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Plan to Establish Home for Aged at ^ Milford Defeated Supporter* of Soldier-Resi dent* Win; Anti-Endre* Measure Advanced to Third Reading. By p. c. rftWEM.. Staff Correspondent Tha Omaha Baa. Lincoln, Feb. 3.—Oratory won In the lower house this afternoon when the McLellan bill providing for mak ing the Milford home for veterans a home for aged and gradually trans ferring veterans from the Milford home to the Grand Ieland home was killed. i astings legislators led the fight against the bill while the Grand Is land solona rhampioned it. The bill opened the Milford home to agpd and Indigent. It was not com pulsory for veterans In the home to leave. However, It was closed to new inmates under terms of the hill. Monte Munn, brother of Wayne (Big) Munn, world heavyweight wrestling champion, opened the de bate by championing the Milford veterans, many of whom occupied front seats in the house chamber. Munn waved and tossed the Ameri can flag and rofought the Civil war with the same ease that his brother tossed “Strangler” Lewis off the mat at Kansas City a few weeks ago. Denies Hurt lo Pride. Hi*—z^- of Hastings drew a word pietur^ of the pride of the soldiers, end their haired of being housed witli the poor and Indigent. Then McLellan of Grand Island took the floor. He informed the house lie would not harm a. “hair on an old soldier's head.” He asserted both homes were no more than half full, while heavy appropriations were (tenia "il»'d each biennium for upkeep ©f both, lie pleaded for economy in government and denied passage of the I ill would be a sting to the pride »f ill * vefpran.*. ' Representative Byars, chairman of the house rommltlee on privileges ■ nd elections, announced today that a hearing on the Karpy county an nexation hill Introduced by Repre sentative Wood of Douglas would be beld tomorrow afternoon. The hill taking the handling of money for feeding prisoners In the Douglas county jail away from the sheriff and placing it in the hands of the Douglas county commissioners v is advanced to the third reading In the lower house of the legislature to day by an overwhelming viva voce. The entire Douglas county delegation Voted in favor of the bill. Out-Stale Opposition. Tbe only opposition came from out * democratic members of the 1 -e. including Yocum of Otoe, Johnson of Washington and Keck ©f Bulk. They attempted to Inject an sn -ndiuent which would not make tin- bill operative until Sheriff Mike Budres r.'i.vs from his first term. 'Ibis ;n,i ,i lit was overwhelming l.v Vot'd lb- Ml. R ■ ■ of Douglas asserted that m i he present system. Sheriff lie- i... v.d more money than the two t ailed Scales senators from Yehia,rim . nd the governor. He said 1'lud s sulnry would he $10,000 or $11,000 a year. lie si hi that under the present law !' was .i t inplalion for the sheriff to iut ilovvn ihe feed of prisoners because the 1 - they ate the more money the sheriff made. I lleil I’olities. .Toha-on of Washington asserted j that toe hill was purely politlcil and! In- | i -rented a petition signed b.V j 2.000 I - >ii!*'nt.^ of Onutlin ill' I ill. Wilful nf Omnh;» M^sPl tt i! i bnt ’,o u» |)pr?ons out nf thp 240,000 in f »*n;iiui tppif*Hrntfv1 a small ppr * f*nfIf-* repeated the story of how petitions hail been signed by i kf-.n ; m.: 3 U) han? a man. <»•’ who rpoke in of flu I dl v.cre Hir:~ins nf Omaha. Olimnre i*f lii^tin^s and Pollock of Oimha. _ R;til Cro«=iiig Improved. j Kmi . o;t„ Feb. 3,—The . 'earn d r* k ,;ni crew from Wy more, with • d i'Sii?f3 end a gang nf trr t ' itn the Burlington and the gt \ Joseph f: f raud Island railways, cam' h«r* Monday and placed a new sec tlon of track at the crossing where the two railways cross each othe: nne-f, urth mile west of here, replac ing a ' t ossing “frog” that had been tn service here for the last 10 year The section Is in the shape of a big douhB "X” and weighs nearly tw tons. Mrs. Johanna Herman Dies. 'more, Feb. 3.— Mrs. Jt.hanmi] Her n l. TS, pioneer resident of C, ; %b^nii:n y, who Ret tied on land between Wymore and Marysville, near the state line In the early days with he. husband, died at her home in W'v more Sunday evening. The biishnnd died several years ago. Nine children survive. Burial will he on the state line in the country cemetery near the old homestead and beside the hnr ha nd. Rail Auditors Transferred. Wymore' Feb. 3.