Douglas Countv
Sheriff Bil'ls
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Thomas and Special Investi* j
gator for Committee of
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l.incoln, March '7.—(Special. V—Fol
lowing hot words between Senator
John L. Larkin and Representative
George S. Collins of Omaha and D. J.
Phillips, a special investigator for the
Committee of 5.000, before the house
fees and salaries committee. Repre
sentative Davis of Filmore threatened
to use physical force in expelling them
unless they would.talk, one at a time.
1 The argument arose over two bills
now in the hands of the commute.
One, introduced in the senate by Lar
kin and Chambers, woulld save Doug
las county approximately $25,000 an
nually by placing feeding of prisoners
. in, the county jail in the hands of the
county commissioners and sheriff and
cutting mileage from 4a to 10 cents.
The other, Introduced at’the request
’ of Sheriff Mike Endres of Omaha,
would add about $15,000 annually to
the Douglas county tax roll by per
mitting him to put nine more deputies
on the payroll. These deputies, it was
explained, would form- a “morals
squad’’ for eradication of vice.
Thomas Is Present.
Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha was
present at the moetirur urging the
"morals squad" bill'and fighting the
anti-sheriff feeding bill. All of the
Douglas county commissioners were
present urging the saving of this
*35.000 to the taxpayers.
"It seems strange that for years
there was a sheriff In Douglas county
and not a word was said about the
sheriff pocketing these thousands of
dollars until Mike Enders, a reform
sheriff, was elected," Thomas said.
"Minute he was elected the gangsters
began doing everything possible to
harass him and this bill is a re
sult.
Endres needs extra deputies to en
force law violations in Omaha. Any
one who knows true conditions knows
that to be true."
“I want to say that the remarks
made by Mr. Thomas that I In
troduced this bill at the Instigation of
gangsters is absolutely untrue,”
l-arkin said. "I never was a gangster,
while Mr. Thomas Is a reformed gang
ster.
No Political Motive.
, "I am personal friend of Mike
Eiwlres. There Is nothing personal or
political in my motive in urging pas
sage of this bill. I am one of thou
sands of taxpayers in Omaha des
perate 1q seeking relief from taxation.
"Right this minute wV have 300
policemen In Omaha They are men
'who will go anywhere and do any
thing they are told to do."
"Yes, and they won't do the things
they are told not to do," Phillips In
terrupted.
Pointing ^iis finger at Representa
f five Collins, who has persistently
fought the anti-sheriff feeding bill,
Larkin said:
"I will tell you why he Is fight
ing this bill. He will be a deputy
under Mike Endres after this session
if the bill to increase deputies
passes." '
Collins arose and held his right
hand high above his head:
"I will take solemn oath I will not
be a deputy sheriff." •
Phillips Gels Rough.
Larkin continued to fire questions
at Collins over his protest and ^phll
llps chimed in occasionally until
Davis, the country member, threaten
ed to clear the committee room
When Phillips arose, iarkln fired a
question at him.
“.Shut your mouth.” Phillips said.
Then Phillips launched Into an at
'ack upon the Omaha police force.
He Identified himself as a former
patrolman, discharged for political
"reasons by the present administration
end as a man who didn’t want a Job
inder Mike Endres.
But for the aake of the good pen
pie of Omaha 1 do want to see Mike
Endres get a murals squad. One
deputy sheriff can really tnop up the
town better than 300 policemen.
"When I was a patrolman, I was
told to keep my mouth shut or get
fired, when I Informed the chief of
police that money was bc^ng offered
me to keep still. I was .In the biggest
gambling house In Omaha while in
Omaha and saw $50,00p on the table
at one time. I saw prominent' Qmaha
detectives ih that house and told my
superior officers I would give them
the names of these detectives if I
could be assured they would be fired."
Representative'Ed Smith of Omaha
asked Thomas If he cared to reply to
Larkin’s remarks.
"I don't egre to belittle myself In
that manner," ThSmas said.
The committee did ndt takd* actidli
on either bill.
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Barrows Salary
Bill Up to Bryan
Christian Science Measure Re
turned to Committee for
Specific Amendment.
Lincoln, March 7.—(Special.)—For
mer Lieutenant Governor P. A. Bar
rows' salary claim for $1,301.69 as act
ing governor while ex-Governor Sam
uel R. J/tcKelvie was out of the state
Is now up to Governor Bryan.
