Nebraska Newspapers

    ; . ^Nebraska College
* of Medicine Will
Soon Be Enlarged
Board of Regents Annonnees
Program of Extension for
State I Diversity—Omaha
to He Affected.
Art extensive building program for
the college of medicine of the Uni
,vci-ity of Nebraska at Forty-second
' and Dewey avenue was announced
Hiititrday by the board of regents.
Four buildings and additions will
be added to the campus if the pro
Kt’.u t is carried through.
To accomplish this program and a
program for lIre erection of build
ings In Lincoln, the board will ask
v the legislature to appropriate one
. rift h of a mill yearly for 10 years.
This levy will Include the regular
operating expenses of the university.
Vitally Needed.
The four buildings vitally needed
by the college of medicine, according
to the board’s itatement. are a new
wing for the hospital, an addition to
the nurses’ home, a gymnasium, and
a building for pathology, bacteriology,
public health, and out-patients.
The board's statement says that this
is a “partial list’’ of the school’s re
quirements, Indicating that other
buildings may be erected later.
The expansion of the medical col
* lege, according to the statement, is
made necessary by the growth of the
school and the increased use of Its
* services by the public.
15,000 Patients.
Fifteen thousand persons have been
cured for In the past year In the
university hospital, and this number
will soon Increase to a point where
proper service cannot be given, the
statement says. In the past year,
; more than 25,000 persons have made
use of the free dispensary services
of the college.
A general expansion of the univer
sity, both in Lincoln and Omaha, Is
inevitable, the statement adds, because
of the rapid growth In all depart
ments. In the last 10 years the en
rollment has more than doubled, while
appropriations for maintenance, op
eration and new huildings have in
creased only one-third.
Cost Reduced.
Outlining the growth of the srhool
by decades, the statement gives the
following enrollment records: 1871-72,
130; 1881-82, 284; 1891-92, 883; 1901-02,
2.298; 1911-12, 3,657; 1921 22, 8,196;
1923-24, 10,352.
Despite this great increase In en
rollment, the legislature increased the
appropriation only from $2,440,735 in
1913-15 to $3,258,670 in 1923-25. In
the first biennium the cost to the
state of each pupil enrolled was $280,
while for 1923-25 the cost will be only
$155.
Preparing Pamphlet.
Tlulldings which the board plans to
erect on the city campus at Lincoln
•include women’s dormitories, library,
denistry building, electrical engineer
ing building, heating and power plant,
museum of natural history combined
with a school of fine arts and an
auditorium, observatory, and gymnas
ts >
s ium.
Tlulldings proposed for the agricul
tural college include a central poul
try plant, judging pavilion and live
stock barns, women's dormitory,
agronomy building, and an auditorium
and library.
The board announces that it is pre
paring a pamphlet explaining in de
tail the university’s needs.
G. 0. P. SPEAKERS
ATTACK BRYAN
Republican speakers on street cor
ners anil in Community halls Satur
day night attacked the insincerity
Of AV. .1. Bryan in advocating the
election of John W. Davis.
James Rodman, one of the repub
lican keynoters in this campaign,
called the attention of his audience
to the statement made by Bryan on
July 8. in whirh the former Nebras
kan said: "If Wall street carries it*
influence far enough to try to nomi
nate one of its hand-picked candidates
•ts. head the democratic ticket—and
succeeds—the reactionary vote in the
country will divide and Da Follctte
will have a chance to become the
second, If not the leading, candidate
in November. Is this convention will
ing to reduce the democratic party
to a third-rate party? That Is what
> It will do If It allows Wall street's
Invisible government to dictate the
! nominee of this convention."
Mr. Rodman said that Bryan’s
' prophecy Is true to a certain extent.
"The democratic party Is the third
rate party In this campaign and when
the votes are counted Calvin Coolidge
will be leading the first-rate party,"
said Rodman.
LUTHERANS 0. K.
MISSION PLANS
Chicago, Oct. 25.—The United Du
theran church in America, convening
here today, approved all recommenda
tions of home and foreign missionary
hoards for an expanded program
These recommendations entail co
operation hnth with othfr Dutheran
organizations and with Other protest
ant denominations.
