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4 S. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 19, 1919. FEWER BILLS SOFARTIIAMin OTIIERSESSiOiJS Total of 110 In House and 44 in Senate; Interest Centers ; in . School ..Measures.. (Contlnnad (nil hit On.) studies and requirements for teach ers, and to the abolishment of the teaching of foreign languages, ex i cept the classics, in branches lower than the tenth grade, tor this would he in harmony with the American ization plans essential for the de- , velopment of a national spirit. They contend that the injecting of the religious question into the matter will be productive of evil and point to the features discrim . inating against all other than public , schools and the bill introduced in the senate by Randall, making it '. unlawful for ' any public school ' teacher to wear any insignia indi s eating that she is a member or ad ; herent to any religious organization, . as bringing up an issue of this char lacter. i The Lutheran and Catholic ' churches alone would not be af fected by these laws they say, but , the smaller 'denominational colleges .would be put out of business. t There- are a number of college communities in Nebraska settled "by whole families belonging to cer tain denominations who have moved to such communities, primarily to give older children the benefit of collegiate training but who have also demanded primary and ele mentary training for the smaller children and practically every de nominational college in the state .has met this demand by introduc and maintaining these lower grades in order to hold the family unit in "the community during the. time the ;children are being educated. Were these features abolished by law, it is argued, these colleges could not exist. The passage of the-,Randall law would also prohibit the numbers of the Christian Endeavor, tthe Ep worth League, King's Daughters and members of the Baraca from wearing the emblems of these re ligious organizations. 1 English Language. Bills. i A bill, which-seems to adapt it self to the Americanization plan, atid which is meeting with consider able support, is that of McKee. of Otoe, which requires teaching of all subjects in all schools in the English language', up to and Includ ing the tenth grade and forbid? the teaching of .any language except English and classical languages , in these grades. . Along the line of Americanization also are those bills which repeal the Mockett law, which repeals the law providing for the publication, .-of legal notices in foreign languages,' and the proposed measures which compels the publication of all legal notices' in the English language rri - - .L Olliy. men, 100, iner- arc urns which make rH. unlawful for any public officer .to appoint any alien to any, appointive juce in the pub tic service. " ' Interest also, centers in - those, bills which" have- for .their .purpose the repeal of the .-.' lpodification of the primary law so as to bring back the old convention system of nominations either for all offices, or for state offices.. , Those who favor the repeal of the primary law say ,that it does not provide for representative nom inations, that it entails great costs on the state, lengthens the ballot so as to make the latter cumbersome, and it also entails great expense on candidates. Especially !s this true of state of ficers, they contend, and they assert that in a primary election voters, because of a lack of knowledge of the personality and abilities, of the different candidates, are compelled to- vote blindly. The reform element in favor of the repeal of the primary law say the measure was i good one in the days when there was an organ ized 'brewers' and ' distillers' asso ciation, but now that these elements are eliminated from politics a re-, turn to the old convention system could be made without detriment to politics. , Nepotism in State Ofices. , Just as tht "house and senate acted almost unanimously on the prohibition amendment and the woman's suffrage resolution, it will a!so act on the bill prohibiting ne potism in state offices. ' , Important agricultural measures in the house are the bills introduced for the purpose of protecting the sheep- industry, the standardization of farm tractors, renewing the boun ty on wolf and coyote scalps, re quiring that alt verbal farm leases terminate March 1, 1919. requiring referendum vote of suffragtans in the county to determine the em ployment of a county farm demon strator and requiring railroads .to furnish round trip transportation