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* v. SS.2S2. The i mviaha Morning Bee « E„.r.d .. second'Ciate M.y 2>. .m .. OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1923. * Si-Til 'Sr’kJFfclUT'S*IK* TWO CENTS m VTt&'E&X** ^^L\OL. Do NU. lbo. Omaha P. 0. Under Act ot March S. IS7» Canady Is NewSkinner Receiver Minden (Neb.) Farmer Is Named to Help Straighten Out Affairs of Pack ing Firm. Is Farm Body President Joseph 8 Canady, Minden. Neb., ap pointed ancilliary receiver of the Skln , ner Packing company by Judge Fitz gerald yesterday, is a retired farmer and for the last 12 years has been president of the Nebraska Co-Opera tive drain and Livestock association. He has been a member of the organ ization since its inception in 1303. new receiver has been a resi H^ntof Kearney county for 40 years and has held the positions of county superintendent and county treasurer. At present he is secretary of the com munity club, where he lives. He also has interest in several pieces of western Nebraska land. When the suksoil irrigation project began to be agitated. Mr. Canady hecante and has continued to be an active worker for the success of the undertaking. His appointment marks the change of litigation involving the big com pany from federal to state court. Fol lowing his appointment Mr. Canaday announced that he will fight any forced sale of the South Omaha prop erty and that he believes stockholders may eventually realize considerable money from the property. • He is not a stockholder In the Skin ner company, but Is familiar with Its history, and William Ritchie, attorney for the company, offered no objection to his appointment. On May 23, 1021, Eugene L. Bodge of Portland, Me., and Keith Neville of Nebraska were appointed Joint receiv ers of the Skinner Packing company by the supreme judicial court of Maine for the purpose of "protecting and conserving the property of the company.” Neville DiscliarEed. Neville was discharged as receiver on his own notion In federal court here, and on November 26 the Maine court consented to discharge him, but specified that Bodge remain as re ^ celver. court directed Bodge to apply ffjfPHPlin ancillary reccivefship in Ne hraska. The court specified that Mr. Cana day, the new - receiver, shall receive *25 a day for the time he actually spends at his duties pertaining to the receivership. In the meantime a suit between the Skinner Packing company and the Bold interests, which are running the Skinner plant, is pending in district court. The Bold interests, which have r seven-year lease to operate the property, have filed suit to collect *862,000, which it is olaimed repre sents the company's share of losses in operation since Bold took over the plant in November, 1920. Motion to Dismiss. Attorney Ritchie filed a motion to dismiss this suit, declaring that dur ing the last year Bold lias operated the plant with a large profit and that instead of owing the Bold Interests for losses incurred in operation that Bold actually owes the company *190,000. '•'Wo will fight any forced sale of tile property, and any sale which will not bring a consideration commensur ate whh the value of the properly," said Receiver Canaday. Attorney Ritchie also pointed out that this new receivership will pre vent any attachments on the com pany property. Ho saul that neither he nor the receiver have any Incli nation to terminate the Bold lease, hilt pointed out that should the Bold operation fail to show a profit by ■^924 the leaso will expire automatic Forgery Suspect Breaks Jail at Beaver City Beaver City, Neb.. Dee. 28.—James Phillips, Denver, broke jail last uight while awaiting trial on a charge of pandering. He and a companion, Edrut Ferguson. Denver, /wore ar rested at Cambridge and brought here. The woman is held on a va graney charge. Home tine unlocked the jail with a key. Other prisoners were not fllst urbed. The Jailer discovered one man short nl breakfast time. Local authorities hellevo Phllil|w< was concerned In bank forgeries at Kalrbury. Albion Couple Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Albion, Neb.. Dec. 28.