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4 vfHE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1919. SCOTTSBLUFF SCHOOL PLANS INADEQUATE State Engineer Says Drawings for Proposed $60,000 Struc ture of No Value; New Prints Necessary. ' From a Staff Correspondent. , Lincoln, March 17. State Engi - neer Geoige E. Johnson has notified the school board of Bayard, Nch., that plans for a new $60,000 school, prepared ly Jrchitest G. C. Gott of Scottsbluffs, Neb., were structurally inadequate. Mr. Johnson says a new set of plans will be necessary. The state engineer, who had one 0 his agents visit the site of the school and bring the plans to Lin coln for his examination at the re rfticst of State Superintendent W. II. Clenunons, found that the pro posed building would not sustain its own weight, lie says. The school board has wired State Superintendent Clenunons for in - structions, after contractors had re fused to bid on the building on the basis of the architect's plans, ac cording to Mr. Johnson. Fire at Syracuse, Neb., . Causes $16,500 Damage Syracuse, Neb., March 17. (Spe cial.) Syracuse suffered her most severe fire loss since 1911 when the Independent Battery Service build ing burned down. The building is owned by M. R. Ingersoll and sit uated in the DeLong block. The fire originated in the battery charg ing room and that part of the build in" is a total loss. Twelve cars that were stored in the building, most of tliem new, were badly damaged and the building was so badly damaged that it will have to be practjrally re built Loss to the building will be $3,00(1;' Mr. Ingersoll, $1,000; Picker ing Auto company, $9,000; A. C. Stover. $3,500. Besides this several individual cars in the building were damaged by smoke and heat. Benjamin Wilkins, a veteran of the civil war and a pioneer resident of Syracuse, died after an illness of two weeks.' lie is survived by his aged wife, two sons Calvin B. Wil kins of Kansas City, Mo and Melvin . Wilkins, publisher of The Syra curc Journal-Democrat, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Dean of Pal myra Funeral service was held Monday afternoon from the home, (vith interment in Park Hill. Legislative League Banquet. I , Is Postponed for one' Week By a Staff Correspondent. ' Lincoln, March 17. (Special.) One week's postponement of the Nebraska Legislative league ban quet from March 20 to 27 has-been decided upon, because of so many matters pressing f UDon,the house and the senate this week; - It will be at, the Lincoln Commercial club in stead of the .city Auditorium, as planned. The State university band will furnish the music and a vaudeville stant from the Orpheum theater will bo arranged for. WU1 Make Artificial Ice' Fairbury, Neb-, March 17. (Spe cial.) The Fairbury Ice company, successors to the Mendenhall Ice company,- will begin the manufac ture of artificial ice Tuesday. . The capacity of the plane is 25 tons a day. Beg Pardon The bad, bad thirteenth. On the thirteenth day of this month, The Bee received a telegram -from its correspondent at Norfolk, Neb., tell ing that J. E. Haase was elected mayor of Norfolk. M . Haase is not elected mayor, but merely nominated candidate for the mayor's race. I A Specialized Cereal Food Builder of Body & Brain This well planned combination of the best parts of wheat & barley has a delightfully sweet & nut like flavor. , But the chief reason Why you should use Grape-Nuts is for its buildincf worth its real value! as a constructor of body tissues for young & old. Easy to digest, requires no sugar & there's no waste. "There's a Beatrice firm Ships lee to Various Small Towns in the State Beatrice,-Neb., March 17. (Spe cial.) Kay Ward, one of the first young men of Beatrice to enter the war, returned home yesterday from V ranee, where he spent more than a year. He was in the aerial service ana while, in t ranee made a num ber of flights, but escaped injury, lie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of this city. s Two gold watches and a $50 Lib erty bond were stolen Friday after noon from the home of rrank Thinin a farmer living west of the city, during the absence of the fam ily. The officers here are working on the case. .. " . The Beatrice Cold Storage com pany is shipping a carload of manu factured ice daily to small towns in this section where it is being stored for summer use. , There is a general shortage of river ice here, and it is predicted that the price will be around 50 cents a hundred the com ing summer. Members of the Beatrice Farmers' Co-Operative Grain confpany met here yesterday and voted to adopt the union plan organization. The company will either buy or-build an elevator, lne organization has a membership of 140. Charles W. Hagerman of the Fi ley vicinity has sold his quarter sec tion farm to Carl Isorenson tor SJS, 500, or approximately $225 per acre. Gage county land -is gradually climbing skyward in pnc$. rarmers of the Liberty vicinity have organized to make war on gophers the coming season. Supreme Court Hears Omaha Detention Home Habeas Corpus Case from a btatt cot respondent. Lincoln, March 17. The Ne braska supreme court Monday aft ernoon heard the habeas corpus pro ceedings involving the right of city officials in Omaha to segregate and quarantine those afflicted with so cial diseases, on application of Mar garet Brown of Omaha, who was committed to the Omaha detention home Jannary 27, on orders of city authorities. . , The action denies the constitution al right of state and local health authorities to make rules and regu lations. ,that, require