THE BEE : OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 1920.
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RE AVIS PLANS
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS
i
Convention of Engineers Will
Endorse Nebraskan's Bill
Creating New Cobi
net Position.
By E. C SNYDER..
Telegram.) Establishment of a na
tional department of pulic works in
order to bring the game economy and
efficiency into the great federal pub
lic works that have made American
industries successful under private
administration, will be urged' upon
congress by a convention of engi
neers from all parts of the c6untry,
which bejran a two-day session at
the New Willard today.
Creation of a new cabinet posi
tion under which would be co-ordinated
all of the public works now
scattered through nine federal de
partments, 34 bureaus and four un
. attached commissions, so as to bring
about good team work, is proposed.
Congressman Reavis, author of
the new public works bill, changing
the "Department of the Interior"
to the "Department of Public
Works," and designating the cabi
net member as "Secretary of Pub
lic Works," was the principal
speaker at the banquet of the as
sociation held tonight at the same
hotel. .
Reavis Explains Measure.
Speaking of the aims of the bill,
which has the endorsement of prac
tically every engineering society in
the nation, Mr. Reavis said:
"Because of the inefficiency of
the government as a business insti
tution and the termendous waste
that results by way of duplication,
we are seeking by this bill, to bring
about co-ordination of all engineer
ing functions in the government
by a reorganization of the Depart
ment of the Interior into a Depart
ment of Public Works. I have no
desire to make extravagant claims
but little in comparison with the
great need of reorganization
through all the departments of gov
ernment, but I am hopeful that it
will not alone create an efficient
governmental activity so tar as tne
engineering functions of the gov
ernment are concerned, but that it
will be a precedent so salutary that
further legislation along the same
line with reference to other depart
ments will speedily follow.
Bureaus to Be Detached.
"The evolution of governmental
matters throughout the years has re
sulted in attaching to the several de
partments certain activities which
are not at all in harmony with the
functions of the departments. In
House Record 6649 it is provided
that the patent office, which now
belongs to the Department of the
Interior, shall he senaratpd from
this department and attached to the
Department of Commerce. The bu
reau of pensions is not in any sense
congenial to functions of the In
terior department; it belongs prop
erly to the Department of the Treas
ury, where the war risk insurance
and compensation acts are now
iodged. Consequently the bureau
of pensions by this bill is taken away
from the Department of ,the In
terior and given to the Department
of the Treasury, and I am very cer
tain in my own mind that such dis
position of the pension bureau will
very soon result now in the consoli
dation of the compensation func
tions of the government, whereby
the soldiers of the recent war are
rarH fnr under the war risk bureau
and the soldiers of the civil war are
cared for under the pension bureau.
Would Reduce Cost
"It is quite impossible in my
limited time, for me to give a de
tailed statement of the shifting of
governmental activities, but the pur
pose of the bill is to make the In
terior department, so far as possible,
the receptacle for all the engineer
ing activities of the government and
to remove from it all functions not
in harmony with the duty of pub
lic works. We seek by this pro
posed legislation to create an in
dustrial organization out of many
independent functions so as to make
it possible for the government to
conduct its public works business
along the same lines acd according
to the same principle that has made
American industries the marvel of
the world.
"The result of such an organiza
tion will be increased efficiency by
bringing under one he3d and mak
ing a part of all well balanced ma
chine all works now operated for
the use of the public. It follows
as a matter of course that such an
organization would result in re
duced cost that always come with
specialized effort and quantity pro
duction and that there would be
greatly decreased overhead charge
working under one organization
than there would be with the same
activities divided among many or
ganizations each working inde
pcntly of the other."
Recommend Pay Increase
For All Fighting Men
Washington. Jan. J3. By a big
majority, the house military affairs
committee agreed to report favor
ably the bill of Representative
Crago, republican, Pennsylvania,
granting an increase of 20 per cent
in the pay of all officers of the army,
navy, marine corps, public health
service and coast-guard up to and
including the rank of briagadier gen
eral in the army and equivalent
grades in other service. The bill
also would increase the pay of the
enlisted personnel of these services
20 per cent in all cases where the
present base pay amounts to $33 a
month or more.
Increases provided in the bill
would be effective from passage un
, til June 30, 1921, and it is estimated
" would cost the government approxi
mately $40,000,000 annually. The
house nava) affairs committee has
agreed to increases in the pay of offi
cers and men of the navy.
Grey Reaches England
.Southampton. Jan. 13. Viscount
Grey of Fallodon, British ambassa
dor to the United States, arrived
here this morning on board, the
White Star liner Adriatic
COMPROMISE IN
TREATY FAVORED
BY MOST COLLEGES
Harvard, Princeton, Cornell
And Other Universities
Take Vote on Treaty.
