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NEW LAWMAKERS
URGE CHANGES
: IN PRIMARY LAW
Hoagland Proposes to Use
, County Commissioner Dis
tricts as Unit Repeal
ing State Law.
From a Staff Correspondent.
r Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.)
That the coming session of the leg
islature may make changes in the
present method of selecting state of
ficials is evidenced by the announce
ment of some of the newly elected
nvmbers.
. Senator W. V. Hoagland of North
Platte believes the republicans
should take up the matter of the
present state-wide primary and make
needed changes. '
1 Senator Hoagland favors the re
peal of the state-wide primary, but
would keep the county primary. At
the same time that the county nomi
nates the county officers, delegates
to a state convention should be
elected directly by the people them
selves. He would divide each county
into districts, using the present com
missioner districts in most of the
counties, from which the quota of
delegates should be elected accord
ing to the number of voters of each
party in each district.
Senator John F. Cordeal comes
forward with a plan for the election
of members of the supreme court
. by congressional districts. There are
six supreme judges and a chief jus
tice. He would have one judge
come from each of the congression
al districts and the chief justice
elected by the state at large. As at
present constituted Judge Letton is
credited to Fairbury in the Fourth
district; Judge Sedgwick cornea
from York in the Fourth district!
Judge Rose comes from Lincoln in
the First district; Judge Cornish is
also from Lincoln. Judge Dean
comes from Broken Bow in the
Sixth district and Judge Aldrich
was formerly from David City in
the Fourth district. Chief Justice
Andrew Morrissey came from Val
entine in the Sixth district, so as at
present constituted, the First dis
trict has twd judges, the Fourth dis
trict three and the Sixth district
two, leaving the Second, Third and
Fifth districts with no judges.
Governor Neville Issues
x Thanksgiving Proclamation
v From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.)
Governor Neville is of the opinion
there are some things people may
be thankful for even if the election
did go wrong. One of them is the
closing of the war. He calls atten
tion in his Thanksgiving procla
mation to the fact that the world
had a new, birth November 11. The
governor calls on the people of Ne
braska to properly observe Novem
ber 28, "not alone for a brief re-
, trospect of their moral and material
welfare, but for contemplating how
best to begin and spend the year to
:ome."
Linooln Traction Asks
: Further Increased Fare
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) j
The Lincoln Traction company has I
made application to the State Rail- J
way commission for an increase in j
fare of one cent and a turther right
to charge one penny for all trans
fers. -
..The board recently granted the
company an increase from "six-for-a-quarter"
to a straight five cents
with an additional one cent for sub
urban traffic. This was an emer
gency order, but the company now
finds it was not sufficient to cover
increased cost of operation.
Police Recover Stolen
Auto Norfolk Man Held
Sidney, Neb., Nov. 20. (Special)
Local police and state agents from
Lincoln arrested Koots Cagley and
Charlie Ewerts of Gurley, Tuesday,
and placed charges of illegal pos
session of intoxicating liquor against
them. Nine gallons of whisky and
one quart of wine were found in
their possesion. , Cagley is marshal
of Gurley and also a member of the
'village trustees. Ewert is a wealthy
farmer . They were fined $200 and
costs and will be brought before the
United States commissioners Satur
day., Clearwater Woman Held
' in Fremont for Husband
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mrs. Rufus Ben
nett, wife of the manager of the
Nebraska Telephone company at
Northwestern train on its arrival in
Fremont last evening by her hus
band. Mr. Bennett came to Fre
mont this morning and after a talk
with her husband, Mrs. Bennett de
cided to accompany him home. Au
thorities did not learn what was the
-trouble.
Death of Grand Island Man
Confirmed by War Dept.
Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 20.
(Special.) The death of Armand
Leschinsky, son of Julius Leschin
f sky, has been confirmed by the War
department in a telegram received
yesterday. The family first heard
; of his death through letters from
comrades dated October 21, but ow
ing to the fact that the family had
received a letter from the young
man dated October 14, there remain
ed some doubt in their minds.
