THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2. 1919.
SENATE LEADER
CHARGES DEMOS
ARE INSINCERE
, - .
Bushee Attacks Representa
tives Osterman and Cro
; zier for Profiteering
Resolution.
By t Staff Correspondent
Lincoln, Aug. 1. The senate had
a turn at the profiteering issue to
day and members of the house pres
ent aspectatorj were charged with
insincerity by President pro tern
' Bushee, who introduced a resolution
caviling upon the federal government
to get busy immediately and investi
gate and punish profiteering and
urging the Nebraska members in
congress to give their assistance in
the work. The resolution also call
ed upon the state executive and oth
er 'officers to use the means already
furnished by statutes to punish
profiteering in this state and urging
immediate steps be taken along
those lines.
Senator Bushee called attention to
remarks made by Floor Leader Os
terman of the house democrats yes
terday and charged him with not
being consistent. Looking straight
at -Osterman, who was present. Sen
ator Bushee dared him to get up on
the floor and defend his position
taken yesterday.
"You want a special session called
to. pass upon a measure to punish
profiteering," said the senator, "but
not later than the last regular ses
sion a few months ago you and your
democratic colleagues voted against
the trade commission bill after it
had been passed by the senate and
defeated it. That bill covered the
very points that you wanted yester
day, and now you come to this spe
cial session and try to put the ma
jority on record when' it was your
own acts which has prevented the
state administration from taking
care of the matter.
He then turned, his attention to
Representative Crozier of Polk,
democrat, who introduced the profit
eering resolution the first day of
the session and was defeated, and
charged him with not being consist
ent At the. close of Senator
Bushee's speech Osterman arose as
if to debate the question, but the
president called attention to the fact
that a member of the house could
not break into the senate without
going through a political campaign,
and unless special consent was given
it would be out of order.
13 Mills Tax Levy Is
Made hy State Board
5 to Raise $7,426,000
Lincoln, Aug. 1. The state board
of assessment has made the levy for
all purposes 13 mills for the year
1919. On an estimated valuation of
the state of $572,000,000 this will
rajse ?7,4'6,UOU. J
rThe levy is divided as follows:
General . 4.5 mills
State Capitol 1.5 j
University 1. '
University Activities 75
University Building ...... .75 "
Normal schools 1. "
State Aid Road 50 "
State Aid Bridge .20
Red Cloud Council Asks
r for Bids on Big Paving Job
Red Cloud, Neb., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial Telegram) The city authorities
are advertising for bids on a paving
job estimated by the engineers to
cost from $150,000 to $200,000, 'de
pending upon the material used.
The project includes 34 blocks of
streets in the residence district and
four blocks of alleys in the business
district. Three kinds of materials
are specified brick, sheet asphalt
and asphaltie concrete. It is under
stood, however, that the latter kind
of pavement is the one favored by
the council. The bids are to be
opened August 25.
Penitentiary Wheat Crop
Nets State More Than $7,000
Lincoln, Aug. l.y-(Special)
Warden Fenton of the state peni
tentiary has sold the grain raised
this year on the penitentiary farm
and the state treasurer received a
check for $6,968. In addition to this
the warden keeps for the use of the
institution and seed next year about
$800.
'The wheat, raised entirely by con
vict labor with the exception of the
thteshing, came from 137 acres,
tested 60 pounds to the bushel and
sold for $2.02 per bushel.
Straw Vote of Bee on Peace
Treaty Now Shows Opposition
to Pact of More Than 9 to 1
Of 1,089 Opinions Received, 983 Oppose Treaty,
While But 106. Favor Immediate Ratification
Up-State Bank Sends In Petition With 32 Names
Against Pact in Present Form.
Favoring ratification of peace treaty without reser
vations 106
Favoring ratification of peace treaty with cer
tain reservations 268
Against the league of nations as a whole 715
Total against peace treaty in present form. .983
Total for ratification of peace treaty in its present
form 106
For peace treaty 106
Against treaty 983
Plurality against treaty 877
POTASH BILLS
BURIED AFTER
STORMY DEBATE
Iowa Representative Tails in
Attempt to Secure Favor
able Report on Li
cense Plan.
