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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1919. HOUSING STATE OFFICIALS NOW REAL PROBLEM .r Departments Moved from Place4 in.State House, With Old Building Filled to Overflowing. By t Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Neb., April 2J. Now that the legislature has become a thing of the past the problem of housing the different departments of state in the old building is again ft live topic and wrought with many "FAKE " ASPIRIN IAS Mi Counterfeiter Caught! The New York health authorities had a Brook lyn manufacturer sentenced to the penitentiary for selling throughout the United States millions of "Talcum powder", tablets as Aspirin Tablets. . Don't ask for Aspirin Tablets Always say "Bayer." Don't buy Aspirin in a pill box! Get Bayer package! The genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" have been - provcu aaic uy unuiuua iui ruu, i icaudiuc, iicuidiid r Toothache, Earache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Colds, Grippe, Influenzal Lolas, Joint Fains, Neuritis. Proper.. dose in every "Bayer" package. American owned! Boxes of 12 tablets Bottles of 24 Bottles of 100 Also Capsules. IMpMn b the tnde mark of Buyer If anuftetur ( If onoseetietddnter of SalfcrttcacM o cm o DQ tMil . Finish the Job! : V Vnl, v Subscribe to th , I "VICTORY,?Loai. My a'. (c,ii.'.- .. i7A-l I perplexities to the Board of Public Lauds which has charge of the building. The administfTtion code law. which calls for consolidation of departments, will naturally bring together some of the smaller of fices into one room, but the prob lem is the Housing ot the state en gineer and his army of assistants. In order to give room for this department, the senate chamber has been cleared and the good roads department moved to that location, which will also include the rooms of the secretary of the senate and possibly the lieutenant governor. Other departments will be switched around to meet the situations which arise. - , The new law takes the automo bile department from the secretary of state and consolidates it with the good roads department. This will be moved as soon as conven ient and most of the employes of that department will go along, al though in many cases tliey will be Always say, "Give me genuine 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin.' " Insist you wantonly the Bayer package" with the "Bayer Cross" on the package and on the tablets. A flavor for every J cut considerably in salaries in an effort to equalize with the salaries heretofore paid in the office of the state engineer. It is said that clerks who have been drawing considerably over $100 per month will be cut to con siderably under that figure. Soldiers and Sailors of Cuming County Coming Home West Point, Neb., April 21. (Special) Returning , soldiers and sailors of Cuming, are pouring into the several towns of the county, nearly all of them having seen service on the battlefields of France and on the ships of the United States navy. Among those return ing during the last week are: Sergt. Gerald C Haefflin,v Corp- William J. Feglev. Privates Philip Rolf, Joseph A.' Walter, Emmet R. Wilde, Herman Brasch, W. J. Pra- wttz, Robert Diers, Rudolph Buch holz, John Murphy, Lawrence Paul sen, Ralph Bowman, H. B. Elder and John Brisben. Combs and Cook, Lincoln, to Prison for Blackmail Lincoln. Neb.. Anril 21. (Special.) Frank J. Combs and Owen W. Cook, Lincoln, will serve one year and a half and one year, respectively, in the federal prison, Leavenworth, for attempting to blackmail Ed. Lowery, a farmer, who lives near Dunbar, out of $600. The men wrote to Lowery, threat- Munger of the federal court. Cook had formerly served 16 months of a three-year sentence for a statutory offense, and had been pardoned out. The men wrote to Lowery threat ening to ruin his reputation unless he sent them the money. Wilson Goes to Washington to Meet Commission Lincoln, Neb., April M. (Special) Railway Commissioner Victor E. Wilso.i left this afternoon for Wash ington, where he will represent the Nebraska commission in arguments before the Interstate " Commerce commission, regarding 'rules to be used in the distribution of grain "tars; ' ,. Matters pertaining to the adop tion of a report covering the divi sion of valuation of railroads will aiso ' i taken up while Mr. Wilson is . in Washington. Ask for Vocational School. Fairbury, Neb., April 21. At the last meeting of the Fairbury Board of education it was voted to ask for recognition as a vocational school in agriculture under the Smith Hughes act. The plan is to build of Education it was voted to ask for and to make the