Boston, Jan. 13. Mixed results
were shown in the balloting in New
England colleges today on the rati
fication of the peace treaty and the
league of nations. In most of the
colleges four propositions were
voted upon:
1. Favoring ratification without
amendments or reservations.
2. Opposing ratification in any
form.
3. Favoring ratification with the
senate majority.
4. Favoring ratification with any
compromise that would make pos
sible immediate ratification. .
Two additional propositions were
on the ballot at some colleges, as
follows:
Separate Peace.
Favoring a separate peace with
Germany, leaving the question of a
league of nations to be settled after
wards. Favoring a compromise on res
ervations that would avoid danger of
defeating ratification while still
making clear that congress has sole
power to declare war; domestic ques
tions and the Monroe doctrine, are
outside the jurisdiction of the league,
plural votes are disqualified in any
dispute in which this country is dis
qualified in voting and this country
is to be sole judge whether its obli
gations have been met if it with
draws from the league.
Highest Vote for 4.-
At Harvard both students and
faculty polled the highest vote for
No. 4, with No. 1 running second.
Smith and Mount Holyoke, both
women's colleges, also cast the
heaviest vote for No. 4, with No. 1
second.
In the four Maine colleges No. 4
led. Colby, Maine and Bowdoin
gave second place to No. 3.
Boston college cast a majority for
No. 3, with No. 2 second.
At Brown, No. 6 led, with No. S
second. Amherst favored No. 1,
with No. 4 second.
Massachusetts ' Agricultural col
lege polled the -heaviest vote for No.
6, with No. 1 second.
What Yale Did.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 13. Com
promise between the Lodge and
democratic reservationists was the
peace treaty proposal, which re
ceived the highest number of votes
from both the students and faculty
of Yale university. Summary of the i
votes:
, Students:
For ratification by compromise,
930; for ratification with Lodge res
ervations, 313; for ratification with
out reservations (Wilson stand),
205; for rejection of the treaty
(Borah stand), 82.
Faculty:
Compromise, 133; Wilson, 45;
Lodge, 18; Borah, 3.
Princeton Results.
Princeton, N. J., Jan. 13. Advo
cates of the compromise program
won a sweeping victory today in
Trinceton's poll on the league of na
tion's question. Of the 1,596 vtes
cast, 800 favored a compromise be
tween the Lodge and democratic
reservations. Of the remaining votes
361 favored the adoption of the
treaty with only the Lodge reserva
tions, 355 favored ratification with
out reservation or amendment and
the remaining 80 were opposed to
ratification in any form.
Explosion at Norfolk
Kills One, Injures Two;
City Gas Supply Cut Off
Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 13. Chris
Kuech, a gas fitter, was burned to
death and two other men were in
jured early today when fire which
followed the explosion 'of an oil
tank and destroyed the Norfolk gas
plant. The city's gas supply is
indefinitely cut off,
Ktieuch met death after he ran
through flames into the plant's boil
er rooms to turn off the valves con
necting with large gas reserve
tanks near the plant. His son, Wil
liam, and Edward Hesfors, two
other employes of the plant, were
burned about the face.
Sam Langford, the colored
heavyweight, plans to go to Eng
land in March. Sam also will box
in Paris if suitable matches can be
arranged.
LION BOND FIRM
SELECTS STAFF
OF EXECUTIVES
Business Operating Forces
Divided Into Four Di
visions to Expedite Work
Of Departments.
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the
Lion Bonding and Surety Co., in the
directors room at the home office
Monday, officers and executive staff
were elected for the coming year as
follows: ,
N. R. Gurney, president; Fred
Volpp, first vice president; rt. C.
Leisrh. executive secretary; Phil H.
Kohl, treasurer; Dan F. Brown, vice
oresident: H. O. Beatty, vice presi
dent; F. B.jAlldredge, vice presi
dent; T. C Leonard, assistant secre
tary; JV H. Wheeler, assistant secre
tarv: F. B. Cowdery. assistant secre
tary, and J. A. Rine, general attor-
ney- . . " , c
The business operating forces of
the company were divided into tour
ffeneral divisions, which will enable
the company to handle its rapidly in
creasing business in a more efficient
manner and with less time wasrea.
H. C. Leigh will have charge ot
the office department, investment
Hinrtment. cash accounting and
statistical department H. O. Beatty
will assume charge of the agency
division, which embraces the agency
department, supply department, city
department, and branch office de
partment ; ,
Dan . Brown will oe piaeea in
direct supervision of the contract
department, and also the depository
bona department, ana win nc as
his assistants Robert McKay and
Miss Clara Peterson.
