THE BEEt OMAHA. TUESDAY APRIL 15, 1919.
SENATE GIVES
STATE OFFICERS
BOND PREMIUMS
Items Removed by House
-Claims Committee Put Back
- in Upper Chamber; Mul
len to Get Money.' )-
, Lincoln, April . 14. The claims
committee of the . senate has re
stored to the general claims bill a
lot of items which had been re
fected in the house. The bill awaits
final action , by the senate but will
undoubtedly be approved by the sen-He.
Provisions for the state's paying
the premiums on official bonds given
by Governor McKelvie and other
state officers, which the house
struck out of the bill, has been put
back into it Arthur Mullen's $301
claim is allowed in full, after it had
been knocked out on the floor of the
house. The following other items
which the house rejected also ap
pear in the senate draft of the bill:
W. S. Ridgell and M. F. Harring
ton, $1,000; Dr. E. Arthur Carr, $420;
Dexter T. Barrett, two claims of
$525 and $375.
There is also a new claim of
$3,200. by Wallace R. Lane, a Chi
cago man, who assisted the state in
the trial of the Luten patent case and
other litigation. He was employed
as an expert by former Attorney
General Reed and has already been
paid several thousand dollars for his
services.
i John Moriarty of Omaha, who
represented Senator Tanner in the
contest brought by W. J. Broatch,
gets $100 for doing so.
Where the house allowed $200 to
the E. J. Murfin estate for legal
"services in the purchase of the Ash
land rifle range, the senate com
mittee has boosted the amount to
$500. ,
Frank Odell Goes to
Capper Publication
as One pf Editors
Frank Odell.
Frank G. Odell, w$o bai been
secretary of the Federal Land bank,
Omaha, since its organization, has
resigned. His resignation, it is ex
pected, will be effective July 1, and
possibly sooner. He has cast his lot
with Arthur Capper, former gover
nor of Kansas, having accepted an
important editorial position in con
nection with several Capper publi
cations. His office will'be in Om
aha and it is said that his salary
will be greatly in excess of that paid
by the land bank.
At the time Mr. Odell is in Wis
consin, campaigning for the Victory
loan. Last night D. P. Hogan,
president of the Omaha land bank,
received a telegram from Mr. Odell
giving the information.
LAWMAKERS OF
NEBRASKA NEAR
END OF LABORS
Many Bills Passed With Reso
lution Asking Congress to
GiveSix Months' Pay
to" Soldiers.
Lincoln, April 14. The house of
the Nebraska legislature today
passed a resolution memoralizing
congress to grant six months' pay to
soldiers when discharged from mil
itary service. The resolutidn has al
ready been passed by the senate.
With the passage today of a large
number of bilfs of both house and
senate the work of the present legis
lative session was practically at an
end and it is expected that the legis
lature will be able to adjourn sine
dievby the middle of the week.
House Raises Measure
Remitting Costs on Pardon
Lincoln, April 14. (Special)
The house suspended the rules at
the request of Speaker Dalbey and
raised to the sifting file, S. F. 236,
a bill which Lieutenant Governor
Barrows introduced, giving the gov
ernor authority to remit costs as
sessed against a man convicted of
crime when he grants a pardon. It
is intended to apply in the case of
Mrs. Barrckman, sentenced to the
penitentiary from Cherry county fot
the killing of her husband. She1
was afterward pardoned. The sum
of $1,500 was charged up against
her as costs. Her friends claim
certain persons tried to bring a
frameup , against her so that they
could get possession of her ranch.
The conference report on the
salaries of county clerks, judges,
treasurers and their assistants was
adopted.
Soldiers' Voting
Law Repealed; School
. Redistrict Bill Passed
By a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, April 14. Repeal of the
soldier voting law was accomplished
by unanimous vote of the Nebraska
house Monday in passing S. F.
262, on that subject. Governor Mc
Kelvie will sign the bill and this
will remove the difficulty in can
vassing the vote at the special elec
tion next November for delegates
to the constitutional convention,
which meets early in December.
Only three votes were cast against
Governor McKelvie's school redis
ricting bill, S. F. 261, on its final
passage. It carries the emergency
clause, and received 70 votes three
more than the necessary two-thirds.
Those who opposed the Jacobs re
districting bill, which the house
killed 10 days ago, claim that the
corrections made removed their ob
jections. Those who voted againit
the new bill were Messrs. Hardin,
Lauritsen and Rost.
Following are the other bills which
the house passed in the morning:
8., F. S7 Authorizes county board to
appoint a highway commlastoner If county
urveyor la not qualified. Vote, 77 to 7.
S.- F 256- Reorganisation of Nebraska
rational guard. Emergency vote, 68 to 6.