tor shippers of one load of live stock. Sheep Protection Law. The sheep protection law is the ant by Barton Reed, of Lancaster, which provides a $10 state tax on v!ogs, coupled with the bill by Fuller ,! Butler, providing that darrages hy dogs to . farm animals be paid the owners cf . such farm "anwals out of the state dog tax fundsThe coyote and wolf bounty bill is also tl.mg this line.' On of. the most drastic"' laws :in- ? reduced thus far in. the session is'; the one by Brooks which makes the violation of the prohibitory Jaw- a felony instead of a. misdemeanor iiid providing a 6 months pail sen fence on conviction. ,., ; :, x'.t . ''. A number- of the-memtjerssay; that tfity came to iais session wua die determination not to introduce i bill, but outside pressure is so crtat that they have yielded "to demands. . ,' An interesting bill, and one that recurs nearly avery session, is the r : ;ht-of-way bill by Qsterman of Merrick. 1 .;:- It is of interest to landowners s'ong the line of the Union Pacific, la 1862 the federal government f . -anted a right-of-way 200 feet . in v ;.Jth to the railroad, and, as a Law Maker, Whose1 Better Half Sits Beside Him in Legislative Sessions Moves to Ad journ 5 Times in Morning Wife of Farmer, Recently" Elected Justice of Peace, Rules That Only She and Hubby Are "Squires," After Little Son Insists to e Gne of the .f "Squires", T.yC, . , " (By J. H. KEARNES) " (Staff Correspondent Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 18. One of the newly elected members of the house has provided a seat at his side in the chamber for his better half and she has sat at every session so far. The member has distinguished himself by moving to adjourn five times in' one morning. The presence of the extra "mem ber" in the bouse has been comment ed upon and one of the legislators said it reminded him of a story. "A neighbor of mine," he said, "a young farmer, with a large family, had been nominated and elected to the office of justice of the peace from his precinct without his knowl edge. "After the election he was noti fied of the results and he went home rather elated. "Supper was ready when he ar rived and the family were all seated when he entered the dining room and blurted out, 'I've been elected squire 1' "His little son, Delbert, called out: 'Say, paw, does that make us squires, too?' "Shut your mouth. Delbert." ex claimed his mother, "there's nobody squires in this family except your paw and mel" Chief clerk of the house, Will F. Hitchcock, is determined to make a record for economy and efficiency in his department that will , prove the truth and consistency of the 're publican legislature to . transact its business with the smallest possible cost to the people. So far he has been successful in keeping these costs below those of other, legisla tive sessions where a large volume of business has come in on the opening days. I he grand total of his disburse ments shown in his report to the employes committee shows twenty two employes, most of them temp orary, who received $476.50 for reg ular time iTd $144 for overtime. making a total expenditure, qf $610- .3U. a total of. ill) bills were at tended to by this force of employes. In the 1917 session v24 employes handled, during a- similar period, 112 bills at,a cost of $543 84vf or' regular time and $182.76 for overtime, or a ,ioiai oi aiio.ou. v .. ,.,.,, John jC Barrett, of the .,WMfar. board, Omaha; was'in.i Lincoln, the lattet part of lasfweek, interesting membersf; the, legislature in the proposed bill, to establish 'a domestic' relations- court, 'in . Omaha. Another interesting fact that ha calteJ the - attention of 'lawmakers' to was, .that tiiere : Pa provision in the laws of the state"' of Nebraska for the care of the adult feeble minded. The law makes provision fori :ttw' care of the children. He cited the case of an Omaha familv where the father had died, leaving a feeble minded wife with several children similarly Cafflicted. The children. under the law, were provided a home in an institution, but the mother, utterly incapable of caring tor nerseit, had no place where she could be legally cared for. , ,.. Members of the legislature are urging George Christy, representa tive from Nemaha county. o hold an apple show in the house that will eclipse the one (riven in the senate by Clyde Barnard, chief clerk of the upper body. i In the Barnard apple show the members, of the senate were made judges of the excellence-of Pawnee county apples. House members Say that Christy, who "a. horticulturist, can