the accused to submit,' to medical examination for the procuring of evidence against him or herself. . "When accused is himself made to produce the incriminating evidence, such evidence is irrelevant and in admissible," contends the petitioner. lhe Brown woman, held under the name of Margaret Harris, was com mitted to the detention home, after ;tlie had been sentenced to a jail term, for being an inmate of an ill- governed house, according to a stip ulation filed in the habeas corpus proceedings. Norfolk Celebrates in Honor of St. Patrick Norfolk; Neb:, March 17. (Spe cial .TelegrariL) Speaking ""before half a' thousand people attending a SuPatrick's day celebration William Frazer, an attorney of Omaha, was enthusiastically cheered when he announced that an Irish republic had been started, that Irishmen -would not rest until Ireland had been given its freedom under Pres ident Wilson's lpeace principles. Shot at Brother-in-Law. Beatrice, March 17. (Special.) As the result of trouble between Oscar Eoswell and his brother-in-law, Earl Hayes, the former was ar rested today on the charge of at tempting to murder Hayes xby emptying his revolver at him. Hayes escaped with slight injuries. N The men live in separate homes on the same farm south of Beatrice. Noted Silversmith Dies. Meriden, Conn., March 17. Ce phas B. Rogers, former head of the silverware manufacturing firm of C Rogers and Bros., of this city, died at his home here last night of pneu monia. ' XL rapeiwt Reason for Grape-Nuts JURORS FIND BLAZKA BEAT WIFE Til DEATH Coroner's Inquiry at Valentine Into Death of Woman Re sults in Accusation of Husband. Valentine, Neb., March 17. (Spe cial Telegram.) ,At the inquest over the body of Mrs. Francisca Blazka held today Deputy Sheriff O'Rourke testified to finding the body at the Mm scene of the crime and to the volun tary statement by husband, Josef Blazka, before arrest, that he ad ministered a beating with a piece of tug. He identified that article when brought by the son. Verdict that Francisca Blazka came to her death on or about March 11 caused by a severe beating with a heavy harness tug about three feet long, with an iron cockeye at one end, in the hands of her hus band, Josef Blazka, and wielded with murderour and felonious intent, was returned by the jury. .Date tor preliminary hearing was not set because the prisoner has not secured a lawyer.. He is communi cating, with outside lawyers of Bo hemian nationality. lhe funeral of Mrs. Blazka was held this afternoon and interment was in Valentine. Lightning Strikes Two Big Barns Near; Fairbury, Neb. iEairbury, Neb., March 17. (Spe cial.) Lightning struck two large barns Pnday morning near Fair bury. " Both were burned to the ground. One was on O. H. Sollen- berger's farm and the other on the Charles Higgms farm. -The loss in cluded the buildings, 25 tons of hay, 300 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of corn, besides some farm imple ments, harness, etc Spencer to Pave Streets. Sbeneer. Neb., March 17. (Spe cial.) At a recent meeting of the business men of Spencer, called by Mayor Nystrom, it was decided to pave the business streets of the city. Petitions have been signed by suf ficient property owners to authorize the town board to proceed with the work. - Oapt. MacGregor Decorated. London, March 16. Frank Mac- Gregor, U. S. Medical corps, rer ceived the military cross at 'an in- vesture held by the king in Buck ingham palace Saturday. 1 1 TAX RETURNS ON SUNDAY REACHED $1,500,000 MARK Returns Made; Hereafter Must Be Accompanied by Written Request for Time Extension. The income tax season is over for another year, and although it will require the remainder of this week to care for the returns mailed in from the different parts of the state prior to the official closing hour Saturday night, some delinquents appeared in the Federal building Monday. ' "All returns made hereafter must be accompanied by a written request for extension of time, together with reasons for the delay, said George L. Loomis of the internal revenue department, "If this is not done, they will be classed as delinquents and subject to the fine of from $1,000 to $10,000, or imprisonment." Post All Names. For the first time income ta lists wilf be prepared and posted in the federal buildings by govern ment instructions. They will con tain a list of the tax payers, the amounts paid and the addresses. This is one of the ways used to lo cate delinquents. "It will take the remainder of this week to care for the mailed re turns," said Mr. Loomis, "and the floor tax, or tobacco returns, will be considered next. These must be in by March 25.. After that steps will' be taken concerning tax avoiders." Receive $1,500,000 on Sunday. The returns ran higher than all expectations, and although the aver age deposit per day amounted to $1,000,000, the highest deposit of $1,500,000 was on Sunday. This represented from Saturday noon un til Sunday. . The total return for Omaha will not be known until the returns by mail are entirely checked, but ac cording to Mr. Loomis the highest tax paid was for $1,000,000. Among those in Nebraska whose checks registered the highest were C. N. Dietz, E. John Brandeis, that from the Kountze estate, from Omaha; the Woods Brothers' es tate in Lincoln and that of J. A. Monroe of the Union Pacific rail road. ' Legislative Body Grills Mayfield in Regard to Coal Bill By a Staff Correspondent.' Lincoln, March 17. Resuming its inquiry today, the legislative inves tigating committee examining into the affairs of the State Board