I
riASHEtfo FILMLAND
"PHOTO PlAY OFFERING T FOR. TODAY
The straw vote of The Bee on the
league of nations issue and the
peace treaty shows a growing oppo
sition against both. At the last
statement, which appeared in The
Bee Monday, the apposition against
the peace treaty in its present form
(which, ot course, includes the
league of nations issue), was 6 to i.
Now the opposition, with a total of
more than 1.0U0 votes accounted
for, has grown to 9 to 1.
Of a total of 1,089 coupons sent
to The Bee 983 signers absolutely
oppose the peace treaty in its pres
ent form, while only 106 persons
favor immediate ratification of the
pact. Seven hundred and fifteen
signers are against the league of
nations as a whole, while 268 favor
radical changes in the text of the
instrument.
Sends Largest Petition.
The largest petition favoring im
mediate ratification of the treaty
comes from a party in Lincoln, Neb.,
and bears only four signatures. On
the other hand, the largest petition
against the peace treaty as a whole
was received from the Nebraska
State bank at West Point, Neb., with
32 names attached to it. VV. E. Pratt
of the Pratt Land Co., of Lincoln,
Neb., sends in a petition against the
league of nations as a whole, signed
by 19 persons. He says that in his
belief, 75 per cent of the people, are
absolutely opposed to the treaty in
its present form. One of the sol
diers, recently back from France, to
whom Mr. Pratt talked on the league
of nations and peace treaty issues,
told him that "if they ever took him
across again, they had to take him
in a box." Mr. Pratt states that this
soldier told him that this expressed
the sentiment of about 90 per cent
of the soldiers, who have fought
overseas. He said he was able to
get the 19 signatures in less than 30
minutes.
Hold Wealthy Farmer on
. Charge of Auto Stealing
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.)
-Anton Zimmerley, wealthy farm
er of Waterloo, was bound over to
district court at a preliminary hear
ing on a charge of attempting to
steal an automobile belonging to Joe
Majstrik of Fremont The alleged
attempted theft took place at the
carnival grounds two weeks ago. He
furnished $1,500 bond and was released.
FIRE DESTROYS
BIG HOTEL WITH
$300,000 LOSS
Scantily Clad Guests of Be
atrice Hostelry Have Nar
row EscapesBoy Badly
Hurt.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug, 1. (Special
Telegram.) Fire departments from
Fairbury, Wymore and Lincoln
were called upon to assist in con
trolling a fire of unknown origin
that early today destroyed the Pad
dock hotel at a loss of $300,000.
Earl McCoy, a boy watching the
fire, was injured when struck on
the -head by a falling brick.,. He
was removed to a hospital where
his' condition is said to be serious.
Dense smoke hampered the
guests of the hotel in leaving the
burning structure and many nar
rowly escaped injury. Scantily clad
guests were cared for in private
homes. Many lost all of their per
sonal effects.
The fire was discovered in the
basement of a pool hall in the corn
er of the hotel building about day
light by John Sherman, night clerk,
after smoke was noticed in the ho
tel. The fire spread rapidly, reach
ing the elevator shaft and climbing
to the roof.
The . Paddock hotel was a four
story structure erected by the late
Senator A. S. Paddock in 1888 at a
cost of $200,000. It was the largest
building in southeastern Nebraska.
The building was owned by the
State Investment Co., and the hotel
fixtures by the May Hotel Co.
E. L. May, proprietor of the hotel,
left Wednesday, with his family, for
Lake Okoboji, la., on a vacation
trip.
Wilson Stays Nebraska
Man's Army Sentence
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 1. (Special
jr., of Beatrice, Neb., recently given
Telegram.) Lieut. Fulton H. Jack,
an indefinite sentence of hard labor
at the United States military disci
plinary barracks at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., by an army court-martial,
on a charge of accepting a
bribe, was released today on a presi
dential order. Lieutenant Jack was
immediately discharged from the
service.