—According to an nourccment here today W. L. Mur ph> who has been traveling station auditor of the TVymore division of the Burlington railway, with head' quarters at Beatrice for the last two years, has been transferred to the McCook division, with headquarters at McCook. He succeeds Auditor C. It, Itassmtisson. who is transferred from McCook to Omaha ss traveling auditor. Columbus Attorney Injured. Columbus, Feb. 3.—if. 1>. Htires, f"i 3.i .vents prominent among locnl attorneys, broke an arm and injured a shoulder In a fall on an Icy walk here ami la now under the chib of physicians at Columbus hospital. AltSK HTISS.M KNT. OMAHA HKI HHIST FINOS NEW < UI OII KFMFDY 8m net hi tig new and efficient In the way of a cough sedative, and which Is equally reliable In all ailment of the respiratory tract. Including bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, croup, *nd Irritated throat has been found by an Omaha druggist, and can now b* obtained at all drug Rtores The price Is 50e for a large bottle, and Is fully guaranteed to gtva astlsfac tory results. 1 Ex-Nebraskan Once Drove Dog Team That Carr'ipA Serum to Alaska Town . J Robert Ed wards and Leonard Sep pela's Dog Team. -—.-<i WYNOT INSTALLS FIRE EQUIPMENT Wynot, Feh. 3.—The old pump sta tion here has beeh overhauled and remodeled in order to house the new apparatus of the fire department, con sisting of a new chemical truck, hose and other equipment. Several other are equipping themselves with fire fighting apparatus. Reception Given Retiring S Officers of Ka«tern Star Gering. Feb. 3.—At the last regu lar meeting here of Scuttsbluff chap ter No. 133, Order of the Eastern Star, a reception was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wiggins, outgoing worthy patron and worthy matron, who are soon to depart for Denver. A silver gift was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Wiggins from chapter mem be fa The following officer* were In stalled: Cora E. Gentry, worthy ma tron: C. V. Brown, worthy patron: Winifred Downar, associate matron; Rena H. Brown, secretary; Estelle Laughlin, treasurer: Ruth Neeley, conductress; Carolyn Hostetler, asso ciate conductress: Fannie Woolfen d?n. 61 tf;plain; Flora ITphs, marshal: Faria Yl. e tied, pianist; Bess Neslev, Ada Grace Kit tell, Ruth; Catherine Caldwell. Esther; Anna Bressler, Martha: Leona Elmer, Electra; Ma rie Nisley, warder; Elizabeth Gentry, rent 1 riel. Beatrice.— Beatrice * Hornl union under direction of Prof. M. S. Cal vin-. gave a concert at the First c: i i.-;: .n church here, the proceeds * w 1 . 11. amounting to nearly $100, trued over to the welfare asso Everyone hns watched with interest the heroic dash of the dog teams car rying diphtheria serum to stricken residents of Nome, but none, perhaps, so Intensely as Mrs. E. W. Edwards, mother of Robert Edwards, civil en gineer with the Hamilton Gold fields of Alaska who makes his home In Nome during I he summer. "Just a year ago at this time,” said Mrs. Edwards, "my son, who had planned to stay all winter In Nome, was called suddenly to Boston. There was no other way out of Nome than by sled. "The Identical team which Leonard Seppela drove on the trip just fin ished, was the one that took my son to Fairbanks, where he caught the train for Boston." Edwards Drove Team. The trip in which Erwards partcl pated took 21 days by the team, which had made the same trip in world rec ord time of 14 days. Mrs. Edwards said her son drove the team for a time when Feppela went ahead to break trail. "The trail leads 400 miles up the Yukon river and then across country to Fairbanks," she related. “The river freezes over about October, then il breaks up and the next freeze catches all of the tossing blocks of ice and holds them. Leader 20 Years Old. Mrs. Edwards was especially Inter ested in her son's story of how the lead dog of the team, unharnessed from the others, plunged ahead to break the trail. "This dog,” she said, "is 20 years old and is as proud as a king to lead the team of 20 yipping at his heels.” Mrs. Edwards makes her home in Omaha at the residence of Dr. Lee \Y. Edwards, 5001 f'apitol avenue. Hubert is a graduate of Nebraska university, loot, and a member of Sigma Tau en gineering fraternity. Nebraskans Conducting Revival at Danville. 