THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916. WOULD AUCTION FUNDS OF STATE State ' Treasurer Hall Urges Having Banks Make Bids On Them. LET TO HIGHEST BIDDER (From 8Uff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 25. (Special.) Put ting state funds up at auction or banks to bid ofr is a plan recom mended by State Treasurer George Hall in his report to the governor for the closing biennium. Mr. Hall would have banks bid for the funds and let them, out to the highest bid der, instead of allowing the state treasurer to place the funds as now wherever he pleases at 3 per cent in terest. He would also prohibit depart ments of the state from using fees for the support of their offices and would have these fees turned over to the general fund and the legisla ture make, all appropriations for sal aries and expenses. He would also repeal the law making the state treas urer a fiscal agent for the handling of county and other bonds. He will require $20,000 for the next two years to pay salaries in his office as against $18,100 for the last two years. Speaking of the condition of the state treasury and its .history for the last two years, the report says: At the beginning of ths btnnrom, Decem ber 1, 1114, there ni a warrant Indebt edness bearing 4 per eent Interest against tha state, which waa represented by regts tarad warrants, aa showa la tha following ststemeat: General fund ICSS.MO.I! Unlvemats Mo , 146, III. 1 Normal fund 141,171. IT Total ,..tl4i,Mt.0O This Indebtedness has been paid out of tha receipts of tha traaaurjr during tha laat blenalara la addition to tha payment of all tha rasolar sapnsee of the government for tha blannlum. At tha present tlma tha auto has no publls debt atthar In bonds Cook Woman Is . ' Badly Scalded THREE MILLIONS TO CHARITIES OF STATE State Board of Control Hakes Its Estimate of Appropria tion Needed for Biennnm. BIO INCREASE IK TOTALS Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Mrs. J. G. Albers, wife of a hardwire dealer in the town of Cook, this county, was in her bath and had a kettle of scalding water on an oil heater near the tub, for use if needed. She attempted to lift the kettle from the heater to pour the water in the tub, when she fell and threw the scalding water on her legs. One leg was so seriously scaled the flesh fell off in places. The injury was given prompt .medical attention and Mrs. Albers is getting along as well as possible.: .' Notes From Aurora and Hamilton County Aurora, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.)-l The annual dinner of the Aurora Commercial club wilt take place at Hicrhlandrr hall next Wednesday evening. E R. Gurney of .Fremont . Lincoln children's home: Nothing will be the principal apeaicer. n. nffiew. ' (Prom a Staff Correnpondent.) Lincoln, Dec. 25. (Special.) By employing an expert efficiency engi neer to watch things around state institutions the State1 Board of Con trol has been able to Save the state considerable by stopping leaks that might not otherwise have been dis covered, according to a report of the board made to Governor Morehead. C. O. Marti is the man, and he draws a salary of $2,500 a year, with a guaranty by him that he will more than save the state that much money in the saving he will make, which the board claims has been done to the satisfaction of the members. Many of the institutions, in their reports to the board, asked for great er appropriations than the board felt were justified and, acting as a "board of censorship," the appropriations were cut over $800,000 less than heads of institutions asked for, but the amount, after being censored, wilt reach $268,050 more than was voted at the last session for the institutions, the sum this year being $2,355,770 as against $2,087,720 two years ago. What I Asked For. The Beatrice institution for the feeble-mined is asking for a cottage for girls to cost $40,000 and an addi tion to the hospital to cost $10,000. lhe Oeneva girls industrial nome is asking for farm improvements amounting to $6,000. r The Grand Island soldiers home: Addition to boiler house and new ma chinery, $12,000. lhe Hastings insane asylum: sani tary sewer and addition to power house, with use of estimated income of $30,000 from patients able to pay. The Kearnev . bovs industrial school: Hay and cattle barn, $3,500. Kearney tubercular Hospital: ex tension of water mains, repairs to superintendent's house, cement walks, etc., $18,000, and x-ray apparatus, $2,500. Lincoln hospital: New nospitai building and furnishings, $100,000; building for house employes, $40,000. Lincoln orthopedic hospital: fire escapes, laundry and kitchen equip ment, $V,500. Femtentiarv: New Taundrv building and equipment, $10,000; new dormi tory, $10,000; for purchase of 120 acres of land, iu,iuu. Milford women s home: fire es- tapes, well, pump, etc., $7,500. Milford soldiers' home: nam, ma chinery, etc., $3,000. School for blind, Nebraska city: No appropriation for extras. ' Norfolk asvlum: Sewer system im provements, $3,000; remodeling plant and boiler house, jsau.uuu. Omaha school for deaf: New barn, etc., $6,000. Frincs) of Grand Island and 1. H. Grosvtnor arc on the program for shortaddresseJ... T." , Williams