course of study practical to the farming interests of this locality. - i M'ICELVIE GOBS ON TWO WEEKS' VACATION TRIP Executive Departs From Lin coln, But Signs Proclama tion Urging Citizens to . Buy Victory Notes. (From a "Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Neb., April 21. (Special Governor McKelvie left today for a two weeks' vacation at some point where he can catch fish and play golf. v During the governor's absence. Lieutenant Governor Barrows will have hold of the rudder of the ship of state and try to keep it off the rocks. Before going away the governor issued a proclamation regarding the activities connected with the Vic tory loan. He said: "I earnestly hope that the people of Nebraska will respond liberally to this last call from the govern ment. No state has such an envi able war record as ours, and I know I neei' not emphasize the necessity for answering this final call in a way that will bring new laurels-to Nebraska. A bountiful crop is in prospect. Our people are prosperous.- Let's give the answer with a vim. tnd do our share to 'finish the job.' " . - , Not Permitted to Stop Cars at Street Crossings Lincoln, Neb., April 21. (Special Telegram.) The Omaha and Lin coln Power company, which oper ates an interurban between Papil lion and Omaha, has filed with the State Railway commission an answer to the complaint -filed about two weeks ago by Representative John Larson, Omaha, asking that com pany cars running over tracks of the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway through the city of Omaha be ordered to stop at all points the same as the regular street cars. The answer alleges that the con tract with the. street railway com pany stipulates that the interurban cars shall not make more than five stops within the city. It further alleges that because of the heavy cars, it would be impossible to make the stops. i ' Miss Beachley, Overseas Nurse, Loses One Finger Lincoln, Neb., April 21. (Special) Miss Belle Beachley, Lincoln nurse, in service with the Nebraska base hospital in Allerey, France, ar rived home yesterday. Miss Beachley lost a "finger through infection and her arm is still just a little weak from the wound which was caused from washing out gauze which had been used for bandages. It became evi dent that there were not going to be sufficient bandages to meet the demand and it was decided to wash out and disinfect those which had been used. Not desiring to place the new nurses in any danger of infection, Miss Beachley took on the work herself with the result that her hand was infected. Visit Lincoln to Talk Over Bridge Building Lincoln, Neb., April 21. (Spe cial) Former Representative Stearns of Morrill county, accom panied by former County Commis sioner Harry Johnson, Minatare; W. L. Wallace, Henry, and B. F. Hobbsir, Melbeta, were at the state house this morning confer ring with members of the state board of irrigation and highways regarding the fixing up of the bridge between Scottsbluff and Genng, which has been in bad shape for some time. They were also looking up the matter of state aid for bridges in Morrill county, for which application was made three years ago and on which they claim no action has been taken. Clarence Brown, Returned Soldier, Kills Himself Beatrice. Neb., April 21. (Spe cial Telegram.) Clarence Browne, 22 years Qid, a returned soldier, com mitted suicide last night at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mollie Brown, southwest of Virginia, Gage county. He shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber revolver. , His body was found in the hay mow by a younger brother. Brown was. stationed at Camp Dodge, as a member of Company 34, 163d .depot brigade. He re turned home March 15. Despond ency is given as the cause, for his act. No . inquest was held. Hoge Named as Efficiency Man for Board of Control Lincoln, Neb.,' April 21. (Special.) John C. Hoge, Lincoln, has been appointed efficiency agent for the Board of Control to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of former agent, Clyde O. Martz, who left the employ ot the board 4o take up private-work. - Hoge was formerly chief engineer of the Boelus development of water power at Grand Island for the Cen tral Power company,. ' Thousand Members in Gage. Beatrice, Neb., April 21. (Spe cial) The Beatrice Farmers' union has, according -to County President Witzenburg, . 