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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1919. i N GOUMLVIETO ncniicoT riiiin ' FORWARDS May Ask Legislature to Ap propriate $135,000 for Up keep of State Troops if ; Congress Gives Support. " (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 3. The sum of $135,000 will be asked as an appro priation to rehabilitate the Nebras ka National Guard, providing con gress makes the necessary provision for its support by the federal gov ernment. Announcement was made today by' Governor McKclvie, following a conference with Adjutant General J I., J. Paul, who has just returned from overseas service. Col. J. A. Storch of Fullerton, who has been acting adjutant general pending Paul's arrival, was also present at the interview and concurred in the recommendation'. If congress makes federal funds available for National Guard main tenance, the state must have organ izations with a total membership of 4,800 men in order to secure its share.- This will make it necessary to, organize two regiments, with probably some independent com panies like the signal corps and the sanitary troops. Should congress not do its part, Governor McKelvie does not think it advisable for the state to attempt to keep up the Na tional Guard by itself. Governor McKclvie has not fully decided on the amount he would ask the legislature to set aside for prohibition enforcement during the next two years. New Civil Code Bill, in Printed Form, Now Ready for Consideration From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln,' .March 3. (Special.) The McKclvie civil administrative code bill a volume of 512 pages is back from the printer and is in the hands of the secretary of the senate. The bill is now rtady to be referred to a senate Committee, or to several committees, for public hearing. All bills passed by both branches of the legislature affecting any sec tion of the present statutes will be held in abeyance by the officials of the two houses until after the code bill is disposed of. If the bills passed are in harmony with the provisions of the code bill they will then be drafted into the code bill. If not, they will automatically be indefinitely postponed. Lieutenant Governor P. A. Bar rows said he did not know how the bill will be handled for public hear-': ings. The proper method, he be lieves, would be to divide the bill into six sections and refer a sepa rate part of the bill to each of six different committee's.' Mr. Barrows is of the opinion the-entire bill will have to be given over to one com mittee for consideration. Head of Normal School Receives New Appointment Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) George S. Dick, principal of the Kearney normal school, has re ceived notice from the War depart ment of his appointment as educa tional advisor for the' re-educalio:i of disabled soldiers in an army hos pital at Denver. He will leave the Kearney institution and go to Den , ver soon. His resignation was wplaced in the hands ' of the state normal board some time ago, but he expected to remain until the close of the school year. For Superintendent George' Mar tin of the Nebraska City schools, now completing a course at Colum bia university, is an applicant for appointment to head the Kearney normal. Among the other applici tions received are some from Kan sas and Wyoming educators. New Taxes Nearly Double State Fund in Month Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) Late receipts of new taxes and the annual settlements with county treasurers nearly doubled the cash balance in the state general fund during the month of February. The books of State Treasurer Cropsey show $479,000 on hand in that fund at the close -ml business for the month, as compared with ?-73.000 at the beginning. The total balance in all funds stood at $1,771,000 on the first tf March. The temporary school fund contains $212,000 as a starter for t the next semi-annual state school f apportionment. Man Who Distrusts Banks Loses Money by Theft Beatrice, Neb., March 3. (Special Telegram.) Rather than trust the banks with his hard-earned savings, Samuel South,-a drayman of this city, planted $720 in a can, then hid the improvised bank in his cellar three weeks ago. Today he dis covered bank and money were miss- I ing. Lester Keddick ot this city was j arrested at Greenwood, Neb., today, suspected of the theft of the money. boutli asserts Keddick called at his home last week and placed some jars in his cellar, which casts sus picion against Reddick. Omaha Men Speak at Church Conference in Fremont Fremont, Neb., March (Spe cial Telegram.) Fifty Bak ;st min isters from Omaha, Linco Ne braska City, Fremont and other towns in the northwestern part of the state attended the Victory cam paign conference that opened here today. Rev. A. A. Delarme. C. H. Bancroft and D. D. Proper of Oma ha, and Roy E. York and W. T. El more of Lincoln were among the prominent speakers. The confer ence will continue tomorrow. The Baptist church will raise $6,000,000 for reconstruction in the country Nebraska' share is $100,000. Spiritualistic Marriage Broken by Materialistic Things of Woman's Life Wealthy Chicago Pythagoras No. 2 Separates From Wife Who Prefers Dad's Palatial Mansion on Riv erside Drive to Crawling About in Indian Temples Trying to