of Control had E. O. Mayfield, a mem bet of the board, on the grill again Monday. Deputy Attorney General Ralph Wilson, representing the Commit tee, cross-examined. Mr. Mayfield with reference to the bogus-receipted $72 coal bill, which the com missioner said in. his testimony Sat urday had. been sent to him before he had settle the account with the National Supply company, which was also famishing the state insti tutions with coal. Commissioner Mayfield told the comirtittee that he had been com pelled to allow the bill to run for awhile because he was shurt of funds.! His daughter mailed the let ter in which he had enclosed a check to cover his coal account, he said. The witness said he did not know who had sent him the bogus receiptr ed bill, but declared that as soon as the hearing was over he was going to devote his time to finding out. Attorney E. C. Strode, represent ing Commissioner Mayfield sug gested that the committee might be looking in the wrong direction to find the guilty party. He called at tention to the fact that Mr. May field's files and the office files of tjie Board of Control had been tam pered with. , "You know and I know, who was responsible for that," said Mr. Strode. He insisted that the bogus receipt must have been the work of someone endeavoring to "frame" on both Mayfield and Howell, since the receipt had been sent in an envelope bearing the name of Howell. George Weidenfeld, former, audi tor of the Board of Control, was the principal witness at the afternoon hearing. . Weidenfeld branded as false the story told by Miss Anna Yokel that he had taken anything from the office. He said that the reason Miss Yo kel had testified against him was because he had recommended her dismissal. 1 Criticising the conduct of the board's affairs Weidenfeld declared that its members had failed to recommend needed legislation, es pecially since Howard Kennedy had left it. He said that he had at tempted to educate the board to some of its business, but had been unsuccessful. He said that outside of Judge Holcomb and Judge Ken nedy none of the members of the board understood the bookkeeping. He said the board was most lax, in keeping a record of communications and reports and that no formal rec ord of the board's transactions was kept. No contract record was maintained, he asserted. Former Treasurer of South Dakota Must Pay State $32,094 Washington Bureau, Omaha Bee. Washington, March 17. The su preme court today gave a decision in favor of the state of South Da kota, complainant, against Charles B. Collins, who was the state treas urer of that state fram 1903 to 1909. During his ii.cumbecy, Collins at a salary of $1,800 a year, is alleged to have received more than $10,000 in interest from moneys loaned to banks in Chicago and South Dakota. The constitution of South Dakota provides that neither the treasurer nor 'any other officer of the state shall "receive any fees or perquis ites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with his office." The supreme court sustains the report of the jeferee and judgment is, directed to be entered against the defendant in the sum of $32,094. Collins, when last heard from, was OMAHA OFFICER KILLED IN TEXAS AIRPLANE CRASH Lieut. 0. D. Davidson, Known in Omaha Church and Sport ing Circles, Dies as Plane Crashes to Ground. Houston, Tex., March 17. Lts. Robert E. Morsbach and O. D. Davidson, of the Ellington field avia tion personnel, were killed Sunday n'ght near Richmond, their plane LT. O. D. DAVIDSON. crashing to the ground" as they were nearing . the end- pf. a flight from Kelly field, San Antonio. Lieutenant Morsbach, , who was piloting the plane, was from Durand For Try always LmTTnnmiifiT-" Wis., and Lieutenant Davidson from Omaha. . .- The cause of the crash is being in vestigated by an official board from Ellington field and as yet has not been announced. Relatives of Lt. O. D. Davidson of Omaha received a telegram last night acquainting them with the lieu tenant's death in an accident at El lington field, Texas, where he was stationed in the aviation service , Lieutenant Davidson was return ing from a, flight in an airplane to San Antonio and something went wrong as he was alighting, forcing the machine to crash to the ground. In the .smashup the officer was killed. . Lieutenant . Davidson was for merly secretary and superintendent of the Omaha branch of the Uni versal Motor cornpany, since the firm was organized in August, 1916. He resigned to enter, the service in January, 1918, and was sent to the Massachusetts Technical college for training. Later he was sent to El lington field after having received a second lieutenant's commission. Born in Long Fine. He was born in Long Pine. Neb.. 28 years ago.' He spent most of his life in Omaha. After graduating from the Omaha High school he entered Allies' college where he re ceived a degree in mechanical en gineering.,' 'Fo,r a year he was a member of the editorial staff of The Twentieth Century Farmer. Then he became secretary and superintendent of the Universal Motor company. In September, 1917, he was mar ried to Virginia Weller. a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles K. Weller. Mr. Davidson was very active in church work. He was a member of the North Presbyterian church and president of the City Union of the Christian Endeavor society. His wife and 9-months-oId daugh ter, Nancy Lee, were with Lieuten ant Davidson at Ellington field. A brother, Warren Davidson, is also stationed at- this aviation center. 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