THE OMAHA " SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 6, 1919.
HOUSE SPENDS
ENTIRE DAY ON
CIVIL CODE BILL
Proposed Amendments to Re
duce Salaries of Secretaries
Voted Down; to Resume
'I Work Monday.
' (By a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, April S. With an inter
ruption of only a few minutes for
debate on the question of reducing
the salaries of the six secretaries
provided for in the civil administra
tive code bill, the house this morn
;ng began in the committee of the
Nvhote to shape the 512 page meas
ure for final passage. The senate
has already passed the civil code
bill.
, Rep. E. R. Purcell of Broken Bow,
a democrat, itirred up the only ora
tory of the morning when he pro
posed the amendment which would
have scaled the salaries of the secre
taries from $5,000 annually to $3,600.
The amendment was voted down 28
to 45, after considerable discussion,
.pf the 28 favoring the lower salary
(scale, 18 were republicans and 10
democrats. Only one democrat
fvoted with the republican majority
"which defeated the amendment.
. As a result of the test vote, it ap
pears certain that the civil :idniin
jistrative codt, bill, which is Gover
nor AfcKrJvit's campaign pledge and
'a part of the republican state plat
form, will be tnsited substantially
in the form as agreed upon in the
Jiouse and senate committees
Take Up Amendments,
i, All of the committee amendments
vere taken up in the committee of
She whole this morning together
vith some other small and incon
equential oncsof a corrective na
ture. The process was purely a
perfunctory one and went through
without interruption.
i!;The secretary then started in to
read the first 32 pages of the code
ill. Only three pages were finish-
!:d at the morning session of the
louse, which was devoted entirely
to the code bill and then resumed
again at the afternoon session.
Individual amendments! will not
(be considered until the different sec
tions are taken up which will prob
ably not be before late Monday. The
entire bill is not to be read as no
body has demanded that this be
done.
f One of the committee amendments
which the house adopted today cuts
fn half the examination fee for regis
tered nurses, making it $5 as com
pared with $10 now. Chairman Jeni
on of the committee saild that when
j nurse works like a slave for three
Vears, she generally has no money
to pay the $10 registration fee which
s now demanded,
!i It was shown by the report of the
state nurse board, which Mr. Good
read, that in two years' time the sum
Of, $3,580 was collected in fees for
applicants for certificates. The sec
retary of the board is paid $100 a
memth. The age requirement for
registered nurses was cut from 22
to 21 years.
To Pay Examiners.
1 Amendments were also adopted,
allowing the state pharmacy exam
iners $15i 3, day for time spent in
the performance of their, duty, but
requiring them to turn all fees col
lected into the state treasury. In
the past they have been allowed
these fees for enumeration and ex
penses. Mr. Good had figures per
taining to this board, exhibiting the
fact thefy had collected $9,426 in
fees and had expended all but $24.
On the committee's recommenda
tion, the annual license fee for phar
macists was reduced from $2 to $1.
Speaker Dalbey, Rodman, Hostet
ler, Staats, Thompson and Hardin
led the fight against the Purcell
amendment to reduce the salary
limiit of secretaries from $5,000 to
$3,600. They insisted that the state
wanted big men for these positions
and would have to pay accordingly.
Business Men and Farmers
Line Up With Oil Company
1 Beatrice, Neb., April S. (Special.)
eBusiness men and farmers of the
Barneston and Blue Springs vicini
ties lined tip behind the Red Cloud
Holdrege Oil company at meetings
held Thursday and Friday evenings
at which leases covering 2,100 acres
of land were signed up. In all, about
15,000 acres have been leased from
farmers in southern Gage county
and near Beatrice.
The company may decide to drill
two wells instead of one, provided
the proper acreage is secured. The
wells will be drilled at the same
time and will cost from $40,000 to
$70,000 in this country,
f
Arrangements Made for Two
New Hospitals at Ord
' Ori. Neb.. April 5. (Special.)
jNot long ago Dr. Weekes of Scotia
bade .arrangements for the purchase
of th Harris house in Ord. He will
expend $20,000 "in transforming it
into first-class hospital, containing
about 25 rooms. Doctors Miller and
jBarta will construct a new hospital
pn the site of the present one owned
by Dr. Miller. A 25-room structure
tvill be put ap h its place. .
HAVE CO
U
OR IN CHEEKS
Beaver City Physican to
Visit Patients by Airplane
t i
Upstate Doctor Buys Curtiss Biplane and Hires Former
Lieutenant of the United States Flying Forces to
"Chauffeur" Him Through the Air to Prospective
Patients.
Beaver City, Neb., April 5. (Spe-cial)-rThe
first privately - owned
aeroplane in the state of Nebraska
was ordered last week by Dr. F. A.