Locate Whereabouts of Heaven. San Francsico, March 3. A ro mance that had its birth with the study of the occult in Los Angeles has been shattered at the Golden Gate because the ideals of the prin cipals could not be squared with the earthly things of life. The climax to a yeu- of marital happiness delving into psychology and philosophy of life came hert Saturday with the filing of an annul ment suit by George Joseph Taylor, philosopher, lecturer and writer, against Marie Zentgraf Taylor, stu dent of the occult and heiress to a million dollars from the estate of her father, William Zentgraf, New York banker. A hit: -i 1 tit : n ivuaiijaiwjicu iwmiidgc. In explanation Taylor said: "Our marriage was a mismatch. There were obligations on both sides which neither coild carry out. We decided rather than to hamper the careers of either that it were best to separate. There is to be no breaking off of our spiritual rela tions." Their discovery came in the midst of Taylor's studies and attempts to define and place the whereabSuts of heaven. Taylor and his bride had come up from Los Angeles on an automobile trip around the world, tiieir object. being chiefly to visit India and Egypt and there study the teach ings of the ancicnivmasters and peer behind the veil in the age-old tem ples of the mystics. Overcome by the , Materialistic things of life as they were about to take passage on a steamer o the orient, Taylor and his brid" he says, came to a realization that it would be better for both to separate here rather than among strangers. Crimp in Activities . of Independent Men in Market for Cream From a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) "Concentration" cream-buying sta tions must deduct from the purchase price of cream the cost of shipping the cream to a central market, ac cording to an opinion by Attorney General C. A. Davis, in reply to an inquiry by Charles A. Goss of the City National bank of Omaha. This forbids the many cream stations over the state classed as "concen tration" centers from paying the market price at a central market to producers of cream. Independent buyers, Mr. Pavis says, cannot buy cream from pro ducers at any price and then auction it to the butter manufacturer. The law, according to Mr. Davis, was passed for the protection of the pro ducer, who should be paid a uniform price for the cream. Captain Carson Accepts Place in Louisiana Hospital Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) Capt. H. R. Carson, formerly as sistant physician at the Norfolk state hospital for insane, has been discharged from service in the medical department of the United States army.Htnd called on the board of control Monday. He was stationed for 17 months at Camp Grant, Cody, and Beaure gard. He has accepted an appoint ments clinical director in the state insane hospital at Alexandria, La.; which has an inmate population of 1,000. Sustains Serious Fracture. Fremont, Neb., March 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) As he stepped from a store where he purchased a new pair of shoes, William Cowles slipped and fell -to the sidewalk, snapping the bone in his left leg just below the hip. Lemons Beautify! Strain lemon Juice well before mixing and massage face, neck, arms, hands. Here is told how to prepare an in expensive lemon lotion which can be used to bring back to any skin the sweet freshness of which it has been robbed by trying atmospheric con ditions. Wind-chafe, roughness, tan and redness are . warded off and those tell-tale lines of care or of age are softened away. The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, makes a whole quarter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beauti fier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon puln gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. -Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan, and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beau tif;er. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands, and see for your self. Adv. 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief uJfqr indigestion) She returned to her mansion on Riverside drive in New York and he plans to continue tl.t world tour so abruptly halted here Mrs. Taylor is 33 years old. He: husband is one year her junior. She came to Los Angeles more than a year ago from New York to be come a student of Dr. Julia Seton. Here she met Taylor, who at the time also was a student. "We were both deeply interested in philosophy and pyschology, and our lives seemed very much in com mon," said Taylor. "We studied deeply and soon we both had mas tered the science. It appeared then that our happiness rested only in a life together, and so we were mar ried at the Alexandria hotel in Jan uary of last year. "Then we continued to study. Wi both went upon the lecture platform and in addition I became a writer upon psychological questions. "Our happiness was very com plete until we came '.o San Fran cisco, where we learned that oui spirtual studies did not harmonize with our earthly plans. We found it would be folly to go into the an cient temples of the masters of In dia under such false conditions." Taylor, Too, is Wealthy. Taylor is wealthy. He belongs to several Chicago clubs. He has been a student of the occult for many years, he says, and is very in terested