning as opposed to permitting
county boardfl to use road dragging
funds for dragging or otherwise ex
tenslvely treating highways by kill
Ing H. R. 6tj.
It was a sense of rigid economy
which provoked the onslaught against
the bill, with speakers declaring that
if this was permitted, the next step
would be paving. Shallenbarger.
Tomek, Illian and Klekard spoke
against the measure.
The senate refused to pass a reso
lution giving Secretary of State
Charles tv. Pool permission to take
state records into court at Omaha.
Pool had been ordered to bring the
original department records and
papers applying to the Waterloo!
Creamery company case to Omaha.
Cooper, Thielen, Saunders and
Wiltse spoke against the resolution,
claiming that certified copies were ell
that are required, and if the Omaha,
federal Judge had Issued a valij|
order, rio further action by the legis
lature was pecessary.
■fills Reported Out.
These bills were reported out to the
-general tile:
S. F. 93, Fries—Establishes educa
tional or experience qualifications for
county surveyors,
8. F. 89, Larkin—Stiffens autp steal
ing law and makes mutilated engine
number evidence of theft.
S. F. 121, Hastings and Anderson—
Adds a new penalty to present bad
(heck law, with provision for abate
ment of prosecution on payment of
check and costs under certain condi
tions. » —
S, F. 123, Cooper—Strikes from
marriage law provision for court in
vestigation in default divorce cases.
S. F. 49, increasing, the salary of
the deputy county surveyor of ltoug
las county $500 a year, was indefinite
ly postponed, as was S. F. 16. the
Ku Klux Klan bill. A similar Kian
measure is pending in the house.
Measures Advanced.
Bills advanced to third reading
w ere:
,S. F. ion. permitting investment of
state funds in irrigation district
bonds.
.S. F. 10B, making 'paving assess
ments payable annually for 10 years
instead of 20 years.
S. F. 109, reducing interest rate
from K to £> per cent and requiring
three fifths vote to carry sctuiol bonds
in Omaha.
H. It 117, authorizing governor to
donate Burket Soldiers' home to tins
federal government.
II. B. 1CJ, Incorporating the State
Press association and Order of Docs.
Premier Mussolini of Italy is said
to he one of the best amateur swords
men in the country.
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to the taste. And, think what each
mouthful is doing to drive constipa
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establish health! That’s because it is
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tifically wade to relieve suffering
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Physicians recommend the Tegular
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Bran, eaten caA day and in proper
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Get away from pills and cathartics—
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nent relief from constipation.
Do not confuse Kellogg ’a Bran with
common bran. Kellogg’s L cooked,
krumblcd and ready to serve. It can
be used in the most delightful baking
I products without in any way reducing
lit* regulatory value. Try raisin bread
or muffins or griddle-cake* made with
Kellogg ’« Bran. Kecipes are printed
on each package.
Keilogg's Bran is nationaJly eaten
for health ’* sake as a cereal—in winter
lime with hot milk. Others prefer it
sprinkled over hot or cold cereals.
Another way is to mix it with bot
cereals jnst before serving. It can
also be cooked with cereal. In each
case add two tablespoonfuls of
Kellogg’s Bran for each person; in
chronic cases as much with each meal.
Kellogg a Bran is sold by all grocers
and is supplied in individual packages
at first-class hotels and clubs. Ask
for it at your restaurant!
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No. 1—The Credit Clothing House Enters a New Era
THE day of THE OLD TIME PAY
* MENT HOUSE is a thing of the
past!
That day went OUT about the day
the SELF STARTER MOTOR CAR
CAME IN. A newer, greater, more
liberal Credit Science has since been
founded, built up on fair, honest and
above-board dealings with the patron.
An institution like ours, today, op
erates within a set plan, the scope of
which is far broader, more up-to-date,
more liberal, than anything heralded
in the past. We’ve a plan of CREDIT
figured entirely upon a fair basis of
VALUATION; no extra charge or pen
alty being exacted for the service ren
dered.
Our new plan is broader than the
usual DEPARTMENT STORE’S
THIRTY DAY CHARGE ACCOUNT,
and more liberal than THE OLD TIME
INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLAN.
You will agree upon the frankness, the
candor and honor of our new plan
when you have it explained to you in
detail at the store.
Furthermore, the successful Credit
Apparel establishment of today muft
be a genuine style center; the wear
ables obtained in it must be of the high
est order; fabrics must render satisfac
tory service; there must not be one iota
of a reason for anyone to disgustedly
exclaim: “Oh, well, what could you ex
pect of a credit house?”
Now, here is something I wish
PARTICULARLY to impress upon the
buying public: WE SELL THE
FINEST GRADES OF CLOTHES
YOU CAN FIND IN THE CLASS
IEST OF ALL CASH SHOPS, and, we
sell the clothes ON A CHARGE BASIS
for the SAME and even LESS money
than you would pay the ALL CASH
SHOP. I GUARANTEE this to be
true, and here is the guarantee:
“We agree to refund to any cus
tomer or cancel any sale and refund
purchase money if, within forty-eight
hours from date of sale, the same qual
ity garments can be secured for less
money in the regular channels of
trade.”
The one who says “How can Beddeo
sell on Time Payments as cheaply as
the cash store sells for cash?” does not
know of the colossal volume of mer
chandise handled here and in Beddeo’s
associated stores. If the doubter would
look into the matter further he would
have his eyes opened. The Beddeo
Clothing Co. dot only enjoys VOLUME
buying and VOLUME selling, because
of the SEVERAL stores Beddeo con
ducts, but the TURN-0 VERS at all of
the stores are far greater than those of
the usual ordinary cash stores.
5-ight here would be the proper
place to say that o^r recent annexa
tions of 4,000 square feet of additional
space are about completed. We have
already remodeled the entire second
floor of the building adjoining on the
east; we have done the same with the
rear half of the first floor annexed
from the same building. The space
thus gained would make a considerable
store of itself.
We are not looking for plaudits;
neither do we wish to saturate our
selves with self praise, but the fact re
mains, nevertheless, that the Beddeo
Omaha establishment is today the sec
ond LARGEST, and certainly’will be
the HANDSOMEST concern in all
America, featuring Men’s, Women’s
•and Children’s attire on CREDIT, ex
clusively.
Our Millinery Department, for in
stance, now covers three times the
space it formerly occupied. "The new
women’s “French Room,” all in pearly
gray on the second fleor, is the last
word in artistic accomplishment. The
exclusive new MEN’S SHOP, catering
to the .desires of the most refined
dressers, is handily situated on the
first floor.
Come in! Let’s exchange confi
dences. I have plenty of good folks
upon my Credit Books ever since I em
barked in business ten years ago. and
I feel that you, too, will fit well in our
inner circle of close friends and cus
tomers. *
You say you WILL be in soon to
look about the store anyway? That’s
fine. And thank you. Until you.visit
us, I am,
Yours for Always Better Service *
Elmer Beddeo, of the
Beddeo Clothing Co. Douglas St., Omaha
New Y^rk Omaha Salt Lake City
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