At the trial of Lieutenant Jack at
Camp Zachary Taylor it was
brought out that the officer had
accepted $5 from a private for the
promise of a speedy discharge from
the service. Later, however, the
lieutenant refunded the money to
the private.
Boy Drowns in Lake. v
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special.)
The 8-year-old Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Green of St. Paul was
drowued in a lake near Linwood
while playing with other children.
Large rubles are rarer than large
diamonds, and bring almost fabu
lous prices when they are of a per
fect piegon-blood color.
( Peace Treaty Coupon
4 Here's your chance to show how you stand. Put an
X on the Peace Treaty coupon indicating whether you fa
vor ratification with or without reservations, or are op
posed to the league as a whole, and mail it to Peace Treaty
Editor of The Omaha Bee. Your vote will be sent direct
to the senator from your district.
How I Stand On Peace Treaty
f I favor ratification WITHOUT reservations
i I favor ratification only WITH certain reservations
? I am' against the League of Nations as a whole. . . .
f Name.......
Address .
UNIONS CHARGE
CITY EMPLOYE
VIOLATES LAW
Declare Returned Soldier Was
Refused Posifson In Sani
tary Department for Poli
tical Reasons.
Following Mayor Smith's recent
refusal to restore L. B. Stein, a re
turned soldier, to his position as
sanitary inspector, organized labor
has taken the matter up. and the
question is being asked why Henry
Bridwell, who took Stein's position
when the latter went to war. is al
lowed to hold down two places in
violation of the city ordinance.
Bridwell" is drawing a salary of
$150, a month as city sanitary in
spector and acting as private de
tective at Krug park, it is said, for
which he receives $30 a week.
A delegation, headed by J. B.
Trainor, waited on Mayor Smith
and Commissioner Ringer and asked
that Stein be given back his posi
tion. The mayor's attention was
called to a speech he made to the
soldiers recently in the Anditorium,
in which he urged that all returning
soldiers be given back their jobs
immediately upon their return from
overseas.
"This is entirely different," the
mayor is quoted as saying. "Stein
was not friendly to our reform
ticket. We cannot give him back his
job because his sympathy was not
with our cause in the last campaign."
By E. C. SNYDER,
(Staff Correspondent of The Oman Bos.)
Washington, Aug. 1, (Special
Telegram) After a stormy session
the ways and means committee to
day authorized a favorable report on
the dyestuffs bill with a modified
license system appended. When
Representative Green of Iowa en
deavored to secure a similar favor
able report on the potash bills with
a two-year license feature, several
members of the committee protested
and against his wishes the bill went
over until a later date.
Speaking of the situation on pot
ash, which seems to be deadlocked
at this time. Congressman Green,
reviewing what occurred at the
meeting today, said:
"On final consideration of the
dyestuffs bill, three republican
members, Moore of Pennsylvania;
Young of North Dakota, and Mott
of New York, voted in committee
against reporting the bill, with the
license plan included, and the bill
could not have been reported out
but for the fact that most of the
democratic members dodged the
vote by remaining away.
As to potash the situation is dif
ferent. I thought that the amend
ments I offered, which were adopted,
reducing the license period to two
years and limiting the power of the
licensing board, would satisfy the
opponents of the license system.
But Moore seems to be even more
opposed to the license ystem as ap
plied to pootash than with reference
to dyestuffs, and it is evident that
the others who have been with him
cn he dyestufts will ake the same
position.
Democrats Oppose Plan.
"The democratic members are op
posed to either a license system or
tariff on potash and want it to come
in perfectly free. Unless some of
them charge their views, conclud
ing that a moderate tariff and li
cense would be better than a high
tariff alone, it will be difficult to get
the bill reported from the commit
tee. An active propaganda is being
carried on in all the eastern coast
states to prevent the passage of the
bill and its opponents have suc
ceeded ing etting some of the farm
ers and farm owners in that part of
the country to believe that the bill
would greatly increase the cost of
commercial fertilizer. This is not a
fact, but it is difficult to get the peo
ple generally to understand it.