in the science of numerol ogy as first '"expounded by Pytha goras, the Greek philosopher. "Our separation will in no way in terrupt either of our plans for future study," said Taylor. "My wife plans to become a teacher and lec turer and I am now writing a book defining what heaven is and placing its whereabouts." Old Employe of Burlington Dies of Heart Disease Beatrice, Neb., March 3. (Special Telegram.) James Mendenhall, one of the oldest employes of the Bur lington in this seution and for years division freight and passenger agent, died suddenly last night at his home here of heart disease. He formerly was stationed at Wymore as claim agent for the road. He was 56 years of age, and leaves a widow and four children. SEALED TIGHT KEPT RIGHT aw- - few nTara STATE AGENTS N THE LAW, SAYSTOLVIE Governor Does Not Deem it Necessary to Make Further Investigation of Mil lard Episode. By a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) Governor McKelvie does not think the situation at Millard, where sev eral state prohibition agents were defied by angry men with guns last week, is such that it calls for a special investigation. Reports of the affair, which he received from Chief Prohibition Officer Gus Hyers and Special Prosecutor Holland say that the agents acted in the manner pro vided by the law and that no serious trouble resulted. "There has been more publicity about this matter than the facts warrant," said the governor, "and the press has been giving undue en couragement to the opposition to law enforcement. Even at that, if the people would read the subject matter more carefully and pay less attention to the headlines they would get a better idea -of what actually took place." An Omaha newspaper published a picture of "the minute men of Millard" in its Sunday issue, show ing four men armed and ready for business. Their names were also given. Governor McKelvie said he had information that three of these men have been convicted of boot legging and the fourth is the mail carrier from whom state agents as sert they retrieved about 40 pints of liquor in last week's episode. As to posting up a notice on the door of the house- where one of the men lived, the governor says the facts have been misrepresented. Section 42 of the prohibition law, he says, requires this notice to be tacked up when the person sought is not on the premises. It is the minute men and the family living there, not the state agents, who have refused to let the notice be taken down, Chief Hyers reported. f Legislator's Home Burned. Lincoln, March 3. (Special.) The home of Representative John E. Jacobson at Lexington, Neb., was completely destoyed by fire Sunday, according to word received by Mr. Jacobson the same clay. The build ing was valued at $8,000, and the building with the furniture was pro tected with $5,500 insurance. Satisfaction for the sweet tooth. Aid to appetite and digestion - benefit and enjoyment in tasting form. The Price is 5 cents. mil SA 102 RECRUITING IS REOPENED HERE IN REGULAR ARMY One Year Enlistment Feature of Inducements Offered to Men Seeking Place in Peace Time Force. Recruiting for the regular army of the United States has reopened in Omaha, with headquarters at the Army building. This is to carry otft the orders re ceived from Washington according to the new bill calling for 175,000 men. All branches of the regular army are open and the pay is as yet based on the war-time basis, ranging from $30-$81 per month, in addition to board, room, clothing and medical attention. One-Year Enlistment. - The enlistment period for those who have had previous service is one year, and at the expiration of that time all connection is severed. For those without previous service the enlistments are for three years, and in both cases men, physically fit. betwen the ages of 18 and 40 are eligible. Married men are accepted pro viding they can waive the exemption claim, as no family allowances are in force. Staff corps and department men up to the age of 55 are ac cepted. At the close of the recruiting pe riod in August, 1918, Omaha's dis trict ranked first among the 64 di visions throughout the United States. Before the office was open ed Monday morning, the first ap plicant had appeared. Frank J. Bowers from Genoa. Neb., who had eprved in the armv but was dis charged for physical disability. He was not accepted. Major Frith in Charge. Mai. R. E. Frith, formerly in charge of the station, has returned and the other men in charge in clude First Sergt. F. M. Hansen. Sergt. W. R. Packett, C. H. Booth, Robert Goldberg, Fair Hall, Corp. John Olsen, L. G. Goodrich, Mathew Jones; first class privates, Orleans, Martin Risseteter W. S. Reed and Reuben Lramel. Recruiting for the navy is pick ing up rapidly. Many former army men, recently discharged, have ap plied for service in the navy. En sign Charles E. Maas is in charge of the local navy recruiting station in the Paxton Block. Don't Change Your Husband. Adv. YS -- V Ys I rs. GOVERNOR SAYS "PRIVATE WIRES" ARE Oil DEAD LINE McKelvie Writes Letter to Senator Hitchcock's Secre tary, Informing Him a Change Has Taken Place. ' When Governor McKelvie re ceived a letter from Senator Hitch cock's secretary, advising him to "keep in touch with this (the sena tor's) office," he made the following reply: I certainly apologize to you for having