—Mr. ahd Mrs. Ferdinand F. Clark celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on < hrlstnms day. They ware married at Ottawa, III., and after farming for eight years In Illinois they came to l'latte county, locating near t'reston. In 1910* they came to Albion. They reared a family of six children, all of whom were present, together with II grandchildren. Mr. Clark Is 72 and Mrs. Clark 71. Pliehin & Shirley of Omaha Built Military Highway Work on a portion of the Military highway, #om* 12 or 14 miles long, running through Irvington and Ben ^umioh, for which a voucher for ooo was released Thursday nlgliL ^^by the state department of public works, was done by the Omaha eon trse.tlng firm of Phelan A Hhlrley. The work was begun a year ago Isst June aftd completed last MHy, I Court Appoints New Skinner Receiver J Joseph S. Canady Attorneys Are Urged to Fight Unrest in Land Lincoln J ntlge Vi arns State Bar Body Constitution Is Men aced—Monger Declares Courts Respected. Lincoln, Dec, 28,—A warning that insidious forces were attacking the constitution and that they would gather force unless constant vigi lance was observed, was issued today by District Judge E. P. Holmes, Lin coln, president of the Nebraska Bar association, in the opening address to day to that organization which is meeting in convention. ‘‘The constitution has hrought in power and prosperity," Judge Holmes said. “It contains within itself ele ments of new growth to meet the now duties of new days. Upon It our. lib erties are broadbased. (luided by it. our future leads us to the final vic tory of liberty and law." Commenting on delays in criminal and civil cases, Judge Holmes said that the remedy is largely in the hands of (lie lawyers and may he applied without revoluntionizing our ,courts or our procedure. He was followed by Federal Judge T. C. Munger, who outlined a visit paid to European courts. He fold members of the bur association that trouble in selecting juries is a rarity and that a jury is frequently impan elled in from three to five minutes. He found, he said, a universal respect of the courts and the simplicity and constant striving for justice seemed to him noteworthy. As a part of the convention, Dis trict Attorney J. C. Kinsler, Omaha, met with county attorneys to work out plans for the enforcement of prohibltiorf laws. lie declared that it was planned to have both the county and state bring charges against liquor violators, and after they had passed sentence, the federal government would take a hand, should the f (larges warrant such a< t'on. The chiet speaker tomorrow will be former Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. Nebraskan Is Honored. i'hicayo, Do**. 2N.—The Association • •f Newn Bureaus re-elected Its offi rers today. They include s^rretary treasurer, Miss A. (\ Hunter. Nebras ka Wesleyan university, ldncoln. Speed Uj? Payments for Roads State HigKway Department Gets Out Voucher for $134,000 and U. S. En gineers Give It O. K. 4 - Goes to Omaha Firm By It. II. PETERS. Staff Correspondent «.-f Tlie Omahn Bee. Lincoln, Dec. 28.— Rapid develop ments are resulting from the investi gation of the delay in payment for roads started by The Omaha Itee. The senate investigating committee, by its telegram to Washington, se cured prompt attention. Senator Robbins said tonight that he heard Chairman Wilkins and Senator Ban ning would hold a public hearing January 8 in the state treasurer's office, at which Governor Bryan would be invited to present proof of the deficiency he claims. if there is further delay in the pay ment of state road vouchers by tl*> federal government the fault will not lie with federal officials here or in Omaha. Federal engineers are to be brought In from Iowa and Kansas, and from Missouri as well, if necessary, to as sist engineers of the Nebraska dis trict. $131,000 Voucher Approved. To hasten vouchers through tho Lincoln office, the federal engineer, .1. C. Wonders of Omaha, was here today. As a partial result of his visit a voucher for $13-1.000. which was released last night hy the state de partment. of public works, was ap proved today by both him and the federal engineer here, Mr. Weldon, and was mailed tonight to Washing ton. The voucher was for a portion of the 12-mile