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, Nebraska
HOUSE BALKS AT
HEAVY CENSURE
OF THESENATORi
Auten of Been Introduces
Sizzling Resolution Directed
Against Upper House, But
It Goes Over.
.! (From a Staff Correspondent.)
' " Lincoln. March 29. (Special.)
' When Representative Jim Auten of
" Boone county came to Lincoln this
; -week to help pass needed legislation
,; called for in the special session he
; fesued a manifesto to the members
- . that unless they got busy and trans
. acted business he would "give 'em
hell,'" pack his grip and go home to
Lis farm.
He opened up today on the senate
- . with a resolution which brought out
. cheers from the members of the
house. When it came time to adopt
f the resolution on roll call some of
. the members thought it a little severe
j, and it went over under the rules.
How Censure Reads.
The resolution, which was just
y as severe as Jim could find words to
express, read as follows:
- "Whereas, In this hour of great
distress, when our country and our
liberties are in greatest peril; when
the producers in this session are badly
needed in their respective callings;
when labor is scarce and time is more
than njoney, the state senate, through
i-i machination, indifference or utter dis
' regard for the country's good or the
fate's needs, has deliberately and
; -wantonly taken a three-day adjourn
ment for no apparent reason other
j than to delay certain business of this
special session and do the bidding of
i j the bosses, therefore, be it
: ''Resolved, That it is the sense of
- j this house that the Nebraska senate,
I as now constituted and controlled,
has shown itself to be a menace to
t the best interests of the state and na
v I tion and has recorded itself as a most
; 'bust and unblushing bunch of slack-,-
j era and obstructionists of the public
, business, which the members of that
' t-L V,ave laken a 8oIem" oth to
, iaitn Fully, conscientiously and duti-
i fully perform.
, i "Resolved, That by its methods and
t procedure the Nebraska state senate
; is giving aid and comfort to the brew.
, ers and booze interests, is a monkey
" wreyich in the state machinery and
, ought to be abolished and relegated
to the realms of inocuous desuetude.'
Senators Silent.
; Members of the senate stood out
, ; in the lobby and listened attentively
, to thd reading of the resolution, but
f ( none of them was observed to ap
i "4 proach the Boone statesman and con-
; gratulate him on his "gem of
thought." .
i Representative Jerry Howard was
;jon deck with a resolution aimed at
i ; the state board of educational lands
and funds, and calling for an Investiga
i Uon of that board For its former ac
l tion in leasing mineral rights to em
i . ;p!oye and relatives of people in the
h state J house. This, too, went over
J , '! under the rules. .
i j Miller of Washington and Scgelke
I "of Pla';te, who were absent when the
i'roll was called on the passage of H.
R. 4, the Trumble bill to repeal the
- ) Mockett law, asked to have their
! i names inscribed on the records as
"", j voting in favor of the bill. ' This was
; i impossible, as it was too late, but
hi Hhey were given permission to have
, ; their explanations recorded in the
S. minutes of today,
I ' ; Favor Home Guard Bill.
I ' 1 The house considered in committee
(; . ,'of the whole, with Bates in the chair,
' tthe home guard bill, which was left
; ovti" from vesterday as unfinished
business, and it was sent to third
reading with the recommendation that
it pass. An amendment to the bill I
t vuucu, giving uic luuiujr uumuj
;' v luthoriry to use funds from the gen
eral fund for equipping companies
" , of the guard when, in their discretion,
jit was necessary to raise the money.
I An amendment was made which
t ' would require the guard to be dis-
. landed after peace was declared, hut
jome of the members were of the
i7 opinion that perhaps the great need
4'. "if the organization might come after
;he war was over, and the amendment
I ; Was defeated.
J ! State Railway Board
i. j Hears Switch Itate Case
J ' (From Staff Correspondent.)
. 'i Lincoln, March 29. (Special Tele-
' ! rram.) The State Railway commis-
- .ion Friday heard the application of
v " he South Omaha stock yards to fix
' switching rates on instrastate ship-
nents on the same basis as interstate
J shipments.,
;, Intrastate shipping rates would be
I ticreased about SO cents a car by the
' Application. It was not specified
' whether the railroads or shippers
L hould absorb the additional charge.