been so delinquent in answer ing your letter of February 13. I do not want you to feel that I over looked your injunction to "Keep in touch with this office and you will be of more service to the people of the state than by keeping solely in touch with some offices I could men tion." Taking your own word for it, ac cording to newspaper reports, that I did not even know how to find the capitol when I got down to Wash ington, I think you will pardon me for not being able to find the office of the senior senator from Nebras ka, unless it might be assumed that I could have more easily located the latter by not going to the capitol. "Small Town Fellow." In writing me, I would suggest that you keep in mind that I am a small-town fellow and am entitled to some charity on that account. I think it was O. Henry who said that "You can take a boy out of the country, but it is hard to take the country out of the boy," and J claim to be no exception to that truism. I did, however, immediately upon my arrival in Washington, succeed in having a conference with Secre tary Baker, and during th. time I was there I succeeded in locating the office of the provost marshal general, the Department of Com merce, the office of S:nator Norn's, the house of representatives cham ber (where I visited Mr. Sloan), the surgeon general's office and the Department of Justice. Considering - is N the several lines of which tion activity is indicated, motor trucks are of vital necessity. In these lines Pierce -Arrow trucks have made wonderful records. Ask us for specific data on their per formance in contracting and con struction work where time saving and dependability are the essentials of successful use. B M it .ii ! sSff 7 2048 that I did not arrive until 10:30 a. m. and left the same day, the time was fairly well occupied as it was, though 1 assure you 1 do not con tend that it might not have been better occupied had I spent the major portion of my time in the of fice mentioned in your original in junction. Filled Mullen's Shoes. By the way, I note that you filled the shoes of Arthur Mullen in a conference at the White House yes terday, and I congratulate you upon the honor thus conferred. If you are to continue to act in that capacity, you may be interested in knowing that the private wires, which seemed to have connected the office of that estimable gentleman with this of fce during the past few years, have been placed on the dead line, so your duties to that extent will be less trying and arduous. All of which is by way of pleas antry, but not devoid of the truth. Sincerely yours, (Signed) SAMUEL R. McKELVIE. Farmers' Union Wants Voice in Omaha Grain Exchange Lincoln. March 3. (Special.) Some of the rural members of the legislature are making a canvass with a view to getting H. R. No. 345, the bill compelling the Omaha grain exchange to admit farmers' co-operative organizations to its membership, brought out over the head of the committee on manufac tures and commerce, if it should re port the bill for indefinite post ponment, as it is expected to do. This measure has been the cen ter of a spirited fight between the grain exqhange and the farmers' union. It was prepared and intro duced on behalf of the latter or ganization and one of the big fights of the session is likely to develop over it. Y. M. C. A. Worker Tells of American Soldiers in Battle Fremont, Neb., March 3. (Spe cial Telegram.) Rev. H. H Har mon of Lincoln talked to members of the Noonday club at the weekly luncheon today on his experiences in France as a Y. M. C. A. worker and later as assistant chaplain. He gave a vivid story of the part the American soldiers 'played in the big war. Mr. Harmon in the forenoon addressed the ministers of the Platte Valley Ministerial union at the Y. M. C. A. en time savi vital nee vastly increased :l W Immediate Deliveries Delivers more work in a given time; Loses less time on the job and off the job; Costs less to operate and less to maintain; Lasts longer, depreciates less and commands a higher resale price at all times. J. T. Stewart Motor Co. , Distributors - 50 - 52 Farnam Street Omaha, Neb. Shamed By A Breath What makes you more ashamed than to know your breath is sicken ingly offensive? Others notice it and avoid you can you blame them? Usually bad breath can easily be avoided. If the system is kept free from decaying food-waste there will be no gases created to spoil the brpath. Your druggist has a product called SALINOS, which will com pletely emnty the bowels, including the lower bowel, where most of the trouble starts. It is pleasant to take and pleasant in action. Get a bottle. Avoid bad breath and other troubles which come from the same source. Take SALINOS first thing tomorrow morning. Adv. WOMEN! OTOTHERS! 'DAUGHTERS! , You who lira easily: ut pale, haggard ad wore; net vouiwimtablc; who are aubject tontaof melan cholj or the "bluet" gel four blood examined for iron deficiency. Mutated Iran taken three tinea a da after raealt will irieteaae yom anength and eai durance in two weeka lim in many caiet) Ferdinand King, M. U. mtu-tctfU Hot IfntklaK) Ima MMidfd tbor by Dr. King, na h obtained d from Mm t or mm tuct?M or inootf rtfundm. Doctors atttaJIj v amoel drnmn on Acaniuu ruaUanl prtenn iwt nvrvwn iaoipw to a wtt WH UTt gw mj iiHr business in construc Eg " I ii .UMiT ni worn