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' THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 191i. 170RK OF 6. 0. P. HOUSE STEERING BODY FINISHED Refusal to Add Four Members to Committee Elicits Pro tests From Longworth and Johnson. Washington, March 13. Efforts to add four members to the republi can steering committee of the next house, which, in directing the gen fral course of legislation in the next congress, is regarded by leaders as influencing the party platform of 192(1, were defeated today at the final meeting of the committee on ionimittees which framed the house organization. The proposal was oted down 15S to 36, but it was said ! an attempt might be made to reject ) the committee's action at the party ; conference which will be held Just before congress convenes. After the action of the committee, Representatives Longworth of Ohio and Johnson of South Dakota issued protests, the Ohio member charging that the net result of all the work of the committee was "the most complete sort o a triumph for reactionism," and the South Dakota lepresentative declaring that the fail ure to increase the membership of the steering committee was "a serious mistake." Both intimated they would carry the fight to the party conference. Increase Proposed by Johnson. The motion to increase the mem bership of the steering committee was presented by Jieprcsentative Johnson. He nominated as addi tional members Representatives Anderson of Minnesota; Nolan, California; Slcmp, Virginia and Rea vis,' Nebraska, and said that such ac tion "would secure representation of the progressive sentiment of the west" and also give labor a voice on the committee. His motion was opposed by Representatives Moore of Pennslyvania, Mann, Illinois; and Mondell, Wyoming, who said that the committee on committees was limited to the selection of five men and that the west had been fiiven fair representation throughout the house organization. The 36 votes in favor of the in crease, were cast by the republican representatives from Ohio, Massa chusetts, West Virginia, Maryland and South Dakota, while the 155 op posing votes were cast by the Wis consin, New Yorlt, Pennyslvania, Illinois, Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, Cali fornia, Kentucky, Michigan, Wyom ing, Indiana, Montana, Rhode Is land, Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Dakota dele gations. Assignments Approved. At today's meeting final approval was given the assignment of mem bers. Mr. Mann was selected as chairman of the committee on wo man suffrage. He announced later he would introduce the Susan B. An thony constitutional amendment in the next house "on the first day it meets" and would urge speedy adop tion. Republicans membership af the suffrage committee, as selected today, showed a majority in favor of the amendment.. The republicans placed on the committee were: Representatives Little, Kansas; Elliott, Indiana; Nolan, California; Burroughs, New Hampshire; Nel son, Wisconsin, and McCrate, New York. The republican membership pf the merchant marine committee, which will haye charge of the legislation dealing with the policy for operating the American fleet, also was selected today, the new members being Rep resentatives Currey, California; Ricketts. Ohio; Chindbloom, Illi nois; Crowther, New York; Randall, Wisconsin, and Andrews, Maryland. The hold-over republicans are Chairman Green, Massachusetts; lldmonds. Pennsylvania; Rowe, New York; Scott, Michigan; White, Maine; Lenbach, New jersey, ana Burroughs, New Hampshire. Attack Committee's Action. Reoresentative Johnson, in his statement, said he believed the com mittees had been fair in the selection of men for the standing house com mittee, saying that with Represen tative Fordney of Michigan heading the house ways and means commit tee and Senator Penrose of Pennsyl vania the senate finance committee, "we should hive the most progres sive steering committee in the house that we could secure." The liberal sentiment of the country, he added. r 1 !'! I! Barley is mixed with in making No sweetening required. The food is readu-cooked saving fuel. About naif the milk or6 cream needed for the ordinary cereal is sufficient for Grape-Nuts, Ecohomical-every atom eatable. A delicious, nourishing food! There's a Reason 'for Grape-Nuts L. Nash Sales Manager Arrives to Attend Omaha's Auto Classic I'"'"' v - n : - i .. ? . .. , : I '- 4 - y . . l. i ... . :-'-l--:-Ay'-- ' 1 ' 1 f V , w t. . 1 ! ' - i : r - W '.. -i ; ' : . .. . -.