U The application affected nine indus
- ; ries. ,
ij sl The only witnesses to appear were
' . R Stryker for the live stock ex-
hange and Norris Brown for the ap-
The commission took the applica-
, ' "on under advisement
- ' ,
, 5ood Friday Is Celebrated
Throughout Great Britain
i London, March 29. The spirit 'of
ivotion pervaded England this Good
riday. " Thoughts were, of course,
' entered on the battle in France and
-e news of the critical fighting in
" i ie last few days gave a particular
' nificance to the services which were
' ':ld in all churches. The preachers
Shorted their congregations to face
immediate future with courage
- id conrlLence. St. Paul s and West
inister cathedrals- and Westminster
bbey were crowded, notwithstanding
t e bright sunshine which in other
. ars would have taken the people to
- J parks or country.
! i
" Lincoln County Men Beady.
'I North Platte, Neb; March 29.
ipecial.) Seven of the drafted men
Lincoln county have been called
I Camp Funston and will leave Mon
'y evening. They are Clifford An
i'rson, Benjamin Johnston, Frank R.
"irman, Joseph J. Schatz. William
i. Knotts, Hans Rasmussen and El
:r Leroy Hamm. Early in the eve
4ig they will be the guests of honor
an entertainment in the Franklin
ditoriunx Riven by the Sammy
Is Fairbury Man
(From a Staff CofTetpondent.)
Lincoln, March 29. (Special)
When is a member of the legislature
not a memhti of the legislature, is a
uestion the present session may
n-e to determine.
This comes up on the eligibility of
f . E. Conley, who at the last session
represented Gage, Thayer and Jeffer
son in the session. Mr. Conley at
that time resided in Fairbury, but
since the adjournment of the legis
lature has lived in Omaha, where he
is employed by the Omaha Water
board.
Protest has been sent to the-
ASKS FOR INQUIRY
INTO BARTOS' CASE
Federal Grand Jury at Lincoln
Asks That Full Investigation
Be Made Into
Activities.
(From a fitaff Comipondsnt.)
Lincoln, March 29. (Special.)
In a resolution presented to Federal
Judge T. C. Munger Friday morn
ing the federal grand jury recom
mends that an investigation be made
into the reports that F. W. Bartos
and Stanley Bartos, Wilber attor
neys, have been "making extortionate
charges for assisting men in the
draft age to get exemption or de
ferred classification by questionable
methods.
The conscripts who were entitled
to exemption by virtue of facts in
their cases were taxed excessive fees
by the Bartos Brothers, who claimed
that their influence had prompted
boards to grant exemptions, is the
nature of the complaints that have
been filed by a number of Saline
county draft selects with Lincoln fed
eral authorities, it ic said.
The resolution follows:
"Whereas, It has come to the at
tention of the grand jury now sitting
in the Lincoln division of the dis
trict of Nebraska, that F. W. Bartos
and Stanley Bartos, lawyers practic
ing under the partnership name of
Baftos & Bartos at Wilber, Saline
counjy, Nebraska, have been making
extortionate and unconscionable
charges for assisting men in the
draft age to secure exemption or de
ferred classification by questionabls
methods, and . '
"Whereas, There is no federal
statute regulating conduct , of this
kind;
"Therefore, Be it resolved, that it
is the sense of the grand jury that
this entire iratter be referred to the
iudpe of the district court . of the
Ur' States for the district of Ne
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Mouse, Champagne, Ivory, Tan and Black. Full ?fpf
mvm- Louis heels Semi-Military heels Button or ih
V Lace' The Prices range f rom - . yM fPj
m $8.00 to $1 5.00 ' p
;J The new Walk-Over Styles in Pumps and Ox- ;p:
P fords are now in. , ffP
P'PHOENIX AND OYNXWp
WW SILK HOSIERY
rjffif In fifty-two shades to "match the new Xl;
Ippjr spring footwear.
iLThe Walk-Over Jj
Boot' Shop j!!
