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i BILLION DOLLAR 1 DEFICIENCY IN f APPROPRIATION I " largest Urgent Deficiency Bill in History of Congress Fa- x . vorably Reported to House 5 by Committee. .. 2 Washington, Feb. 14. A billion Z dollar urgent deficiency appropriation bill, the largest of its kind in the his tory of congress, although cut a half billion from original estimates, was .favorably reported to the house today ? by Chairman Sherley of the appro i priations committee. & The bill provides for the immediate neeas oi tne war, navy ana otner ae partments. tf Gives Out Testimony. , Chairman Sherley made public its timony given to the committee by de partment chiefs during the last month of committee investigation. If Among the amounts asked for van ous military activities was a total of almost S81,00G,CKK) for mountain, held - and siege artillery, in addition to ;.' more than SI. 000,000,000 already - spent, and contract authorizations of 'I $779,000,000 additional. v The testimony of Colonel Ames of ,' the ordnance department showed that -the total amount available for this i purpose since the beginning of the war was $1,816,000,000, of which :. amount orders have been placed re- quiring ultimate expenditures oi : $1,252,000,000, leaving still available for contracts $564,000,000. ; He said the $1,816,000,000 was in tended to supply ammunition, upon f revised estimates of the quantities ; needed, for 2,000,000 men, including the ammunition needed for the light trench mortars Military Program Changed. Colonel Ames said the $81,000,000 additional is asked as the result of a change in the military program, in : eluding new requirements for ' larger number of shells, and ammuni ; tton for guns mounted in tanks, and $7,000,000 for a plant designed for ' the filling of projectiles with gases, and $2,000,000 for a plant for the same purpose to be erected in France. General Pershing cabled strongly - urging a piani in ntnu iu chuic ; him to handle these toxic materials properly. It is planned, ordnance officers ex plained, to dispatch a complete or ganization and equipment to France to enable the American expeditionary forces to meet the sudden shift in gas warfare. s "There -is probably no phase of trench warfare," 'said Colonel Rags dale, "that is open to such sudden " shifts as gas warfare. "The mustard gas or blister gas, used by the Germans simply changed , the whole program. "The plant is to enable the use of a '-trained personnel in handling these ....... in Inarlinir and bombs t t r? ..kl. t and to enable the change of the char- acter of gases to keep abreast of the developing phase of ' warfare;. ; si "It is our intention to ship in large quantities certain toxic mater-- ials that will then be taken out of these containers and put into shells or cylinders for making wave attacks, 5 or into bombs. , ft Clip Raw Materials. 6 "Then we have the ' construction "and onention of a chemical plant for manufacture of raw materials. -One Its! the raw materials can be shipped jas harmless stuff, no more dangerous ahan lime, which by a relatively sim ple operation can be converted into :-one tf the most poisonous materials known. -, r At Mi examination before the com :mittee. Chairman Sherley's report "said. General Wheeler of the ordnance bureau brought out that the govern- -ment had an arrangement witn tne French to supply artillery and ammu nition to a certain number of Ameri can troops arriving in France, but '.after these units are supplied the United States would fully equip addi tional troops - :l U. S, Resources Arts Ample. S America's resources. General -Wheeler testified, were sufficient to .meet all war needs. tit asserted me war aeparimeni had $1,000,000,000 worth of ammuni Ttion contracts. - j Major General Squier, chief signal Officer, testified the signal corps had t spent or obligated all the $640,000,000 appropriated to carry out its airplane 'program and has incurred obligations that will equal $90,000,00 in addition and may go beyond that for the pres ent fiscal year. He asked $277,732,000 to procure bombs for the airplanes. - Discussing storage and shipping fa cilities, General Goethals said approx imately $100,000,000, with authoriza tion of $50,000,000 more, is needed for 'storage of quartermaster supplies along the seacoast, including huge amounts for various specific termi : nala. , Germans Suspect . Trotzky 's Refusal ; To SignAgreement (Continued from Par On.) , the government and the supreme army command." The correspondent. In an apparent ly inspired passage, adds: "The chancellor is resolved , un der no circumstances to conduct fur ther negotiations in any neutral cen ter and it will be the affair of the cen tral powers to determine where such negotiations may best be held. The recall of the economic commission from Petrograd is under consider ation.":"" Large Number of Teuton Prisoner!. "On the other hand, it ii evidently realized that the question of the big army of Austro-German prisoners of war in Russian territory still con trolled by Petrograd cannot be over- looked." A telegram from Vienna to the .tlagiische Rundschau says: . "It is pointed out in well-informed Just Added a Modern Shoe Repairing Dept. DRESHER BROTHERS Djrra, Clanra, Hattera, Furrier. ' Tailor ant Shoemaker. YOUNGEST MAN EVER AT HELM OF BIG PARTY Trained in Politics From "Ground Up," New Chair man Has Numerous Vic tories tr His Credit. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14. (Special Telegram) Will H. Hays is the youngest national chairman in the history of the republican party. He is 38 years old, but has been active in politics since he be came a voter, when he was elected as a precinct committeeman at Sullivan, Ind. Hays' political education, as they say in Indiana, has been "from the ground up." He was chairman of the Sullivan county committee from 1904 to 1908. During that time he was a member of the ad visory committee of the republican state organization. He began his career in state politics in 1906, when - Governor Goodrich, who was then .state chairman, appointed him as chair man of the speakers' bureau. He began his career in state chairman in 1914, taking charge of the party In this state when it was in third place. He was re-elected state chairman in 1916, and is still at the head of the organization in Indiana. He was graduated from Wabash college in 1900. He is en gaged in the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar when 21 years of age. He is a Scottish Rite Maaon and a member of the Knights of Pythias. Under Hays' leadership the state broke away from democratic con trol and give its electoral vote for Hughes, elected a republican gov ernor, displaced two democratic senators with two republicans, and caused nine republican congress men to grow where one grew be fore. quarters that the confusion and un certainty of internal conditions in Russia demand that the central pow ers adopt a cautious and waiting at titude, and that in soite of the absence of a formal conclusion of peace, there be no hindrance to the exchange of prisoners." , ; Trotzky Not Backed by Russ. All German newaoaoers note" the fact that three hours after message u nf rtlifr annnfitirinaf ih iacu. ance of a demobilization order to the Russian army, another Russian mes sage was issued ordering that circula tion oi this communication be stopped. : It is suggested that this indicates that the Bolshevik government no lonsrer thinks of adhering to the declaration "'. of Foreign Minister Trotzky. i lie Zeitung Am Mittag goes so far as to say that there are proofs that Trotzky a promise of a Russian demobilization is a sham maneuver, It declares that reliable reports rep resent the Bolsheviki as energetically forming a red guard army out of the remnants of the Russian army, in the hope of raising a million men to estab lish Bolshevik power in tlie border states. ; - ' -. - , , - r Farmers' Co-operative Society V Of Denison Has Big Balance nn!ui-n Ta PaK 1i wKnirt3l a The " Farmers' Co-operative society, ti,liirt Unm an .t.utsnr at Dfmartfl tiaa concluded its third year with a hand-' some balance in its favor and declared a dividend to the members. The cap ital stock of the company was in creased $10,000 and the salary of the agent, Charles Mcnagh, placed at $150 per month. The Boy Scouts of Denison, under the direction of their leader, Rev. Mr. Hamilton of the Baptist church, are making the canvass here for pledges on food and fuel conservation. Tylee Testifies Took Third $1,000 Weekly Prof its ' (Continued From Faa One.) "How long before the filing of your suit was raid on Lakeside?" "About one week." "Who' were arrested besides your self?" "Frank Galloway, Harry McMul len, Bob Wolf." "Any women?" "Three or four." "On the day of these arrests now long were you at the Lakeside?" "From 7:30 p. m. until about 1:30 a. m.. when raid occurred." "Who were the other employes?" Highballs to Some. "Wolf was piano player, McMul len was waiter, Cramer was driver of Bee Want Ads Bring Results.' Prepare Children for a Healthy Life The spine of every child should be examined by a competent chiropractor. Childhood being the forma tive "period of life, defects can be corrected and a healthy life made certain by a little attention to the spine. Many spinal defects in children cause no serious dis turbance, yet if allowed to go unattended become the cause of later illness that readily becomes chronic un less corrected. Have your child's spine analyzed by Dr. Lawrence. It is free and does not obli gate you in any way. DR JOSEPH C.OLVRENCE btebufted as a CKROPRACTOH Smft? IBdB.N.V.Ccr.l7&Datas Stl emu mouks rt(t -4I -H; t-aavc i HOMI m WU'UUUhUt " HURLEY APPEALS FORSHIPWORKERS TO'ENDSTRIKES Declares Lives of American Soldiers on Other Side Are" Endangered by Action of Strikers. (Br Alloc lated Pre.) Washington, Feb. 14. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board today appealed personally to William L Hutcheson of Indianapolis, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, to end the strike of ship carpenters Atlantic coast shipbuilding yards. Ship carpenters are out in yards around New York and at Baltimore Mr. Hurley rebuked Hutcheson for calling the strike without giving the labor adjustment board an oppor tunity to investigate and report on the situation. The strike, Mr. Hurley declared in the telegram, is endangerine the lives of American soldiers in France await ing food and munitions from America. A copy of the 'telenram was sent to the heads of the striking locals. Mr. Hurleys telegram follows: "While the people of this country are mourning the loss of brave young Americans in the Tuscania horror- while thousands of American homes are anxiously watching the lists of survivors slowly coming in to make certain that another precious life has been snatched from the Atlantic ocean, a telegram comes and with it the grim announcement that the carpenters in ship yards are now on strike. Paralyze Vital Industry. "Before any government agency is given an opportunity to act and de spite the good record of our adjust ment board's promptness and fairness IJf! lta.li- in aeaimg wun an iaDor matters, you attempt to paralyze the ship building industry at the port of New York. "Do you realize that you are adding to the fearful danger our soldiers al ready face, the danger of starvation and the danger of slaughter if food and ammunition are not sent over in ships and in many ships at once? Do you think the fathers and mothers whose sons are making this sacrifice will sit patiently by and permit this paralyzing of the life line between us and the western front to go on? "Will you take my friendly sugges tion and go back to work at once? The machinery for dealing with all your demands and with the right of labor is at hand. You will be well advised to follow the methods of well managed and patriotic labor organiza tions, at least until you have tested whether or not your government, for which as ship builders you now are working, can be fair. "I advise you to end the oaralvzine of the ship yard work now. I am sure you would not deliberately im peril the lives and safety of our brave fellow citizens. I am sure you believe With me .that, those whose sons are now giving'" their blood that you and I and our children may be safe and free will not long permit either you or me to invite destruction of heroic lives and disaster to a great world cause." v machine and Galloway was bar tender." "What drinks were served?" "Soft drinks to some and we served highballs to some we knew." "How were the highballs kept?" "In ginger ale bottles." 1 "Highballs served that evening?" "Yes." "Did you sell mixed drinks before Clark became sheriff?" "Yes." "Where did you mix them?" "Right there behind the bar and we kept liquors in the stock room. When Clark became sheriff we locked everything up." Ford Fired Him. "How many months did you work there?" "Sixteen or 17 months. Johnny Ford fired me once because I went to the races. I saw Johnny Lynch at the court house and he told me I could go back to work under him if I want ed to." "Why did you go to Lynch when you wanted to get back to work?" Because I understood that Lynch and Loch were the bosses." "Ever see Lynch at Scheys?" "Quite often. Sometimes once or twice a week. He sat at the tables and ordered same as anybody else." 'Ever wait on himr Army Lockers 'Thoroughly well made trunks, covered with khaki fabre, trimmed with heavy corner irons. Sturdy locks and hinges. Interlined with fibre and cloth. Neat set up tray. Conformin? to army regulations $12.50, $13.50, $16.00 Freling & Steinle "Omaha's Bast Baggage Builders" 1803 FARNAM ST. "Several times. "Did he ever pay?" Ready for Lynch. "He did not." "Did he ever pay for anything there?" "He did not." "Any due tickets made out for him?" "No." "Why?" "We were told not to." "Any instructions from Lynch?" "No, but Ford told us to be on the job when Lynch came around." "Ever have occasion to observe how extensively Lynch ordered?" "On one night I served him 12 or 14 bottles of champagne, which we sold at $3 a bottle out there " "What hours were observed there?" "From 7:30 p. m. until we got through. "Any slot machines?" "One for quarters and one for nickels." "When Clarke became sheriff were slot machines used?" "No, they were locked up." "On the night of the raid was the place open from 7:30 until the sheriff arrived? "Yes." "Sold intoxicants that night?" "We did." "Did you have any tip of the raid?" vve expected the sheriff. Any liquors the sheriff did not find?" "Yes, in ginger ale bottles, and there were many bottles of cordials ana whiskies in the store room. Beans was the paramount issue at the Clark-Lynch ouster suit hearing in district court Thursday morning Testimony indicated that "lohnnv' Lynch did not partake of any of the condemned canned beans which were discovered in the county jail office. Sheriff on Stand. Sheriff Clark resumed the witness stand, with Attorney Kennedy begin ning cross-examination of witness. Attorney Kennedy injected a little pep into the otherwise routine session by announcing that "The good faith of Mr. Lynch is the issue in this case. 1 am trying to show that this man whom the witness seeks to oppress was active in opposing the jail feeding gratt." Was the tail feeding graft discuss ed by you during your campaign?" asked Kennedy of the sheriff, in be ginning the cross-examination. Not publicly. "Did you campaign along lines that a vote for you would be a vote against jail feeding graft? I did not campaign along those lines." Talk of Jail Graft. "Did you hear the jail feeding graft discussed during the McShane cam paign?" Unly in the newspapers. "And you knew that Lynch led in campaign against tail feeding graft, didn t you?" Attorney Baker hereupon inter posed an objection against what he referred to as the introduction of ir relevant matter. Attorney Kennedy at this juncture announced his determination to estab lish what he characterized as the good faith of Lynch and to show that in exercising that "good faith" Lynch incurred the enmity of the sheriff, the culmination of the situation being the ouster suit now being tried. Baker insisted that McShane was paid his jail feeding money, but.it was a different story when Clark pre sented his bills. "There is no question that Clark had more than 100 prisoners when he charged 50 cents per prisoner oer day. Lynch contended that $4,000 a year salary and 32 cents per day for teeding each prisoner was sufficient compensation for the sheriff, said Kennedy. Judge Hastens Trial. Judge Sears suggested that it might be well to proceed with the trial of the case in hand, rather than to delve into a lot of matter not properly con nected with the ouster suit. "We have a right." added Kennedy. "to show by this witness he knew Lynch had fought the jail feeding graft, and to have these statements measured circumspectly by the jury." Baker referred to harmony between Lynch and McShane after certain hap penings. He sought to draw the "dead ly parallel between the attitude of Lynch toward the McShane adminis tration and his attitude toward the Clark administration of the sheriff's office. Who Knows Beam? Then came the question of "Who We Do Shoe Repairing DRESHER BROTHERS Djrara, Claanara, Hatters, Furriara, Tailora and Shomakra. 22U-22IT Faraam St Trior 348. The Greatest Statement This Great Dividend-Paying Nebraska Company Has Ever Issued Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, Neb. FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN ASSETS First Mortgage Farm Loans Cash in Office and Banks Cash Loans on Company Policies U. S. Government Bonds Interest Accrued, Not Due -Home Office Building - - -Bills Receivable - - ; - - -Deferred and Unreported Premiums Furniture and Fixtures Account Collateral Loans .... Premium Notes -Stocks - - - - - , -Agents Debit Balances "Other Assets" ... - . Assets, December 31, 1917 Gain Gain Gain i i .Surplus -in Reserve in Assets - We Lead the World in Our Home State in Old Line Insurance in Force If the above . statement appeals to you, let us figure with you for an agency or policy contract. Call Omaha Office, 1321 W. O. W. Bldg., Telephone Doug. 2949. spilled the beans?" Would anybody in the sheriff s office know beans with the bag open, or, in this case, when the can was open? Because these beans were canned beans, which the eye could not see nor the nose smell unless the can was open. "Who condemned the beans?" asked Kennedy of the sheriff. "The state food inspector." The judge: "What has that to do with this case?" Kennedy: "The county commission ers received complaints from prison ers regarding poor food and Lynch protested to Clark. Lynch wanted to protect those prisoners not in a position to protect themselves and thereupon Clark started this action against Lynch." Talk Spoiled Beans. Baker: "This is an attempt to prejudice the jury with the thought that Clark attempted to feed spoiled beans to the prisoners." Kennedy: "Then I suppose it would be folly to show Lynch s attitude for eight jrears; that he complained to Clark about the spoiled beans." Baker: "He didn't feed any of the beans to Lynch, did he?" The sheriff testified he received a communication on beans from Lynch; that he understood Lynch caused pe titions to be circulated among the prisoners and that he (Clark) had given permission to have these peti tions circulated. "Padded Cell" Junket. Kennedy digressed in his cross-examination to inquire of the sheriff who were present when the alleged conversation took place relative to the padded cell junket trip. "Only Lynch and myself in my of fice," replied the sheriff. The sheriff related that (hiring the first four months of his term as sher iff he borrowed $2,000 to enable him to buy food supplies for the prisoners while hij bills were being held up. He added that he did not keep any de tailed account of the food purchases he made last year. He explained THOMRSON,BEDiN - CO. Qhe fashion Center Jor Japanese Lunch Cloths With Napkins to Match (New) This assortment has just been un packed and reveals a number of hew, attractive designs in these popular Luncheon Sets: Cloths (50x50), are $1. Cloths (60x60), are $1.75. Cloths (72x72), are $2. Napkins (12x12), are 75c a doz. Linen Section Fleurette Crepe $1.19 Instead of $2 Alice blue, turquoise, rose, gray, pink and tan washable Fleurette Crepe for blouses. 