The convention adopted plans to
help Net up a complete, modern edu
; rational system In the negro republic
> ,,f Liberia. A joint committee has
been appointed for the purpose by the
Phelps Htokes foundation in New
York, the American Colonization so
ciety, the New York Colonization so
ciety, and the foreign missionary
hoards of the Protestant Episcopal
church, the Methodist Episcopal and
United Lutheran churches.
Gallstone Troubles
Explained!
Kansas City. Mo.—A new booklet by
T>i. E. E. Paddock, Desk 40, Kansas
City, Mo., has been of utmost value to
Sufferers of gall slone and gall bind
dei Irritations. This booklet describes
• safe home treatment prescribed by
Dr. Paddock for over 50 years, llun
drods. of men and women testify to
rest-.red health without risky and ex
y.s.\»lve operations. This bonk con
tains a message of hope for every euf
forer. Write for It .today.—Advertise
Incut.
Day-Old Baby Found on Sidewalk;
Girl-Mother’s Condition Critical;
Police Puzzled Over Steps to Take
Council Bluff* police me /Patching
at the bedside of a day-old baby gill
and her girl mother in Merry hospl
tal In Council Bluffs, puzzled to
know what action they will take in
one of the most curious cases they
have ever encountered.
The baby was born Saturday eve
ning while Blanche Galvin, 20. of
Atlantic, la., was alone in an apart
ment in the Washington Court apart
ments, Sixth street and Washington
avenue, police say.
Frantic with worry over the child,
the young mother rose from her bed
nnd carried thp child from tlie apart
ment; then left it unclothed on the
sidewalk behind a vacant house next
door, according to police.
The baby's cries attracted the at
tention of F. C. Smutzer of the Wash
ington Court apartments. He took
the child to his apartment and called
police. Police discovered the identity
of the young mother and took both
her and the child to Mercy hospital,
where both are In a serious condi
tion.
If the baby dies, the young woman
may face charges of murder, accord
ing to Chief of Detectives Thomas
Callaghan.
Tot Is Rescued.
Smutzer told police that his at
tention was attracted by the child’s
cries, hut that he first believed it
to be a cat. When the cries con
tinued for nearly half an hour he
investigated and found the hour-old
baby lying on the brick sidewalk.
He carried it to his apartment, ami
Mrs. Smutzer and a neighbor, Mrs.
Elizabeth Walker, wrapped it in
blankets.
When police arrived they asked
Smutzer whether he could give a
clue to the identity of the child's
mother. He recalled that he had
heard a door slain In an apartment
upstairs shortly before he found the
baby.
Girl-Motlier Iterated.
Police knocked at the door of
apartment 4, and were met by Sirs.
Clarence Anderson. They asked her
if she knew whose child it was.
"Yes, it must lie my sister's," she
replied, and led the officers into the
apartment. In the bedroom they
found Miss Galvin in an extremely
weakened condition.
Under questioning, police say, Miss
Galvin admitted that the child was
hers.
Alone in Apartment.
They found that Miss Galvin, with
her mother, Mrs. P. H. Galvin, had
motored to Council Muffs Saturday
morning from Atlantic. In the eve
ning Mrs. Galvin and Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson went for a motor ride to
Omaha. Miss Galvin stayed In the
apartment, pleading a headache.
When they returned from their
motor ride, Anderson went immedi
ately to his work at the Union Pa
cific transfer terminal. Mrs. Galvin
and Mrs. Anderson returned to the
apartment. They found that Miss
Galvin had bpen seriously ill, they
are said to have told police, but
did not know that the child had been
horn until police informed them.
Miss Galvin is said (o have tohl
police that she was engaged to a
man in Atlantic, She Wore an en
gagement ring.
She objected strenuously to being
taken to a hospital, but police in
sisted. She is kept tinder guard,
pending the outcome of the child’s
fight for life. The baby is said to
have n good ehance for life, but the
mother's condition is only fair.
Mrs. Galvin did not accompany
her daughter to the hospital. The
baby weighed 9 pounds.
Hughes Defends
Power of Courts
Removal of Barriers Would
Leave Nation's Rights Ex
posed, He Declares.