- J C. B. Voorhis. "The automobile industry is ex periencing the most wonderful de mand for motor cars the country has even seen," said C. B. Voorhis, general sales manager of the Nash Motor company, Chicago, who ar rived in Omaha Thursday to attend the automoile show. Mr. Voorhis is the guest of Thom as II. McDearmon, manager of the Nash Sales company. Tenth and Howard streets. From here he will go to Boston to attend an automo bile show. The object of his trip through the middle west and east was to inspect the distributing sta tions established during the past two years. should control the steering commit tee because it "is the legislative com mittee of the house" and "on the legislative record we win or lose in 1920." Representative Longworth, in his statement, said the result of the committee's work "was to make James R. Mann the dominating fig ure of the next house. "If it had been deliberately plan ed to restore the conditions exist ing in the house 10 years ago," de clared his statement "as a result of which the. republican majority be comes a minority, the plan could not have been more successfully consummated." After comparing the personnel of the house leadership of 10 years ago with that of the next congress,' Mr. Longworth attacked Mann's record during the war congress, adding "if republicans throughout the coun try want some other leader then let them instruct their representa tives to see to it that the program is modified at least to the exent that control of the house organization be placed in the hands of men who have stood straight on prepared ness and on war measures and who believe that the republican party has progressed since 1910." , First Installment on Tax Paid by Caruso $153,198.10 Income 'i New York, March 13. Enrico" Ca ruso, the tenor, will pay an income tax of $153,198.10 for 1918, it was revealed at the collector's office in the second New "York district ' to day. Caruso visited the office in person late yesterday and taking ad vantage of the instalment payment system presented a check for $38, 483.42, one-fourth of the total amount. Permission to print the amount was given by Caruso, as the law does not oermit the tax collec tor's office voluntarily to give out the information. New Tariff Cuts Rate on Ice Shipments Considerably Effective until May 31 of this year, the Omaha district freight commit tee, acting under authority of the general freight committee, has made a rate that will move ice from the north into Nebraska and the states to the south, under a distance tariff allowing a reduction from 10 to 25 per cent. It applies on car lots and to interstate and intra-state business. It also covers .single, joint two line and three line hauls effec tive to as far as 600 miles from points of origin. U.KKIf IH II.IJII.I IIHI MJ UIIL..IU, .MMWIILUIMI.. -U.H, H II 1 1 1 1 1 1 IMF lfW"l STATE SENATE MAKES PROBE OF CONTROL BOARD (Conllnufd from rg One.) have .remedied but have been unable to have them done through the Board of Control." "You set yourself upas the board, showed that you would have done different if you were the board, in timated that the board used poor judgment and criticised its actions?" asked Attorney Strode. "I don't know as to that," was the answer. "You don't expect the chief book keeper to be the board; you don't expect that tail to wag the dog?" asked Strode. "I don't know as to that," was the reply. As to Efficiency. Attorney Strode then asked Weid enfeld if it was his conception of efficiency for an employe to be dis loyal, to discredit his superiors by destructite criticism and to try to usurp the authority of the board. He replied in the negative. He elaborated his testimony by saying that he would not have employed a purchasing agent to have bought the coal for state institutions had he been the board and that Commis sioners Holcomb and Gerdes had said to him that they wished they had never employed E. E. Howell ,as purchasing agent, lie admitted be had never discussed the matter with Commissioner Mayfield. Will Make Statement. The former accountant testified that lie had other testimony which he would offer at the hearing, but that he wanted a day or so of time in which to prepare his statement. "What have you to present to the committee, -facts, impressions or views?" asked Attorney Strode. "I can't tell now, I must have time, it may take a day," was the reply. Truck Driver Talks. Albert C. Blair, driver of a truck belonging to the Nebraska state pen itentiary and an employe of the Handcraft Furniture company, testi fied that he had moved six or seven packages from the state capitol building on the afternoon of January 15. He did so at the order of Weid enfeld. who directed the driver to take them to his home, and who ac companied him there. Blair said all the packages were carefully wrapped in brown paper, that it was impos sible to see the contents, and that the packages would weight nearly 100 pounds apiece. He testified there was one large package, beneath the paper of which he thought he could feel books, or a letter file. He said it was a very heavy package. Asked to identify the packages which were in the chamber and