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Lincoln
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STATE ENTITLED
TO FAIR TRIAL OF
NEW CODE LAW
Governor Discusses Civil Ad
ministrative Statute Before
i . a. J! I '-. a
. tciecuc meoicai Associa-
tion; Grave Doubt
Lincoln.'May 14. In hit remarks
at the annual convention of the
Electric Medical association, Gov
ernor McKelvii discussed the civil
administration code, and after , ex
plaining ".hat it was not a revolu
tionary idea, the principle of con
solidation of departments having
been approved by at least the ;Iast
two governors preceding him.
'"Under the department of wel
fare, there is consolidated the sub
jects that are properly related to
such a department, namely, health,
with special reference to son
tagtous and communicable diseases
and sanitation; examing boards that
have charge of the certification of
individuals . for all branches of the
medical and , pharmaceutical pro
fissions, vital- statistics, maternity
homes, child welfare, charities and
corrections, pardons and paroles,"
. said the governor. ,JThis consoli
dation eliminates the state board of
health as it is now constituted, and
the board of pardons and paroles,
a;id places the duties of the two
boards in charge of the secretary
of the department of welfare. The
examining boards , are continued
substantially a they have been, in
the past.
"You have no dotibt noted by news
paper reports that a movement is
under way to hold up the operation
of th code by invoking the refer
endum. , Without seeking to' quesy
tion the integrity of (purpose of
-those who are in charge of circu
lating the referendum petitions, it
must be borne in mind, of course,
that, the people will want to know
the sources from which they re
ceive' their stimulus' and financial
support. ':-v-,..r '- ?
"Also, there is undoubtedly in the
minds of the people a very grave
doubt as to wisdom of using .the
referendum to delay the operation
of legislation that was brought to
the attention1 of the people end dis
cussed prior to the general election,
and was enacted after very careful
consideration at the hands of the
legislature. '.
"A plan of business administra
tion for public business, such as is
provided for in the code, is worthy
of a trial before' jt is condemned.
Otherstates have approved it and
have accepted it as a great , boon,
. and there is no good reason why
the referendum should be invoked
Mo deprive Nebraska-of putting into'
- full operation r plan,; of ; business
administration that has been thus
"carefully considered., and generally
approved." -. - ; -. " .-
. Falls City Lieutenant
. Killed by Bolsheviki
Falls City, Neb., May 14. (Spe
, rial.) A cable was received Tues
Phillips of Company H, Three Hun-
' ilred Thirty-ninth "mfaittry, who
died following wounds t received
, several weeks ago while in con
flict;: with ' the bolsheviki near
, Oneigo, Russia i
Lieutenant Phillips received his
commission at Fort Snelling, Minn.,
. second shool, and was later sent to
Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.,
where after a abort furlough he left
.' with hia cornpany for France via
Russia, ?, Soon, after ttheh arrival
in the noth the-'armistice was
signed and thesoldirs were kept
at Archangel from which point they
were ;requirea to iignr une ooisne-
viki tn self-defense.
Fremont Carpenters Hold f
Out for 70 Cents Per Hour
Fremont, Neb, May 14.- (Spe
cial.) Building ' operations in Frej
mont are still hampered at a result
of the disagreement over wages be
tween $he v carpenters and ; con
tractors. .The carpenters two weeks
age quit when the contractors re
fused their demands for 70 cents an
hour for an eight-hour day. Many
of the carpenters are doing contract
work at their prices. .
BEAUTIFUL KIMONAS
ON SALE SATURDAY
ABOUT HALF PRICE
UNION OUTFITTING CO.
MAKE BIG PURCHASE
Latest Sprint Styles in Japanese
Figured Crepe, Bartani Crepe
end Serpnntine Crfpe.
Sate Takes Place in the Enlarged
Cloak and Suit Dept. See
Friday Evening's Paper
for Full Particulars.