Omaha Soldier Falls in
Battle with Huns
Dies of Pneumonia.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Theodore Nelson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Nelson, who
reside north of Fremont, is dead of
pneumonia in France. Young Nel
son was 25 years of age and was a
member of the last July draft. He
went to Camp Dodge and. then to
France. -
Ten Thousand for Hand.'
. York, Neb.; Nov. 20. (Special.)
J. V. Brown, who lost a hand In
' the machinery of the York Water
; company plant, and brought suit in
the district court for $25,000, was
given a verdict for $10,000 this aft
trnoon. The case will be appealed.
1:
LAWRENCE SCHENK.
A cablegram to Otto W. Schenk,
4838 South Twenty-fourth street,
states that his brother, Lawrence,
was killed in action in France, Sep
tember 26, 1918. He entered the
service on the 10th of last June, and
was a member of Company D, 358th
infantry. An effort will be made to
have the body brought home for
burial.
Odd Fellows of State
Hold Election of Officers
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) The
grand encampment of the Nebraska
Odd Fellows has closed and the fol
lowing officers have been elected:
Grand patriarch, A. P. Hensen,
Omaha; grand senior warden, J. Guy
Swope, North Platte; grand scribe,
I. P. Gage, Fremont; grand treasur
er, F. B. Bryant, Omaha; grand high
priest, J. R. Snyder, Alliance; grand
junior warden, W. K. Knight, Falls
City; grand representative for two
years, E. J. Farr, Blair; one year,
George E. Turkington, Omaha.
State Ward Runs Away.
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.)
Phyllis Gibson, a 15-year-old girl
from Omaha, who has been an in
mate of the home for dependent
children for three years, escaped yes
terday about noon.
A sister living in California had
written the board .that if the girl
would come out to her she would
give her a home. The girl was well
satisfied to go when word came that
the sister was not able to pay the
carfare. The board did not feel like
doing so and the disappointment was
so great that the girl decided to run
away.
Fined for Having Whiskey.
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.)
Koots Kagley, city marshal at Gur
ley, Neb., has been arrested, accord
ing to a message received at the
office of the governor, for having in
his possssion nine gallons of whisky.
He was fined $200 and costs. Gur
ley is a small town near the Wyom
ing line.
CROSS, FEVERISH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
OR CONSTIPATED
Look, Mother! See if tongue is
coated, breath hot or
stomach sour.
"California Syrup of Figs"
can't harm tender stomach,
liver, bowels.
Every mother realizes, after giv
ing her children "California Syrup
of Figs," that this is their ideal lax
ative, because they love its pleasant
taste and it thoroughly cleanses the
tender little stomach, liver and
bowels without griping.
When cross, irritable, feverish or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother I If coated, give
a teaspoonful of this harmless
"fruit laxative" and in a few hours
all the foul, constipated waste, sour
bile and undigested food passes out
of the bowels, and you have a well,
playful child again. When the lit
tle system is full of cold, throat
sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea,
indigestion, colic remember, a
good "inside cleansing" should al
ways be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" handy; they
know a teaspoonful today saves a
sick child tomorrow. Ask your
druggist for a bottle of "California
Syrup of Figs," which has direc
tions for babies, children of all
ages and grown-ups printed on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here, so don't be fooled. Get the
genuine; made by "California Fig
Syrup Company." Adv.
Scientific
Skin Remedy
lCiMpuJ of Oflf that Has Stood Um TmC
iL2).in.in.
The Licixiid. Wash
J5 HERMAN McCONNELL DRUG CO.
DR. PHILBR1CK
SCORES MODERN
WOMEN S DRESS
Tells State Clubs at Lincoln It
Lacks Modesty, Protection
and Beauty; Kennedy
Gives Address.
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) Wo
man's dress was the subject of an at
tack by Dr. Inez Philbrick at the ses
sion of Nebraska Women's Federat
ed Clubs today.
"Abominable things," was the
name she gave to the shoes worn
by the women of today. Wo
men don't walk enough," said Dr.