111. Pawnee Pity, Feb. 3. Mr. and Mr/. Harry .Armstrong of this city and Dr. Frank Mathis of Colorado Springs are conducting revival meeting* at Dan ville. III., ar*rording to word received by relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong have writ ten here that the former congress man. Joseph Cannon, known through out the I'nited State** for Jbis activi ties while a member of hongress, has been in attendance each evening at ifceir meeting/*. Lincoln Telephone Company Stock Offered to Patrons York, Feb. 3.—At a meeting of managers and chiefs of the York dis trict of the telephone company, all ex * hanges in Butler, Polk, Fillmore and York counties, were represented. Stock in the Uncoln Telephone com pany was offered for sale, it being the policy of the company to have each employe a stock Halesman and patron ownership being advocated by the company. What millions of women have learned . . . that Squibb’s Dental Cream, made with Squibb’s Milk of Mag nesia, safeguards beauty because it protects the teeth from Acid Decay at The Danger Line, where gums meet teeth. Cleans safely too—and is pleasant to use. Insist on Squibb’s Dental Cream. Squibbs Dental Cream Made with Squibbs Mill? of ' Magnesia e iim, nit i Man Shields Crime From Grieved Wife “Babes’ Heath Enough Worry for Her,” Says Prisoner Held fqr Mail Fraud Scheme. Charles Weir, 32, tried to shield hla young wife from the blows that fate was strlk.ng at him. Their two ba bies had died and this was enough trouble for her, he thought, without worry over money matters. For a time he succeeded. We went home with a. bright face and with money in his pocket each evening. But Tuesday the blow fell. He was arrested by Postoffice Inspector W. M. Coble on charges of using the mails to defraud. And he had the terrible ordeal of telling his wife the whole story when she came to the of fice of United States Marshal Cronin, where he was waiting to be taken to the county jail. She broke down and cried in his arms. ‘•Did It for You.” "I did It for you, dear,” whispered the young man. "I was foolish, but I did It for you.” “I know',” she sobbed and reached one -hand up to touch his cheek. Weir, manager of the local office of the Biltmore Shirt company. Is al leged to have sent out more than 100 fictitious shirt orders to the home of fice In St. Joseph, receiving his S per cent eommission, a total of 132. When the orders were filled and sent to Omaha the packages piled up In the local postoffii-e and M. Camp bell. president of the company, came here to investigate. Weir's arrest followed. Thought of Suicide. "After the babies died and my wife was so sad and I didn't seem able to make enough to live on, no matter how hard I tried, I often thought of suicide," said the young man. "Sometimes I was just frantic, but I wouldn't tell my wife. I was at the verge of suicide several times, but then I figured It Would be a cowardly thing to do and. while It might re lieve me, it would make things all the harder for her. I'm glad I didn't do it.” Crash Victims Recovering. Beatrice, Feb. 3.—John Fnrden and Clarence Hinton, who were severely Injured In an auto accident south of the city last week, are recovering at a hospital here. Fnrden received a broken leg and possible Internal In juries. Hinton had three ribs frac tured and was cut and bruised about the body. Cage Pioneer Dies. Beatrice, Feb. 3.—John J. Jobman, pioneer of Cage county, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home here, aged 70. He resided on a farm for years before coming to town. Five children survive, his wife having died in 1018. '-> Burgess Bedtime Stories v J Bjr THORNTON \V. R1 RHKSS. Who ta rnntant to pimplr drift Will n«v«r know th» Joy of thrift. —Happy Jack Squirrel. The Thrift of Happy .lark. Peter Rabbit was lean and hungry. He was lean nil the time these days snd hungry most of the time. You see snow covered the Green Meadows and lay all through the Green Forest. Peter could get little to eat. except ing bark and such young twigs and buds as he