There are hundreds of smart
styles, high must line models,
Pullman robe effects and numer
ous others in figures and stripes
of the highest shades. Some are
hand embroidered, others are
plainly modeled. Every garment
is cut full and absolutely perfect,
no seconds in the entire lot
These garments were secured
at- extremely low prices from a
well known designer of kimonas
and therefore will be marked ex
ceptionally low. It is another evi
dence of the big buying power of
the Union Outfitting Company,
located just outside of the High
Rent District, And, remember,
this Company considers no trans
action complete until the custo
mer Sa thoroughly satisfied. '
of
The
P.' A. Barrows, Correspondent."""
Hostettler in Favor of
, Referendum to Move
v Capital from Lincoln
'. Lincoln, May 14. Rep. M. A.
Rostettler of Buffalo county, one of
the most influential members of the
last and several former sessions of
the legislature, was a visitor at the
state house Wednesday.
;. Mr, Hostettler is just a little dis
grunted with the methods of the
men who are trying to bring about
a referendum on laws passed by the
legislature, , .
''We gave Lincoln everything it'
warned," aid he. "We gave her a
good appropriation for a state
house and now some of the citizens
are taking .steps to make a refer
endum on some of the, most impor
tant laws we passed at the last ses
sion. ;Ithink the., people of Lin
coln .ire "unfair.' We gave them
about all they wanted and now they
turn "around and try to undo what
we wanted. , '
""I am in favor, and I think I will
agitate, the calling of a referendum
on that part of the state house bill
which locates the new building in
Lincoln. I think under the circum
stances if they do not appreciate
the work of the legislature that
something should be done to move
the state house somewhere else. I
find a strong sentiment along that
line out in the state." ' .
War Relief Committee
Hears Report of Workers
Lincoln, May 14. The report of
the workers or! the war relief com
mittee was a very interesting 'part
of Wednesday's ".program ;.of the
grand -council of the Eastern Star
which is holding a three-day session
in Lincoln this v week. The report
was made by Anna . C. Simpson,
chairman and Rose M. Owens, sec
reVary4
' Reports of the field workers were
read by Mrs. Lulu T. Andrews, who
has been stationed at Halifax, N. S.,
and -later transferred to New York;
Mis Margaret Roberts of Spring
fiela, stationed at Brest, France,
and Mrs. Bertha Downing of Beaver
Crossing, who. was 'stationed at
Vieraort, France. Miss Roberts was
formerly a teacher in the Omaha
public schools.. " '
Use of Cardboard Numbers
on Autos Is Against Law
Lincoln, May 14.1 Two men who
purchased automobiles at Omaha,
on their way out in the state, were,
held, up 'at Ashland, yesterday be-'
cause thjb were carrying cardboard
numbers made out with pencils.
This is strictly forbidden by the
laws of the state. Home made
numbers cannot be used and the
only way a purchaser can get out
with a ijew car is to have the dealer
loan Jinn one Of his duplicate num
bers, ,which gives the, purchaser 10
days' timen whiefijo, get. a number
.of. hisVown.; .ner reaching . his
destination:, the' purchase-fi then - can
return the number to the dealer. -
Knights and Sisters of
5v Pythias Elect Officers
York, -'Neb., May ' 14. (Special
Telegram.) The Knights of Pythias
and sisters continued .in session
Wednesday; The morning hours
were taken up' with committee re
ports and the election of officers.
Ofjcers elected :were 'Dr. Roy A.
Dodge, of .Omaha, grand, chancellor;
grand vice chancellor; L." W. Stay
ner, McCook;, grand prelate,. Dr. E.
B. Hanna,. York; grand keeper of
records, Will H. Love, Lincoln;
grand . master exchequer,- John B.
Wright, - Lincoln; grand, master at
arms, Cy H, Pederir, Ravenna; grand
inner k guard;, Wiley Riddel Hick
man; grand outer guard, J. J. Galla
gher Benkelrnan; grand lodge trus
tees,Leon Lowenberg, . Albion ; C
J. Sherman; supreme representative,
Harry E. Simon, Winside; past
grand chief, Anna Barber, FuHerton;
zrand chief. Nellie Dudlev: Lin
coln; grand senior, Carrie Yarmon,:
central uty; grand junior, Jessie.
Smith, Schuylerr grand manager,
Dreuze Caldwell, Walthill; mistress
of records and correspondence, "Mrs.