stretch of road known as the Military highway, which runs northwest from Omaha through Irv ington and Bennington. Clifford Shoemaker, senior highway engineer of the Washington bureau of pub lic works, who has been sent to Oma ha to accelerate Nebraska's claims, declared tonight that ho confidently expected that payment would lie made in Washington by January 2. The military highway is being paid for jointly by the federal governm^it and Douglas county and the $134,000 will not apply on deficiency claims now in the state auditor's office State Changes I Mini System. Ask4d if the state had to pay con tractor's claims in full, before the federal government would remit. Shoemaker, who was here with Won ders, said that it was usual for tho state totpay the contractor and then reimburse itself with federal money, hut ttiat federal engineers did not question what the state had done in tlie way of payment before sending In vouchers submitted to them. "The federal government is not ns slow in paying as most people im agine," Shoemaker said. "There has been some lag in the Lincoln offh e and |ierhaps we can be blamed for that, but we are making every effort to get these claims through ns rap idly as possible. There will be no more delays because of us.'* Poultry Show to Be Held in Pawnee (iity in January Pawnee City, Neb., Dec. L’X.— Paw nee county is to have a poultry show the latter part of January, under auspices of the Pawnee County Breeders' association. A building has W*en obtained ami the members of I lie Pawnee Public Service club w ill co-operate in the undertaking. John Brewer, who is in charge of the poul try division of the breeders' associa tion, will have charge of the show. SUNNY SIDE UP Joe Oberfelder of Sidney, in a re rent conversation with me, hr explain ed tlie reason of Henry Ford's animos ity towards the Jews. “Henry hated us Jews." remarked Joe, “because we make more money selling sec ond hand cars than Henry makes selling new ones." Joe also took me in his confidence on a matter, of business. He told me confidentially that just as soon as the Ku Klux Klan got on a paying basis the Jews were going to buy it. Cullen Wright, whoso business Is to conduct a bank, but whose delight is to officiate as toastmaster -et a ban* riuet, is making a reputation as both. But some friends played a mean trick <>n him recently. Cullen always pro* pares himself beforehand when noti fied that hr i« to he a toastmaster, thus enabling himself to fit in Just right. *•0 was invited to officiate* as toast master .it a baiu|U*t. and told that It. was to l»o a slag affair. lie ar ranged for it on that basis. But to Ids surprise h» was confronted by a big array of diners of both sexes. Mutual friends 1*11 me that Cullen sweat great drops of blood between the tins of sitting down to dine and arising to officiate. But I»« got by in fin** style, lie always does Dish let Judge Peter J Barron, whose home is in Seotlsiduff, is an ex newspaper man. ex-printer mid one of the best chess players in the west. They tell me out here that the. law yers know how to Ret by. When a lawyer has a case due in the morning and Is flot ready for trial, he gets soma friend to challenge Judge Bar ron for a chess game. By the time Hie game Is finished the hour set for trial has gofig by and the next case Is called. 1 don't believe It, but that's what I’ve t»een told. To me one ^pf the itioat Interesting characters Income In contact with Is a conductor on the North Finite val ley branch of the Union Pacific. His name Is Morey, and he has been -rail reading for 30 years. Me Is a high official of his brotherhood, and one of the best informed nun In the middle west. I’ve had a lot of fun on sev eral occasions by steering some pre sumptuous individual up against Conductor Mhrey and getting the two Into a discussion. Courteous at all times. Morey has made friends of everybody along the branch. If all railroad employes with whom the public conies in contact W'ere as cour teous and obliging as this particular conductor, there would be less coin plaint. Speaking of courtesy reminds tne of an Incident that happened several yearn ago. A numbei of passengers, myself among the