By Associated Press.
St. Paul, Oct. 25.—Charles Evans
Hughes, secretary of state, told a
political audience here tonight that
whatever success the Pa Follette
AA'heeler party "may achieve in this
election is progress toward the over
throw of our system of government."
Himself a former associate justice
of the PTnited States supreme court,
-Air. Hughes attacked the la Follette
proposal for a constitutional amend
ment that would give congress power
to override decisions of the highest
court in the land.
"If the proposal of the third party
were adopted." Mr. Hughes said,
"you would have no rights whatever
to life, td liberty or to property ex
cept as congress might allow them.
.Ail that you would have would be at
the mercy of a congressional ma
jority.’*
Referring to President Coolidge, the
secretary of state defended his ad
ministration and told the audience
which filled the mun'clpal auditorium
that "if you desire a leader who In
carnates Americanism you could find
no one better than Calvin Coolidge.”
Mr. Hughes laid at the door of the
last democratic administration re
sponbility for the serious economic
conditions."
GRACE BALLARD
HELPS HASTINGS
Miss Grace Ballard of Blair, for
mer county attorney of Washington
county, Saturday joined the Omaha
former students of Judge Hastings
In their auto raravan tour of Wash
ington and Burt counties In the In
terest of the judge’s re-election to the
district bench. Miss Ballard was also
a student under Judge Hastings when
he was dean of the University of Ne
braska law college.
Miss Ballard made speeches for the
judge In Oakland and I,yons.
* William Ritchie, Jr., In one of his
speeches, said that his father, a Chi
cago lawyer, who has appeared be
fore Judges all over the country, told
him Judge Hastings was the ablest
Jurist before w'hom he ever tried a
case.
2 SUSPECTS DENY
BLUFFS SHOOTING
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 25.—
Melvin Majors and George Marquette,
in the county Jail here awaiting trial
on charges of robbery with a gun.
and Implicated In a Denver shooting
in which a patrolman was injured,
and a Pueblo holdup, tonight refused
to admit that they had participated
In a Council Bluffs, la., robbery In
which a policeman was shot. After
being questioned by Chief of Police
Hugh D. Harper, Marquette and
Majors 'admitted to having passed
through Council Bluffs, but were non
committal concerning the robbery.
BLAST DESTROYS
EIGHTEEN HOUSES
Dayton, O., Oct. 25.—Eighteen
houses were wrecked and It Is feared
a number of persons Injured when
a quantity of dynamite stored in a
shed nenr Belmont, a suburb of this
city, exploded tonight.
Dayton police, fire apparatus and
every available ambulance In the city
were rushed to I he scone.
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Shenandoah Ends
11,000-Mile Cruise
Giant Naval Dirigible Safe in
Hangar at Lakehurst
Field.
Lnkehurst, X. J., Oct. 25.—The
navy dirigible Shenandoah completed
its 11,000-mile journey and landed
here at 11:30 o’clodk tonight. It
will he carried to Its place In the
huge hangar beside the sister ship
Los Angeles, which crossed the At
lantic from Germany during the
Shenandoah's absence on the west
coast.
Amid the frenzied cheers of a large
throng the Shenandoah slowly sil
houetted Itself against the skies above
its hangar tonight as It triumph
antly completed the last lay of Its
transcontlnetal flight and gently set
tled down to the men below who
were waiting to receive It.
The ship was sighted from the
Igikehurst grounds at 10:35 o'clock
while approaching at an altitude of
about 1.000 feet.
Traveling 11,000 miles in 17 days,
12 1-2 hours, the giant of the skies
made a new world's record for distant
flight. Although it nosed its way
through storms and picked the way
over the disaster inviting Rocky
mountains, the average speed of 50
miles an hour was maintained.
The men who piloted the 55R 3 to
America across the Atlantic were
there to witness the homecoming of
the ship. As it loomed into view Its
lights twinkling in the heavens like
two brightly colored stars, they
raised their voices in wild acclaim.
LAURA JEAN LIBBY,
AUTHORESS, DIES
New York, Ort. 25.—Ijiura Jean
T, lb bey, widely known woman writer,
died at 4 today in her Brooklyn home.