produce finer specimens of nip- ! a1 . i . r pins man . jnose .inai came irom Pawnee county. They are anxious to be shown 'and promise the sNe-' maha county legislator ' that they can be corrupted to the extent they will -bring in a prejudiced verdict in favor of his apples, if he holds the show. House members had no chance to judge the excellence of the, flavor of the apples shown in the senate. Owinnr to the fact that an over whelming majority of the house members are novices in legislative experience that body is still self conscious and rather diffident It is a happy circumstance that the lower house has such able men nusicucr, cuiidtu, uus, -uiuaa, further banus. allotted to the rail road each alternate section of land along the line within a 10-mile zone along the line. A supplemental act in 1864 doubled this subsidy and the railroad company claimed that the width of the right of way was also doubled or increased tP 400 feet Mr.' Osterman, in explanation says: "Ihe company sold the.-lands to which it held title, making . the right of way boundry 100 feet dis tant from the main line track. On the government land it set the boundry back 200 feet ' on either side. We want the passage' of a law which will define the right-of-way so as to make it uniform all along the line, and make it 100 feet t-on. each side of the track as it passes through the entire state." i,; From now on. all -oKthe - aenate and house committees will be busy conferring- on the . bills -referred to their respective committees. Some very interesting sessions will be held; The time of introduction of bills , in the 'senate and-house is limited to the first 20 days .after -the ofgahizatlon of both bodies-and nearly half that time has transpired. The pasage of bills will soon take place and the real legislative grind begin.- ......... . r, . . . New Vulcanizing and Tire ? . Repair Shop is -0pened The Urban Tire and Vulcanizing Company has opened a repair shop at 2222 Harney street. This shop is equipped with the latest vulcanising and repair machinery and in charge of experts, ' , . , and FqsfvJougIas,,to keep them out of " parliamentary tangles. Speaker Dalby, too, is very efficient, and is helping the house to find it self. " Among the men who are shoe ing marked , ability in debate and parliamentary ' practice are Miller, Washington; Behr!ns, Cuming; Mc Leod, Colfax; McLellan, Hall; Mc Laughlin, Hall, and the two Greens, Barton and, J. eid, Lancaster. Osterman, ,t .Merrick, democratic leader, is a level-headed member, of great ability and despite being the minority representative, has consid erable influence. Schmidt, Saunders, non-partisan spokesman in the house, is more of a conservative than it was .imagined he would be and so far his talks on the floor have been listened to with respect. . v , Members from the southeastern part of.tthe s'tate are chuckling over a curioiisV. situation that exists at Peru. It is'constantly called to their attention when they see Col. Tom Majors and Elfis Good in the lobby of the Lindell. hotel. Majors and-Good are leaders in their respective republican factions in Peru. Recently the democratic postmas ter of Peru was removed and both the Majors jand the Good factions have candidates for the vacancy. The candidates, like the leaders, are re publicans... :1i : . V , The pecuKar 'thing' is 'that in a democratic presidential administra tion the local democrats of Peru have no voice in the choice nd their democratic candidate does not seem to stand a ghost of a show." The two republican factions seem . to have captured the ears of Postmaster General Burleson and he is deaf to democratic pleas. Representative George A. Bird sail of Thayer county, is very much puzzled over, a communication he received from - a constituent, H. Sfchabaker, pastor of the Lutheran church at. Friedensan, near Hebron. The clergyman wrote in regard to the bills which deal with the Amer icanization of the parochial schools to the effect: "We have a parochial school, but not a German school, fpx.aJl .secular branches are taught an'd have been taught for over 20 yeacsin the American language." i6 faf, so good," was.tne com menfof Birdsall, "but this is what get's my .goat. The ' reverend gen-tleman-ajso writes: ; 'The German language 'is only used for instruc tion in Erielish." . "He has either let the cat out of the bag or 4ie has committed an Irish bull iy Teutonic processes of thought - j One of1 the last 'bfficiaf afcts of former Governor Neville, who is now luxuriating in the tropic breezes