number, were wait ing for a late train at a llttlo station In Nebraska. The weather was bit ter cold and the depot frightfully un comfortable We could g< t no In formation from the Hied and over worked station rigdit. Finally I eng g©Uteri to tin- agent that ho might ex • it hitnself a lilt and ml. sotno In formation about the train. Ilo curtly told me lie didn’t have time. Turning to a man past, middle age who was ;Standing near I remarked that It .was possible to visit I made | uar tors at Onto ha and gel more courtesy and In formation from President Mohler than It was possible to get at this particu lar station, “Yes, and that's on© of th© reasons why Mohler Is president," was the reply. Worth thinking over, isn't it" i W M M. ^ rjJe Combed r^in Hunt for Doctor tleddes, S. D.. Dec. 28.—No clue as to the whereabouts of Dr. Kd. Kyle has been found. A reward of 5250 has been posted by relatives of the missing doctor. At a mass meeting it was decided to begin arrangements for an extended searching party to be gathered from thig locality and the towns between here and Sioux City to make a search of the river terri tory between Yankton and Sioux City. Relatives have arranged to meet detectives in Sioux City tomorrow and work out a definite plan of ac tion. The doctor was widely known in almost every town this side of Sioux City and many volunteers have of fered to help search. Wholesale Jail Break Frustrated Plot for Delivery From Mis souri Penitentiary Nipped in Bud by Prison Au thorities. Were Tunneling Way Out .Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 28.—A plot for a wholesale delivery at the Missouri penitentiary here was nippeil by prison authorities today when a search revealed the beginning of a tunnel, under the floor of the twine factory. The twine factory is located in the extreme south end of the prison grounds and is only about 25 feet from the outside wall. About 70 convicts work In the factory and bad the plan proved suc cessful the break might have been the Digest In the history of the penl tentlary. Working on a tip, Warden Johnson Crawford hail a number of guards search for the outlet to the tunnel anti after several hours the men found a cleverly sawed place in the floor of the factory In which the boards cut out had been replaced. Beneath the floor the searchers discovered the prisoners had started the tunnel. Hidden in it the found a shovel, a pick, a crowbar, a length of rope, an electric flashlight, a handsaw, a sup ply of food and several bottles of liquid which smelled like turpentine, Put which the official, believe may he some sort of explosive. The convicts who were engineering the break would have had to dig only about 30 feet to emerge outside the south prison wall. Pleasanton Couple Are Wed Sixty Years Pleasanton, Neb., Deo. 28.—Mr. ami Mrs. James Pearson celebrated their 6rtth wedding anniversary at their home. There were 70 relatives and friends present, «»f whom six wer»* their children. Robert Pearson, AI bert Pearson. William Pearson, Mrs. D. Phillips. Mrs. R S. Koffroth and Mrs. James llendri»;kson. •There arc 2fl grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson are l>oth natives of Kngland, having como to this country in the early days, settling at Morri son, 111., and later moving to Buffa lo county to their farm west of Pleas anton. and living there until a fo\% years ago.a Kuiwts had Accidentally Shot by Brother, May Die Hanover, Kan . Pee. 28.—Noel Schropp, 15, probably was shot fatally while hunting near here by hi* brother. Hud. 12. The boys were In a pasture bunt ing rabbits, when trouble developed with the hammer of the gun held by Hud. and In attempting to repair 1t tho gun was discharged, the full load striking Noel In the stomach at close range. Schropp wns rushed to :t hospital it Sabethn. whero no hopes are *nt*i• tallied fm- hie recovery. The father, i barley Schropp, Is a Hanover linker .lue Hendn. Wvmora conductuf. Is an uncle of the lad. Columbus Woman Wounded Columbus, Nelv, Pec. 28.