could reach. These were not very filling. They kept him from starving, but they didn't put any fat on hint and they seldom satisfied his hunger. Winter is sometimes very hard on Peter Rabbit. He was sitting in a bramble-tangle on the edge of the Green Forest. A little way from hint Happy Jack w r**i "Wlul isn't fair?" demanded Happy Jack. the Gray Squirrel was running about on the snow. Now and then he stopped to dig clear down to the ground. Then he would pop up with an acorn or a nut and eat It. Happy Jack was sleek. He looked well fed. He was well fed. "It Isn't fair," said Peter, talking to himself. "There Is Happy Jack fat, comfortable, with plenty to eat. Here am I thin, hungry all the time, and always having to hunt for enough to keep me alive. It isn't fair.” "What isn’t fair?” demanded Hap py Jack, who had come near enough to overhear Peter's last remark. “It isn't fair that some people should have plenty, while others nev er know where the next meal is com Ing from,” retorted Peter. “Who says It isn't fair?” demanded Happy Jack. "I say it isn't fair,” replied Peter. Happy Jack finished the nut he was eating, licked Ids lips and grinned at Peter. "If there is any unfairness whose fault is it?" lie asked. Peter hesitated. Happy Jack didn’t wait for him to answer. "It is your wn fault,” he declared. "The reason I have plenty to eat now Is because I worked hard lart fall and stored away enough food to last me all win fer. Thrifty people seldom go hungry. I don't want to boast, but I don't care how much snow and cold weather we have. You won't find me going hum fry. I can get a good meal from my storehouse whenever t need It.” “if you've got so much in ypur storehouse, what are you trying to find nuts buried under the snow for?” demanded Peter. "If I had a full storehouse I certainly wouldn’t waste my time hunting for food the way you do.” Happy .Tack chuckled. “It is thrift. Peter. Of course, you ran't under I stand it because you don’t know the meaning of thrift. Only those who ar© truly thrifty understand what, real thrift Is. It is true that I have plenty of food in niv storehouse. But while I can find food outside of that storehouse I don’t touch the food that is In it. Then I know ti^at I’ve always got it. Then I know that if the winter should he extra long there will l»e nothing to worry about. When I can't find anything outside it is time to take food from the store house. But the truly thrifty never use up what they have when thev can find more. It is only the lazy and thriftless who would do that.” "Huh:" sntffeil peter. "If I had * storehouse full of food T wouldn't wnste my time hunting for food." "No, 1 don't believe you would,” chuckled Happy .lack. (Copyright, 19?V> The next story: Ibippy .Tack Squir rel Is Nearly Caught." THREE NABBED ON LIQUOR CHARGES Kearney, Feb. -3.—Mr. and Mr*. C. C. Spears are held bv the authorities at Holdrege and Sam Hull la l»eing detained here, pending further inves tigation of charges that they were en gaged in illegal possession and sale and transportation of intoxicating liquor. V'pon a tip received from the Holdrege police a house rented here by the Spears was raided and a large quantity of liquor was found. Isabel* of former popular brands of gin and whisky, bottles that resembled th* containers of former days and even revenue stamps were also found in large quantities. The outfit seemed complete for turning out “bottled in bond*’ goods. Home INursing Courses Given in Columbus School Columbus, I'"eb. 3.—Courses in home nursing nr* being etreased In the high school here this eemeeter. Two classes of high school girls hs\' been formed with a total enrollment of nearly 40. *m kthtibkmknt. CHECKS ft COLD If the children are feverish, fretful from a head ■ old or catarrh with nostrils dogged and head all stuffed up. Just apply a little pure, antiseptic cream into the nostril. It penetrate* through every air passage, soothing and healing, swollen, inflamed mem brane and they obtain instant relief Try this. Get a small bottle of Kly's Cream Balm at any di*ug stoic Nothing clears the head so quickly. Count fifty. All the stuffiness, dr> ness, struggling for breath will he gone. 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