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THE HEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1917. Nebraska STATE BOARD BUYS FARM LOAN BONDS Block of Fifty Thousand Dol lars Taken With Nebraska Funds; Repairs on State House. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., July 18. (Special.) The State Board of Public Lands and Funds lias agreed to buy $50,000 of the federal land bank bonds. The board also accepted a bid of a Lincoln firm to install a new boiler in the heating plant at the capitol at an expense of $5,140. The board voted to put a new roof on the state house, using the aooro- priation made for that purpose and otner repairs made by the legislature school land contracts have not been listed for taxation, hi many in stances, the board discovered, and in the future no extension of contracts will be made unless the parties desir ing the extension can show that they have been paying taxes on the con tracts. Alva Dawes and Son of Osceola Drown in Platte Osceola, Neb., July 19. (Special.) Alva Dawe's and 9-year-old son were drowned in the Platte river near Ha vens, eighteen miles northwest of Os ceola Tuesday. - The father and two of his sons, to gether with a number of neighbors, had gone to the river to fish during the early part of the day. About 3 o'clock the boy had gotten too close to the water and after being cautioned by Mr. Dawes to be careful and to et back his footing gave way and he fell into water, which was about ten feet deep. Iiv endeavoring to rescue tne boy, the father was unable to control him-" self aad the belL. is that he died of heart trouble, owing to the fact that he was k. n to be a good swimmer. Both bodies were recovered shortly afterwards and brought to the fam ily home north of this city. Fu neral services were hel ' today at the Methodist church and the bodies laid to rest beside each other in the Os ceola cemetery. Mr. Dawes was one of the best known farmers in Polk county and enjoyed a wide circle of friends. He was a member of the Masonic order. the Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen. His wife and three sons survive. Buffalo Apportions Federal Road Fund Kearney, Neb., July 19. (Special.) Assistant States Engineer R. A. Cochran met yesterday with the road committee of the Buffalo county board, for purpose of suggesting in what manner the federal road aid ap portionment to this county might be disbursed. - There was some friction, a certain faction standing out solidly for use of this money on a north and south road while others favored use of all the money on the Lincoln Highway. It was finally agreed to apportion the money to the Kearney and Pleas anton road, extending north to the county line and the Lincoln Highway, the first named road being given pref erence. The meeting was attended by members of the Kearney and Sher man a county boards and a delegation of citizens from Pleasanton, headed by Fred Mueller. i General Harries and Officers Busy on Mobilization Plan (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 19. (Special.) Mill tary officers of Nebraska will have a chance to discover what it means to work under an effective head. General Harries is going f to the war game to make the Nebraska brigade the most etncient in s the service if pos sible. Being an efficient officer he wants an efficient body of men behind him and in the days to come the boys from this state are 2 bound to go through a system ot military mstruc tion which . will not only make them good soldiers personally, but belong' ing to a fighting unit that will pro duce results. General Harries and his staff were at work today at guard headquarters outlining plans for the mobilization of the Fifth and Sixth regiments and the .hnal bringing together of all units of the guard into a brigade. Plattsmouth Machine Gun SHUMWAY WANTS NORMAL BOARD VOTE Land Commissioner Insists He Is Entitled to Vote in De liberations of This Body Of Statesmen. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 19. (Special.) The state, normal board is in danger of being divested of some of its powers and according to Land Commissioner Shumway, who left today for a trip appraising school lands, if something is not done before he returns to init iate a reform he will start something when he gets back. Heretofore the Jand commissioner has had no voice in the deliberations of the board. Mr, Shumway says he interprets the law in such a way that he is entitled to a voice and he in tends to have his rights recognized. Commissioner Shumway says for mer governors have been "horning in" on the prerogatives of other state of ficers and he believes that these "en trenched privileges" should have no part in the government of the state. He says: "As 1 view it, the governor can perhaps legally deputize some person, and delegate his own powers, but no other executive has the power to usurp my duties or appoint my substi tute. Governor Neville has appointed his .own representative, but there are four members which constitute a ma jority of the board, and assume the duties in which I should have a part, who obtain their alftged authority from the action of governors that have ceased as state executives. This1 membership, having no constitutional existence, cannot survive the power that made it. Being deputies, if any thing, their delegated authority ceased with the retirement of the governors that appointed them. "Even in their selection former governors must have horned into the prerogatives of other constitutional officers, for one is appointed each year, as I understand it, or two a biennium. 'Entrenched privilege' should have no part in the govern ment of progressive Nebraska." Notes from Beatrice . And Gage County Beatrice, Neb., July 19. (Special.) John Turner, rag picker, 56 years of age, was bound over to the district court yesterday by Judge 0'Keefe on the charge ot assaulting Hattie Mc Reynolds, a 13-year-old girl, who has been sent to the girls detention home at Milford. In default of $2,000 bond Turner was remanded to the county jail. H. B. Bilderback, formerly a resi dent of Gage county, died yesterdav at his home at Rupert, Ida., aged 65 years. He is survived by a widow and tour children. Company C took its first hike yes terday afternoon south of the city since going into camp. Preparations are being made for a big chicken din ner at camp next Sunday afternoon, which the citizens of Beatrice will fur nish. Juhn Hurst of Wymore, who was arrested on charge for having a quan tity of liquor m his possession, will have, to face a charge preferred by United States District Attorney Tom Allen, which charges Hurst with vio lating the interstate commerce law by bringing intoxicating liquors from one state to another. Fred Wolfe, who resides near Bar neston, was shot through the foot while out hunting. He started to take a shot gun from his buggy when the hammer caught in some way. The shot entered the heel tearing away a portion of his foot. Burlington Is Willing To Hand Over the Cash (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln. July 19. (Special.) Ac cording to H. M. Eaton of Omaha, former state land commissioner, the Burlington railroad has several times offered to pay for the lots now used by them in Lincoln, which were the subject of an article by the present land commissioner in which he charged that the railroad company did not own the lots and should be made to pay for them. At the time the lots were appraised and sold to the Burlington, according to Mr. Eaton, the law regarding pay ment of the same had been changed and no one appeared to know to whom the payments should be made. The Burlington proffered the money to the county treasurer of Lancaster county, but not knowing whether he had a right to it he refused it. The road then offered it in turn to the state treasurer and then to the land commissioner, but they were up in the air as to who was really the cus todian i'l the funds and refused to receive k. Since that time no payments have been made, although it is understood that the road has been ready to liquidate as soon as some one could be found who would take the money Railroads Protest , Douglas Valuation (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln. July 19. (Special.) Ren resentatives of the Burlington. Great