—Mrs Henry Heck was slightly wounded when a stray bullet crashed through the window of her home. She suffered n scalp wound an Inch In length at the top of her head. Her husband declared to police be believed a neigh Itor boy w as responsible, No Christmas “Hush ' for Permits to II ed Fremont, pec. 28 Sail I a t'lmis was apparently good In everyone ex cept tile Podge count \ Inafadage II cense Imicaii. In preVloua years llm holiday usually brought a rush of customer* for permits to wed, but the enactment of I lie new llccn-e law,, lids |iasl Christina* tailed In bring ill a solitary couple. Hrvrrnt Fremont couples wiv mar lied iltlllng the past 10 days but none of thorn purchased their permit* In 1 lodge county. They were nmrrted III Iowa In every case. Since the new law has gone Into !effect Judge Wlntendeen, In charge ■ ‘f the office, ban officiated at oiilv cue marriage We’ll Have to Hurry If We Finish All We Planned to Do This Year \ I I Receiver Files Appeal in Walton Bank Case Lincoln, Dec. 28.—Receiver Whit ney of the closed Farmers and Mer chants bank of Walton, this county, has filed a brief In the supreme court, denying that any liability un der the deposit guarantee act exists with respect to the claim of the United States Fidelity and Guarantee company for $7,594. The bank wan operated by L. A. Berge, cashier. He was also the ad ministrator for the estate of William Schultz, and an such there came into bin hands the sum of $5,854. He de posited* it in the, bank to hin credit as administrator, an1 the next day drew It out. What he did with it is not revealed. Berge disappeared and is now a fugitive from justice. The surety company made good the defalcation and now seeks to hold the bank and state guarantee fund responsible, on the ground that the bank knew of Berge’* defalcation, Beige, it nay*, being to all intents the bank itself. The lower court held in favo rof the receiver, and the guarantee com pan > appealed. Ilnllm" Bite Held No (!au*e for Damage.* I,mcoln. T>fi. 2**.—A bit* from n bedbug may cause infection and sub sequent disability, but it doe* not furnish cause for notion under thp workmen's compensation law. accord ing to a ruling mads today in the case of William Alexander against the Woods Rrothera Construction company. In a petition for compensation, Alexander declares that while sleep ing on a steamboat owned by the Woods brothers he was bitten by a bedbug. Infection set In and he was disabled Cor this he asked compen sation, pleading that be had been In Jured in the course of employment. l.nbor Commissioner b. It. Krye dismissed the case on the ground that It was not an accident within the meaning of the law. Ah-ha! Truth Is Out! Foot hill I Tram Says Hum ( Itarges False Twas Aqua Pura in Jug - 4 .. . Ornnd Inland. Neb., Dec. 2$.— Water which passed between the Grand Is lanrl football pbi.v« ts in the Thanks* Hiving day name Th a Jug. was con filled with "liquor passed In a bottle." and the confusion, b\ Pi C A Phil bps. Hustings dentist, led to false charges |>< fore th* state hoard of con frol of Nebraska high school nth bdbs, Hcconllng to further details of Grand Island's defense given but here today. Affidavits «>f I'ntn Mrth of the jornntl Island Rapt 1st college, by Mi .Marsh, the man who carried the vvn ter. by Hr. Katie K;»rn*worth, and 'others, entiiclv exploded the liqtlOl charge against the team. It Is significantly set forth that Dr. Phillips' charges assert s criminal act.! All charges are grouped Into five main ones and the Grand Inland school is now ready to have Its hear* ing on all of them and to resist the i cqnest to Ik out sod from the circuit j The Day in Washington " Kdward I*. Failey resigned as , i hail man nf the shipping hoard Commissioner Henry C. Ilall of Colorado was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce commis sion. The Department of t onlineree public figures showing an increas ing volume of foodstuffs imported. Director Hines of Ihe veterans' bureau reopened question of the l.ivet more tCal.l veterans' hospital. Wood ovv \\ ilsou < i b ln ating his fiith birthday, received an auto mobile from friends who withheld their names. The census bureau issued figures to show Ihe cities of the rountry are failing to live witlin llieir in comes. The ways and means committee made publir Ihe new revenue hill ill the form It was submitted by