which had been returned by Weid enfeld in response to the order of the joint committee and to the sub poena of the sheriff of Lancaster county, Blair looked over the pack ages and said that none of them re sembled the packages he had taken to the Weidenfeld residence and had put .in the basement. , Blair testified that he was sus picious at the time he moved the packages and had so informed the office of the Handcraft Furniture company, but he had neglected to report the matter to the Board of Control. Warden Fenton of the penitentiary had notified th mem bers of the board. Bookkeeper Loyal to Board. Anna Yokel, bookkeeper, and a subordinate , of Weidenfera, was a very interesting witness. She had some strong opinions on loyalty and told the members of the investigat ing committee, "this investigation will not change anything because you can't get anything on the board." In response to questions as to conditions in the office of Weiden feld, she said: "Mr. Weidenfeld wrote a lot of letters which, if the members of the board knew, they would not let out. He was dicta torial and tried to make a foot ball out of everybody. He tried to be the board himself." She said it was her duty to file all letters in his department and keep them in chronological order. She knew of the existence of letters which she alleged had been written by Weidenfeld, and wheii instructed by members of the board to find them so that they could be present ed at the hearing she said she had found the files very much mixed up and some of the letters missing. She had noticed the letter on the 1 wheat floor of the office of Weidenfeld in the basement the morning after the packages had been taken from the capitol, but she had not remarked at it at the time for she had never suspected him of disloyalty. She Was No Knocker. Asked if the letters referred to in her testimony reflected on the board, Miss Yokel replied: "They were letters he had no right to write. They were letters that were dictatorial in their tone. All of them were not written to of ficers of state institutions, but some of them to business houses in Chi cago and New York, directing how they should run their business in ref erence to the state of Nebraska." "If you knew he was doing im proper things," asked Attorney Wil son, "Why didn't you report to the board!" "It was not my business," was the reply. "But you are telling of these things now," she s reminded. "I . am loyal to the board," she retorted. "Why didn't you tell then?" she was asked. "Heads of businesses hate a knocker," said she. "He was my boss and I'd get fired if I did. wouldn't I?" she queried. In response to a question put as to the attitude of Weidenfeld, she said: "He was bossing everybody all the time. The whole state house knew that, and if the Board of Con trol did notvknow it the members were made to feel it.' At the afternoon session H. B. Miles, a Lincoln coal dealer, told of a proposal that had been made to him by Commissioner Holcomb, verbally, that he act as purchasing agent for the state in the matter of coal-buying. After 10 days had elapsed, he said, he informed the commissioner he would do the work on the basis of compensation at the rate of 10 cents per ton. He was told the board considered this too much. The period of service was for 1918. He told the committee that it would be his plan to buy the coal at net gov ernment price at the mine. He testified that he thought the method unusual, but had no idea it was iot statutory, thinking that the board knew what it was doing. His first intimation that E. E. Howell had obtained the position was through a newspaper report and he learned afterward by personal con versations that other coal dealers had been offered the same deal. Used Unsuitable Coal. Miles testified that he had check ed up 25 cars of coal delivered at the Geneva Industrial School for Girls with the government mine prices in compliance with a request made by "Bat" Koehler of the Koeh ler Lumber and Coal company at Geneva. He had found that mine run Ar kansas semi-anthracite coal had cost $4.25 at the mine and $8.85 per ton delivered at Geneva. The mine run coal, because it runs 60 per cent slack and 40 per cent lump, was not suitable to the uses of the steam plant at Geneva, where the grate bars were an inch apart and there was considerable waste. He claim ed that he offered the board coal of equal efficiency, but of lower test, at Geneva at a price which would equal $5 per ton delivered at Geneva. Miles testified that he called the attention of this to Chairman Ger-. des, who expressed surprise at the difference of the prices and suggest ed that Miles submit a proposition to Howell, the board's purchasing agent, which he did, but Howell had notified him that the institutions were all filled up. Miles testified that in the fall of 1918 he