Carrying an emergency clause, the
bill finally passed the senate after sev
eral calls of the house ^brought the
vote hlf^h enough.
Those* voting "no" Included Wiltse,
Wilkins, Tomek. Smrha. Shallenbpr
,ger. Meacham, Fries, Banning and
Behrens. Anderson. Saunders, Warner
and Johnson changed their votes after
It had become apparent that the bill
would pass.
H. R. 39. one of the so-called
Christian Science bills, was again re
ferred to the committee for specific
amendment. It provides that school
children eannot be examined over the'
protest of their parents by other than
the teacher. The amendment will add
"or nurse" after the word teacher.
The Cooper bill. 8 F. 133. which pre
vents medical men from pleading pro
fessional confidence in withholding
facts in court testimony under cer
tain conditions, wa.^revived in the sen
ate today. The author claimed that the
bill had been indefinitely postponed by
mistake, and it was returned to the
Judiciary Committee of which he is
chairman.
Esch-Cummins Law Discussed
by House Railroad Committee
Lincoln, March 7,—(Special.)—Re
peal of the Eachtummlns law was
urged upon the house committee on
railroads tonight by several support
ers of a bill which memorialises con
gress to wipe the law off the slate.
Thorno A. Brown, a member of the
state railway commission, criticised
certain features of the 'Esch-Cum
mins bill. He stated that to urgd^re
peal would be ■ detrimental to public
interest and suggested that the com
mittee amend the bill so amendments
to the law correcting undesirable feat
ures are requested and the absolute
repeal request be eliminated
Ice Cream Feed Is Given
Members of Legislature
Lincoln. March 7.—(Special)—Mem
bers df the legislature had their reg
ular biennial Ice cream feed toduy.
Kach session, there is a bill intro
duced reducing the hutterfat require
ments of ice cream, and each session,
those interested in the bill treat mem
bers to ice cream containing the pres
ent legal percentage of hutterfat and
the'proposed reduction in hutterfat.
The bill is to Ire considered in the
lower house tomorrow morning at 10.
Pass Bryan Bill.
Lincoln, March .7—(Special.)—The
lower house, by & vote of 51 to 40.
passed a Bryan bill on third reading
which prohibits the state board of
pardons and paroles from granting a
pardon or parole without recommen
dation of the trial Judge •
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Senate Favors
Giving Omaha
Part of Auto Tax
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Division of Road Fund in City
and County Meets With Fa
vor—50-50 Division of *
$420,000 Planned.
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Lincoln, March 7.—(Special.)—S. F.
202, the hill giving the city of Omaha
half of the $420,000 paid in for auto
mobile licenses In Douglas county,
was advanced to third reading in the
state senate.
Under the present law, all of the
proceeds from automobile licenses go'
to the county to he administered hy
the county board on county roads. All
pf the Douglas county njembers in the
senate are back of the bill.
Senator Saunders declared that the
present law foroessOmaha to pay the
bulk of the road taxes for trio county
and in addition it must provide for
the maintenance of its own streets.
He declared that thertty pays $2,790,
004 of the $3,000,000 in county road
bonds, $115,000 of the $123,600 bridge
tax and $42,900 of the $46,000 road
lax. He thought that under these
conditions it was only folfr that the
city share In the automobile tax.
Under the provisions of the bill, the
city's share of the proposed new reve
nue should be applied 75 per cent on
boulevards and 25 per cent on streets.
Behrens of Cuming attacked the bill
on the gpounds thHt cities had forced
good roads upon the rural communi
ties apd now they want the farmers
to help pay for city improvements.
There was no roll call on the hlll-j
end on a viva voce vote to advance It,
only a scattering opposition appeared.
B fy an Bills to Be Discussed
. by Lower House Tuesday
Lincoln, March 7.—(Special.)—Re
publicans and democrats joined today
and adopted a motion providing for
Consideration of the Bryan executive
council hills and code modification
hills at 10 Tuesday morning, March
13. Uner the motion, the two plans
of government will be discuaeed/in
formally without voting on either.
After they have been considered ]
thoroughly, each of the bills will be
considered and voted upon separately.
It Is expected that this discussion and
subsquent voting on the 84 odd bills
entailed in the two plans will consume
from one to two wbeks of the, time of
the lower house.
Lower House Parses Throe
Bills on Third Reading
Lincoln, March 7.—(Special.)—Bills
passfd on thivd reading by the lower
bouse today follow :
Forcing county at lnrgs, Instrfyl of
school districts, to pay tuition or
pupils.