Anderson", . Omaha; mistress of
finance, Druzella Pedler, Loup City;
grand protecter, Mrs. Hollister,
Elkhorn; grand guard, Rose Barnes,
McCook; grand trustee, Mellie
Piatt, Omaha; grand press corre
spondence, Alice Dilworth, Hol
drege. - ,
The 1920 grand lodge will be held
in Lincoln. .
Former Kearney Minister
, Dies at Home in California
Kearney, Neb., May- 14 (Spe
cial.) Dr. R. P. Hammons, former
ly M. E. pastor in this city, well
known throughout the state as a
prominent minister, died at Pasa
dena, Cal., the latter part of last
week. Dr. Hammons was pastor of
the Methodist church here for 'three
years, 1909 to 1912, after which he
resided in this city as superin
tendent of this c.-trict for another
three years. He is survived by a
wife, two daughters and one son.
Fremont Woman Divorced '
on Charge of Desertion
Fremont, Neb., May 14 (Special)
Mrs. May Colson Knowles, mem
ber of one of Fremont's pioneer
families, and prominent musician,
was granted a divorce jn district
court from John L. Knowles. The
Knowles' were married in New
York in 1901. In .1916 the husband
deserted the plaintiff, the testimony
showed.
Coffee
Drinking
has been entirely
abandoned by tens
Of thousands who
now drink
POSTUM
Omaha Bee
JOHN STEVENS
ELECTED HEAD
STATO.0.U.W.
Attempt' to Move Headquar
ters of Lodge From. Grand
Island Is Lost; 1920
Meeting in Lincoln. .
. Lincoln, May 14. John Stevens
of Beaver will head the state A. O.
U. W. for another year, having been
re-elected grand master warden at
the election held Wednesday in
this city. W. R. Reamer of Grand
Island was elected grand treasure!
and other officers were selected as
follows: . ' ' '. ,
Grand foreman, Henry Fletcher,
Burwell; grand overseer E.
Breucklander, Valentine; grand re
corder, H. B. Rousey, Grand Island;
grand medical adviser, Dr. W. T.
Engelman, Grand Island; grand
guide, R. L. Whitman, Nehawka;
grand watchman, J. B. Clark, Peru;
finance committee, Joseph Oberfel
derr , Sidney; Ralph D. Moseley,
Lincoln; law committee, E. 'Fer
neau, Auburn; J. M. Bell, York,' and
A. Galusha. McCooki
An attempt to, move headquarters
from Grand Island to Lincoln lost
by a small margin. This was sprung
after an attempt had been made by
the introduction of a resolution fa
voring the sale of the Grand Island
property for $20,000. Lincoln will
be the plact of meeting next year.
Fagan Files Appeal.
Lincoln, May 14. An appeal
from the judgment of the Fillmore
county district court has been filed
in the state supreme court by at
torneys of Joseph W. Fagan, who
received considerable publicity dur
ing the Geneva : girl's industrial
school trouble .j'a year ago. Fagan
was found guilty of an' attempt to
bring about a criminal operation
upon the person of Grace Moore,
an employe of the school, and sen
tenced to one year in jail. He was
allowed bail in the sum of $1,000
pending an appeal to the supreme
court.
The appeal alleges that the lower
court erred in allowing Deputy
Assistant Attorney General Jones
to conduct the prosecution.' The
warrant against Fagan was sworn
out by Lena E. Ward, superinten
dent of the woman's home at Mil
ford, where the Moore . -girl was
taken and where she gave birth to
a chi!d.
, Council Votes to Pave.
Fremont, Neb., May 14 (Special)
North , Bend will pave eight
blocks jn the business section of
town,; the. city..,council having voted
tomake ' the' .improvement. Six
blocks will be paved on the Main
street and two blocks on the Lin-
Kearney Citizens Vote
to Go Back to the old Time
Kearney, Neb., May 14. (Spe
cial.) Kearney will change back to
the old time, if the action which has
been taken receives the sanction of
the county commissioners. At the
request of the farmers of this vici
nity, the Buffalo county farm
bureau took the matter up. with the
Commercial club, who arranged for
a popular- ballot on the question.