Brewster, who will use the machine
in calling on the patients of his ex
tensive practice. The aeroplane will
be shipped from the factory in about
a week. - Wade Stevens, former
lieutenant and "instructor in the
United States army, will assemble
and adjust the machine as soon as it
arrives and will act as pilot for the
doctor.
The machine was ordered from
the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor
corporation, New York, and will
come in sections. It will take about
two weeks to assemble and adjust
it. A site for a starting ground has
been secured and the construction of
a hangar will soon be under way.
Bi-Plane Type.
The aeroplane is of the biplane
tvne and is rallprl the Cnrti mnHd
-4D-2 Tractor. The wing span of
the upper plane is 43 feet 7 inches.
while the length of the machine
is 27 feet 4 inches. The weight of
the machine when empty is 1,580
pounds and it can carry a weight of
550 pounds including the pilot and
one nassfiicpr Tlip lnavirmim snpprl
in horizontal flight is 75 miles, with
a minimum speed of 45 miles, It is
guaranteed to climb 5,000 feet in
ten minutes. The areoplane is
equipped with a gasoline tank hold
ing 21 gallons. This permits a max
imum range, at economic speed of
250 miles. And, by the way, the
price is $8,000.
Lieut. Stevens is thoroughly famil
iar with this type of aeroplane,
which was used for training and in
struction in all aviation camps in the
United States.
Wade Stevens, son of County At
torney John Stevens, enlisted in the
aviation branch of the United States
army on June 20, 1917, and was sent
to the Champaign, 111., ground
school, where he studied aviation
theoretically for two months. He
was then transferred to the Kelly
Field flying school, near San An
tonio. Here he received his com
mission after his first flying test.
For seven months Lieutenant Stev
ens acted as flying instructor and
spent a total of more than 450 hours
in the air.
Lands in France..
On September 29, 1918, he landed
in France and attended the Third
Aviation Instruction center at Is
sotilun, the largest flying school in
the world, 150 miles south of Paris,
His only regret is that he never had
an opportunity to take part in a
combat at the front. His services
as instructor were considered toe'
valuable by his superior officers and
he was not permitted to take any
chances.
"Yes, I have been an eyewitness
of several fatal accidents," remarked
Mr. Stevens, when asked about the
dangers of flying. "But these accv
dents occurred over the flying
fields, and were mostly the result of
collisions in the clouds. Personally
I have, been very fortunate and
never had a mishap, although I al
ways will remember the few close
shaves I had.
For Business Only.
'"Dr. Brewster will only use the
aeroplane on his longer business
trips. A trip to Atwood, Kans., for
instance, would only take us about
an hour by the air route. For short
journeys, on the other hand, the
automobile is far more practical and
economical.
"We are going to give everybody
an opportunity to have a ride in the
clouds. Our charge will be $25 for
a shtrt exhibition flight; and you
get your money back, if you don't
come down.
"We expect to have the machine
in flying trim by the first of May, if
not sooner. If the aeroplane gets
here in time .for the Victory Liberty
Loan drive we'll use the machine to
boost the sale of bonds."
Fair and Warmer Weather
Promised for Next Week
Washington, April 4. Weather
prediction for the week ending Sat
urday, March 12, issued today by the
weather bureau are:
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis
souri valleys Rain Monday night
or Tuesday with temperatures some
what above normal, followed by fair
weather with nearly normal temperatures.
Returns From New York.
Fremont, Neb., April 5, (Special.)
Dr. Nathaniel McGiftin, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church df
Fremont, returned from Rochester,
N. Y., where he has been for the
last two months assisting in the
Nev Era campaign.
SECRETARY OF
CONTROL BOARD
POT 0N STAND
Denies State Supplies Were
Bought Without i First Ob
taining Competitive Bids,
as Provided by Law.
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, April 5. The legislative
committee investigating affairs of
the Board of Control examined Sec
retary Leo Matthews of the board,
Saturday.
Matthews' testimony related prin
cipally to the methods employed by
the board in purchasing supplies for
the state institutions. He vigorous
ly denied the board had purchased
any considerable amount of supplies
without first securing competitive
bids as nrnvidpit hr law
He introduced a tabulation for
1918, showing that with the excep
tion of the coal bought, out of a
total of $1,095,872.43. the board had
bought only $7,263.93 without first
asking for bids. Matthews said that
when the board did not advertise
for bids in the press, it sent out no
tices to 250 possible bidders, and
usually about 50 per. cent of the
firms submitted bids
The reason a larger per centage
did not bid, Matthews testified, was
because the state bought its goods
on such a close margin.
Representatives Snow and Mat
thews engaged in a heated argument
as a result of a question which Snow
put.
.Snow had asked Matthews 'if the
board had adopted the policy of ac
cepting the bidders' word for it that
the goods were better than those of
fered by some other firm.
Matthews answered by inquiring
if the question was really asked in
good faith, or was intended as a
joke.