Western and Missouri Pacific rail roads appeared before the state board of assessment today and protested against the raise in valuation for tax purposes of County Assessor Jerry I'ltzgcrald ot Douglas county. Company Goes to Omaha Plattsmouth, Neb., July 19. (Spe cial.) The Cass county contingent of the Sixth Nebraska machine gun com pany departed for Omaha yesterday morning where it will be formally mustered into the service of the na tion. The Cass county members were examined Tuesday, and six were rejected on account of physical disabil ities. At the station the city band fur nished music and the flag held by a member of the Fourth regiment made a background for the members of the Sixth, while their pictures were taken. League Organized to Save Brewing Investments New York, July 19. Organization of the National Investors" Protective league for the avowed purpose of pre venting the wiping out of investment in breweries by prohibition was an nounced here tonight. The organiza tion, it was said, was nbt opposing prohibition, but is seeking compensa tion for property and will send execu tive representatives to Washington and. to nearly every state capital in the country. Woman Killed When Team Drags Binder Over Body Fremont, Neb., July 18. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Herman Victh, 40, was killed when she ran in front of a runaway team hitched to a binder. Mrs. Vieth was knocked down and the heavy machine passed over her. She was horribly cut and mangled and lived only a short time. A husband and several children survive her. Thief Pleads Guilt. Plattsmouth, Neb., July 19. (Spe cial.) Morris A. Meyer is in Cass county jail on charge of robbing the Missouri Pacific station at Union of $6 on the night of July 4. He pleaded guilty at his preliminary hearing and was held to the district court. - He was unable to give bond and was locked tip. Chase County Leads In Wheat Production Imperial, Neb., July 19. (Special.) J. ti. ahallenberger, a federal rep resentative of Kansas City, and W. E. Ward, representing the State Coun cil of Defense, have been in Chase county two days examining the wheat with the idea of finding the best qual ity for seeding purposes. They acclaimed the wheat in Chase county the best for seed in the state The farmers are now in the midst of harvesting and the yield is going to be large. Chase county again takes the front rank as a wheat producing county, having headed the last last year in average production of thirty-four and one-half bushels an acre. The farmers are going to make a special effort to save the best of this year s yield for seed. Water Pure and Sand Deep at Deming Says Guard Shenandoah, la., July 19. (Special.) The water is 99.99 per cent pure and that's the one thing that Deming, N. M the home of Camp Cody where the Iowa and Nebraska National Guardsmen will go, is proud of, says William F. Henry, a Shenandoah youth, who is a member of Company G, Third Wyoming infantry at Her monsia, Wyo., who was .stationed there five months. The wind blows eight days in the week and thirteen months in the year, says Henry. Deming is a town of 3,000, about half Mexicans.- It is very level for about five to sixteen miles around the town, but after that there are quite a few mountains. The' sand is from three inches to three feet deep all oyer. Deming is thirty miles from Co lumbus, where Villa made his raid. HYMENEAL Tomsu-Goldapp. Miss Margaret Goldapp, daughter f .--1 I .11.. c r oi cnaries uoinapp oi censon, ana Mr. Louis J. Tomsu Avere married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at his residence Wednesday at 1:30. They were accompanied bv the bride s brother, Mr. Herman Goldapp of Ben son, and Miss Ellen Nepodal of Ir- vington. ' New York Detective Indicted Connection With Cruger Case New York, July 19. An indictment charging neglect of duty in connection with the investigating into the murder of Ruth Cruger by Alfredo Cocchi, was returned today against Detective John Lagarenne by the grand jury, probing alleged police department in efficiency. Earlier in the day $25,000 was placed at the disposal of the district attorney to prosecute