will be the toastmaster. The funeral of A. W. Steele took place Saturday. Mr. Steele has been tor tnirty years one oi tne leaning citizens of the county. He served for many years as deputy clerk and deputy treasurer. His death waa due to pneu monia. Mrs. Frank Coykendall, wife of a former prominent attorney of this city, was buried Saturday from the Methodist church. Her body was brought back from California, where she and her husband have resided for the last two yean. Auto Strikes Pig Four Men Injured Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) A car filled with men and driven by Ernest Neddenreip, struck a pig and turned turtle. All were pinned under the car, . but managed to extri cate themselves. E. I. Boston, a farm er, gave assistance, and took the most seriously injured to the town of John son for surgical care. George Peters received a fractured and dislocated shoulder, as well as bad bruises to his body. Roy Peters was unconscious for several hours. No bones were broken and he will suffer no serious effects. Albert Kohra sustained a bro ken nose and was badly bruised about the face and head. Ernest Ned denreip, the driver, suffered lacera tions to his head and face. Ted Coop er escaped with few bruises and a shaking up. Fremont Good Fellows ' . Sends Out 365 Packages Fremont, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.) The . Good Fellows of Fremont gladdened the hearts of 365 needy boys and girls Saturday, when they delivered packages of clothing, toys and candies to homes where Santa Claus might not call. A committee of four Fremont women spent most of the week purchasing the articles that were distributed. Boys were given sweaters, caps, stockings, mit tens and candies. Girls received caps, mittens, books, stockings, dolls and candies, lne uooo renow luna had totalled $411 at noon Saturday, Temporary Order in - v v Fremont Light Case . Fremont, Neb.. Dec. 25. (Special.) A temporary injunction restraining the city council and the board of pub lic works from purchasing additional machinery for the city plant was granted in district court, by Judges Button and Thomas. ' The court inti mated that the action of Marc G. Perkins was prematurely brought and gave the plaintiff's attorney Ave days in which to prepare a brief on that point and the city attorney five days to answer. The additional machinery will cost SZZ.OOO. The court ruled that the new machinery is needed. Member of American A Ambulance Corps Dies Pans, Dec. Z5. Howard Burchard ' Lines, a graduate of Dartmouth and lhe Harvard taw school, son of Dr. K. H. Lines of Paris, and a volunteer in the American ambulance orps, has just died in the. Argonne of .acute pneumonia. .He contracted the disease while on ambulance service at the What Will Be Allowed " The board, afte?" cutting out amounts it believed the institutions could get' along without for a while longer, gives the following estimate for each institution: ?f SI Beatrice Geneva . Orand Island . U4 111 Kearney, Boys.. SOS K'rn'v TutMroul'r SI Hsstlngs 1.111 1.111 Unooln Hospital ill l orlhopedle ... l Penitentiary ... If 1 Milford woman's Horns Milford Soldiers. Ill III Nob. city ...... i " Norfolk 414 1ST Omaha 141 111 Unooln Children is a Sb ' C I'M ST.5 ,,. r, (. 4(1 121 1111.401 1177.0(16 111 11,540 11,000 313,030 J1T.7M 41.100 410,100 IS MOO t,4) 111,1)0 417 111 IS 131,100 111,100 04.1(0 SSO.000 101,000 m.ooo 331.310 41.410 16,110 44.100 113,700 100,0(0 10,030 44,800 11,000 M.OOO 941,000 117.000 41,(410 Total ... 4.47S 4,171 1.OIt.HO I.HM70 Total Looks Big In arlrlitinn to the shove is a Sum of $454,800 as an extraordinary appropri ation, making tne total i,oiu,ou. Th hnsrrl nf control for itself will ask for an appropriation of $44,450 this - . it 1.11 l: : year as against sjy,jw inai urcnmum divided as follows: 1IU 1117 Salaries 111.300 Sst.SlO tnotdsnlala .' '" Bitra help 10 (00 Travollns siponsos ....... 1.1(0 1.3(0 The raise in salary estimate, taKe in the salary for the efficiency expert employed by the board, Mr. Marti, who has been employed since the for mer estimate ot two years ago was made. . The average total inmate population of the institutions for the year ending November 30. 1914, was 4.JUS, ending December 1, 1916, 5,031. Percent in crease, 16.86 per cent. t Furniture Factory a success. Onr ration of the furniture factory at the state penitentiary has been satis factory, according to the board. The expenses of the company were $81,239 which was more tnan coverea oy me appropriation made by the legislature and the sale of manufactured goods. In fact the company shows a book gain in business of over $10,000, this ... t . amount being in excess ot cost oi ma terial, manufacture, etc. L. M. Eastham. manager ot tneon rem is much nleaaed with the amount of business done, which extends into Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Mis souri. Oklahoma and Texas. Owing to the high cost of material i has been necessary to make an advance in tne price of furniture manufactured of ten percent and anotner advance win go UUU enect wun uic new year. Hunter Shoots Self ? In Foot With Rifle ; Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 