Important Change in Time
Via
Illinois Central R. R.
; Effective Sunday, March 31. .. "
Train No. 12, which now leaves Omaha
at 5 p. m., will depart
Now in Omaha
Still Member of Legislature
speaker of , the house by H. W.
Schcve of Fairbury that Conley is no
longer a resident of the district but a
resident of Douglas county and ask
ing that he be permitted to repre
sent the district.
Mr. Conley says that he is only
temporarily residing 'in Omaha and
that he still considers Fairbury his
legal residence.
The matter has been passed up to
the attorney general, who declares
that the house itself is the judge of
eligibility of its members to serve
and the matter may be taken care of
by the body itself.
braska, and to the president of the
Nebraska State Bar association, with
a recommendation that an investiga
tion be made and such action taken
as the facts warrant."
Verne Hedge of Lincoln was fore
man of the jury.
Goose Brings $650 at Red
Cross Sale in Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Neb., March 29.
(Special.) A Red Cross auction sale
was held on the streets Saturday aft
ernoon and $7,000 was raised. A goose
was sold 650 times and each time sold
for a dollar. The local auctioneers,
Colonels Ash and Denham, were as
sisted by O. D. Smith and Tim Scully.
Stores were closed during the sale.
Prominent Masons of Nebraska
were here Wednesday to witness the
installation of a class of 28 into the
Scottish Rite. The ceremony was fol
lowed by a banquet served to the can
didates and visiting members.
Decatur Farmers Give Hogs
For Benefit of Red Cross
Decatur, March 28. (Special.)
Farmers in this vicinity are planning
to ship a boat load of hogs to the
South Omaha market, where they will
be sold for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Eighty-three head have been
raised and it is expected that this
number will be doubled.
A Red Cross sale will be conducted
on the streets Wednesday, April 3.
Decature is going over the top with all
war savings Red Cross and Liberty
l6ans.
Two' Stella Boys, Stationed at
Camp Cody, Made Corporals
Stella, March 28. (Special.)
Company E, 109th engineers, stationed
at Camp Cody, Deming, N. M.,
started this week on a hundred mile
hike. The boys who went to Camp
Cody, with the Falls City company
were instantly transferred to company
E, 109th engineers. William Hoppe
and Lev Law are corporals in this
company,
Bee Want Ads Bring Results.
at 4:15 p. m.
UMAtlA, SATUKIJAX, MAKUtl SU, YVt.
HOUSE WILL HEAR
NOHPARTISOH MEN
Members Refuse to Table Reso
lution by Taylor Peraittiijg
Them to Address
Legislature.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 29. (Special.)
The address of R. L. Metcalfe of the
state council of. defense was the sub
ject of attack by W. J. Taylor, J. J.
McAllister and others in the house
today whenh after Mr. Taylor had
sent up a resolution asking that rep
resentatives of the nonpartisan league
be invited to address the house, a
motion was made by Ainley of Nance,
that the resolution be laid in the
table.
In explanation Mr. Ainlay said he
did not believe the house had any
right to listen to argument in regular
session for or against any bill before
the legislature.
McAllister of Dakota said it was a
constitutional privilege not to be de
nied any American citizen, the right
of free speech, but Murtey of Cass
said it was an insult to the house
to allow members of an organization
which had been shown to be un
patriotic to come before that body
and talk against legislation which the
house was trying to enact into law.
Taylor Pleads for League.
Mr. Taylor said he believed it was
no more than fair that the same right
should be accorded to any man to
speak against a bill that had .been ac
corded a state officer yesterday to
speak in favor of the same bill. He
said that the charge had been made
by Mr. Metcalfe that the nonpartisan
league was a disloyal body. Metcalfe
had practically called him (Taylor) a
copperhead, and he believed ihat the
representatives ot an organization
which had 18,000 members in the
state and which had been attacked
from the rostrum of the house yester
day should have equal opportunity to
answer the charge. Mr. Taylor said
that if he believed those fellows (lis
William and
Library Table
The top measures 2x48 inches, long
drawer beneath. It is a particularly
pleasing example of
popular siyie. rinisneu
rich brown mahogany.