of Florida, with his family, -was to commute the. indeterminate sentenc of Lemuel Coldsberry, one . of the oldest and jnost interesting con victs in the state penitentiary. Goldsberry, who is eighty,' was a civil war veteran and had served a term in the Kansas penitentiary for manslaughter. About sixteen years ago the anti-horse thief association, of Butler county, Missouri, sent its detectives to Nemaha county, in this state, where Goldsberry had located and they found that he was receiv ing herds of horses stolen from Mis souri and Kansas by the largest and best organized gang of horse thieves which ever operated in that section. .Through the influence of the But leV'count nien. a .confederate of Goldsberry, named 'White, was par doned from the 'Missouri peniten tiary so he could give "evidence for the state in the trialia Nemaha county. . Tw'V! " ' Goldsberry was convicted of hav ing received - stolen , property with guilty knowledge and was one of the first men in the state to . have been successfully prosecuted under the conspiracy act provided for in the present statutes. It is this same statute that Berka, of Douglas county, seeks to have made effective in its application to auto stealing in order that automo bile thieves can be more successfully prosecuted. Applied to horse steal ing it broke up the last big organized gang that ever operated in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Ne braska. Bigamist Breaks Parole; Sentenced to Penitentiary West Point, Neb., Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Max Tiedtke, who pleaded guilty to bigamy last March and was given a conditional parole by Judge Welch has broken the conditions under which he was paroled. He was taken in custody .by Sheriff Sexton .and on- Thursday morning sentenced by Judge Welch to from one to seven years in the peniten tiary, at Lincoln. Douglas County to Get Big Share of School Funds Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special Tele; gram.) Douglas county will receive $44,655.25 in the semi-annual appor tionment of state school funds, an- nounced by State Superintendent Clemmons this afternoon. The total temporary school fund distributed is $400,125.39, which is greater than is usually distributed at this time. Douglas received the largest of any county in the state, Lancaster com ing next, with $18,070. CHIROPRACTIC "DEALS DIRECTLY WITH CAUSE" Adjustments $1.00 ETHEL THRALL MALTBY.D.C. 312 Bee BIdg. tip- Otto H. Kahn Decries Disloyal Efforts of American Bolshevik New York, Jan. 18. Decrying the efforts of "Socialists of the Red type", to cheat America and the free nations out of the fruits of their victory again stautocracy, Otto H. Kahn, denounced "agitators and disturbers" in an address here last night at the annual dinner of the Rutgers alumni association. Him self of foreign birth, Mr. Kahn de clatrd that many of these radicals "came to America's shores after they had tasted the bitter waters of tyranny" and are attempting to impose distorted image of free government upon Americans. "Autocracy lies shattered at the feet of freedom,' Mr. Kahn said. "To this blessed and glorious result we may justly claim that America has contributed no mean part all America, -all sections and callings amongst its people all with one exception. That exception is the socialists c.f tl:e Red type tcgether with! their, spiritual relatives, the bolsheviki in our midst by whatever name they may call themselves who regrettably control the social ist party organizations in America, but from whom, to their honor be it said, many of the leading Amer ican followers- of the social creeds have indignantly parted company and. whom the bulk of -the-labor unions and their patriotic leaders have decisively rejected again ami again. "America , will not soon forget who failed her in the hour of test ard trial." . . Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 18. The Chicago labor meeting which today voted for a nation-wide strikf July 4 as a protest against the con viction of Thomas J. Mooney, will do Mooney more harm than good it was declared yesterday by John Wilkerson, president of the south western district, , United Mine Workers of America in an address before the Oklahoma house of rep resentatives. Wilkerson had Just returned from Chicago. He declared the assembly was dominated by I. W. W.'s and members of the working class union whom he characterized as spreaders of bolshevism which he said was organized labor's greatest menace. Governor ' Consulted No One in Appointing Prohibition Agent From a Staff Correspondence .