F. B. Alldredsre will be placed at
the head of the accident and health
division with J. F. Mieek as his as
sistant.
The leeal department will continue
under the charge of J. A. Rine, and
Ed P. McDonald remains with the
company as assistant attorney.
Former Lincoln Man
Is Seriously 111 in
Washington Hospital
Washington. Jan. 13, 1920. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Charles E. Ma
goon, former provisional governor
of Cuba and former governor of
Panama, was removed from the
Maralough apartment house, to the
emergency hospital, where an op
eration for an intestinal obstruction
will be made.
Governor Magoon came to Wash
ington in 1899 from Lincoln, where
he practiced law from 1882 until
his removal to the national capi
tal, and at the instance of Ex-assist
ant Secretary of War George D.
Meikleiohn, took a position as law
clerk in the bureau of insular af
fairs of the War department. He
specialized in Spanish questions
growing out of the Spanish-American
war with especial reference to
Cuba, Porto Rica and the Philip
pines. Mr. Magoon was appointed pro
visional governor of Cuba in 1906
and held the position for three
years. Before going to Cuba he was
governor of the canal rone for over
one year. He is a bachelor and ex
cept for his valet, has been living
alone for the past three monghs.
Up to that time his nephew, Ralph
Coffin, a well known horse fancier
now in Boston, has been occupying
the same apartment with him. Mr.
Magoon is author of "the law of
civil government under military oc
cupation," published in 1902.
Officials at the emergency hospi
tal said that Governor Magoon's
condition was not regarded as critical.
London Short of Coal.
London, Jan. 13. Distress over
shortage of , household coal is in
ci easing here and in many country
towns where stocks virtually are ex
hausted. News oi the arrival of a
carload of coal at any depot brings
a rush of poor inhabitants. Hun
dreds of persons daily seek coal,
pushing perambulators and wheel
barrows, or carying sacks.
If names count for anything
Runa Ohrr.an, the Swedish cham
pion, should be a likely contender
for Marathon honors in the Boston
event next April.
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"Vbu Won't Need Sugar
on you&bieakfost cereal
n it is
GrapeNuts
For this reaefcr-to-eat
food unlike many cer
eals, requites no add
ed sugar to make it
pleasing.
Gmpe-Nutsxontains its
own sugar developed from
ivheat and malted barlq&r
Its rich, nutlike flavor
pleases. GrapeNuts is
economical in more wstys
than one. At grocers
Wade by Fustura CerwTCa Battle Creek.Mich
Vitrimont, "Adopted"
By California Cities,
Completely Restored
Washington, Jan. 13. Vitrimont,
' adopted" village of a group of Cali
fornia cities, is one) of the first ot
the hundreds of French devastated
towns to be entirely restored, ac
cording to report of the American
Red Cross. ,
The ancient Gothic church of the
town has been replaced by a mod
ern stone structure which while in
conformity with the best traditions
of French taste, nevertheless pre
sents in its broad eaves a sugges
tion ot tne arcnitecture ot Los
Angeles. Likewise the reconstructed
"mairie" or towr hall, contains fea
tures which are reminiscent of some
of the most classic outlines of S7
Diego structures.
Other buildings in the town were
said to be representative of tne
architecture of San Francisco and
various other California cities.
Bee Want-Ads Produce Results.
Dodge Nearing Crisis.
New York, Jan. 13. John Dodge,
Detroit automobile manufacturer,
seriously ill at the Ritz Carlton
hotel here, is nearing the crisis, his
physician announced. He is suffering
from pneumonia, which developed
from influenza. His brother. Horace
Dodge, who also was stricken with
pneumonia, is said to be recovering.
Cuticura Soap
The IUalthy
Shaving Soap
Bee Want-Ads Produce Results.
January Clearance Mies of
fer extreme values In practi
cally every department '
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Clearance sale of men's
and boys' clothing new In
progress.
