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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1919)
THE BEfl: OMAHA, THURSDAY, SkPl&MBER 25, 1919. M'KELVIE URGES A GOVERNMENT BUDGET SYSTEM Joins With 25 Other State Executives for Plan to Elim inate Waste of Millions. New York, Sept. 24. (Special -i Telegram.) Gov. Samuel R. Mc ; Kelvie of Nebrasl.a, in a statement ' prepared for the national budget committee itfrlarea that rnnffress should adopt a new system of han- fflinv the natirtfl'c financial affairo Governor McKelvie sas that a change for the better is needed be cause of the great waste resulting irom present methods of reporting out demands on the nation's treas ury. Twenty-five other governors in the United v States to date have joined with Governor McKelvie in urging the adoption of a budget as , a medium of economy and efficiency in our federal government. All have endorsed the nation-wide campaign that has been opened by the national budget comtriittec to secure the adoption of the budget. McKelvie's Statement. -In his ' statement endorsing the plan of campaign of the national budget committee, Governor Mc Kelvie says, in, part: "There can beuio doubt that a very great waste of public funds has been encouraged through the la.x method of making appropriations, and I think it is of immediate im portance that a system should be adopted that would provide for cen , tralization of effort and fixing of responsibility in disbursing the funds for national use. "At present there are 14 commit tees in the house and IS committees in the senate, among which are ap portioned departmental estimates for the fiscal year. Each of these committees acts separately and in dependently of the others and of the executive branch of the govern ment, and each has the power of reporting out bills carrying demands on the treasury. "While these committees arp con sidering estimates of expenditures separately, the ways and means com mittees of the house and senate arc considering estimated revenue, so that in the committees considera tion of expenditures, they at no time are able to know what revenue is available to meet the demands of the executive departments and other governmental activities. - Waste in Duplications "Believing that the system has cost the United States. more than a' hundred million dollars annually in duplications and extravagant and wasteful appropriations, the national budget committee is campaigning to have congress adopt a budget sys tem. The budget system would re quire the preparation of an execu tive financial program that would be . considered by single committees of the house and senate, or joint com mittees of both, having tne power to provide for revenue as well as ex penditures. With this system, ex penditures would be standardized, responsibility for expenditures would be centralized, and duplica- tions and waste would be avoided through its abolishing objectionable legislative practices sucn as log rolling.'' Advertising Needed For Success, Speaker Tells Convention New Orleans, La., Sept. 24. Ad vertising is no longer regarded by business men as a necessary evil, but is looked upon as essential to per manent success, Merle Sidner of Indianapolis, chairman of the na tional vigilance committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, told the convention of the association today. "Advertising," he said, "is educa tion and will become the most po tent means -for the dissemination of authorized information in all lines of activity." Latin-American delegates to the convention had under discussion the plan to organize a pan-American division of the association. Unusual Savings on Beauty Preparations Next Saturday at Union Outfitting Co. A Big Special Purchase of Girls' School Dresses Goes on Sale Saturday. Dresses Are Well Made From Gingham in a Big Variety of Youthful Models. With sale prices that set new records for value-giving, the Un ion Outfitting Company an nounces a Special Purchase Sale of high grade Toilet SoapsTal cums and Face Powders for Sat urday that will make it prudent to anticipate future needs. The Toilet Soaps are well known kinds that have proven their superiority through years of use by discriminating women, and the Face .Powders and Tal cums are of exquisite quality. Mothers with growing girls to outfit for school will welcome the sale of Dresses. They are made from superior quality ginghams, in lovely plaid designs of many colors. And they are so becomingly s,tyled they will appeal to a girl and so well made they will ap peal to mother. Such special events as these, further emphasize the growing buying power of the Union Out fitting Company, located out of the High Rent District, where, as always, you make your own terms. Fear Landlord Profiteering Epidemic When Restraining Law Ceases to Function Animosities Between Tenants, Landlords, Agents and Housing and Health Division of War Department Now Being Agitated Not Always the Poor and Downtrodden Who Find Disfavor With the Rent Gougers. By ANNABEL LEE, Universal