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OMAHA. SATURDAY, MAY ' 4) 1918.
THE BEE:
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GOVERNOR BALKS
AT SMITH PROBE;
ASKS MORE PROOF
t Neville Says Mayor Dahlman's
Charges Are Indefinite and -V
Lack Specific Evidence; v
Investigate Further. .
".Lincoln, May 3. (Special Tele"
gram.) Governor Neville has re--quested
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha to
make the charges against Ed P.
Smith more JcfinifS and specific. The
governor does not feel warranted in
1 taking any sction on the information
thus ' far-presented by Dahlman in
connection with Mr. Smith as a mem
ber of the exemption board of appeals.
The governor, howevei,' indicated
that when proper sind sufficient in
formation shall have been presented
'.to him. he mould investigate the four
leases referred to by the mayor. A
letter along this line has been trans
mitted by the governor to Mayor
'Dahlman. , . , . i
' A sentence of the mayor's letter to
the governor reads "I understand that
Ed. P. Smith, as member 'of district
exemption board, etc.,"
' The mayor's charges against Ed.
P. Smith followed public utterances
during the campaign talks in Omaha.
The mayor cited four specific cases
. by numbers and names and declared
Mr. Smith had used his influence in
obtaining deferred classifications or
.exemptions in these instances. -v
Smith's Statement.
- Mr.SmitJi nfade the following
t statement: ,.!''
"I have waited a week for Mayor
-Dahlman to give to the public proof
of his, charge of favoritism made
against me vhile acting as a member
of the district exemption board. That
proof has not been forthcoming. I
probably owe it to my friends, as well
as to the putlic generally, to say that
his charges are false maliciously
' false. , '
"In November, 1917, President Wil
ton appointed me as a member of
; District Board No. 1. Since that date
C I have devoted practically all of my
,time to the work of that board and
have refused to accept any compensa
tion whatsoever for my services; I
have been only tooglad to render
this service to the government with
out compensation Actirfg with the
other four members of that distrjet
board, we have classified more than
25,000 registrants.
'."Mayor Dahlman'sj charges impeach
the integrity of every member of that
district board. Those charges are ut
terly and maliciously false, whether
applied to myself or any other mem
ber of that board.
v Says No Favoritism.
"Every registrant has been classi
fied without the least degree of fav
oritism and with a full sense of our
obligation to the government of the
United States, as well as to the
, itegistrant. , '
s "My eldest son was within the draft
' age. He had a wife and child 1-year-old,
dependent on him for support I
urged him to waive any claim for de
ferred classification, place himself in
Class 1, and hold himself in readiness
to respond to the call of his country
when his number was reached, the
same as many hundreds of thousands
of young men all oxer the country
have done. .This he did. I was proud
of him for doing so. Does any one
believe I would urge my own son to
leave his family and all on earth that
is dear to him and go in Class 1, and
v that I jwould then unduly favor some
"fjther person's son?
- "Mayor Dahlman's 'charge is not
onlv false, but is infamous; it was
made for the express purpose of creat-
- ing dissatisfaction among the boys
who are already in service or-who are
about to be called to the service. It
was a direct assaul upon the selective
jervice law. If that charge had been
made by certain persons in Omaha
whose namesxand nationality are well
known, they would have been interned
";or sent to Leavenworth until the war
is over.
'Perry, Reed. Henderson. Files
. For State Senate Nomination
(Frpm a Stall Correspondent) '
Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special)
Perry Red of Henderson, who repre
sented Hamilton county in the last
regular and special sessions of the leg
islature, .has filed for the republican
nomination ije state senator from the
-,: 17th senatorial district, composed of
-;. VT&rk and Hamilton counties.
' This district has been represented
in the last two regular sessions by C.
E. Sandall of York county and, ac
cording to an unwritten agreement, it
is Hamilton county's turn at the
"game " Mr. Red was "one of the
. . popular members of the two sessions
lit served, and his promotion to the
-senate would be a deserved recogni
tion of a level neaded and hard work
ing member pt the l6wrjbranch.
Lit imnlinAii Tiirhii ft.il Dim .'
; nullum cy iuiiio uui y oiy ,
. Force at Patriotic .Meeting
-, Humphrey, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
"A rousing patriotic rally was held
. I at Flakus hall last nigKt. Charles J.