Wednesday the Last Day
of Our Great Introductory Sale of
Eastern Isles
Philip pi n e Li n geri e
at off s
, Regular Prices
Lingerie entirely hand-made of daintiest fabrics, artistically embroidered
From the Philippine Islands to the Burgess-Nash Company '
f
7TH0R0TJGH satisfaction goes with every purchase because the designs are artistic,
J. the needlework precise and delicate, and the fabrics are dainty and preserve their
-snowy whitness after many launderings. By purchasing these garments months ago,
when material and labor costs were much lower, we are now able to offer to the people
in this vicinity this great introductory sale, which includes our entire stock of
Philippine Nightgowns . . . $2.95 to $65.00
Philippine Envelope Chemise $3.45 to $35.00
Philippine Straight Chemise1. $3.95 to $25.00
Philippine Petticoats ... . $5.95 to $35.00
Philippine Drawers ... . . $2.75 to $25.00
Philippine Corset Covers . . $1.95 to $15.00
SECOND FLOOR
Dainty Colored Beacon Bankets
for the Babv
SOFT -warm little crib blankets with attractive bunny borders that will
please the children are here in the Infants' Section in a great .assort
ment. There are dainty blue and white ones that are reversible, and pink
and white reversible ones. Size 30x36 to 36x46. Priced from $1.10 to $2.50.
Exquisite soft double blankets; white with blue or pink border. Priced
$1.98 to $2.50
Each
SBCOND FLOOR
Beautiful Irish Table Linens
by the Yard
WE feel that we are very fortunate to have ucK an extremely hand
some and varied assortment of True Irish table linens of sterling
worth and that we are able, by superior merchandising, to price them at
a very low figure. Heavy weight and beautiful designs; 70 and 72 inches
wide. Priced very special at '
$2.65 - $3.50 - $4.85
a Yard ;
MAIN I-LOOB
Junior Coats
K Off
Regular Prices
BEAUTIFUL tailored
Coats made In attrac
tive youthful styles in all
the pretty shades that are
popular this season. The
materials are exceptional
ly good quality and, re
gardless of former prices,
they have been reduced to
ifa the regular price. '
SECOND FLOOR
Real Linen Crash Toweling
39c a Yard
A SPLENDID quality of real crash toweling, the kind that lasts and gives entire
satisfaction, on sale Wednesday at the very special price of 39c a yard.
MAIN FLOOR
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Women s Knit
Underwear
At Prices That Are
Below Today's Cost
Buy for future use now
while you can benefit by
these prices. , -
Vests, 25c and 60c
Cotton and lisle; low neck,
and sleeveless; also bodice
top; white and pink; road
men's samples that have
been placed in two great lots
and priced at 25c and 50c.
Union Suits,
69c and $1.09
Lcr neck and sleeveless ;
knee length; roadmen's sam
ples; also several broken lots
from our regular stock; very,
special at 69c and $1.09.
'A limited number to each
customer. No phone orders
and no exchanges. ' '
MAIN FLOOR
An Important Clearance Sale of
Women s Blouses at $3.95.
Taken From Regular Stock and Priced for Quick Clearance.
MOST remarkable opportunity to secure several dainty blouses at less than the
jOx" price of one at the ordinary price.
We have taken odd lots of ' ,
Crepe de Chine, Taffeta and Georgette .
blouses from our regular stock and substantially reduced them that we might dispose
of them immediately. It is an unusual opportunity to save and still choose a blouse
that .exactly suits you. The colors are
Navy Brown Flesh Assorted Stripes
Black and White
On account of the extremely low prices we cannot accept C. O. D.'s and cannot
make exchanges.
SECOND FLOOR
Annual January Clearance Sale of '
Women s and Misses' Coats
Reduced to Exactly
y2
the Regular Price
NO matter what styles of coat you have set your mind upon, you will find it in this
sale at a reduction of price. Each coat tailored according to our usual high
standard, and the materials are . :
Vetour Broadcloth ' Silvertone Plush Etc.
Some are trimmed with fur; others strictly tailored, but every one a wonderful
-value. Select yours early "Wednesday morning.
;. . SECOND FLOOR '.''."
Junior Dresses
One-Third Off
Regular Prices '
PRACTICAL and dainty
affairs of beautiful
materials, such as challie,
serge, jersey, etc.; also
pretty little party dresses
trimmed in lace and rib
bons. Our entire stock
has been reduced to one
third the regular price for
quick clearance.
SECOND FLOOB
January White
Sales
of Linens and Domes
tics Offer Great Values
Bed Sheets of fine round
thread; no dressing or fill
ing; size 81x90 inches. $1.85.
Wool Nap Blankets for full
size beds; soft, fluffy and
warm. Price $5.25 pair.
Pillow Tubing A quality
made of fine yarn; 42 inches. .
65o each.
Percale 36-inch dress or
'wrapper percale; an excel
lent quality in good designs.
39o ; yard.
Window Shades In light or
dark green colors; 6 feet
long. 75c each. . ,
Hack ' Towels Large size
Huck Towels ; hemmed ends ;
fine quality, 35c each.
Crash Toweling Homespun
crash toweling; very absorb
ing; red border, 28c yard.