called on Mr. Howell again and the latter had notified him that he had better take the matter up with Mr. Swift of the National Sup ply company of Lincoln, from whom Howell said he was buying all coal used by the state. Board "Loaded Up." Miles said that He had offered Swift Missouri mine coal at 15 cents per ton under the government price and that Swift had purchased sev eral cars of it from him for. the job bing trade, but never for the Board of Control, always explaining that the latter wss "loaded up." t The witness testified that when he heard of the reappointment of Howell to the place of purchasing agent in 1919 he had protested to the board because the other dealers had not been invited to bid. He asserted that Chairman Gerdes had said that "Howell has given such good service that he deserved a continuance as purchasing agent." Two Brunning Children Witnesses Against Boy Said to Be Auto Thief Owetah Brunning, 13, and Fran cis Brunning, 9 years old, sat on the witness stand in Judge Redlck's court yesterday afternoon and point ed accusing fingers at Izzy Firscht, on trial for the theft of a Ford car belonging to Julius Brunning, Ral ston. The car was stolen from Seven teenth and Dodge streets, August 2, 1918. The Brunnings had driven to the city and left the children in the car while they went shopping. Firscht is charged with having iold the children to "go in the store and help carry bundles." When Firscht was arrested the Brunnings went to the police station and said theyrecognizezd Firscht. Baker and March Proceed West After Visit to Denver Denver, March 13. Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, and Chief t Staff March, arrived here at 2:30 p. m. today enroute to the Pacific coast on a tour of inspection. The secretary's party was taken for a motor car ride through the city, and left for the west. ; Secretary Baker said he would reach Tacoma, Wash., Saturday night. An inspection of Camp Lewis will follow, the secretary said. Then he will go to San Fran cisco and Los Angeles. After visit ing Camp Kearny, Cal., the secre tary announced he would go to El Paso to inspect Fort Bliss. Chili Opposes Peace League Plan of President Wilson Washington, March 13. The State department was advised to day that Alejandro Alvarez. legal adviser to the Chilean department of foreign affairs, had published a statement to the effect that the league of nations would be unfav orable to Chilean interests, Greeks and Armenians Refuse to Live Under Turkish Government Paris, March 13. The Greek and Armenian patriarchs at Constanti nople have sent a petition to Premier Vcnizelos to be presented to the "peace conference. Demand is made that the Greek and Armen ians no longer be compelled to live under a Turkish government and it is declared that the Greeks and Armenians will not submit to such government. The petition aks that Greeks be i allowed to live in Armenian terri- j tory and Armenians tu Greek ter ritory in case they cannot be in cluded in the limits of their own countries. The Armenians ask for the formation of a great Armenia with access to the Black sea and the Medittcrancan and say they would like to see Thrace, Constan tinople, the Vilayets of Smyrna and Brotissa and the Sanjakstif Cnmedia and Biglia incorporated in Greece. Hope is expressed that the United Greeks and Armenians may become important factors in the peace, progress and civilization of the near east. Burglars Enter Scout Rooms Twice Within Two Days Burglars have put the Boy Scout headquarters, Patterson block, on their regular visiting list, and for the second time in as many days entered the place Wednesday night. They stole nothing, but they made a clean haul the night before. The plunder Tuesday night was $50 and an expensive watch. The thieves Tuesday night over looked $20 in postage stamps. Alleged Auto Thieves Are Held in Fremont, Neb., Jail Two Omaha negroes, James Wil son and Gradv Hord, were arrested at Fremont, Neb., Thursday after noon after they attempted to sell a Ford car, stolen from L. V. Ken nard, president of the Kennard Paint and Glass company, on March 11, to a garage owner at Fremont. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza. I.AXATIXK BROMO QUININE Tablets re move the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. Absolute Reliance Perfect Safety Ease your mind when you send a job of cleaning work to THIS plant. Not only is the grade of the wprk BETTER than the re quired standard, but your clothes, while in our care, are insured against FIRE, LOSS, THEFT or DAMAGE of any kind. Fhone Tyler 345. Dresher Bros. Dyera Dry Cleaner 2211-17 Farnam St., Omaha IS 7;r- i OC V tfw s Nuxated Iron Increases strength and endurance of delicate, nervous, run dewn people in two weeks' time in many instances. 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