She had been 111 only a short time.
T?he was born In this city, 62 yeats
ago.
Miss Libby wrote more than SO
novels and a vast number of articles
and short stories. In all her novels
the central theme was love. She was
a favorite author of the parents and
grandparents of the younger genera
tion of today.
She Is survived by her husband, Van
Mater Stllwell, and a sister, Mrs.
Mary K. Taylor.
The best known of her novels are
“Lovers Onee, But Strangers Now,"
"That rretty Young Girl, ” "Miss
Middleton's Lover," "A Forbidden
Marriage," "Olive's Courtship" and
"When His Love Grew Cold."
DEPOSED GENERAL
HOLDS POSITION
lly AMnrlated
Tientsin, Oct. 25 YVu Pet-Fu, dc
posed commander of the < hine.se na
tlonal armies, was atilt r.t Chlnwang
tao, his field headquarter* In the war
with Manchuria, today, according to
reports from reliable sources received
here late tonight.
(Yesterday cut rent reports said Wu
had fled to Shantung).
The police commissioner of Tien
tsin tonight Informed the Italian • mi
aul that he had received word that
5,000 troops were coming here from
Pekin to protect the city.
Ninety of HO men aboard an Ital
ian gunboat were landed today to pro
tect the Italian concession. Italian
ex-service men also were warned to
stand by in case an emergency should
arise.
FOOTPAD SLUGS
VICTIM HE ROBS
Morris Dennebiug. < dowry Court
apartments, was painfully cut and
bruised Haturday evening when lie
was slugged by a footpad who held
him up at Sixteenth and Nicholas
streets, lie was talon to Wise M<
ntorlnl hospital for treatment. The
bandit robbed'him of $5.
Kmerwin—'William Jensen, pro
prietor of tlie* Ford garage hey, is
electing an addition to his garage.
The size of I lie addition is 50 by 50
feet miking the whole building &0
by 142 feet in sUo.
Vote for Coolidsre
Means Progress,
Hoover Declares
"Reject Impractical," Plea of |
Secretary of Commerce
in Radio Talk
at Denver.
Denver, Oct. 25.—Tombing on vir
tually every subject under discussion
In the present campa gn. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover in a radio address
here tonight, made a strong appeal
to western voters to return the pres
ent republican administration to
Washington.
Declaring the vast mnjorlty of
America is progressive, Mr. Hoover
said, however, that "we must stick
to the practical and reject the im
practical.”
"If I did not believe that President
Coolldge offered the surest nnd most
certsin program of progress, I would
not. be for him.” Mr. Hoover rontin
tied. "I I did not believe that the
domorratic party was a party without
a constructive program: that Da Kol
letio’s party Is a party of destruc
tion, X would not be against them.”
Touching on employment and con
ditions of prosperity, Mr. Hoover as
serted that he was "willing to trust
the organized American workers to
take care of their wages, If we can
keep our economic system in so
healthy u state that there is a Job for
every man.” This, the speaker de
clared. was what the republican party
had done so successfully since coni
ing Into power after the war.
Tax Cut Crying Need.
The question of reduction of taxes
rame in for a lengthy discussion by
Mr. Hoover, who said the "paramount
need in our country today is reduc
tion of taxes.” The speaker called
attention to tile reduction In the an
nual cost of government during the
last three and one-half years, which,
he asserted, represented a saving of
$100 per year to every family in the
country.
“Nor do the figures tell the real
story,” he said.
"The reduction of government ex
penditures and taxes Is the most dif
ficult process tn government. You
can make political friends by spend
ing money. You make nothing but
enemies by saving it. The real story
lies In the 150,000 federal employes
who have been dismissed, in the face
of continued opposition."
I^auding the national budget sys
tem put into force by President Hard
ing, Mr. Hoover pledged the admin
istration to further efforts in the next
four years toward the reducing of
government expenditures.
"What have our opponent* to of
fer?” he asked. Answering the ques
tion. he asserted that the democratic
party "decries these economies” nnd
that the "third party” offers a "long
list of actions which will Increase ex
penditures.”