SerrlM Staff Correspondent. Washington, Sept. 24. "If you drop a pebble in the bottom of a muddy well you only disturb the mud," can well be applied to the rent profiteering at the present time in Washington. The smoke of battle has cleared away from the recent proceedings before the senate committee, but the tenants are still fearing the bar rage threatened by their landlords when the Saulsbury law ceases 'to function. The animosities between, tenants, landlords, agents and housing and health division of the War depart ment are now being agitated and fear is uppermost in the hearts of witnesses who were called to testify before the profiteering investiga tion. Nor does persecution end here. One real estate firm has preferred charges against Capt. Julius Pey ser, chief of the housing and health division of the army, for his activ ities in behalf of over 200 cases tried in the municipal courts, pro tecting people against unlawful evictions. . x Protects Service Men. Captain Peyser has been partic ularly zealous in helping soldiers, sailors, their wives and dependents, as well as the civilian workers, to maintain their tenancy without hav-"' ing leases forced upon them by am bitious real estate brokers. And following this activity there is another tale. Another real estate firm has filed a complaint against ' him with the secretary of war. Alt, forsooth, because the mother ot a young seaman, whose ship Wis at- lacked by a uerman U-boat, naa ap pealed to the housing division when she was locked out of her apartment, even after her rent had been ac cepted, and because, she found no redress for her needs. The mother, a widow, supported herself and child by subletting her rooms, with the consent of the owner who later alleged that she was profiteering on the sub-tenants and brought suit, which the widow won. Even Tackle a Senator. But it is not always the poor and downtrodden who find disfavor with landlords. There is the case of Sen ator Moses of New- Hampshire. He went home to New Hampshire and turned possession of his appartment over for a short time with the con sent of the agents to Commander Fuller. When he returned he was sued for possession, but the Senator won judgment. Goethals Not Easy Prey. Mai. Gen. . George Goethals was another intended victim. His land lady undertook to raise his rent from $200 to $300 a month, but the Saulsbury law was invoked and gave him protection. Nor is the rent profiteering con fined to the civilian population. A number of cases are on file where high army officers or their wives have taken advantage of Washing ton's wartime necessity and one tes timony was given concerning an apartment rented unfurnished by the wife of Major Fortescue for $65 which she furnished and sublet to Major Bunsted for $200. No One is Exempt. In a statement before the sena tors. Captain Peyser said: "If any person had entered my office from 9 o'clock in the morning to 9 o'clock at night they would have seen a line of women wearing gold stars on their sleeves, showing that they had given their boys to the country and to God and would have been shocked at the tales re peated. There were many pitiful cases when the epidemic of the 'flu' was at its crest. The court house was so jammed that there was not breathing space because of the people who were willing to sac rifice anything to throw out men and women who were employed in the government." As a rule in the landlord and ten ant affairs only one judge presides, and he finishes his work before U o'clock every morning. In Septem ber. October and November of last year three judges were required to sit until 5 o clock to attend to these government employes. These employes could not pay large amounts for rent and they i could not defend themselves be cause of lack of finance," said Cap tain Peyser. "I have practiced law in Wash ington for 22 years and I have never seen a sight like the one at the municipal court during the days of the 'flu' epidemic. "Then there was the case of Mrs. Gould, a widow, the mother of three boys in the service. She was sued for possession of a house and was forced to go because the owner wanted to live in it himself. She obtained an apartment formerly oc cupied by a man by the name of Carahan, and one day her furniture and all her wearing apparel and all her ornaments were thrown into the street because the first tenant went into the municipal court and confessed judgment to the Capital Construction company, the owner of the apartment. Then the woman had to ko and make her home with a neighbor. We cot a new trial, but the court said she had no right. But the piti ful condition in this case was that here was a woman, a widow and with three boys in the service help ing to defend this country and yet she was wilfully and maliciously thrown out of her apartment by . a legal technicality. "The Right to Live." "While the legal remedy was not strong enough to protect this wom an, there ought to be some morality and justice in this world that will say to the mother of these boys 'you have the right to live. , The right of human liberty I think is superior to the right of property, more es pecially during war times. Mrs. Gould's daughter had to go to one place and she to another. 