Thielen was chairman. The principal
address was made by Dr. W.t H. Mul
' Jen,' who analyzed the oath of al
legiance and- declared that any citizen
who had4 taken tljis solemn vow and.
' was against America today was not
even an ordinarily hornest citizen."
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' State Gets First Remittance
Under New Hail Insurance
? (From a StffR Correspondent.)
. i .Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
. The first .remittance under the- new
hail insurance law was received) by
' State Treasure Hall Thursday morn
1 in&F coming fronj, Colfiounty and
s was for $209.25. This is the premium
" ( received for insurance of Crops under
the state hail insurance la.
x ; JayvMorton Will Attend "
1 ' ; ! State Historical Event
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, MJyv3. (Special.) Word
1 hs been received by A.' Et Sheldon
' of the State Historical Society that
:. Joy Morton, and Jiis son, Sterling
-Morton, will be present May 14 on the
occasion of the hanging of the portrait-!
J.-Sterling Morton. The ex-'
erases will be in agriculttal hall.
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This Man Says He Wore
First Straw of Season
W. E. Arnold, 2424 South Twen-ty-fpurth
street, says he is the first
Qmaha man to appear in public this
season beneath a straw hat-
He braved the glances of men and
women and traffic cops. Thursday
afternoon by sauntering down town,
by way of' Twenty-f ourtb street to
Farnam and then proceeding on a
line of march east on Farnam street
to Sixteenth street.
V "I .reckon that somebody has got
to start it off," he nonchalantly remarked.
State Aifditor Fred Ayres
Files for Renomination
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Nb., May 3. (Specials-
There are ..still people in the state
house who believe that there is some
chance for'a democrat to win out in
the next election, ,and one of them is
Deputy State Auditor Fred Ayres.
Mr Avres dove down in his "jeans"
Thursday rooming and produced suf
ficient funds to hie tor tne- cemo
fratic nomination for state auditor.
Being a newspaper man Fred is nat
urally optirf 'Stic and, while some may
criticize his judgment, none will now
dare question his bravery. In either
case there ii no doubjgof his ability.
State Treasury Balance
Continues to Iqcrease
(Vrom a Staff Correspondent.),
"Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
The balance in the state treasury was
greater at the close of April than
shown by the report of the month be
fore, and also the overdraft, accorcK
ing-to the monthly report of NState
Treasurer George Hall. The balance
at the close of the books, March 31,
was $1,277,268.19, while on April 30 it
was $1,432,874.97.. The overdraft at
he close of March was $429,223-43,
while at the close of April it had
grown to $466,664.96. The trust funds
of the state are $10,404,100.19.
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4,921 Warrants Issued by
State Audito. in April
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., May 3. (Special.)
The state auditor's report shows that
during April his department issued
4,921 .warrants, a total of $497,321.48,
making 19,805 so far this year, with a
total of $2,307,909 07.
During the same period of 1917
there were 17,050 warrants written for
a total of $1,857,741.12, white in 1916
there were 14,850 warrants written in
the same period for a total of $1,698,
658.22. ,
Thirteen Cuming County
Men Leave for Fort Logan
West Point, Neb., May 3. (Spe
cial.) The Ihird contingent of Cum
ing county men of the second draft
left West Point fo Fort Logan,
Colo., Thursday afternoon. Great
crowds of people lined the depot and
approaches at their departure. The
men leaving were; Oscar L. Weath
erby, Edwin S. Vakiner, Elnmer W.
Lorensen, Daniel W. Ettelman, Paul
W. Vogt, John V. Krause, John W.
Groskwith, Frank J. Kuhn, George
H. Salsbnry, Harvey A. Smith, Will
iam A. Fugle and -Dorsey B. Bel-'
mont. Edwin H. Thompson of Wis
ner was an alternate.
Permits to preach and teach were
granted by Judges Allen and Welch
to Rev. William Mangelsdorf, Evan
gelical; Rev. P. A. Grobbel, Rev. J.
Roth and Rev. A. Brass, Catholic,
and Rev. P. H. Harms, German
Lutheran. They are registered en
emy aliens.
Fremont News Notes.