Providing w hen tw o or more persons
are charged with the same offense
they may he tried together.
Increasing legal length of a caught
fish from nine to 11 Inches.
Refuse to Fix Adjournment.
Lincoln. March 7.—(8peci#l.j—The
tower house voted down a motion by
G. B. Collins which wouM force ad
journment of the legislature on
March 23.
Nebraska May Collect *
Full Bank Tax Rate
Lincoln, March T.—(Special,)—By
taking advantage of an act paused by
congress during the closing days of
the session, the state of Nebraska and
local subdivisions may succeed in col
looting tdvo full' tax rate on capital
stocks of banks, which the Nebrnsku
supreme coiirt last week held is in
tangible proverty and taxable only at
one-fourth rate, t
Congress has granted states the
right to tax national banks ns other
moneyed capital. With the provision
that states may pass corrective legis
lation In order to collect assessments
levied in the past.
State Tax Commissioner W. H.
Osborne has taken the matter up with
the senate revefiue committee.
Omaha Man Found
Dazed by Farmers
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Mystery Surrounds Discovery
of Andrew Pamanka on
Railroad Tracks.
Fremont, Neb., March 7.—(Special.)
—Police are puzzled over the inci
dents leading to the discovery of An
drew Pamanka, 36, found lying in a
dazed condition on the Union Pacific
roadbed near Mercer. Apparently un
■able to understand any one of four
different languages in which he was
questioned, the mysterious stranger !
is unable to state his case.
Pamanka was lying near the tracks |
and would have been drawn under the
wheels of a passing train if not discov
ered by farmers nearby.
He was brought to Fremont where
ho is under care of physclans. Paman
ka was questioned in English, Italian,
German and Bohemian The latter in
terpreter succeeded in drawing out the
statement from Pamanka that he was
born in rtmaha, the present address of
his father. His mother, he said, died
sometime ago. It is believed that he
may be a victim of aphasia.
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State-Owned Bank Bill j
Killed by Lower House
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Lincoln, March 7.—(Special.)—The j
lower house by ji vote of 53 to 40 re
fused today to override a report of
the banking committee to Indefinitely!
postpone the Axtell state bank bill, j
This measure called for a $1,000,000!
appropriation-for establishment of the,
bank and would force the state to de-1
posit all of its funds m the instltu
lion. This money would he loaned at
low interest rates to farmers and ,
others.
Those favoring putting the bill on ,
general file declared the some plan !
had been followed, when the Non-i
partisan league gained control of the]
state administration in North Dakota, i
They declared it had proved a suc
cess. Others disputed the claim and
asserted It would run the other banks
in the state out of business.
Kill Gambling Bill.
Lincoln. March 7.—(Special)—The
judiciary committee voted to lndeft
nitely postpone house roll 466. pre
scribing penalties for grain gambling
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An Important Sale of
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'Phis presentation of Herzbergs
harbors no extravagance, unless
lovely style, rich colorings and
materials be extravagant The
price is becomingly modest and
the values alluringly high.
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Governor Issues
Second
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Bryan Urges Supporters to
Speed Up Postcard Replies
—Makts Debate Challenge.
Lincoln, March >7.—(Special)—Gov
ernor C. W. Bryan issuer! a second
5,000-word appeal today to the people
of Nebraska to hurry up with their
postcards urging members of tile
legislature to vote for his executive
council plan of government. He is
sued a challenge to every member of
the legislature to a debate at the
county seat of each member's district
on the executive council plan of gg>v
ernment as against the modified code
system proposed by Representative
Dysart of Omaha and others.
The appeal and ehallange were fs
sued at tho same hour that the Dy
sart bill and the Bryan executive
council bill were placed on general
file In the lower* house by the Ju
diciary committee, without recom
mendation.
The governor charged that paid
lobbyists of corporations were in Jan
coin working des|>erately to retain
the code. He asserts that the cor
porations want the present system Of
government retained because thev
could influence code secretaries to
make appointments which w^puld fa
vor them throughout his administra
tion.
Continuing, he asserted that if the
modified code were retained, there
wdbld be four governors instead of
one.
The governor also declared that the
Code officers at present are not ex
ecutive officers but that If the code
Is retained, the secretaries will be
come executives.
"The governor would not be shorn
of a 'bit more power under the code
modification bills than under the old
code law," Representative Dysart as
serted.