the investigation. Big Munitions Factory Near Budapest Burns Zurich, July 19. The munitions factory of the Hungarian Iron and Steel Rolling mills at Engelsfield, Budapest, was completely . burned Sunday, according to word received here. The entire stock was ruined. The damage will exceed a million crowns. PATRIOTIC APPEAL STOPS RAIL STRIKE Shopmen and Rock Island Of. ficials in Chicago Settle Dif ferences When Asked to Consider Country. (Br Aiwociated Trent.) Chicago, July 19. Strike of 6.000 shopmen employed by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway was averted tonight by a conference at which government representatives ap pealed to the patriotism of the union men and officials of the road with the result that virtually all the demands on which the strike order was based were granlcu. The shop men asked an eight hour day and an increase of ten cents an hour in pay, which will amount to approximately $1,500,000 annually. The demand for an eight hour dav i was granted. Compromise was ef fected on the wage question, eight and a half cents increase going to machinists, seven cents to helpers and seven cents to all the car men. Nebraskans Pay Visit To National Capital! ,From a Stuff Correspondent.) Washington, July 19. (Special Tel egram.) Felix F. McShane, sr., and Edward J. McShane. a son, formerly of Omaha, now of New York, are in Washington on matters connected with the War department. John F. Mullen of Falls City is in Washington to meet his brother, Democratic National Committeeman Arthur V. Mullen of Omaha, who ar rived from Richmond, Va.. today. John Mullen is returning to Falls City after attending the blks convention in Boston. Lieutenant James F. Connelly of the Fourth Nebraska, a lawyer of Omaha, is in Washington on a short leave to visit Ins parents in New Jer sey. He is an old friend of Secretary Tumulty. C. L. Oiler of Crete, Neb., manager of the Crete Mills, is in the capital in consultation with Food Administrator Herbert Hoover on food control as it applies to the millers. Mr. Oiler represents the western millers. Senator Hitchcock will return to Washington tomorrow, having gone with Mrs. Hitchcock and daughter to Swamnscott. Mass.. where the Hitch- cocks havev taken a cottage for the summer. Conservation Lessons For Summer Normals Washington, July 19. Lessons on food conservation to be issued in summer normal schools, were issued today by . the food administration. School teachers attending the courses will be instructed to preach the gos pel of economy throughout America in unforgettable terms." The lessons deal with Hoover's food administration plan; general food con servation measures, canning, food drying, fundamentals of adequate diet and methods of organizing local groups in working units. Fair Manager Aldrich Stricken With Paralysis Shenandoah, la., July 19 (Special.) Charles Aldrich, general manager of the Shenandoah Fair association and for whom Company E has named their camp, suffered a stroke of paralysis last night. He is helpless. Mr. Aldrich is 69 years old. H. H. Hatcher has been elected manager pro tern of the fair association. 'If I was the grocer I'd sell nothin'but Post Toasties "The Store of the Town" Browning King & Co. HERE WE ARE CLEANING HOUSE We know that wool has advanced from 10 cents to 65 cents per pound also woolens of all kinds from $1.00 to $2.50 per yard However "Our Loss Is Your Gain" We Will Follow Our Policy A NEW STOCK EACH SEASON and FRIDAY JULY 20TH We Will Place On Sale At Very Liberal Reductions All of Our Fancy 3-Piece Suits , for , . Men and Young Men and Fancy Knickerbocker FOR BOYS AH this season's fabrics and mod els, backed by our unrestricted guarantee See show windows. Suits Browning King & Co. GEO. T. WILSON, Mgr. Woiwn'i gause, sleeveless VStS, each, at 7c brandeis Stores Odd lots of chil dren' T S t S, pants and shirts, worth up to 25c, each, at 9c This Immense m Brim Full of Bargains To make room for the Fall merchandise which will be on its way shortly, we offer these very unusual Values for quick dispersal of fab rics and wearables that you need right now BUY AND SAVE. Women's and Misses9 Summer Wearables