-V Lincoln, Jan. 18.-rr(Special.) "! consulted no one about the . ap pointment of Gus Hyers as state' prohibition agent and no one con-' suited me; I believed he-was the particular man fitted for the Qb and I believe so yet." ' ' I Gov, S. R. McKelvie made this statement today by way of com ment on comment in an'Omaha newspaper charging that the gov- j ernorhad deliberately appointed! Mr. vHyers in the face of knowledge that a certain deficit had been found in the accounts of Mr. Hyers, 1 during the time he was serving as Lancaster county sheriff, which in- j volved disputed fees. "I know nothing of the situation that, has developed when I made the appointment of Mr. Hyers some time ago and I still consider it purely an affair between Mr. Hyers and the county," he said. School Superintendent . Boosts Boys' Club Work DeWitt, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) The pupils in the Johnson county schools are urged by the superin tendent of education to join the Boys' and Girls' club, the purpose of which is to train each child in the latest and most approved methods of agriculture and stock-raising. Cable Censorship Lilted. . New York, Jan. 18. The Com mercial Cable company announced toady- that censorship had been lift ed from social and personal mes sages " on the""" Commercial-Pacific system. .. . RUB Oil SPRAINS, PAIIWIELLIIIG Don't Suffer. Relief comes the moment you rub with "St. Jacobs Liniment" Don't stay crippled! Bub "this soothing, penetrating liniment right into the sprain, ache or strain,- and out comes pain, soreness, stiffness and swelling. Nothing else 'penetrates, heals and strengthens ' the injured mus cles, nerves, tendons and ligaments so promptly. 1 doesn't burn or discolor the skin and can not cause injury. Don't suffer! Get s small trial bottle from any drug store now limber up! Eub the misery right out. A moment after "St Jacobs Liniment" ia applied you can not feel the slightest pain or soreness, and you can go about your Tegular duties. "St. Jacobs Liniment" . conquers pain. It has been used effectively for sprains, strains, soreness and stiffness for 60 years six gold medal awards. Adv. Doug. 3072 PROPOSED HEW CAPITOL TO COST FOUR IILLIOU Tracewell and Jacobs Intro duce First Bill Calling for State House; Little Oppo sition in House. From Staff Correspondent Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special.) four million dollars is the amount of the fund which will be provided for a new capitol in the consolidated bill which is to come before the legislature. H. R. No. 3. which is to be taken as the basis of the com bined measure will be revised so as to raise that sum bv a fixed annual levy of 1 mill or more ex tending over a period of years necessary to produce it. Representative Tracewell and Representative Jacobs, who intro duced the first capitol bill as H. R. No. 2, have agreed with Represen tative Mears. the introducer of No. 3. to have their names placed on the latter bill as joint introducers. It will also have the names of 25 or more other members upon it. Trace- well s name will come first, eivme him recognition as the pioneer ad vocate of a new capitol in this legis lative session. Mr. Treadwell also sponsored the bill in the session two years ago which was ultimately de feated. Both. Parties Represented. ' The nonpartisan capitol commis sion provided for in H. R. No. 2 will be dropped and the provision in No. 3 for a commission consisting of the governor, the state engineer, and three others appointed by the governor is to be retained. This i's in deference to the wishes of the gov ernor. Both political parties are rep resented in the list of introducers of the bill. . - . There seems to be little opposi tion to the capitol bill in the house, but it may encouter heavier going in the senate, where W. J. Taylor is on guard, Mr.