Philbrick. "You .can't walk with the
abominable things you wear these
days."
Continuing she said that there
were three things which club women
as home builders and school teach
ers should observe in their work
with children. They should observe
a well balanced diet. Room ventila
tion was the second point and then
a a third matter she paid attention
to dress.
She declared that the fashionable
dress of today lacked three funda
mental qualifications tor wnicn dress
is intended modesty, protection
from weather and beauty all three
of which appeared to be forgotten.
Waists, high laced shoes, low cut
necks and short sleeves came in for
an especial scoring.
Mrs. Jean DuBeil, an American
woman who has lived in Belgium a
good part of the war period, was an
interesting speaker.
John L. Kennedy of Omaha said
that our first duty to the Belgians
and French was to provide them
with food, then will come the great
problem of housing them.
Wilkerson's Application
to Practice Law Held Up
From a Staff correspondent.
Lincoln, Nov. 20. (Special.) J.
N. Wilkerson, a detective who had
some prominence in the trial of Rev
L. G. J. Kelley of Red Oak la., on
a charge of murder, was not given a
permit to practice in Nebraska
courts by the supreme court bar com
mission this week, the application to
be given further time.
The commission held that the ap
plicant should first secure his right
to practice from the Iowa court in
the state where he now resides.
Food Administrators
of Nebraska Come'
for Meeting Today
Future work of the food adminis
tration will be outlined to the county
food administrators at 2 o'clock this
afternoon by Curdon W. Wattles,
federal food administrator for Ne
braska, at Hotel Fontenelle. Mr.
Wattles will arrive from Washing
ton to give details of the campaign
for conservation for the world's re
lief, the week of December 1. H
Alexander Smith of the United
States food administration, Wash
ington, will also speak on the con
servation drive.
Today's meeting will be the larg
est of any gathering of county food
administrators of the state. Ac
ceptances of all but seven have been
received, and this will be supple
mented by IS or 20 heads of com
mittees and departments, which,
with local representatives, mean an
attendance of about 125.
New Money Sources,
Basel, Nov 20. Announcement is
made at Vienna by the council of
state that it has decided to raise the
new Austrian loan from "new
sources of revenue" because of the
financial situation.
Son of General Pershing
Sends Christmas Parcel
Lincoln, . Nov. 20. (Special.)
Warren Tershing, little son of Gen
eral John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief
of the American expedition
ary forces in Franc i, took into con
sideration the average soldier's pen
chant for sweets when he sent his
father's Christmas present this sea
son. The general's Christmas box,
which had gone forward from the
boy's home here in Lincoln to New
York for shipment to Europe, con
tained a layer of chocolates, a layer
of candied fruit, a knife, three linen
handkerchiefs and a pair of silk
socks.
Omaha Pastor Attends
Lutheran Church Merger
Rev. O. D. Baltzly, pastor of the
Kountze Memorial church, return
ed Wednesday from New York,
where he attended a meeting of the
United Lutheran church of Ameri
ca. The new ftrirnrMTntinn i a mer
ger of the General Council, General
Synod and United Synod ,of the
south. The combined mpmhershio
will total 1,200,000 baptized mem-
Ders.
Between 27,000 and 28,000 Ne
braska Lutherans are affected by
the merger. Members of the Nor
wegian, Iowa and Missouri synods,
numbering 73.000, are not affected.
Johnny Lynch Gets
Fine and Jail Term
After Guilty Plea
Johnny Lynch, deposed county
commissioner, who was indicted by
the grand jury several months ago,
and reindicted by the grand jury in
session during the last week, ap
peared before Federal Judge Wood
rough in United States court Wed
nesday afternoon and entered a plea
of guilty.
Lynch was sentenced to three
months in the Dodge county jail and
to pay a fine of $500. The jail sen
tence will start December 2.