Three hundred and seventy-four
votes favored the change, as against
76 who preferred the new time. The
Commercial club then recommended
that the time ie changed back, be
ginning Saturday, May 17,
Body of Missing Man
'.y. ;.; Found in Blue River
Crete, Neb., May 14. (Special
Telegram. The body of John
Steinke, 'aged 60, was found in the
Blue river, two miles south of Crete
yesterday by Vance Kubicek Steinke,
who lived jn Lincoln, had been miss
ings for several days, II is reported
a recent bequest of money had af
fected .his mind. ;i -'.,
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Selling Popcorn Infringement.
, Lincotn, May 14. Investigation
regarding infringement of the labor
jaws t of the . state as regards the
working of women after 10 o'clock at
night has disclosed the fact, accord
ing to Labor Commissioner Ken
nedy that .there was but one case
in ' Lincoln', coming under the ob
servation of th,e commissioner.
This was the case of a girl work
ing at a popcorn stand. The pro
prietor, who happened to be away
when the commissioner called,
phoned and said the girl would not
be required to work after 10 in the
future.
Hospital Named in Honor
of Wife of Gen. Pershing
Cheyenne, Wyo., May 14. City
officials announced today plans for
construction of a $100,000 hospital
to be known as . Frances Warren
Pershing hospital. United States
Senator F. E. Warren gave $25,000,
the city contributing the remainder.
The hospital is named in honor of
Senator Warren's daughter, wife of
Gen.' John J. Pershing, who died in
a fire at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, in 1915. '
Villa Establishes His .
Headquarters at Parral
EI Paso, Tex., May 14. Francisco
Villa has established headquarters
at Parral, which place he took May
8, with a force of 3,000 men, accord
ing to word received here today.
He was allotted to each of the min
ing companies in the neighborhood
20 of the captured federal garrisons
with orders that the companies em
ploy them as miners and pay them
$1.2S a day each.-7 .
Mississippi Mob Lynches
Negro and Burns His Body
Vicksburg, Miss., May 14. Lloyd
Clay, aged 24, a negro, alleged to
have assaulted a young white wo
man, was , lynched and .his body
burned-tonight bv a mob of "be
tween 800 and 1,000 persons.
THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1919.
Casper Yost Soon Retires -As
Telephone Co. President;
Belt Will Take His Place
Dean of Phone Corporation Executives in Entire
United States, to Hand Oyer Active Duties and
r Become , Chairman of Board of Directors; Pratt
and Lowman Advanced. , ,
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' Casper E. Yost (will shortly retire
from the presidency of the Nebraska
Telephone company " and become
chairman of the board of directors.
He will be succeeded by W. B. T.
Belt, who is now vice president and
general manager. ,rf. ,
This announcement was mde
yesterday by local officials, who
said that the directors, had agreed
on this change and would, probably
take official action at a meeting
next week. "
Guy H. Pratt, who is now gen
eral commercial , superintendent,
will become vice president.
A. A. Lowman now general su
perintendent of plant, will, become
vice president and general manager.
When, these three ' officials are
elected to their new positions with
the Nebraska Telephone company
they will also be chosen for the
same offices with the Iowa Tele
phone company operating in Icwa
and the Northwestern Telephone
company, operating in the states of
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
In his new position as chairman
On Sale
Thursday
These beautiful hats are
faced ' with White Georgette
and trimmed with flowers
and novelty pins. ,
No lay-aways.
No C. O. D's.
4 J
J
, W. B. T. Belt.
of the board of directors Mr. Yost
will be relieved of the arduous
work he has been doing as president,-
but his services as advisor
will be retained.
Mr. Yost is dean of all the tele
phone executives. Hi is the oldest
in years of service of any telephone
president in the United States.
In 1889, a few years after the
first telephone was installed- in
Omaha, and when the telephone
was still in its infancy, Mr. Yost
was made vice president and gen
eral manager of the Nebraska Tele
phone company. A year later he
was elected president of the com
pany, which position he has since
held. ' 1
In addition to being president of
the Nebraska Telephone 'company,
Mr.. Yost is also president of the
Northwestern Telephone company
and the Iowa Telephone company,
thus being the head of all. the .Bell
telephone properties in Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and
South Dakota. - . , .