"You have no right to question
the motives of any of this contmit
tee," interrupted Senator Sturm.
"This is no joke and you will an
swer me as a member of thr in
vestigating committee," Snow then
shouted.
Matthews explained that if a deal
er was known to be reputable and
gave the board his word that his
product met the requirements, :t was
accepted. If tests indicated hc
goods were not up to standard, they
were never bought again, he said.
In buying bed spreads Matthews
admitted that the specifications
state that only one spread will be
accepted by the board. This spread
is made by only one manufacturer,
he said, but handled by practically
every dealer.
Grand Island Commercial
Club Raises Yearly Budget
Grand Island, Neb., April 5.
Special.) A $10,000 commercial club
budget for the ensuing year has
been raised in the last nine days,
under the drive of a special com
mittee. It was stipulated that at
least 50 per cent of the same should
be employed in some specific good
road project leading out of Grand
Island, in co-operation with the ad
jacent land owners and township
and county officials.
Seward Woman Dies.
Seward, Neb., April 5. (Special
Telegram.) Mrs. F. W. Mickel,
wife of the lessee of the Independ
ent Democrat, died Saturday morn
ing of heart disease. She leaves a
son and daughter.
Be Better Looking Take
Ove Tablets
If your skin is yellow complexion
pallid tongue coated appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth
lazy, no-good feeling you should
take Olive Tablets.
Dr. Edwards? Olive Tablets a sub
stitute for calomel were prepared by
Dr. Edwards after 17 years of study
with his patients. -
Dr.Edwards'OliveTabletsare a purely
vegetablecompoundrrdxedwithohveoiL
You will know them by their olive color.
To have a dear, pink skin, bright eyes,
so pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like)
chMdhooddaysyoumustgetatthecause.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel yet hav
Bo dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con
stipation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and 25c per box.
All druggists. Take one or two nightly
and note the pleasing results-
High Court Affirms
Verdict Against Hog
and Cattle Company
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, April 5. Affirming the
verdict of the Lancaster county dis
trict court for $2 000 in favor of W.
C. Redfield, who 'claimed he was in
duced to invest that amount in stock
of the Farmers' Hog and Cattle
Power company on misrepresenta
tion, the Nebraska supreme court
makes this ruling:
"A director or officer of a corpor
ation who approves a report of its
affairs containing untrue statements
to induce a purchase of stock is per
sonally liable for damages."
The judgment of $946.01 obtained
by W. B. Shurtleff against Albert
Pick and company, a Chicago rug
firm, which Shurtleff said tried to
make him take inferior grades to
those he contracted for, is also af
firmed. Pioneer Scribner Pastor
Dies of Appendicitis
Fremont, Neb., April 5. (Special)
Rev. Carl F. Geradewohl. for 11
years pastor of St John's Lutheran
church near Scribner, died at a !o;al
hospital following an operation' for
appendicitis. He is survived by his
widow, four sons, one in France, and
three daughters He was a native
of Germany and had been in Nebras
ka for 26 years.
Beatrice Soldier Arrives
Home From Overseas Duty
Beatrice, Neb., April 5. (Special)
Ernest Langdale, a Beatrice boy,
who was severely wounded in lhi
Argonne forest drive, arrived home
Friday from 1 ranee. He and hib
other two brothers. Christopher and
George Langdale. left here with old
Company C lasi June. Ernest and
rhristopher wera wounded and
George gassed. Christopher r
turned home a fev weeks ago and
George is on the way home. The
boys are sons of Mr. and Mrs, J
YV Langdale of this city.
Gold Reserves Increase
Washington, April 5. Gold re
serves of the federal reserve sys
tern, members' deposits and fecjeral
reserve bank notes in circulation in
creased during the last week, and
the reserve percentage rose 3-10 of
1 per cent. Rediscount operation!
showed a slight falling off.
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Mmove tbow skin affliction and that
Intolerable Itching, burninr. and dis
comfort will dluppw und.r the magic
f thlf remedy. Hundreds testify It has
haalad cases pronounced incurable. W
maranU the first bottle to bring re
relief. TrrD. O.O. Mc eland $1.00.
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That's the word that
fully describes every piece
in this display.
Here! A complete show
ing of Beautiful Chairs,
Rockers or Complete Suites
upholstered in beautiful
tapestries and pretty cre
tonnes or plain.
Handsome Tables plain
or covered with glass tops.
Pretty Desks, Lamps,
Stools in fact everything
and anything in this hand
some furniture for the sun
parlor, porch or every room
in the house.
A Display of Surpassing Charm
Every piece of which is marked at a conserva
tive price, to fit every need.