Fremont, Neb., May ,3. (Special
Telegram.) The explosion of a bot
tle of turpentine in the basement of
the drugstore of the Clarke drug
company, resulted .in ' a fire that
caused several hundred dollars' dam
age. Harold Dana, a clerk who held
the bottle when the explosion took
place, escaped with slight burns.
Fremont's Liberty loan flag was
dedicated this evening, following a
parade, in winch the home guards
and other citizens took part. A band
played national airs and Dr. E. D.
Hull made the dedicatory speech. The
flag was hoisted on the municipal
flagpole at the intersection of Main
and Sixth streets. Fremont's quota
in Jthe third drive was $315,000 aad the
local committee estimates that by to
morrow evening the total will be
boosted to $500j000. Nearly 400 per
sons at the two local theaters pledged
to take out an additional bond, fol
lowing the example of President Wil
son. x
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FARMERS FAVOR :
.OMAHA ELEVATOR
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Co-operative Association at
Lincoln Meeting Decides in
Favor of Big Terminal
in This City. " "
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(From a Stafi Correspondent.)
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) The
FarmerState Co-Operative Elevator
association at its session here decided
that yOmaha is the logical point to
operate a terminal elevator. Pro
posals submitted to the association
now are being considered by tne
stockholders of each co-operative as
sociation and if they- meet the ap
proval of these representatives the
plan will be carried out.
According to a report made by
Charles Watts, manager of the Omaha
live stock activities of the association,
thv. Farmers' association, stands- first
in amount of business transacted in
Omaha and second in St. Joseph.
In the absence of the president of
the association, Arthur Schulti.of
Scribncr, C. H. Gustafson of Mead,
president of the Farmers' union, pre
sided, t
Bernecker Holds Banks May
Not Deduct Liberty Bonds
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Liacoln, May, 3. (Special). Sec
retary O. E.- Bernecker of the- state
board of assessment declares the at
torney general of the state is wrong
when he says banks in making re
turns-for assessment may deduct the
amount invested in liberty bonds from
the capital' stock in the assessment.
He makes this decision against the
attorney general in espopse to a
letter of inquiry coming from V.T.
Winchell of O'Neill. Secretary Ber
necker says: -
"I will say that this opinion f the
attorney general is null and void as
thert is no law on the statute books
which allows banks to fadutt liberty
bonds or any other bonds from the
capital stock." . -
?Do not'allow any deductions and
if those, banks, are so- unpatriotic,
which I cannot believe, as to ask a
deduction of their liberty bonds from
capital stock, let them appear before
the coutfty board of equalization.
"They have no more right in my
opinion to deduct their liberty bonds
from the capital stock than you or I
have to deduct ours from our capital
stock,, and if alMibertjf bonds were
deducted from ihe capital stocks of
the owners we could close our shop
and would have nothing to assess on
any . more." " ', , . "V
Nebraska's Contingent
On Way to Fort Lorjah
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, May 3. (Special.) Ne
braska's contingent of the draft quota
sent to Fort Logan, Colo., left Lin
coln this afternoon over the Burling
ton. ' , ,
Among the number was Douglas
county's quota of 180 men, with Lan
caster's 73, which with those from out
of the, state made up a train of 12
coaches.
REV. K0HTE HAS A
CHANGE OF HEART,
HE TELLS JUDGE
Fremont, Neb., May 3.-Specia!
Tcegranj.) Rev. F. X. Korte of
Olean and Rev. John Titiiper of
HoweJls, Catholic priests, were
granted permits to preach under the
iKen enemy act by Judge F. W. But
ton, at Schuyler. Both made favorable
showings and Rev. Mr. lumper took
8ut his first naturalization papers.
They tiled statements attesting their
loyalty. -
Rev. Mr. Korte became involved in
a quarrel in a barber shop at Dodge
a few weeks ago, when it is said, he
nfade statements that did not meas
ure" up to a high standard ot Ameri
anin. Friends of Rev. Mr. Korte
sajr Biat'he hal experienced a decided
change with regard to his views con
cerning the .war. Both priests were
granted licenses to teach their
parochial schools, inserting a clause
that they must do all the instructions
in English. He also suggested that
they use English in preaching their
sermons. .
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Former Omaha Man !