' " Belt Here 30 Years. V'
W.'B. T. Belt, who will succeed
Mr. Yost as president of the Bell
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SATURDAY
,.vy;
A .Startling Dress Sale
Beautiful New $30, $35 and $39.50 Dresses
I . . . r7 F ' ' : nr V ' V' ' I
me materials Ssi i ne ozyies n
$35.00 Georgette Dr.?ses
' $30.00 Foulard Dresses
$35.00 Taffeta Dresses
$30.00 Serge Dresses v
$35.00 Wool Jerseys
$35.00 Satin Dresses
Labor Leader to Take
Part In Great Peace
" Convention May 16
John H. Walker, former president
of the Illinois federation of labor,
haa been added to the program for
the Nebraska convention of the
league to enforce peace, at the Oma
ha auditorium, Saturday, My 31.
Lysle I. Abbot, secretary of the
Nebraska league, also was informed
today that President Lowell of Har
vard university may not be able to
come to Omaha. Mr. Abbott is in
sisting, however, that the great edu
cator be one of Omaha s gpeakers.
Others on the program are Wil
liam Howard Taft, Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, Capt. Thomas G. Cham
berlain. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and
Herbert S. Huston, editor of
World's Work.
Senator Hitchcock also has agreed
to take part in the meeting.
telephope companies in the five
states, has been in the telephone
business as long as Mr. Yost almost
to k day. He came with Mr. Yost
as a young man just out of school,
and has been with the telephone
company in Omaha for 30 years.
Mr. Belt was elected general
manager of the Nebraska Telephone
company in 1907, was appointed
general plant superintendent of the
five states organization in 1909, and
in 1914 was elected vice president
and general manager of the three
companies in the five states group.
Guy H. Pratt, who will be elected
to the position of vice president, has
been an employe of the Bell system
for 24 years, 15 years of which have
been spent with the telephone com
pany in Omaha. While serving as
general commercial superintendent
of the Nebraska Tel.ephone.com
panyhe has also held the same po
sition with the Bell companies in
Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas.
A. A. Lowman, who will become
vice president and general manager
of the Bell telephone properties in
this territory, has been an em
ploye of the Bell System , for 26
years, 17 years of which he has had
his headauarters in Omaha. While
serving as general superintendent
of plant for the Nebraska Telephone
company he has also held the same
position with the other Bell proper
ties in the five states group.
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
RELL-ANS
UrFOR INDIGESTION
'The
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r' mJ
Railroad Operating Loss
, For March $59,952,000
Washington. Mav 14. Railroad
earnings for March ps tabulated by
the railroad administration show a
net income, for the federally con
trolled roads of' $14,095,000. al
though the average monthly com
pensation amounts to approximate
ly $74,047,000, making the net loss
to me government tor tne monin
aoout $3V,V5J,000. .
That roitrnnrl .Jmln.'ctrtiml
plained the total traffic has fallen
off approximately 18 per . cent in
comparison with a year ago.
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DR. G. W. TODD
I wish to announce my
New Location Fourth
i Floor of the Barker
v 1 Block ;
I will mova in June Into ray new
quaters and will be prepared to give
Better Service. I have more room and
larger equipment.
Present Location 403
Brandeia Building.
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House of Courtesy'
Rheumatism
Remarkable Home Cur Given by On
Wh Had It H Want Every
- Sufferer to Benefit. Vy a a
el t i
Send No Money Just Your Addrt.
Year of awful lufferlnu and nliery
have taught thia man, Mark H. Jackson,
of Syrecuae. New York, how terrible an
enemy to human happinee rheumatiara i,
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unfortunate who- are within ita grasp.
He wants every rheumatic, victim to know
how h was ured. Bead what be says :
"I Had Share, Pain Like Ufbtniag Flash
Shooting Through My Joints."
In the spring of 1893 1 was attack
by Muscular and Inflammatory Rheuma
tism. - I suffered as only those who hav
it know, for - over three years. I tried
remedy after remedy, and doctor attei
doctor, but such relief as I received was
only temporary. Finally, I found a rem
edy that cured ma completely, and it - hai
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Above statement i true. . . v .. .
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