Secretary Mellon. I hairmaii Jones of the senate commerce committee recommended changes in Ihe met chant marine policies to President Coolidge. Hiram Johnson announced lie would contest with President CimiI hige lor southern delegates to the republican national convention. The War depart men! was asked by President Coolidge If \nierli an ships ran furnish adequate service to the Philippines with the view ot ' extending Ihe American coastwise laws there. A presidential spokesman erili- j ri«ed Ihe action of K. ^. Clarke, former Kti Ivluv Klan official, in making public a teller In the presi dent prior to Its receipt al Ihe W hlte House. Dozen Ne!>ra*kans Seek lo Vied in Sidney, la Shsnantlosh, It. I to. TS.—Christ ntss holidays brought s rush of NV hi'Hsksiis to ths loss (lirtna tJrrsn. Sltlnov. for marrlag* llrrnws Among thorn wtTf: W.lt.r Kru.» . Syrsrtwf f’nroltn* Helm . SynotiJ*' .tnme* Ru< hnnnn .... I Rlliatoth Ru- hnnun .Vnud' U I -nn»rd A Seektn** John* »n Rlaneh* V Mart Nebrnrka t*R> .» R Martin M11M Alexander N*brank* «*M\ < larenc* ArnnUrnn* t men Fern# I hrl o* Hrrnifi 1 at«>»* Herman A I an**nh'im * " «*ln \ I Kearney. Neb l*e« 2* \ murk .! 120 bill, which purcha*ed two gallon*' of liquor at the Frank Mladek ph»« • north of Kearney. reunited in the al reel of Mladek on a chnrre of -ah' and Illegal pos*eM*l,tn an I .lohn l'o tnandl on a that go of illegal pon*« * •ion. 8i»irn gallon* of liquor on the place were <ontlncated Huapoctihg that the liquor had !■** n Di.mufu'itired on the Kdwiird Whit*' place, north of Miller, officei* aftei a lengthv search located a »iill care fully hidden In n tupnble of wild plum buahr* The at HI wan the bent taken by local officer* *lnce the Volntead act waa passed. White Inflated that It w an a "plant ‘ Three barrel* of n aah w ere deal t oyed The Mill W ae wiym whw(k fuuuu. • Final Rites Are Said for Judge McHugh Funeral servlet* for former Judge | \V. ?>. McHugh, which were held at the home of his daughter. Mrs. C. J Baird. ."16 North Forty first street yesterday. were largely attended by f '. mer assoc!? tes from all walks of k Rev. n. 11. Jenks was in charge ■ f the services. The soul of man is like a little i puddle of muddy water after a raiiij which reflects the fleeced azure of the heavens. It is a mirror for some thing much bigger than itself. Judge1 McHugh was just an earnest citizen, •ho fought the. ?*ntt?e rf life until he suddenly found hut s* If in a high pi re.'* jiHid Rev. Mr. Jenks. A large group of prominent Omaha : rrfste.s. former associates of Judge McHugh. attended the services. Prominent hankers and others were Iso in evid* nee. \earney Farmer and \\ ife Held for Resisting Arrest Kearney. Neb, 1 >er 2#.—Charges of "•gal possession of intoxicating liquor have been bled against Anton Mttgerl. north of Kearney, coupled "ith the charge of i-cssiing an offi.*or, is th< result of a raid on his place. Mrs. Mngert is also charged with re sisting an officer. Ii is alleged that the Mugerls at locked the arresting officers in an attempt to destroy a large quantity of mash, by pouring it out of a window. The federal . ffi.-er and sheriff, en raged In the raid, were compelled to draw a gun before Mugerl would sub tnit to arrest. Carltolir Arid I #rd on Baity Fy Mistake. Pausing Death TV ail ice. Neb . Dec 28 -The in font son of Mr. And M «. Clair* Cuth hert of Harbine. died a few horn's ft»r birth under rather peculiar olr* rtitualanr**. It ia Mid that Hr. Pot tor. attending physician, told the grandmother. Mr*. Sandman, to Apply olive oil to the » hild s body, but who, hv ml a take, took a Kittle of carbolic a*'id and appli«ad the contents be for* thr error was dlavvonKl. 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S ■ m ...... :«* * • m . • m mi . * A Ml .. ?T • a m.i* 1« • m.*1 n a im _ . 3T 12 iuwm . 4 4 1 p. m ..... .... 2 r m *. 4* .1 tv wt.4* 4 r w ....... 44 »> tv m....4» * tv m.4 4 t iv m.... 4 s s r> m..41 Commander Thrown Off Ship, Report Ministry of Marine Officially Admits Giant Dirigible Has Fallen Into the Mediterranean. Recover Captain’s Bod\ Paris. Dec. 'Jh.