comfort as well as good looks so that it will be very easy
t$ make a choice. An especially good value is offered at
$19.00. ?epstod $69.00
Collapsible Go-Carts, priced from $5.00
Sulkies, priced from $3.75
Axminster Rugs
at greatly reduced prices
The patterns and colors of these rugs are ever so slightly
miss-matched. The casual observer does not notice this and it
has to be pointed out, in fact, in many instances it takes a rug
man to detect the' defect. ,
Values up to
in 9x12 room
Values up to $30.00 $Q1 75
in 8-3x10-6 room sizeZj J.
Values up to $18.50
in 6x9 rug size
You may have f
623
in your home Saturday
if you order before noon, to
gether with Easter music and
selections you love best. No
need to make the purchase,
take advantage of the Three
Days', FREE TRIAL
Then if you are satisfied con
clude the, purchase as fol-
The machine- illustrated in
. Brown Mahogany or Fumed
Easy terms if you with. t , .
s Phone
Tyler 3000
1 WIe mVI- wVtrWlrx"VV"
loyal he would insist just as strongly
that they be not heard.
Opposition Develops.
Trumble of Sherman was unwilling
that the house .in regular session
should permit representatives of the
league to take up the time of the
house and in such a way that they
could not. be questioned. - Mr. Hoff
meister said the house had no right
to deny free speech to any citizen.
Petersen of Lancaster said he was
not ivor of inviting any man from
outside the state to come before the
legislature and try to tell Nebraska
what they should and what it should
not dd.
The motion to table was defeated
68 to ll. Monday afernoon was the
time set for the hearing.
Miss McMahon's Case
To Be Heard at Lincoln
' (From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, March 29. The State
Board of Control announced Friday
that the hearing of Miss Lyda Mc
Mahon, former superintendent of the
Girls' Industrial Home at Geneva,
will be held in Lincoln April 17.
Copies of the specifications indica
ting the lines along which the inquiry
would pt directed, were given out at
the same time.
The board sets forth that it will go
thoroughly into the management of
affairs of the institution, the Fagan
case, and the case of another employe
and alleged extravagant expenditures.
Miss McMahon is advised that the
heading will be held in Lincoln for the
reason that Mrs. W. T. Saul, formerly
Miss Grace Moore, is not in a proper
physical condition to make the jour
ney elsewhere. The board,, however,
will hold a further hearing at Geneva,
if it is deemed necessary by Miss
McMahon.
Opposition to Ticket.
'Edgar, Neb., March 29. (Special.)
Opposition has developed to the
citizens' ticket which .was nominated
at the caucus last week and a petition
circulated asking that F. A. Wester
ing's name be placed on the ticket
by petition. Another petition was
presented to the clerk last night
about 11:30 asking for the name of
Glen Sommieville to be placed on the
ticket for councilman of the south
ward.
Orchard &
Mary
Solid Mahogany
Wing Rocker
Like cut, with hand
woven cane seat and
back, finished in an
tique ' to harmonize
with woodwork; extra
$12.50
8OQQ
28'
in
. .;
Reed and Fiber
Carriages
as dainty and bright
as you would wish.
In Natural, "Brown,
Frosted Brown, Grass
Green, Rose, Ivory, Old
Ivory, Black with ca
nary wheels; French
Gray and many others.
All are tastefully uphol-.
stered and designed for
$35.00
size
$24
J
Dark fl$f7pv'0()i
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$31,942,800 IS
STATE QUOTA IN
LIBERTY DRIVE
Nebraska Will Be Called on by
Federal Authorities to Raise
This Amount for
Third Loan.
Nebraska's quota of the third Lib
erty loan will be $31,942,800 and
Douglas county's quota will be $5,
319.900.
These figures were received by O.
T. Eastman, manager of the local
branch of the federal reserve bank,
from federal reserve bank headquar
ters for this district at Kansas City.