Away Underpriced in This Big Basement Department for. Friday Very extraordinary offerings in this Rcady-to-Wcar Saturday. Extra Special No. 1 Over 600 Tub Skirts, white and colors, some of them are slightly imperfect, but not in any and way to hurt the wear and will look spic and span with one tubbing. New up-to-date styles, with big pockets and belt effects. Made of such materials as stripe suitings, gabardines and piques, fancy corded materials, etc. The most wanted kinds for summer. Not a skirt worth less than SI. 00 and from that up to $2.50, all at, each 69c Extra Special No. 2 More than 600 Women' Tub Dresses, of , lawns, in white and colors; fancy stripes and figures; ginghams, fancy cord materials, novelty wash materials, etc. Practical for Q house and porch wear.......... 0C Extra Special No. 3 Whit and Colored Wash Blouses, novelty wash materials, fancy plain and white lawns, cotton crepe materials, etc., all new", up-to- OQ date styles, 50c and 75c values, at. iC These Unusual Offerings Also Women's, Misses' or Junior' Cloth Spring Suits More than 300 to select from ; for mer prices $5.95 to $12.48, now, JQ QC each ... P0.i70 Women's or Muses' Spring and Summer , Silk Dresses All good styles, former GA QC prices $6.95 to $10.00, now, each PTVO Women's and Misses' Two-piece Washable Sport Suits Fancy coats and skirts to match, former prices $3.95 and $4.95, d0 QC now, each Vu Over BOO Pretty Whit and Colored Sum mer Dresses Small lots, grouped into one special lot; former prices $2.00 to dt JQ $4.00, now, each P 1 .Us7 Girls' Whit and . Colored Dresses Dozens of styles; sizes 2 to 6 and 6 to 14 years; rTO former prices $1 and $1.60, now, each. .. . OC Women's and Misses' Cloth Spring and Summer Coats Many different styles, dJO QC former prices $6.00 to $8.95, now, caeh,POlvO Another lot of Coats, former prices (Jn QC $4.00 and $5.00, now, each..... VsiviJ Blouses Of heavy Jap silk, tub silk, fancy lace and net; dozens of different. styles; former prices, $1.95 and $2.50; now, d1 OQ each PleO7 Cotton Blouses Hundreds of them, made of fine white and colored materials; blouses that easily bring $1.00, now, CQr each OIC Skirts Of fine black taffeta, stripe silk. fine all-wool cloths and black and colored ' Bkirts; former prices $4.95 to $6.9, now, dQ QC each ; ipO.OO Skirts Women's and Misses' fancy and plain cloth skirts, dozens of styles to choose from; former prices $2.95 to $3.95, now, d1 QC each . i . . . . P 1 siO Little Priced Offerings 15 for Women's 25c and 29c Corset Covers. 15 for Women's 25c and 29c Dressing Sacques. I '175 for Girls' 29c Wash Dresses, sizes 2 to 6 years. 23C for Women's 39c Strip Wash Petticoats. Basement. Domestics Beautiful Printed Voiles, 36 and 40 inches wide, sheer, crisp and dainty, special sale, 1 P . the vard. at IOC Mill Remnants, 36-inch Dress Per cale, best grade, light and dark colonngs, special,1 yard jQ- Fancy Sheer Wash Voiles, neatly printed, 27 inches wide, soft and clingy for summer wear, Q 1 yard at V2 C Sport Skirtings 'and Suitings, wonderful, colorings for outing, tennis, golf and vacation wear, very cheap, the yard, 1 Al . only ............... Mill Remnants, American and Simpson's Dress Prints, all colors, less than mill cost, sale, ? jj the yard, at O4C Plain Blue and Regulation Gray j Chambrays, lengths to 15 yards, , special sale, the yard, at , Mill Remnants, fine embroidered and checked Tissue, values to 19c the yard, special sale Friday, yard, only The Genuine Everett Classic York and Whittington Zephyrs, lengths to 15 yards, the yard, J2"C 91c 81c Wash Goods White and Colored Remnants of silk and cotton dress materials, includes Foulards, Jac quards and Plain Colors, in 1 to 10-yard lengths, many to match, 27 and 36 inches wide, worth 25c a yard, clearing price 15c Pur Linen, worth 75c yard, in blue, brown and tan, 36 and 45 inches wide, while this small lot lasts, clearing price, yard, at 25c Assorted lot of fin wash goods remnants, worth 19c, clearing price per yard, at 10c Woven Stripe Tissue, in pink stripes only, 27 inches wide, worth 25c, clearing price, yard, at 12 c Art Embroidery Heavy Silk Cords and Tassels for pillows, etc., special, each. ... 