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Third Floor Skirt Shields Made of a very fine quality of rubberized material, with backs of cotton and silk. , 50c to $1.25 Third Floor $11,193,800.00 - 248,996.33 . 650,617.45 - 205,700.00 - 179,403.27 . 187,484.76 None None None None None v None None None $12,666,001.81 RECORD OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN 1917 Lapse . $ 551,822.19 - 1,105,793.15 1,653,691.68 Insurance in Force December that he was a poor man when he be came sheriff and had to borrow the money referred to. Baker: "Was the petition you men tioned circulated by Lynch?" "I understood so from a trusty." "Did you make inquiries among prisoners as to the condition of the food?" With His Consent. "Yes, because I anticipated this complaint, as the petition was cir culated with my consent." "Did you have any conversation with Lynch on the question of feed? ing prisoners?'' "I did not." "What about the beans? Are the beans still in this case? What do you know about the beans?" A batch was bought by the jailer. They were canned beans. A state food inspector called and showed me that they were spoiled beans. He ex plained that a lot of these beans had been sold to others around town. "Was that the only jail food that was condemned?" "That was all. The only criticisms of the jail food came from friends of Lynch." County Clerk Testifies. Records submitted by CountyaClerk uewey snowed tnat Lynch consis tently voted against allowing Sheriff Clark's bills for feeding prisoners in the county jail. The trouble began, Dewey testified, when the board allowed Clark only 32 cents per day per prisoner for the month of May, 1917, although there were less than 100 city, county and state prisoners in the jail and Clark had submitted a bill at the rate of 50 cents per day per prisoner. The same thing occurred in the case of the June and July bills, he said, and Sheriff Clark appealed to the courts from the decision of the board. The court held that Clark was en titled to 50 cents per day per prisoner when there were less than 100 city, county and state prisoners in jail, Dewey testified from his record. The Newest Spring Dresses 'a A Disposal of Curtains At Very Low Prices Fridayv These are mostly in one, two and three-pair lots and are being sacrificed to make room for new arrivals. Irish Point, Brussels, Filet, Marqui sette and Voile Curtains. Radically Reduced Having Sold Up to $6 a Pair In Friday's Clearance 50c, 75c and $1 a pair Drapery Section, Basement LIABILITIES Reserve-Actuaries 4 (Full Reserve) Agents' Credit Balances - - ' Death Losses Reported, Proof Not In Premiums Paid in Advance Interest Paid in Advance -Capital Stock - -Surplus - - - - - - Ratio 5.49 Income Exceeded Disbursements Gam of Insurance in Force -Insurance Issued - - - 31, 1917 $66,184,033.66 court ruled that federal prisoners were not to be counted, as the county did not pay for feeding them. After the court's deci.ion the county board voted to pay Clark's bills in full as submitted. Comptou, O'Connor, McDonald voted "yea." Mr. Bedford was sick at that time. Lynch voted "nay" in spite of the court's ruling, according to the record. The board voted to allow Clark's bills for August and September on the same basis, but Lynch voted "nay." Payment of these bills was held up by an appeal filed by one Joseph Buggy, Dewey testified. Dewey said that Lynch no.ified him that an appeal from the t-eard's ac tion would be taken and he held Clark's warrant up for the 10 days provided by law. Rno-tru- testified on the stand that Lynch told him to appeal Clark's bill and furnished a bond already fillel out and signed by one Thomas Wright as surety. Buggy said he and Johnny Lynch "side by each" filed the "pro test papers" with the county clerk. Would Not Have Appealed. "I would not have appealed the case if I had known that there were less than 100 prisoners in jail when the board allowed Clark's bills for 5C cents i. day," Buggy declared. County Auditor Barnett testified he had investigated the number of pris oners in the county jail in regard to each item of Clark's bills before they were submitted to the county board. Clark's bills from May to December, 1917, were held up or appealed at Lynch's instigation, according to the records. Barnett's report showed that the average number of city, county and state prisoners in the county jail for each of those months was as fol lows: May, 93; June, 85; July, 63; August, 58; September, 88; October. 75; November, 57; December, 55. Buggy said he did not know that there were less than 100 prisoners in the jail. He said "Johnny" Lynch told him there were more than 100 and that it was his duty as a taxpayer to protest the payment of Clark's bills. 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