Prohibition Opposed
, by Cpngresswoman
Washington, March 7. — Announce
ment that Mrs Mae E. Nolan, who
recently became a member of the
house from Ifte Fifth California dis-,
irlct, succeeding her husband, the
lateNJohn I. Nolan, had assured the
association against the prohibition
amendment that she would work for
modification of the Volstead act was
made last night by the association
which said in a statement that Mrs.
Nolan had summed up her stand on
prohibition as follows:
"I believe in the modification of the
Volstead act and am for the control
of alcoholic beverages by the govern
ment. This would stop traffic in Im
pure liquors that is now a menace to
public healUr. would eliminate the un
American interference with personal
liberty that-the present Jaws permit.
• It would remove disregard for laws
that do not represent tho will of the
majority that a growing danger to
out national life."
No Agreement Reached
on State Bank Measure
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Ivin coin. March 7. — (.Special.) —
; For two hours Governor Bryan and
member!) of the Aenate and houpe
banking committees atfgmented by
Ban Rjley, pjj£«ident of the Nebras
1 ka State Bankers' association; W. R.
Hughes, secretary; .less Palm*’1', state
, house representative of the associa
|tion, and Dan Stephens, a prominent
Fremont banker, locked horns uVer
i house roll 272 which passed the house
with only four opposing' votes and is
now in the senate hanking commit
tee. They failed to reach agreement.
Representatives of the banking as
sociation asserted that they would In
sist spoil passage of tho bill as it was
received from the house.
The house bill empowers appoint
ment of bankers by the association b
:o t as ft commission which ran advi i
tho state department to change tin
personnel of weak officers in weal
banks, decide upon receiverships of
failed banks and enables advancement
of money fro mthe guaranty fund fc
bolster up banks that are near fail
ure.
Man With Pencil Rings Fire
Alarm in Telephone Booth
Norwalk. Conn.. March 7.—Joseph
.Smith, local butcher, Idled in a pub
lie telephone hooth while waiting for
a call and killed time by decorating
| the walls with a lead pencil. Smith
j t-uddc-nly went through the closed
door and when he came to fire ap
paratus was clanging up to the door.
His pencil had struck the fire alarm
circuit and met the lighting circuit at
the same, time, causing a short cir
cuit that shocked him and sent him
out of the booth.
U. S. Foal Supply Held 0. K.
Washington, March 7.—In spite of J
the long strike of coal miners during ,
1922, and transportation difficulties •
which were eneoi^itered following its
coneluiflon and during the winter, the
national Situation as to coal supply
Is now good, according to a summary
of reports from mining districts, is
Just Watch *im Dig In!
Gee! How the kids
go after those
• fresh \orthrup
Jones eggs! Seems
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as if they like them
better than they do
candy! And better
for 'em. too!
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Northrup-Jones eggs have become famous in
Omaha. They are large in size, fresh each
^ay and come from the farms surrounding
this city. Wrapped in handy packages for
your convenience—-and remember, we guar
antee every one of them.
Our Butter is the famous Idlewilde, churned
in Omaha each day!
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sued today by the National • oal as
sociation. Almost without exception,
the coal association declared, the. great
producing' districts are Ruining out
suffj. ient fuel to meet current des
mandn, and where any shortage* exist*
they exist only because of inability
of railroads to furnish sufficient car*.
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THK HOMK Or BETTY WALES IN OMAHA
They Tell Me —
The Story of the Thompson
Belden Hand-Made Blouses
Is This —
The fine voile is woven in
France and transported
to this country to be cut
by patterns. particularly
adapted to American
women. •
The hand-made Irish and
filet laces come from China
—an unusual situation—but
the Chinese have produced
hand - made laces that
equal and even excel those
of the Irish and the
Italians.
The lace and voile, all
ready to be put together
are shipped to Porto Rico
where, under sunny skies,
the natives fashion their
fine seams, hand em
broider and. hand hem
stitch them.
Is it not quite wonderful that we
are able to offer one model for
$1.95
. Others to $16.50
JL After Every Meal
WRKLEYS
What we have
eaten and how It is
“agreeing with us”
makes all the
dlilerence in the
world.
In work or play, WRIGLEY’S
gives the poise and steadiness
that mean success.
It not only helps digestion,
but allays thirst, keeping the
mouth cool and moist7 the
throat muscles relaxed and
pliant and the nerves at ease.
WRIGLEY*S Is the best that
can be made and comes to you
i wax-wrapped
and sealed to
keen it oood.
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