“I'nremiltlng Service.**
Declaring that the republican party
had given "unremitting service" to
the question of water rights, a sub
ject closely concerning the people of
Colorado, Mr. Hoover said the admin
istration would continue "to view it
with a statesmanship, which Is
founded on a desire to see Justice for
all states.”
The question is one peculiarly im
portant to Colorado, the speaker said,
since Colorado Is ''the mother of all
streams In the central west.” and it
was one of the characteristics of Ir
rigation that the lower reaches of the
streams are first diverted to Irriga
tion. As a result of th.s, development
in Colorado will "tie slower, but In
Justice to the people of Colorado, she |
should have preserved the right to
take her time to develop her own
resources,” he said.
Other subjects touched on by the
secretary Included:
The improvement of labor rondl
tions In the bituminous coal industry:
unemployment abroad: abolition of
the ] 2-hour day in the steel industry;
expansion of foreign trade, the Dawes
plan.
HAY BARN BURNS
AT FORT CROOK
Flames from a burning hay shed
at Fort Crook shot so high into the
sky Saturday night that they could
easily he seen from South Omaha,
and as a result scores of persons
drove to the fort to watch the blaze
destroy the structure and the $.'i,000
worth of hay which It contained.
The shed Is south of the quarter
master buildings, and a brisk wind
Whipped the flames so that for -■
time other buildings were endangered.
Two South Omaha fire companies anil
the entire garrison at the fort fought
the fire for more than two hours.
Dozens of Crook residents also gath
ered around, mindful of the fire which
destroyed several homes in the town
recently.
Origin of the fire was undeter
mined Saturday night, hut Col. C.
Kinney, commanding oftlcpr. declared
a rigid Investigation will he con
ducted on the theory that It was in
cendinry.
ARMOUR FORMS
STORAGE FIRM
The newly organized Armour utor
age and w.irr'.iouaa department prom*
i*e«» to fill n nerd felt by nianuf k’
Mirer* who require Htnrnrr* and hnnd*
ling facllltje* for distributing In thl*
territory, and more ] :irtl<‘iilarl> for
producer* who heretofore have hud
no pine* to *toiv their prod net* until
market condition* would permit
profitable *ule*.
The new eoneern ha* heidqunrter*
In the former Morrl* pen i| ofTle*
ind romprlee* a large portion of the
Morrl* plant vacated it* u roult of
the Armour Morrl* merger.
J. W. Jnckfon i* manager nnd
Bernl* .T. Boyle P» MiperintemP nt
Jut k*on wnn formerly n*siu int man .»
ger of the Armour provision deport
ment end Ttovla wa* Mipn iritemb nt
of the freezer*.
WOMAN DRIVER’S
AUTO HITS GIRL
Ruth Classman, 2303 Bristol street,
was painfully bruised about the head
and hips Saturday evening when she
was struck by an automobile driven
by Mrs. Mary Moran, 1520 Wililam
street, at Sixteenth and Webster
[streets. Mrs. Moran was arrested on
i charge of reckless driving. Miss
Classman was taken to her home.
City Chest Drive
ill Open Here
on November 19
Charity Campaign to Close
Nov. 27; AX orkrrs Lay
Plans at Meeting
Saturday.
November 13 to 27 has been dcslg
nated ns the period or the second an
nual drive of the Omaha Community
Chest.
Following the selection of a gov
erning hoard by Harley Conant, cam
paign chairman, the meeting was
held at Hotel Fontenelle Saturday
for discussion of the drive.
John I,. Kennedy, for years an ac
tive worker In rlvlc affairs, and
Henry Monsky. one of the foremost
organizers of the local institution and
first vice president, spoke, describ
ing tlie success of the chest and en
couraging the workers.
Mrs. Charles Metz, an active work
er during las* year's drive, spoke on
behalf of the women. Last year the
women of the city were responsible
for the collection of more than JSO,
000.
Members of the recently formed
governing hoard, who attended the
luncheon, were: C. C. Relden, Fran
cis A. Brogan, S. S. Caldwell, Dr.
Irving Cutter, Ballard Dunn, O. T.
Eastman, E. C. Eppley, John W.