15c Matting Shopping Bags, with draw string, special, at. 10c Package Goods All different, in pasteboard boxes, some real prizes here, to clear out, at each. ... 10c Scores of other items not advertised. Notions Ac Elastic, large pieces, 'worth to 20c a yard, piece, at ...... Notion Boxes, each, at "American Maid" and "Betsy Ross" crochet cotton, slightly soiled, to close out, at, ball. . Hooks and Eyes, Dress Clasps, Pins, Safety Pins, Shoe Laces and many other items, to close out, at, each. ............ .3gc Hair Nets, with or without rubber, dozen, at 5c Inside Skirt Belting, worth to 15c yard, yard at Sc Boys' and Girls', Skeleton Waists, sizes 2 to '14 years, each, at 20c Shell Hair. Pins, 6 in box, each at 3i Sewing Silk, 50-yard spools, spool at -.... .254c Suit Hangers, each at ...4c Shoe Trees, for any shoes, pair at ...4c Fine Combs, worth 25c, each at 10c Sanitary Aprons, worth 25c. each at 10c Children's Velvet Grip and Buster Brown Hose Support ers, to close out, pair at 9c d-in-1 Machine Oil, bottle at7e Rick-Rack, tape and edging, one big lot, bolt at , . .6c Basement Boys9 Wear $1.00 Wash Suits, 69c A few slightly soiled. Plain colors and fancy stripes; a real pleasing variety of styles, sizes 2 to 8 years. 35c Sport Blouses, 21c Fancy stripes and plain bodies', with stripe collars, sizes 4 to 14. 75c Wash Knicker bockers, 50c Plain colors or stripe ef fects, light or dark patterns. 75c Bathing Suits, 35c Boys' Bathing Suits, blue with white trimming. One piece suits and a big bargain. Hosiery At Low Prices Women's black cotton hose, pair, at ... , 8c Children's black and whit hose, in fine and heavy ribbed, pair, at ...15c Women's fine gauze cotton hose, black and white, pair, at. ... ,15c Men's cotton socks, In colors, all double heels and toes, pair, at 15c Basement. Shoe Items At Special Prices Men's and Boys' Tennis Oxfords, on sale Friday only. Black cloth with good quality rubber sole; all sizes.' Men's 6 to 11, and Q boys' 2 to 6, at Da7C Women's One-Strap Hous Slip pers, vici kid, hand-turned soles, plain toes; sizes 2Vi to 8, at $1.69 Women's Pumps and Oxfords 1,000 pairs in patent colt and vici kii, Russia calf, etc., in plain pump and oxford ties, all good, styles, sizes 2 to 6, slightly soiled from QO handling, at ......... OC Misses' Whit Mary Jan Pumps, white canvas cloth, - made with white "stitchdown" soles, ankle strap; sizes 6Vs to 2, at Basement 69 c Mien's Furnishings Four Big Specials ' Men! Here is the oppor tunity to buy a good supply of Shirts, Underwear and Ties for summer wear and pay very small prices for them. s Special No. 1 75 dozen Men's Negligee Golf and Sport Shirts, samples and broken lots of our regular 69c, 75c and $1.00 qualities, all to go quickly in one big PA lot, at, each ...... OUC Special No. 2 65 dozen Men's Summer 4 Underwear (Shirts and , Drawers), samples and broken lots of all our 35c and 50c values, in one big . lot, at one price, OP- a garment . . . . . . . . COC . Special No. 3 45 dozen Men's Union Suits, ribbed coton and nain sook athletic, short' sleeve " and sleeveless Union Suits,' . broken lots of all our 69c and 75c sellers, for CA 'quick disposal, a suit OUC Special No. 4 85 dozen Men's All-Silk Four-in-Hands, broken lots of all our 25c values, neat patterns and good values &?!?,..,;:..: i9c :, Basement Wash Day Needs From Hardware Dep't mm Ammonia Britt's d o w d e r ed Ammonia, large packages, at three for 21c Ironing Boards, 98c $1.25 folding bass wood ironing boards for 88c Clothes Lines 50-foot cotton clothes lines, at 9c 50-foot sash cord clothes lines, at 39c -r Tar:: Wash Boards, 19c Full size, well made wash board white metal rubbing surface, special, at . .19c Scrub Brushes, 7c Any 10c scrub brush, at . . Sad Irons, $1.19 Mrs. Pott's sad irons, 5-piece set, nickel plat ed with oval Japanned tops, at $1.19 . .7c ISBH Laundry Soap Pearl White or White KB o r a x N aphtha soap, 10 bars . . 35c Garbage Cans Medium size Japanned cans, at ......... 69c Large size Japanned f; cans, at ......... 89c Medium size galvan ized cans, at . . . .98c Large size galvanized cans, at $1.29 Basement