I here is at present an embargo
on importations of potash. The war
trade board has been considering
lifting the embargo, but 1 1 have
joined with others in requesting that
the embargo be not taken off until
congress has an opportunity to act..
My understanding is that the board
is likely to act in accordance with
this request."
At the Empress.
With comedy and dancing domi
nating, the show at the Empress
this last half is a most pleasing and
entertaining one. Stone and Man
ning, dancers, score heavily, while
Nell Elsing and company in "Bust
ed" are well liked. Billy Kelgard, a
comedian who sings, plays the piano
and tells stories, wins the audience
from the start. Delmore Fisher and
Delmore, in their comedy travesty,
"Down 'Below," are the comedy hit
of the bill.
WANDA HAWLEY is the lat
est addition to the ranks of
nrs. The
winsome Laskv actress boasts of an
unique orchestra, consisting of ex
actly two performers equipped with
no other instruments than a lone
piano. Miss Hawley, who is now at
work on J. Hartley Manners' "Peg
o' My Heart," accidently discovered
the other half of her band while
playing a concert piano which was
part of a set. This half which in
cludes the violins, trombones, 'cellos
and, in fact, everything except the
piano consists of a prop boy with
such talented vocal cords that he is
able to imitate a score of instru
ments. The new band is now look
ing for a capable bass drum imitator.
Muse Norma Talmadge in "The
Devil's Needle," along with Tulley
Marshall, gives a very interesting
performance, it is written round a
portrait painter who takes to drugs
on the advice of his model.
Sun Florence Reed in "The
Woman Under Oath" is a good, grip
ping melodrama, the heavy lead is a
very suitable part tor Aliss Keen,
with hef dramatic ability. She is
very convincing.
Strand Dorothy Gish in the com
edy, "Nugget Nell," gets a great
deal of amusement out of playing
the cowboy lead. When she returns
to civilization again the modern
garb doesn't look right at all. The
terrible tragedy that happened in
Chicago when the balloon caught on
fire, killing several people, is also
showing here.
Rialto "The Avalanche," with
Elsie Ferguson in the lead, is an ex
ceptionally good ;cast. The leading
man is Lumsden, who will be re
membered in Omaha as a member
of William Faversham's company.
Miss Ferguson has three roles, .all
At Neighborhood Homes
LOTHROP Twenty-fourth and Loth
rop. Constance Talmadge in "The
Veiled Adventure," also Mark Sen
net's comedy, "His Wife's Friend."
GRAND Sixteenth and BInnejr. Ethel
Clayton In "Pettlgrew's OlrL"
DIAMOND Twenty-fourth and Lake.
Harry Cary in "The Riders of Ven
gence." also Eddie Polo In "Cyclone
SmltB." and Comedy. e
APOLLO Twenty-ninth and Leaven
worth. June Elvldge In "Love and
the Woman."
Bowoa'a Value-Grvlng Furniture Store"
beautifully played. The story deals
with the subject of heredity in a
most fascinating manner. It is from
the novel of Gertrude Atherton.
In "The Great Gamble" Darrell
climbed the roof of the porch and
got into Aline's room. Confronting
the girl, she pressed a button and
Morton entered and covered him
with a revolver. Morton convinced
him that he was mistaken and he ad
vanced the theory that Aline must
have a double. Morton tells Dar
rell to leave the way he came. Pledg
ing to find the other woman, he es
capes down a manhole of a sewer.
Next morning Aline is trapped bv
the Rat and taken to an abandoned
gram elevator on the water front.
Blake, inside, made her write a note
to her father, demanding money,
telling him she was a prisoner, when
up a trap door Darrell came; he had
followed the sewer to the end. He
held them off until Aline made her
escape, then rushed up the stairs,
followed by the others, and ran to
the edge of the roof and dived off
into the river ISO feet below. We
shall see how Darrell escapes in the
next chapter of Pathe serial, "The
Great Gamble."