It was charged that Lynch early
la,st spring, in company with John
Ford and his wife made a trip to
Kansas City, taking with them a
girl by the name of Florine Dean,
and later stopped at the Baltimore
hotel in that city, resulting in the
indictment of Lynch of transport
ing Florine Dean between states for
in-moral purposes.
Burned to Death.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 20. An army
aviator was burned to death and his
companion seriously injured when
their airplai.e burst into flames and
plunged to earth on the outskirts of
this city today.
i- i nit:-. ! 'rn.ltl
run u i news m riiym
to Test New Appliance
Leo Stevens, famous balloonist,
Capt. R. C. Pierce amd Lt. Col. J.
W. Shield, all made a free ba'loon
flight from Fort Omaha Wednesday
to make an additional test ol
the machine attachment for balloons
recently invented by Captain Pierce.
The balloonists dropped literature
and are making an effort to collect
data as to where the pamphlets
landed and to test the practical
working value of the new inven-'
tion.
The literature which they dropped
from the balloon carries mailing
cards which are to be sent to the
fort and will give the place where
they fell and the time.
Injured Yutan Man Dead.
Fremont, Neb., Nov. 20. (Special
Telegram.) Fred C. Hamann, re
tired lumber dealer of Yutan, died
at a local hospital from injuries sus
tained when a Burlington officers'
inspection car struck his buggy at a
crossing at Yutan Tuesday. Mr.
Hamann 'was 68 years of age and
until. 10 years agq was in the lumber
business at Yutan. He is survived
by one son, John of. Yutan, and two
daughters, Mrs. Harry Simpson,
Omaha, and Mrs. R. II. Zaugg, Minr
neapolis.
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Sixteenth and Farnam
Streets
See Coats in Windows
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7BIe Store of Specialty Snopb
This Model-
Fashioned of soft, warm
Pom Pom, 40-inch length,
wide belt with side fasten
ing. Big black buttons.
Beautiful Coney collar and
pocket trimming. Clever
panel effect at sides. High
walsted model
Regularly $40.
Sale Price
Our Separate Coat Shop Offers for One Day Only (Thursday)
A Well-Selected Group of Fashionable
Winter Coat
At
52
Including Coats That Were Positively
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Priced Up to $59.50
WARM, unseasonable and "Fluey" October retarded the sale of many of our Coats that under ordi
nary conditions would have been promptly disposed of within a week after their arrival.
For slow-moving merchandise we have neither time nor space, therefore these radical reductions for one
day only tj effect immediate sales. And we can unhesitatingly say that by right of remarkable values we
will have one of the biggest and busiest Coat days we have ever had. Coats at a price that will cause the
greatest possible buying activity.
We Say Without Fear of Contradiction That These Are the
Greatest Coat Values in the City
OUR policy of merchandising provides for a strict censor ship, right through the process of coat making.
The styles must be original and fashionably correet, the fabrics must be above reproach better than
the average. The tailoring must be clean-cut, every detail of workmanship must be executed with exact pre
cision and care.
It is these features that make such a difference between our coat fashions and the thousand and one
similar coats sold elsewhere at the original prices quoted.
Coming in the height of the coat-wearing season makes it imperative that every woman in Omaha with
a coat need attend this sale. Good values coupled with liberal methods and straightforward dealings have
made our special values the most talked about events in the city.
The Styles
Graceful .Loose Models
Full Belted Coats
Motor Coats
Utility Coats
Street Coats
Dressy Coats
Strap Belts
Rows of Big Buttons
Coney Collars
Plush Collars
Baffin Seal Collars
The Fabrics
Splendid quality Plush
Beautiful Silvertone
Luxurious Crystal Cloth
Soft pliable Velour
Dependable Bura Cloth
Rich, warm Boucle
Fashionable Zebiline
Serviceable Mixtures
The majority are full lined
Beautiful figured Venetian lining
All the popular colors included
Coats Purchased on Charge Accounts May Be Paid January 1st
Cod Shop
Second Floor
oJq Sore, of Specialty S6op&
Plenty of
Saleswomen
Just One of tin
Many Coals
Included