This is slightly higher than the
minimum quota and much lower than
the maximum quota for Nebraska on
the second Liberty loan, which were
respectively $29,640,000 and $49,400,
000. Nebraska subscribed $33,317,200
on the second Liberty -loan.
Mr. Eastman says the figures for
the other Nebraska counties will be
announced Monday
Hall Hears Complaints
In Northeast Nebraska
(From a Staff Correspondent )
Lincoln, March 29. Thomas L.
Hall, chairman of the Nebraska rail
way commission, Friday conducted a
hearing at South Sioux City, on the
application of the Sioux City, Crystal
Lake & Hojner interurban to dis
continue business. The company is
not making money, it represents.
Chairman Hall will go from there to
Thurston to conduct a hearing on
complaint about a dangerous crossing.
Fred H. Thompson, Teacher
In Stella School, Is Dead
Stella. Neb., March 29. (Special.)
Fred H. Thompson, assistant
teacher in the Stella High school,
died at his parents' home. He resigned
Wilhelm Co.
Brown
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Poster Beds
in Mahogany
A number of patterns in
Colonial Poster Beds; attrac?
tive in design, built ; oi
choicest woods throughout
and carefully finished in
brown mahogany, afford
suitable choice at prices that
cannot be duplicated, as
follows :
' EXCEPTIONAL VALUES
$22.50 $25.00 $28.00 $32.50 $33.50
Timely Offerings From Our
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Voile Curtains
of superior quality, plain hem
stitched and lace edged ; white,
ivory and ecru.
These prices are most excep
tionally low for dependable
curtains. Per pair,
$1.50, $1.75, $2.25, $2.75
Table Runners
In Tapestry and Moquette
A good assortment of Tapestries, 12
inches, 18 inches and 24 inches wide,
just arrived. Subdued colorings in
Verdure desigrns.
$1.50, $1.75, $2.10 and
Moquettes in Chinese designs
and such colors as Chinese
Blue, Gold and Rose. Persian
patterns on grounds of
Camel, Blue or
and Rose $U.OO
Overdrape Materials
of light weight Madras, in
Two-tone effects. Mulber
ry, Blue, Rose and Brown,
$1.25,$1.50 and $1.75
Lace Nets
in White Ivory and Egyp
tian. Filet effect and
small designs. Per yard
45c, 65c, 85c and $1
t
Ivory Furniture Polish
as used on our own furniture since 1895.
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URGES FIRMS HELP
EMPLOYES GARDEN
Council of Defense Says it is
Pariotic Duty to Raise
War Gardens This
Year.
Lincoln, Neb., March 29. A re
quest to the factory owners of Ne
braska to secure and prepare garden
ing land for their employes, and by
other means to make it possible for
these workers to help vith the food
production has been made by Mrs.
Fred M. Deweese, chairman of the
food production division of the wo
man's committee of the Council of
Defense.
"In the east' many corporations,
banks and business houses have con
sidered it patriotic work to encourage
gardening by their employes, and the
children pr other members of the
family of their employes," said Mrs.
Deweese. in an appeal to the factory
owners. "In some cases the business
men have furnished seeds, some have
given prizes for the. best gardens, in
some cases the expense has been
borne entirely by the firm, and m
others it has been done for the em
ployes at cost." Why should not our
Nebraska -firms do as much?"
Mrs. Deweese announces that C.
W. Pugsley of the extension service,
university state farm, has agreed to
advise with any employer, if desired,
on the preparation of the land, the
selection of the vegetables suitable
for Nebraska climate, for new and old
land. Upon request the extension
service will send a man to talk over
the matter personally with interested
managers of .firms. E. Buckingham
of the Union Stock yards assured
Mrs. Deweese that anyone wishing
fertilizer could obtain it free at the
stock yards, which is good for imme
diate use. .
his position at Stella last February.
Mr. Thompson was 22 years old, was
a graduate of the Falls City High
school and the Peru State ,Normal.
Mahogany
fr ii
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Fernerie1
exactly as illustrated
32 inches long, 12 inches wide,
carefully built and finished, fit
ted with self-watering lift-out
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Fiber Ferneries, at
$7.50 and $8.50
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