32 local organizations in Gage county with a membership of. about 1,000. DRESHER BROTHERS Cleaners Dyers 2211-17 Farnam St. Phone Tyler 345 , AT THE THEATERS HERE'S a delight a lot of Oma ha folks would like to share with Brooklyn: The Common-, wealth Opera association, oL which John Philip Sousa is president, and William G. Stewart, general direc tor, announces a four weeks' sea son of light opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, beginning on Monday, April 21. Three Gilbert and Sullivan operas are to be g;v en "The Mikado," "The Pirates of Penzance," and "The Gondoliers" hand there will be a revival of "The Geisha. The opening bill will be "The Mikado." Three sopranos from the Chicago Opera company will have the leading roles in three of the operas Dorothy Jardon, Irene Pavloska and Florence MacBeth. Christie MacDonald will emerge from the temporary retirement to singln one of the bills, and others who will be important members of the organiation will be Sylvia Tell, Kate Condon, Adele Patterson, Jeska Swartz, Gladys Caldwell, Am nie cussert, ureta Kisiey ana iusie Leon. The tenors will be Orville Harrold, Guido Ciccolini, . Warren Proctor, Arthur Aldridge, Horace Wright and Harold Blake. The baritones will be John Willard, Fd- ward Roberts and Bertram .Feacoctc and the bassos will be James God dard of the Chicago Opera com pany, and Herbert Waterous. The principal comedians of the organi zation will be Jefferson de Angeles, Frank Moulan, lames 1.- rowers, William Danforth and Stanley Ford. "Old I.adv 31 " at the Bovd. has many features of delight, besides the presence ot tltie tllster, Scott Cooper and other clever actors " in the company. It tells an inteest- iner stnrv. hut derives its humor chiefly from the contrast of charac ters it provides. A his real 'sun- chini rnmcHv" will run until after WVHnpsdav pvenine. with a matinee on Wednesday afternoon. , Frank Dobson, who is holding forth at the Orpheum this week with his Thirteen Sirens, is a lively comedian, admirably suiteM to the demands of musicat comedy. He is hilariously energetic. He sings re markably well, dances still better,. arid easily rouses hearty laughter by Ins animated fun-making. 1 he act in which he is appearing is the stel lar attraction. It is presented with a cast of fifteen people, is lavishly staged and elaborate in its costum ing effects. One of the emphatic popular hits of the bill is scored by the banjoists, Claudius and Scarlet, in "Song Memories". On Monday night, society was out in force and theater parties were numerous. : "Mickey",' with Mabel Normand, is now playing to capacity houses at the Brandeis theater and will stay through today and tomorrow onlv. It is easv to understand the phenomenal success of "Mickey". In Kansas City, over 1UU.UUU people saw it. "The Riviera Girl", which will be the attraction at the Brandeis the last three days of this week, is KlaW & Erlanger's musical comedy pro duction that ran for six months last season at the New Amsterdam The ater, New York. 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Kalman's music isn't the kind that is forgotten im mediately after it 1$ heard and in "The Riviera Girl" is some of his very best. . v "The Bostonian Burlesquers," paying their annual visit to the Gay ety theater, present the -brand new vehicle, "Bits 'of Hits". Burlesque on the opera "Carmen" is a portion of thexprogram which always finds appeal. The music is of a high or der, the original numbers have been provided by Harry Alvord and be ing catchy and tuneful. Frank Fin ney, who wrote the book, is also author of the lyrics. Ladies' mat inee daily all jveek. Sioux City Man Victim Of Attack of Footpads Sioux City, la., April- 21. Charles Toothacker, proprietor of a soft drink parlor, who was shot when he resisted the demands of five highwaymen who entered his place of business late last night, died to day. The footpads fled without procuring the $1,700 on Toothacker's person Decorate War Worker New York. April 21. Edward L. Hearn, general commissioner for Europe of the Knights of Columbus, has been nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory by Pope .Benedict XV in recognition of his war welfare work overseas, it was announced here to day by William J; Mulligan, chair man of the organization. Charter to Lebanon Bank. Lincoln, Neb., April 2.1. (Spe cial.) A bank charter has been granted ta the Farmers and Mer chants, bank, Lebanon, by the state banking board. The capital stock is $20,000. Officers are: C. L. Bod-' well, president; E.(M. Pennington vice president, and M. J. Walters, cashier. finish SITS TH1 PACB iK&lf!"1! P0 tOWI,,V$ OMAHA , . ' ' , , . mnnuiuiiniiiiimtimiiniimimuiniTmiiiiiimiiinmnMuiitnnwas Gingham Tub Frocks For Girls 6 to 14 Years ; 3.50, ,$5 7.50 to 12.50 OMART designs, superfine materials and high-class workman- ship are much in effectiveness in these assortments. 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