Gamble, Howard B. Goulding. John
L. Kennedy, Frank Latcnser, John
H. Llonbrrger, E. C. Loucks, B. E.
McCague, Morris Milder, Leon J.
Millard, Henry Monsky, A. V. Shot
well, A. P. Overgaard, E. M. Slater,
H. Stryker, Arthur Thomas, James
Wachob, John W. Welch, Mrs. Louis
Clarke, Mrs. Windsor Megeath, Mrs.
Charles Metz, Mrs. Myles Standlsh,
Mrs. N. B. Updike.
Other members of the governing
hoard are: James Allen, George Rran
deis, E. Buckingham, J. L. Baker.
Joseph Barker, William Baxter. W.
B. T. Belt, E. W. Boyer, Leo Bozell,
E. E. Brando, G. E. Corey, Mayor
,T. C. Dahlman, Hubert Doane, Gould
Dietz, N. P. Dodge, Ralph Dold, H.
Poorly, Mrs. J. E. Fitzgerald, E. F.
| Folda, W. Q. Farnum, Charles M.
Garvey, Brower McCague, A. W.
Gordon, W. T. Graham, C. R. Gray,
Walter W. Head, William llolzman,
William D. Ifosford, J. W. Hughes,
George Johnston, Frank Judson. Har
ry Keen, Dr. Stuart MacDiarmld,
Charles W. Martin, I. A. Medlar. T.
F. Naughtin, A. S. Pinto. Samuel
Rees. jr... Dr. H. Von Schulte. A. C.
Scott. Charles T. TTometyre. Guy L.
Smith, A. F. Stryker, J. H. Sunder
land, Allan Tukey, Nelson Updike,
Max I. Walker, E. D. White. C. M.
Ziegler, Mrs. C. C. Relden, Mrs. F.
W. Carmichael, Mrs. Margaret
Hynes, Mrs. George Joslyn, Mrs.
Frank Judson, Mrs. George McCon
nell, Mrs. J. J. McMullen, Mrs.
Arthur Mullen. Mrs. Harry New
branch. Mrs. W. E. Rhodes, Mrs.
John Towle, Mrs. C. M. Wilhelm.
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British Election
Campaign Now
at Fever Heat
Charge of Russian Interfer
ence Stirs Orators Op
posed to Regime of
Labor.
By DAVID M. CIII RCII.
Intrrnntlotial »ws Service Steff
Correspondent.
London, Oct. 25.—The British elec
tion campaign reached fever heat to
night with charges and counter
charges revolving around the letter
that Gregory Zinoviev, head of the
International communist organization,
Is alleged to have sent to British com
munists, urging great political ef
forts and attempts to stir up red
feeling itj the army.
Whether the letter Is real or a
forgery is in question. Mr. Rakovsky,
the Russian representative in Lon
don, complained to the British for
eign office that the document was
forged and that It had been put out
for political reasons.
But offsetting this protest was the
fnct that Premier Ramsay MacDon
ald, acting in his capacity as foreign
minister, had sent a note to Moscow,
complaining against (he alleged in
terference of the soviet in British
home politics.
Oratory Fills I.and.
Political oratory flooded England
during the day and In almost every
speech there was some reference to
the supposed Russian letter.
Never In modern times has there
been a development causing such a
tremendous sensation in a Rritlsh
political campaign. The elements of
the situation are:
Premier Ramsay MacDonald nego
tiated a treaty with Russia which
has never been ratified. Also he gave
official recognition to Russia. This
roused the torles and when the elec
tion campaign opened the liberals
made common cause with the con
servatives. MacDonald and his cabi
net were accused of being pliant and
under the thumb of Moscow. When
the alleged Russian letter was made
public It was claimed that MacDonald
had protested against It only as a
matter of political expediency. That
was the way the situation shaped up
tonight.
Statement Issued.
It was asserted that laborite head
quarters had warned labor campaign
orators not to urge ratification of
the Russian treaty, but this was de
nied. The following statement was
issued from labor headquarters:
"The foreign office knew of Mac
Donald's determination to stop propa
ganda. The so-called Zinoviev letter
was accepted as authentic and it was
published. This clearly shows that
neither during the treaty negotiations
nor at any other time has the Brit
ish government been under commun
ist influence. The government has
been and will be vigilant to safeguard
all British interests.”