The Custome
Choice
r's
The charms of the chic Bessie
Barriscale, the blonde film star, are
revealed in her latest picture, "The
Woman Michael Married," which
will be shown at the Empress for
the last times today.
The fleeces of ten goats are re
quired to make a cashmere shawl,
which takes three men six months
to completer
McLaughlin Named
Nebraska Member of
G. 0. P. Committee
BY E. C. SNYDER.
(Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.)
Washington, Aug. 1. (Special
Telegram.) Republican members of
the house and senate from Nebraska
met in the cloak room of the house
today to select a member of the na
tional republican congressional com
mittee, Judge Kinkaid having em
phatically stated that he could not
give the position the time it deserved
m view of his present responsibili
ties. As chairman of the delegation,
"Uncle Mose" informed the members
as to the reason for the meeting and
Representative M. O. McLaughlin
of the Fourth district was unani
mously chosen as the Nebraska
member of the congressional com
mittee. McLaughlin, in a short speech of
acceptance after recognizing the
honor that had come to him, said it
was a clear call for service and an
opportunity to do something for re
publicans in the state. He said he
would be found co-operating closely,
with the national and state organi
zation in an effort to continue Ne
braska solidly republican.
Ask School Appointment.
Ed P. Noyes, Valley; G. C. De
Bolt, Omaha, and J. P. Godwin,
of Ralston, have applied to the coun
ty commissioners for appointment
on the committee wheih will redis
trict the county schools in accord
ance with the new law passed by the
last legislature. The committee will
consist of County Superintendent
Johnson and two others.
Minister's Home No
Place for Burglar;
35 Cents Is Stolen
While the Rev. William Guss,
pastor of St. Mark's English Luth
eran church, 2051 North Twentieth
street, was officiating Wednesday
at the funeral of Charles Plumer,
ex-soldier, who died from an injury
received while scuffling with a cou
sin, burglars ransacked his house
from garret to cellar.
Dresser drawers were turned in
side out. The minister's study was
given an overhauling. The pockets
of the clergyman's clothes hanging
in a closet were turned inside out.
All that the family found missing
was 35 cents. (
"They made a mistake in coming
to a minister's home," Mrs. Guss
said this morning. "It's no place
for a burglar 1" '
in this Store it is the Customer's choice not the
Salesman'sthat must prevail, and it's a splendid
idea to buy a new piece of Furniture now and
then, thus keeping the house looking new, fresh
and up-to-date, as styles in furniture change like
everything else.
The Bowen Values
now being offered in odd
Dressers-Chiffoniers-Beds
Dressing Tables-Chi f
forobes and Chairs
are values so good they should merit your attention.
Whatever your needs may be in home furnishings, you
C will find the Bowen quality merchandise and prices of
fc unusual interest.
Pioneer Omaha Woman Dies
at the Home of Her Daughter
Mrs. Catherine Fenwick, 79 years
old, died at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. Oehrle, 521 South
Twenty-sixth avenue, yesterday.
She has been a resident of Omaha
for 46 years. Her husband, who died
40 years ago,- was proprietor of a
foundry at Fourteenth and Jackson j
streets. Besides her daughter, Mrs.
Fenwick is survived by one son, W.
C. Fenwick of Omaha. Funeral
services will be held at the home
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
terment will be in Prospect Hill
j-cemetery.
Horlick's, the Original
Malted Mil k Avoid
Imitations and Substitutes.
John N. Willys
President of the Willys-Overland
Company, Manufacturer
of the Overland Automobile.
denies that he or any of the
Companies which he controls
are or ever have been interested
in the stock of the OVERLAND
TIRE COMPANY or its busi
ness and affairs and that any
of the products of said Over
land Tire Company are being
handled by or through the
Willys-Overland Company or
any of the interests controlled
by him.
NUWAY
The whole washable wash by the individual fam
ily style.
Each washing washed and ironed separate from
other washing. Result: Not an article is marked with
offensive mark or tag. Don't that sound good?