Accused of Disloyalty
Lincoln May 3. Gustav Stein
bring,' formerly of Omaha, is under
arrest in Stanton county, this state,
charged with violafing the espionage
act by making dislpyal remarks at a
food conservation meeting near Stan
ton, United States District. Attorney
Thomas Allen announced today.
Steinbring is enlpldyed on a farm in
Stanton county. '
Farmers Mention Pollard
As Candidate for Governor
(From a Staff- Corropondent.)"""
Lincoln, May 3. (Special. Dur
ing the sess'n of the farmers' war
congress here this week, some of the
a member of the South Platte ex
emption board calling him to the city.
He was present at the congress when.;
hisduties would permit and' was in '
fact chairman of the committee which
drew up the labor resolutions which"
covered : the matter, of organization
for a strong fight on the part of the
farmers favored E. M. Pollard for ajrricultural class for best results
the governorship. Mr. Pollard wasl Whether Mr. Pollard will consider
here during the week, his duties as entering the race is not known.
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Every item in this adver
tisement, as it will save
you many dollars.
1519-21.Douglas Street South Side of Street son.
Important-
Don't fail to attend this
final removal sale. Big
gest bargains of. the sea-
After Months of Delay and Disappointment tfye Fixtures AreBeing
Placed in Our New Store, Which Will, Be Ready in ar Few -Days
F H E AIL . - :.
o ;Jn! So :H ,H!;;a
Only a Few Days Left to Sell Thousands of New Spring Garments
Before We Move, and Rather Than Take a-Chance of Moving Any of Our High'
Class Merchandise We Are Cutting the Prices to the Core for a Complete Cleanup
Be Here Saturday-New Spring Garments 35 to 50 Off
SUITS SACRIFICED
In order to dispose in the next few days our
entire stock of fine Spring Suits, we are giving the
biggest values ever offered , in Omaha.
$25.00 SUITSa$14.75
$29.50 SUITS Pri$19.75
$35.00 SUITS:$24'.75
$450SUITS$28.75
$49.50 SUitS a $33.7?
$55.00 SUITSgffc:$38.75
Great Bargains in Dresses
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COATS REDUCED
Coats in all the latest materials and styles.
Our entire stock must go in a few days. Save
35 to 50 NOW. . .v
$25.00 COATSat$14.75
Dresses in all the newest Spring mbdeis-i-
georgetyes, silks,', serges, and wonderful combina
tions. t All go'at great bargain prices. ' . : .
ThevCorajt Hotel Bldg, of which we will occupy,
large space on first floor and most of the
second floor. Our new store wil be
V open with a giant new stock
$29.50COATSat$19.75
$35.00 C0ATSat$'5j5
$40.00COATSat$28.75
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r$A.()COATSat$33.50
m $05.00 CUA IS at $38.50
$25.00 Serge Dresses, $8.75
$29.50 Silk Dresses, $13.75
$35IOsgDresses $19.75
$45.00 GtiSf Dressesv$24:75
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within the,
next few Days
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Already rdui buyers are iriv the east placing
orders for new merchandise to be shipped for
the opening of our new store. But before thy
went , they Jeft orders to sell out our present
stock otr Spring garments, regardless ( of cost,
and if, price , and- value will do it we will, not
carry, a garment of this stock to our new store.'
SKIRTS SACRIFICED
Skirts in the leading materials and styles,
as, well as plain serges and wool poplins, at less
than wholesale prices. ,
8.50 Wool Skirts, $5.95
$10.00 kd Wool Skirts, $6.45
$12.50 fiiS Wool Skirts, $8.45
$15 and $16.50 ;gU $10.75
BLOUSES at
New Spring " and
China Silk, Yoiles
and Lingerie. Bcauti-.
f ill lace and embroid
ery models. Worth' up
'to $3.95. Final re
moval sale...........
Summer Blouses,
in
Beautiful New ; Blouses
Chine, Georgette,
etc. '.; Embroidery
and Lace Trimmed
models. Worth up
td $6.50, .
Crepe de
The greatest bargain in High Class Blouses offered,
m umana, lieorgette
Crepe' de Chine,, Tub Silk,
etc.; "beautiful beaded and
hand embroidered models,
Most all these blouses are
worth double the price.
Worth up to $10.00,
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ORICIN BROS., 1519-21
SoutR Side
of Street
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