- Taylor waged a bit ter fight against the capitol bill two years ago. According to Chairman Good of the house finance committee, it is the intention to fake up H. R. No. 3 in the near future and get it re ported out; for early consideration in the chamber. It may be one of the first appropriation bills to come before the house. The legislative salaries and expense bills will be given precedence over all others. Two New Names on Official " 1 , Legislative Register Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special.) Two new names on the official leg islative lobby register in the office of the secretary of state include A. M. Harris of Nemaha, represent ing the State Association of County Commissldners, and,' j; -At' Lfcavitt of Lincoln; interested -4 in - legislation creating a stale -custodial home for i jnen,',and women'V-,, ." ,'? V '-,1-v,.: ;. -Not the least of Super-Six advan tages is its price $2200 for the seven -passenger phaeton. ( The VV 1M m,ou Continued High Prices I. A. Vant, President St. Joseph Stock Yards Bank, St. Joseph, Mo. The effect of reconstruction as refers to the live stock industry, will result tor a time at least in continued high prices for cattle. There is now a shortage of Ihe necessary animals to produce the beef required in this country and for the allies of this country. I'roduction of beef rattle has been slowed down to quite an extent, in addition to which there have been marketed large numbers of young cattle and cows, which should not have been done. To overcome this shortage continued high prices will be necessary as an encouragement to the cattle men to increase production. They must also have an opportunity to secure money on favorable terms in order to carry out operations necessary to increase the -production. Banks and cattle loan companies loaning money oi. this class of loans are well aware of these facts, and are using their utmost endeav ors to provide the necessary funds. In doing this they depend to a large extent upon their connections in the east, and so far as it has come under my observation the eastern banks in the money centers have in no way curtailed the amount of funds they were willing to in vest in this way. My experience has been that such banks realize the importance of this industry, and are willing to afford it every reason-, able facility. ' Will Submit Claims For Special Services to State Legislature From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, Jan. 18. Claims, of the law firm of Craft & Edgerton of Aurora, and J. T. Halligan of North Platte, for $1,000 each for special services in Nebraska irrigation mat ters under former Attorney General Reed's administration, will likely be submitted to the present legislature in the form of deficiency claims. This is the recommendation of Attorney General Davis, and of State Auditor George W. Marsh. Mr. Edgerton, who was in consul tation with the two officials today, said the proposal, was satisfactory to his own firm. Claims for the two firms had. been turned down by the retiring, audi tor, W. H. Smith, because the ap propriation made to the attorney general's office to cover irrigation litigation had been exhausted. - Attorney General Reed had recommended that the two firms bring a test suit against the audi tor. Thieves Steal Roadster From Fremont Streets Fremont. Neb.. Jan. 18. fSoecial Telegram.) (Within half . an hour after members of the night police had chased a suspect from ;he street where he was found looking; at au tomobiles, the roadster on-, id by Fred C. Lairr disappeared from the parking in front of Hotel Pathfind er. The police did not catch the prowler, who disappeared in the darkness down the alley. The Laird car was seen going south through Saunders county a short time after it had disappeared from Fremont This is the ' sixth -car stolen from Fremont streets in three weeks. Jblmson County to Form Live Stock Association D'eWitt, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special ) -The- Dtfrt-bred Jive stock men .of Johnson county will hold ame"eting in , the -near future to, organ a stock breeders'l'assockition, ?t?ii v:-'!;,:v - .' : - r, -,,.i---- An Early Shortage Seems Certain " Thousands have waited months for Hudsons.-..'Others will have to if they want an op en model and do not make their choice now;- - r': , , Normal factory production cannot be" resumed much be fore Junef; Present production is being-concentrated on closed care, for which there-is an-immediate demand. No open' cat models will holds all"-worth-while rec- be turned out for several months. : The dealers or some dealers to' be exact, for all are not in the position have a f ew open car mod els. They are all they have earIy quirements. - When they are gone you must wait 'until the factory, can get back to normal open car production schedule. Such is: the "recognition the motor-buying publicihas given the Super-Six; , - - - -' '' ": ' ! What car has received a finer, endorsement 'for en durance and value? It f White Triangle Identifies 60,000 Super-Sixes 26th and Farnam Sts. Two Omaha Men Plead Not Guilty to Charge Before Federal Judge From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, Jan.. 