25. Ernest Schafer was carrying his rifle with the barrel aimed down when the weapon was discharged, the bullet entering his foot. A surgeon re moved tlje bullet and anticipatea no serious results. To Out a, flfl In On Day. Take LAXATIVC BROMO OU1NINR Tab- Iota. Drusglate refund money If It falls to cure. IS. W. OROVB'8 signature Is on oach vox. 1(0. Advertisement. , An Aid to Digestion. When vou have a . fullness and weight in the stomach after eating you may know that you have eaten too much, and should take one of Chamberlain's Tablets to aid your IOWA MERCHANTS REPORT BIG TRADE Des Moines Dealers Say Bush Greatest on Record and Stocks Are Sold Ont. GUARDS WON'T REINLIST (from a fluff Correspondent.) Des Moines, la., Dec. 25. (Special.) Merchants here report the biggest holiday trade in their history. The rush started soon after Thanksgiving and the last week was unprecedented. Merchandise stocks in manv lines were reduced by the onslaught. The high price of living did not aooar- ently cut much figure in Christmas trade. Express companies, however, report that they did not carry near the number of Christmas packages they did a year ago. On the other hand the parcel post did a tremendous business. It is said more people are educated to use the parcel post than a year ago. Mayor Buys Coal. Mayor Mac Vicar went into the coal business on Saturday and bought two carloads of coal, which he will sell out at $4.50 per ton, which is 50 cents under the regular retail price here. He wilt attempt to sell to people of small means, and not more than a load to a buver. so that the coal will go where it is most needed. The mayor said Saturday that he believed sufficient coal would be provided through the charitable organizations and the efforts of the city officials to prevent any real suf fering or hardship. Warmer weather Saturday relieved the strain some what, but colder weather is promised for the coming week. Guards Won't Re-enlist. An attempt to poll the Iowa Na tional Guard members, a part of the first regiment, who reached - Des Moines Friday night, as to whether or not they will take the new oath of enlistment with the army and con tinue their services for another three years, resulted in showing that 80 per cent at least tof the Guard members will not re-enlist. Officers stopped the poll as soon as they became aware it was being taken. It is claimed that the officers are in favor of re-enlisf-ments, as they get good pay, some of them better pay than they make in civu me, ana live wen. out tne privates are not in favor. of re-enlisting. Raps Federal Courts. Attorney General George Cosson takes a rap at the Iowa supreme court for holding a number of the statutes unconstitutional, in an argu ment he has filed with the United States supreme court on the steriliza tion law. The law waa held uncon stitutional and an injunction granted from putting it into effect on de fectives in state instutions. In bis argument he declares that "it is a conservative statement of fact that almost every law looking toward so cial and moral reform which has been passed by several atates in the union in the last decade has been held un constitutional by some inferior fed eral or state court." - '.' King of Eoumania i ; Praises His Army London. Dec. 25. A Reuter's dis patch from Jassy, dated December 22, says that the Roumanian parliament was opened there on that day by King rerdmand. The dispatch savs that the king in a speech from the throne said that the war had shown that Austria-Hungary in its present condition could no longer exist as a factor in the equil ibrium of Europe. The king said that the Roumanian army had struggled against the forces of four combined enemies in a manner justifying Rou hiania looking to the future with ab solute confidence. According to the dispatches the king was given an enthusiastic recep tion by tht senators and deputies. Woodmen Friends Honor J, L. Sundean Minneapolis. Minn.. (Special Tele, gram) In appreciation of the ser vices during the Modern Woodman rate fight and its fortunate settlement and his leadership in reconstruc tion, John L, Sundean formerly of Lincoln and Wahoo recived Christmas greetings with ten thous and signatures of Minnesota mem bers, also a cash gift of $500, not more than twenty-five cents of which was contributed by one person. His children Winifred, Josephine and Clarence received diamond remem brances. Uni of Nebraska Wffl Not Establish Journalism School Lincoln, Dec. 25. (Special.) The petition for the establishment of a college of journalism in the Univer sity of Nebraska was rejected by the senate of the school at a meeting yesterday, but a motion to enlarge the courses in newspaper training was passed. Sigma Delta Chi, the journalistic fraternity, filed the petition for the department with the board of regents, which in turn referred it to the sen atecomposed of faculty members of the university. A committee headed by Dean Stout of the engineering college, and gen erally hostile to the proposed depart ment, was named to investigate and report its findings. This committee held its meetings while the students were out of town and those most in terested in the new department, who had