Won't it be a grand and glorious feeling, little
lady, to rid yourself of washday and that disagreeable
wash woman proposition?
Have seven real enjoyable days, instead of the old
way of six and one wash day, and save money, too.
Adams Laundry Co., Inc.
1813 CALIFORNIA ST., OMAHA NEB.
Formal Opening
of 'the New
Sun Drug Store
It is with much pleasure that we advise the
public of the formal opening Saturday of our
new and entirely modern drug store, where the
very last word in quality of goods and efficient
service will be found.
Free Souvenirs Saturday
Johnston's & Woodward's Candies
to the Ladies.
EI Roi Tan Cigars to the men.
Chewing Gum to Everybody.
Your choice of the following brands: Yucatan,
Beeman's Pepsin, Sen-Sen, Kis-Me, California Fruit,
Black Jack, Chicklets.
All standard brands of the American Chicle Co.
Come in tomorrow and see Omaha's newest and
most up-to-date drug store.
lift
Values In Bowen s
Quality Dressers
Golden Oak Dressers With
mirror and three drawers, well
finished; at $16.50
Fumed Oak Dressers Large
plate glass mirror, four drawers;
at 519.50
Fumed Oak Dressers Large
plate glass mirror and four
drawers; at $26.50
Large Mahogany Dressers
Heavy plate glass mirror;
at $27.50
American Walnut Dressers
Heavy mirror, four drawers,
handsomly finished; at.. $29.50
Ivory Dressers Two small and
two large drawers, finely fin
ished; at $37.50
Mahogany Dressers In
William and Mary design, with
large plate mirror, highly fin
ished; priced at $.59.50
I Buying Chiffoniers
at Bowen s Value-Giving
Prices is Economy.
Golden Oak Chiffonier Mirror,
five drawers; at $12.50
American Walnut Chiffonier
In Adam design; five drawers:
at $22.50
Fumed Oak Chiffoniers With
large mirror and five drawers;
at .$24.00
Mahogany Chiffonier Adam
design, five drawers: at.. $24.50
Ivory Chiffonier. Five draw
ers, beautifully finished; priced
at $32.50
Dressing Tables
at Small Cost at Bowen's.
Golden Oak Dressing Tables
With triple mirror. These tables
are well made and beautifully
finished; a big value at... $24.50
EL
Ivory Dressing Tables With
triple mirror; at $29.50
The highest grade of
drugs, compounded by
skilled and competent
registered pharmacists,
will be used in our pre
scription department.
Our splendid line of toilet
goods, perfumes, stationery,
candies, cigars and volumi
nous assortment of general
household necessities will
meet with your highest com
mendation. "
At our Fountain you will find the most refresh
ing and delicious sodas, ice creams, ices, root beers,
and cherry punches that skill and money can pro
duce. SUN DRUG STORE
Cor. 14th and Farnam Streets
Paxton Hotel Building
HAINES DRUG CO., Owners
Guy W. Meyers, Mgr.
These are very neat in de
sign and well finished. A better
value could not be found for
the money.
Mahogany Dressing Tables
That will appeal to any
woman's fancy; at $31.50
These tables have triple mir
rors, are beautifully finished
and nifty in design.
Better Bed Values
Were Never Made Than
Those Offered at Bowen's.
Highly Finished, Full Size, Wal
nut Beds; priced at $27.50
Durable, Full Size, Walnut Beds
Of pretty design; priced at
only $32.50
Mahogany Full Sized Beds
In Adam design; at $17.50
Mahogany Beds Full size,
prettily designed and well fin
ished; priced at $26.50
Steel Beds Vernis-Martin fin
ish, in mahogany and white
enamel
$9.50, $10.75, $13.50,
$16.50 and $22.50.
Bedroom Rockers
Make it a point to get that
new Bed Room Rocker at
Bowen's. A good Rocker can
be had at any of the following
prices
$2.25, $3.25, $4.50, $5.25,
and $7.50 .
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"Bowen has what you want, when you want it, at
the price you want to pay."
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