Forecasting the result of the ballot
ing Is now the merest guess work.
Anything might happen before Octo
ber 29. when the election will be held.
PRESIDENT COOEIDGK*SAYS:
I do not favor a corporation Gov
ernment, a hank Government, a farm
Government or a labor Government.
I am for a eoinmon-sense Govern
ment by all the people affording to
the American Constitution.
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Liquor Evidence Men
Found With Revolvers
Reprimanded by Police
*■ ■ --y
Two evidence men of Robert
Sanurrdk'k’s prohibition squad were
arrested Sal unlay night in the
police dragnet stretched out for the
handit who shot C. H. MallJnson,
hut were released when they estab
lished their identity.
The two men were Karl Knepper,
.'ilO North Twentieth street, and M.
L. McDonald, *121 Dodge street,
who were arrested at Thirtieth and
l-ake streets, when Motor I’atrol
Officers Targachew ski and Olson
found them with pistols In their
possession.
They were released after lien
Danhaum, chief of detectives, had
reprimanded them severely for
carrying weapons.
Marsh Founds
Uniform Plan
of Accounting
New System Aids Examiners,
Resists Manipulation
and Is Eco
nomical.
A uniform system of accounting
for county treasurers, being estab
lished by George W. Marsh, state
auditor, is attracting considerable at
tention throughout Nebraska. Mr.
Marsh is republican nominee for re
election.
C. A. Sommer, state accountant of
the state auditor's department, has
Issued a 32-page booklet which sets
forth detailed information concern
ing this system. It is believed that
the Immediate object, outside of com
plying with the law. which requires
the state auditor to establish uni
formity, is to be helpful to county
treasurers, »o facilitate the work of
the state examiners and to make
manipulations difficult: also there
will be a saving to taxpayers since
the use of standard forms will avoid
the expense of having costly books
ruled and printed.
Speaking of the county treasurer
examinations being made by the state
auditor's department, Mr. Sommer
said: "The law providing for two
county treasurer examiners was
parsed in 1S93. Since then several
new counties have been established,
the population and the wealth of the
state have increased, and many new
duties have been laid upon the coun
ty treasurers, such as collecting auto
licenses, increase in paving, drain
age, irrigation and other tax»s; pay
ing bonds and coupons, all of which
more than doubles the work of the
state examiners. The uniform sys
tem of accounting will lighten the
work of the examiners, but for the
best results the force should be in
creased, so that time could be taken
for a more extended examination."
Two Others Resign.
Shenandoah. la.. Oct. 24.—Roy Huf
fine, water engineer, and Frank San
man, city clerk, have resigned, fol
lowing the state's request that they
quit their posts along with two city
counrilmen, Harry Shurtx and Wal
lace Ross.
Gas Price Cut
of 2 Cents to He J
Made January 11
Profit of $296,000 in Last
\rtir ill Mak«‘ Reduc
tion Possible, (.eiicral
Manager Save.
i 0 '
A prospective reduction in gi•*
rates, as exclusively outlined In The
Omaha lice several months agog "
confirmed Saturday by Theodore A.
I.eiscu, general manager of Iho
Metropolitan Utilities district.
For the year ending August 31.
operations of the gas plant yiclde-i a
net income of $296.979.45. because
the surplus already on hand Mr.
I.risen believes warrants a reduction.
Cross income of the plant for tha
fiscal year was $2,992,554.11.
The general manager helPves that
the hoard of directors of the utilities
district will authorize a gas rate in
duction about January 1 and he i • i
mates that this reduction will res >
In a saving of about *59," ') to g
consumers next year.
TwnC’cnl Cut.
The proposed reduction will he 2
cents per thousand feet which would
mean a saving of 5" to 75 ecu .- i
year to the small consumers.
The present schedule of rates > 1“
for a charge of 85 cents for the I
500 feet, or 75 cents nei if paid w.
in 10 days: and a net charge of *1
per thousand for the next 100 «
feet. On this basis, the Oral V
feet coat an avers.r { : 2 t
per thousand.