4 Her daughter was employed in one of the departments. Phone Company Accused. "There was the case of the Ala bama apartment house, filled with war workers. There were 41 work ing in the War department, nine in the Navy department, 22 in the Treasury and 25 men from the fami lies of these people were in the army and navy. This house was purchased by the telephone com pany and it made a threat against all of the tenants in possession that they would be thrown out and it undertook to get possession without court proceedings." lhere were complaints about lack of heat, where the agents or land lords told the tenants they must buy their own coal so long as the Sauls bury law was operative. They re fused to make repairs and last, but not least, they have intimidated the present expectant tenant with enough worries- to make him wish almost that the day of peace may be as far away as the rainbow's pot of gold. I Executive Committee of State Press to Meet A m?eting of the executive com mittee of the Nebraska Press asso ciation has been called at the Rome hotel, Saturday, October 4. at noon. Among the subjects to be discussed will be plans for the winter meeting, proposed changes of the constitution respecting membership and dues and the report of the excursion com mittee. 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We held them purposely until now to give our customers exactly the shoes they want at the time they want them most and they are at exactly one-third less Regent Shoe Co. prices. ' Womem's MICE Shoes From Regeit Shoe Co Js Stock AT 73 The Leathers Black kid lace, patent button, 'Mat kid top. Bronze kid lace. Patent vamp, field mouse top. , Allo'ver gray kid. Russia calf, lace. Dull kid. Gun metal calf. Dark chocolate kid. Patent colt, fancy top, Uce. Patent Tamp, white cloth top, . button. Dull leather ramp, light cloth top. Dark, brown Tamp, cloth top. The Resent Co. stock of Hisrh Shoes, combined with the surplus stock of O.-G. Shoes from Chicago's famous bootery, constitutes what we believe to be the greatest shoe-buying opporumty of the year. Here at the season s very beginning. Just when you want hign shoes are- About 3,000 Pairs of High Grade Shoes, the Latest and Most Approved Fashions for Fall and Winter Than Regent and O.-G. Regular Prices The 0.-G. Shoes THE Shpes from O'Connor & Goldberg, the famous Chicago bootery, are equally as desirable in style and quality as the Regent Shoes in some instances even more so. This Lot Constitutes What O.-G. Term Their Over stock and They Too Are to Be Sold at One-Third Off same as the stock of Regent Shoes. We are really offering the most unusual Shoe bargains of the year. Illustrated above are 12 of the styles, but one must see for themselves. See the style, feel the quality of the leathers, note the fine workmanship, to fully realize what this sale really means. Here is how they are priced 12.00 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 8.00 iTOOShoes One-Thy OffPay 7.34 10.00 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 6.67 9.00 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 6.00 8.00 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 5.34 7.50 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 5.00 7.00 Shoes One- Third Off-Pay 4.67 6.50 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 4.34 6.00 Shoes One-Third Off Pay 4.00 The Regent Shoes YOU will recall that the Regent Shoe Co., Omaha, sold us at a great sacrifice their entire stock of Women's Shoes because of lack of space necessary to properly exploit their fast-growing business in Men's Shoes. v This Sale Brings Forth for the First Time Their Stock of HIGH Shoes The opportunity to buy these ex cellent standardmakes of high-grade Shoes at one-third less than Re gent's prices is a concession no thoughtful woman will ignore. The Heels, Etc. Full Louie covered heel. Leather Cuban heel. Cuban concave. Baby French heel. Leather low walking heel. The Soles McKay tewed, band-turrd or welted ole, short, me dium or long vamp, high arch, in fact, moit every tyle Shoe decreed fash ionable for Fall. Sizes Complete range of size, from 2 to 9. Widths, AAA to E. - We Are Making Great Preparations for This Sale Extra Salespeople Extra Selling Space n T - f Every pair of Shoes is plainly V fT P ' marked with the regular price and 1 V ll the third off price o.-Gxand Re gent prices are far below present-day prices, so that in reality you will save a great deal more than one-third. AIN FLOOR-.-SHOL SECTION m ll I i L- r m i . rio SETS THE PACE WOMEN. the least bit familiar with the present day Shoe prices and styles for Fall, have but to see these Shoes to realize that here, at the very start of the season, is opportunity to buy style, qual ity, fitand economy. This is without question one of the most desirable and opportune Shoe sales of the year. 1