—It is* rumored Ic night that, scenting the end of tin Dixmude, the crew mutinied aru threw their commander. Capt. Plessii De Grenedan. overboard. It is now 10 days since the Dixmu«i» started on Its fatal voyage. It ha» been lost since last Saturday night The sole evidence of its fate unti. la to tonight was the finding of thi tody of Captain Grenedan off tht coast of Sicily by Italian fishermen Vet when the body was found it bore evidence of having been in the water for at least three days. That would mean that either the Dixmude was lost in the tempest of Saturday night, when, according tc the wireless received, it should have Leen over the Algerian desert, or thal the captain was thrown overboard since it is manifestly absurd that tht commander of the airship should havt jumped overboard in the face of peril :f>eeialiy as De Grenedan was knowr as one of the most fearless offi eu in the air service. Uut at 11 tonight the wife of Ser Leant Ham on, a member of the crew received a telegram from her husband stating he had been rescued off the coast of Tripoli. X'o other informa tion was given. At that time the ministry of marine announced it was ready to admit the airship had fallen into the Mediter ranean. Bryan s Economy Boast Is Blamed bv Audit Report Mate Kxpensfs for tir-l Six Months This Year Great er Than Same Period in 192\ Lincoln. Dec. SS.—CWms of Gov trnor Bryan that h* is saving N> Irask.i § taxpayer* hundreds of tbou • ds bf dollars through f m* mi-s effected in the code departments, re ceived a rude shock today when the auditor’s department made pubUc a comparison of expenses for the first * those for former Governor McKelvie for the first half of 1922. In a carefully itemised statement, the department shows that the gov ernor has actually spent more in some departments where he claimed savins than did McKelvje. and that the total saving, exclusive of the department of pubUc works, is only &?r».5S5. or lee® than 1 cunt per 000 valuation on the aaseesed valua tion of the state. The Bryan comparison, which he used to support his propaganda «*f m^nomy. and which showed a mater ial reduction of the staff of the code departments, was between 1921 and 19’'3. The figures w-mt convincing until th»' yea- 1922 was figured, when it w is shown that a large number of employe* presumably dismissed , by Bryan had been chopped by the form er govtrnor Mil*lie* Kxpensr I |». In the department of finance which has maintained Its inahilit yto issue a statement of road vouchers drawn on the federal government and which, nevertheless, produced them for use by the governor yesterday, the ex pense of operation has gone up $4,990. This figure does not include a special expenditure of $7ATS.70 for the pub lication of tl»e Blue Book which is omitted that the comparison may be fair to both administrations The governor recently claimed, at cue of his greatest savings, the re duced expenses of the department of public work*, due to the dismiss! of a number of employes The auditor a comparison shows the • xpense of the department for the first six months of 1923 to he $80,191.1* whereas that of the same period in 1922 was $114. *90 24. or an apparent saving of $34. 7 7* ng. However, the department of public works spent for material and * ‘'.id c nstt uctfon during the same period in 1123 $974 063 27. while Me* Klevie's nvul bu.!.’-' * n i.rel $1 . 772,753 59 to pay for the material* tnd labor demanded by tIt r exten sive program Governor Bryan is not doing ms 1 wmk. and his 45 |»er cent curtailment in construction can hardly be da««el n pere«tn*l saving, when tha roads ere not l>eitig built. As one promt* r.ent official in the ptatehousc puts it. It is net difficult to show .* saving when you don't do anything lltscrepatK > 1 ttexplained. If the 45 tvr »• nt curtailment in the road building pi og rant i-* applied to the expanse of the ih-partment dut tng the first half t<f .'.*22, the expense figure totals $63 1>* . which should t>e the true figure of expeusr in 1973 instead of the $>9.l8t 1S paid out. This discrepancy betwee tithe curtail ment program and the etienw of the department, which amounts to $17,990, is not explained by Governor Bryan, who contents himself with announc ing a “tivtfeital saving to the tax* payer* of the state.'*