18. (Special.) Gene Holbrook and Pat Burkey of Omaha, partners of Dan Huston, who was killed in a pistol battle with Sheriff Dan Templeton of Wahoo, near Ashland, shortly after mid night on the night of November 10, pleaded not gutlty in federal court here today on a charge of transport ing liquor into a dry state; The men had just finished serving 6fVday sentences in the Saunders county jail for illegal possession of liquor, A charge, of shooting with intent to kill is hanging over Holbrook, deputy United States marshal said, as a result of the Ash land episode. . Annual Convention of -Teachers to Be Held in Fall Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special.)1 The executive committee of the Nebras ka State Teachers association, meet ing here today to discuss proposed school legislation, announced that the annual convention of the asso ciation, which was postponed on ac count of the "flu," would be held in Omaha, November S, 6 and 7. The members of the committee here for the meeting were Chairman F. M. Gregg of Peru, C. R. Gates of Columbus, J. F. Matthews of Grand Island, J. H. Newlon of Lin coln, J. H. Beveridge of Omaha, A.' V. Teed of Wayne and H. O. Sutton of Kearney. - '. Banking Board Grants ; Charter; to .Ralston firm Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special) The) State banking board today grante(f a charter to the;Citizens State bank of "Ralston, the'second banking in stitution to be 'brganized in that village. The capitalization .is'' $20, 000 and the officers of the bank are: T. J. Shanahan, president; Gustave Hibbler, vice president, and G. F Kroger, cashier. - & M ' m. ords for stock acceleration, hill climbing', and reliability. . You can get a seven-passenger phaeton model for $2200 now. Premiums rev: rax'"" '; .Think of the d e m a n d there will be for the few open models now in stock .throughout the c o u n t r y when the Spring buying sea son opens and people real ize it will be June before full normal production can be resumed. Our stock can not last more than a few days then. Guy L. Smith "Service First" Open Evenings Until 9 o'Clock STISfJDARDIZEi STATIONERY 0 ALLJPCUES Big Saving Made by State Printing Commissioner on Letterheads; Will Be Printer' According to Form. From a Staff Correspondent. . Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special.) In stead of having letterheads printed separately for each department and bureau of state government ''in small lota of 1.000 or 2.000 each. State Printing Commissioner Con ingliam has adopted a new plan oi standardized correspondence sheeti for all departments and will have 200,000 of them furnished in one batch as a supply to meet all of th needs for the first six months of tfu current year. In doing this he has effected "i saving of nearly SI .000 to the stats as compared with prices heretofrtrt paid for such supplies when tht work was let- out piecemeal. Tht reduction in cost by following tht new plan of quantity buying is SC per cent The 200,000 letterheads will "bt of uniform size and quality and will be printed according to stipulated form. The state seal and the words "State of Nebraska" will appear at the top of each, followed by the name of the department using the stationery. A single die stamp will thus serve the purpose for every thing. Printing Commissioner Cunning ham did not secure satisfactory bids on the whole contract, including the paper stock, and so he purchased it direct from a wholesale paper house. He let the contract for the orintinir to an Omaha concern which was the lowest and best bid der. Printed envelopes will be bought in the same manner and Mr. Cun ningham expects' to bring about a similar economy. Other materials which he will purchase in large quantities' hereafter are typewriter paper, carbon sheets, pencils, rub ber bands and ink. York Lad Dies Following Explosion of Gasoline York. Neb.. , Tan. 18.-r-(Speci8l Telegram.) Vernon Coombs, a lsd 11 years old, wa seriously burnrd by a gasoline explosion in the village of Benedict at 4 o'clock yesterday evening. He died at 12 o'clock last night. A playmate threw a lighted match into two gallons of gasoline in the bottom of a barrel. - i-i Pioneer Nebraska Banker Dies After Long Sickness Sidney. Neb., Jan. 18. (Special Telegram.) J. T. Mcintosh,-one of the pioneers or western Nebraska and former president of the Ameri can bank, died today after a Ungat ing illness at the age of 68 years. He leaves- a wife, two- sons and one aughter, all residing here. cars in speed, Phone Doug. 1970