SECOND
FLOOR
YOU may profitably begin and end your search for
beautiful and dependable floor coverings with
Standard Wilton Rugs
27x54 $9.25
36x63 ...........$15.00
4-6x7-6 . . . . . . . . . . $30.00
6x9 . .......$54.00
8-3x10-6 $79.00
9x9 ..$72.50
9x12 ...... ... .$86.00
9x15 $118.00
10- 6x13-6 $134.00
11- 3x15 $149.00
The Carpet Section is prepared to take care of your every
need stairs, hallways, or rooms where the fitted carpet is de
sired, can all be treated in desirable colors and fine floor fab
rics. LINOLEUMS Such a Complete Showing.
20 patterns of "ProLino," at, per square yard ...75c
15 patterns of Printed Linoleum, per square yard... .$1.30
25 patterns of Extra Heavy Printed Linoleum, sq. yd., $1.50
12 patterns of Inlaid Linoleum, per square yard. .. .$1.80
18 patterns of Extra Heavy Inlaid Linoleum, sq. yd., $2.25
414-416-418 South 16th Street
Cabinet Makers Have Again Turned Their Attention to Making
Beautiful Furniture and the Product of the Best
Is Coming Onto" Our Floors.
We are constantly searching for the New the individual in furniture and home
furnishings to offer our friends and for this reason our, stocks are always interesting.
There are many new things this season which we will be glad to show you and
which are anything but high-priced
You'll enjoy a visit to this store, especially by reason of our expansion into the
New Building on Howard St. that has now been thrown open from the Sixteenth side.
A Practical Breakfast-Room Suite
Japanese Motif
Including one square and two half -circle
tables that can be used altogether or sep
arately, in a variety of ways. The dainty
bamboo turnings of the legs, combined
with witching Japanese cherry blossom
decorations done by real Japanese artists
on dark green foundation, creates an at
mosphere of rare charm.
Half-Circle Tables, each $30.00
Square Table $50.00
Chairs, each $14.00
A William and Mary
Dining Table
As Illustrated
This substantial 8-leg type is done in selected
quartered oak and finished Jacobean brown ; fitted
with 8-foot extension leaves; the price is
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$68.00
See our William and Mary Table in Jacobean Oak,
at $44.00
Will You Permit Us to Show You
the Most Up-to-the-Minute
Kitchen Cabinets
. In the World?
Including the well-known, nationally-advertised
Hoosier and McDougal
1919 Models.
The labor, time and money savers of the kitchen
Kitchen Cabinets from $19.50 to $66.00
Kitchen Tables from $4.50 to $40.00
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Seeger Refrigerators
at Special Prices
75-Lb. Capacity, Elastic Enameled Lined, 3-Door
"Seeger" $43.00
100-Lb. Capacity, Elastic Enameled Lined, 3-Door
"Seeger" $45.00
100-Lb. Capacity, Elastic Enameled Lined, 3-Door
"Seeger" $52.50
150-lb. Capacity, Elastic Enameled Lined, 4-Door
"Seeger" $62.00
1 75-Lb. Capacity, Elastic Enameled Lined, 4-Door
"Seeger" $72.00
150-Lb. Capacity, Porcelain Lined, 4-Door "Seeger"
for $80.00
100-lb. Capacity, Porcelain Lined, 3-Door "Seeger"
for $60.00
100-lb. Capacity, Porcelain Lined, 3-Door "Seeger"
for $70.00
Theee Price Mean a Very Considerable Saving.
The demonstration of the wonderful Detroit Jewel Gas Range has attracted
so much attention that we have decided to continue It over the coming week so that
EVERYBODY interested in eood cookiner mav know whv IT BAKES BETTER.
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in which
CRETONNE
I plays a leading role
This most delightful of all drapery and up
holstery fabrics, through the versatility of the
designers, has become a fabric that can be used
in every room. There are patterns designed
especially for the living room, for instance, others
for the dining room, while library and bedrooms
are most generously catered to.
Englith Cretonne
Floral Creations
Egyptians
New Upholstery Designs
Verdure Effects
Dainty Chamber Designs
Replicas of Damasks
Aviary Extravaganzas
Prices from 50c to $3.00
Special Main Floor Displays
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FIFTH FLOOR N
Appreciation is the rroduct 01
Brunswick
Performance
A SALESMAN recently said: "All I ask is a chance to demon
strate a Brunswick Fhooograph. Its tone with all makes
of records sells it."
More than its handsome cabinets, more than its convenient
features, more than the fair prices, it is the Tonal Quality of its
reproductions, with all makes of records, that determines people
to choose Brunswick Phonographs.
Everyone who hears it appreciates the Brunswick's superior
musical qualities. But many wish to have their judgment veri
fied my an authority. For such, the statements of well known
artists will be interesting.
See what Harold Jarvis, a dis
tinguished performer for one of
the prominent record makers, says
of his voice records:
"The tone of the Brunswick was
a revelation to me. Vocal rec
ords particularly, have a sweet,
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