gathered the material in support of the application for a new depart ment, could not appear. While smothering the application for a college of journalism, a motion made by Prof. H. K. Wolfe carried with little Opposition to enlarge the newspaper courses now being given at the university. District Court in Johnson County Tecumseh, Neb., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Judge John R. Raper held dis trict court in Johnson county the last three days in this week. Several cases were disposed of. Herman Steinkuhler of Sterling, charged with the selling of intoxicants to minors upon several counts, appeared before the court, was fined $25 and costs upon one count, the judge withheld judgment on the five other counts, and paroled the defendant to the court for a term of one year. The payment of the fine was suspended during parole. In the case of the First State bank of Sterling against Herman Stein kuhler, et al., on contract, judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants, Herman Steinkuhler and Henry Seele. The motion to retax costs in the . appeal of the forcible entry case of James Molman against John Morris sey, was overruled. The plaintiff withdrew his motion for a new trial in the damage case of Jake Miller against E. J. Leecy. In the case of Ralph Varney against Roy L. Stewart, for damages, the plaintiff was granted leave to withdraw his motion for a new trial. .1 In the foreclosure case of Hattie Hitchcock, executor, etc., against William H. Zinsmaster, a decree of foreclosure was entered. , The jury was waived in the case on Celia A. Hendry against L. A. Hanks. The case was tried to the court and the finding was for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,052.47. . C. E. Zink was appointed referee, in the partition case of Caroline Ger-, des against Jacob Krilner, et al., and a decree of partition was granted. . The sale was confirmed and deed ordered in the foreclosure case of Otha H, Fuller against Ralph Varney. Hamilton County Advocate Quits Aurora, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.) The Hamilton County Advocate, which has been published here for the last five years, is now a thing of the past. The last issue left the press Saturday, much to the surprise of the people of this county. Through out its career F. J. Sharp has been the editor. The . Advocate was - a money-maker. During not one of the five years did the paper fail to pay a good dividend to its stockholders. Its subscription list was large and it had excellent advertising patronage. The job printing end of the plant will continue under the management of J. H. Sharp. NEWSIES FEED AND CHEER FORBRANDEIS Little Merchants Quests of Big Store Manager, at a Christ mas Banquet. SPREAD FILLS THE BILL "What dcy tryin' to do, ruin us?" These words, by a grimy little street merchant, epitomizes opinion among the 200 "newsies" present at the news boys' Christmas feed, provided by George Brandeis yesterday noon at the Hotel Rome. ; No after-dinner speeches and caba ret stunts were necessary to make that dinner palatable. And no sparate courses with extra rounds of cock tails were needed to whet up jaded appetites. It was a clean victory for good digestion over appetite. A big plate heaped up with turkey, potatoes and trimmin's; a steaming cup of chocolate, two kinds of fruit, ice cream, cake and candy greeted each separate appetite and caused the street merchants to forget all about their "wuxtry papurs." Too Much for Him. It was when some of the "newsies" had finished their first 'rastle with Mr. Christmas Turkey and saw what was yet to come that one of the little urchins made the exclamation "What dey tryin' to do. ruin us?" All ages from 10 to 43 and all na tionalities and races were represented, for age. nationality and race counts for little in the freemasonry of the streets. A few were there with pinched white faces, but these were in contrast with the wind-reddened countenances of most of the "new sies." As the "street merchants" had eaten their fill, one of them rose to his feet: "Say, fellers, what's the mat ter with George Brandeis," he shouted, "three cheers for George Brandeis." Cheers for the Host. The cheers that followed were with out doubt the loudest that were ever heard in the large dining room. In fact, they were so ear-splitting that many of the guests of the hotel rushed into the room to see what was going on. An appreciation of thanks in the way of a large bouquet of the reddest roses the "newsies could find in the city, was sent to Mr. Brandeis. Newsboys present were in charge of Mike Barto of The Bee, Tony Cos tanzo of the Herald and Sam Zigman of the News. Others present were "Gus" Miller, probation officer, and Rome Miller. Indigestion Bad Branch floor Stomach, If you' suffer any ot these take a dose of Dr. Kln' New Life Pills tonight. Only Ho. Alt druggists. Advertisement. " -621 residents of Ne braska registered at Hotel . Astor during the past year. Single Room, without bath, t2.60 and (8.00 Double - 13.60 and 14.00 Single Rooms, with both. IS.60 to 16.00 Double - It.iO to 17.00 Psrlor, Bedroom and bath. . 110.00 to 14.00 . 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