The original cost of the gas plant
was $4,592,869.31 and since the city
acquired the plant there has l.e-ri
added in additions and betterments
a total of $1,257,246.70, making total
cost of the plant on August 31, 1524,
$5,850,116.01. Total liabilities on A:i
gust 31 were $5,220,739.58. and the
excess of assets over liabilities Was
$2,378,541.79.
New (.as Holder.
The general manager stated that
the new gas holder now in course "f
construction, together with other im
provements and additions completed
and under construction. Involve an
expenditure of approximately $80".
<100, ail of which is being financed
from the earnings of the gas plant.
The holder will have a rapacity of
4.000,000 cubic feet. Hrt also stated
that the new holder will be ready
for serviee about January 1. Twen
ty-five acres of land adjacent to the
existing plant have been acquired f"T
the new holder and for other pro
posed developments of the gas plant.
Mr. I>>isen stated that gas main
laying this year has exceeded that
of any previous year. 20 miles being
rompleted to October 1, compared
with less than 16 miles laid during
1923, and 15 miles in 1522. Total
length of gas mains in the city is
386 miles. There were 1.541 new
gas services installed this rear, mak
ing a total of 45.291 services now on
the book*.
It.iil Official Die*.
Atlanta. On Oct. 25.—J K. Insrt m. ^
73, vice president « f the Florida Ka*t
Const railroad and on# of Florida *
wealthiest and moat influential citi
zen*. died here at a private snnt
tarium this afternoon folio* In? a
lengthy illness.
Our 38th Anniversary Sale
Commences Monday, October 27
It is a sale of new. desirable merchandise that has been bought at a low
price and will be sold for small profit. The style centers of the world were
searched; quality insisted upon in order that we might give unusual values in
the sort of merchandise for which this store is noted.
The Thirty-eighth Anniversary Sale is not a stock reducing sale of left over
merchandise rejected by earlier customers, but an offering of Genuine Bargains
fresh and new, the only kind of stock in this store.
The Thompson-Bcldcn Anniversary is an annual event that is held the last
week of October each year, ft is not a stunt to stimulate business but a Birth
day party of Bargains for our Patrons.
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It’s i Laugh Sensation!
MPrrri THIS
l.MiWiiiif week
Funniest of All Musical Plays
'Flirting Flapper’
in Addition to
Photoplays
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Mi-s Miirllwi j BIm Kill;
HEDMAN DONER
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Them” I m|»rr»onat*r
MARGIE COATE
LLOYD IBACH'S ENTERTAINERS
I'Mreon Newport j Intisml A
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DOOLEY TSALES
NEIGHBORHOOD TMEATEPr
I.OTHROP.24th and Lathron
James Kirkwood and t.ila I ee
tn "WANDERING HUSBANDS**
GRAND ..Ulth and Binney
RUDOI PH VAI ENTINO
in MONSIEUR REAUCAIRF”
BOULEVARD - . *U and I ewveawarth
< 01 l EFN MOORE
in "FI IRTING WITH LOVE"
A Compelling Drama of Ro- E
mancr, M« rriage and Divorce K
Florence Vidor, Clive
Brook, lan Keith, Walter
Heir*, Warner Baxter ;
Ore he it re — Newt—Or (an
H j A Story of After
K Ike Honeymoon—
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To EVERY 1.ADY attending
SHI LrQQM*,in,M * miniature loal
JO || UlJnf Quaker Bread and a Cou
jgj >*<*" food for a
K I dirge Sifr Ui«( of Quaker
m Hrrad m:K
jjjll Coupon* redeemed at all (roeary
■ atoroa in Omaha and Council Bluff*
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FRFD THOMSON
‘‘The Fighting Sap”
^AT O'MALLEY
LOVE
ADVENTURE
. ROMANCE
A LOST
SOLO MINE _
IRENE FLEMING LARRY
GUS SWANSON SEMON
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d Vaudeville - • Photoplays
Six-Act Rill of l Aiightr? Imlud nt
Hart’s Hollanders
Noodles Fagan
Or tK# Screen
MADGE BELLAMY
in **Hi» Forgotten Wife**
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