8. . F. 14S Salary raise for district
clerk In counties up to $20,000; allow
dttrirt clerk m Douglas to fix the
alarles of hie office assistants. .Vol.,
M to 21.
Dodge County Farmers
Oppose Daylight Saving
Fremont, Neb., April 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Dodge county
farmers, at a meeting at Scribner,
adopted a resolution denouncing the
new time, as a "fad and wasteful"
and calling upon the merchants of
the county to go back to the old
schedule.
It is pointed out that farmers are
unable to get to town in time to
do their shopping under the new
system, as it is nard to arrange
their work to conform to the change,
The resolution asks the school au
thorities to change back to the old
time.
Start today to buy
War Savings Stamp
An excellent investment
and a patriotic duty
Make music a part
of your daily life
Do the cares of the day oppress you?
refreshes the weary mind.
Arc you eager for entertainment? The Victrola suits
its music to your every mood.
It is this actual service of pleasure and relief in your
daily life that makes the Victrola an invaluable possession.
What a privilege to have the greatest music by the very
greatest artists in the world to cheer and entertain you
at the very moments jwhen you most need it!
Victor and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $12 to $950.
' There are Victor dealers everywhere, and they will gladly play your favorite
music for you and demonstrate the Victrola. Saenger Voice Culture Records are
invaluable to vocal students ask to hear them.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important Notice. Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientific
ally coordinated and synchronised in the processes of manufacture, and their
um, on with the other, is absolutely essential to a perfect reproduction.
Naw Victor Racorda ataonatnteo1 at ail daaiara tha lat of aach moat
V
"VietroU" li tha Regiatered Trademark ef the Victor Talking Machine Company
daetenatina tha product, of thlc Company only.
8
The Victrola IBB
ictrola
JfZS. lis It
TAKE STEPS TO
GET REMAINDER
OF UNI PROPERTY
Legislature to Confer With
' Lincoln Authorities to End
That Titles to Promised
Lots May Pass.
By a Staff Correspondent.
LINCOLN, April 14. (Special.)
me result ot an inquiry started
last WPck' hv Slafo Isnniln. R,
and Representative Snow, a confer
ence was neia Detween those two
members of the legislature, Ralph
Wilson of the attorney general's
office, and Frank D. Eager of the
Lincoln hni
closing up the conveyance of all
remaining real estate that is to be
included in flip
.1... ii.:. , ?.Y
me university oi Nebraska, the
une to wnicn nas not been trans
fcrred to the statp.
Messrs. Snow and Bushee wanted
to find out if the six-year period,
covered by the written guarantee
given by the business men in 1913,
had expired and, if so, they thought
full steps ought to be-taken imme
diately under authority of the '.eg
islature to insure the full perform
ance of that instrument. The guar
antee was that all of the cost of
securing the additional land needed
by the university in excess of $ 00
would be paid by Lincoln.
There appears to be some doubt
whether the period expired March
1. or runs fo Sentetnhpr 1 hnf it
has been agreed all around that
steps win De taken to close up all
transactions still pending so that
title can be given the state not la
ter than September 1. The busi
ness men will attend to the mat
ter and the attorney general's of
fice will supervise the details from
a legal standpoint.
Some $200,000 hai been raised by
taxation in Lincoln and paid into
the state treasury to make good
the guaranty. It is expected that
about $15,000 more will be required
to make good the final obligation.
Herrick Takes His Case
to State Supreme Court
Lincoln, April 14. (Specials
Wendell P. Herrick of Omaha.
Monday filed an appeal in the su
preme court, in a suit for a writ of
habeas corpus against George Par
ker, messenger of Governor Low
den of Illinois. The writ was re
fused by District Judge George A.
Day of Douglas county.
Herrick is being held by Parker
on a warrant by Governor McKelvie
which allows Parker to take him to
Illinois on a charge of non-support
and neglect of his wife, Ethel Her
rick of Chicago. Herrick . claims
that the warrant is illegal and with
out cause and asks that Parker be
ordered to show cause for his de
tention. The charge preferred by Ethel
Herrick states that Herrick was in
Chicago on September 10, 1918, and
was guilty of non-support at that
time. Herrick's reply is accom
panied "by a number of affidavits
which state that he was in Omaha
on that date. He is an estimate
clerk for the Western Union Tele
graph company there.
House Urges Governor
to Proclaim Indian Day
Lincoln, April 14. (Special.) In
deference to the request of Chief
Red Fox, leader of the Black Havk
Indian tribe, who spoke to the Ne
braska legislature two weeks atro.
resolutions prepared by a special
committee were unanimously adopt
ed oy tne house Monday, urging
the governor to proclaim the fourth
Saturday in September as American
Indian day and memorializing con
gress to confer the ballot upon In
dians who served with the army or
navy ot the United Mates.
Messrs. Jenison. Maurer and
Jeary were the committee that
framed the resolutions.
Another resolution which the
house agreed to declares that it is
the patriotic duty of employers to
give returned soldiers and sailors
their old lobs and condemns as un
patriotic and selfish those employ
ers who fail to do this. Represen
tatives Stout, Byrum and Davis
drew this resolution.
Platte County Farmers
in Mercantile Business
Columbus. Neb.. Aoril 14. (Spe
cial.) A movement is under way
for estahlishinff a rn-nnprativ trpn-
eral merchandise store in Columbus,
under the direction of the Farmers'
Union Central Business association,
with union members throughout the
county as stockholders.
Jtred Lattau, secretary, says that it
will be a $10,000 to $20,000 proposi
tion at the start. He has issued a
call to all members of the Central
business association and all the
farmers' union locals in the county to
meet at district school house No. 10.
Saturday night to take steps toward
establishing the business.
Many Nebraska Phone
Lines Out of U. S. Control
Lincoln, April 14. (Special.)
Governmental control of all tele
phone companies in Nebraska,
whose gross earnings are less than
$10,000, will be suspended shortly,
according to an opinion of Thome
Brown, .secretary of the State Rail
way commission. Secretary Brown
bases his opinion on a recent unoffi
cial" notice which he received of an
order of Postmaster General Burle
son issued on April 9. He did not
know whether the order was effec
tive. About four-fifths of the com
panies in the state are in the class
which would be affected. j
House Passes Anti-German
Speech Bill of Senate
Lincoln, weo., April 14. tsv a
vote of 66 to 6 the house of the
Nebraska legislature today passed a
senate bill making it unlawful in
this state to conduct political or
public meetings in a foreign language.
Provision is made, however, thnt
the act shall not applv to meet-
nes or conventions held for the
purpose of religious teachings, in
struction or worship, or to lodge
kaiftai
t"it ffiia.
i.h .... i t. j. .t.m. ..... .A- 'iw-.ki.tf.
THOMPSON BELDEN & CO.
VAp V as 6 ton (?pnfarbr9f6mpn
tstab fished 366
Dresses of Distinction
Form a Lovely Display
Taffeta dresses with organdie col-
lars and cuffs and ruffled skirts
$39.50, $45, $55
Georgette frocks in figured and dot
ted patterns are charming.
$59.50, $65, $75
Dresses of fine silk ging
ham $39.50 and $45
English prints the very
newest dress fashion of
the season. $19.50
Private display rooms at your
disposal An excellent al
teration service.
Box Stationery
A quire of good note
paper and twenty-four
envelopes will be on Bale
Tuesday 25c a box.
Children's Hosiery
Qualties that can be de
pended upon to give the
best of service and all
'round satisfaction.
Children's lisle hose in
white, black and brown,
55c. Large sizes, 65c.
Children's silk lisle hose
(Pony brand), in black
and white, 65c. Large
sizes, 75c. '
Misses' flat lisle hose, with
garter tops and double
soles, 75c a pair. In silk
lisle, $1.
Misses' silk plaited hose,
finely ribbed; in black
and white, $1. Large
sizes, $1.15.
New Things for Children
"Bob Evans" dresses in six to twelve-year
sizes. In all white and white with collar,
pockets, cuffs and belts of red or blue in
fast colors, $4.75, $5.
Children's white dresses of
voile, lawn, organdie and
dimity. Plain styles and
those with trimmings of
laces and ribbons. Two to
twelve-year sizes. Reason
ably priced.
Children's silk slips in light
bhie or pink, sizes two to six
years.
Fine nainsook slips, lace
and embroidery trimmed,
two to sixteen years.
i
Combinations (waist and
knickerbocker drawers) , two
to ten-year sizes 85c, 95c
and $1.35.
THIRD FLOOR.
Notion Section ' 1 1 ' ' jf
isrni m s ill assfcx gy u w
O I 1 i y iri n il
m m -mm m.
pfj L1' :
Irf Hoover M
fel Suction Sweepers
UJM r: x a: j u l lm
in a few minutes, with its use, the car- Aft
3 pets and rugs appear like new. SSaSi
KEiri portieres and furniture are cleaned t
with equal ease. 32p
have a demonstration at your home !a
Y V for the balance of the month, pre-war- wSn
I J time prices prevail. vSl
SJaYOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY
nSZr-W--iL:. TvIerThrfteOna Hundred l
wmrjs rY
1
I urbanizations 1