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THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY JANUARY 19. 1920. Lincoln Bureau 32. Bee P A. Barrows, Correspondent" ORGANIZE BODY TO FIGHT DEATH PENALTY LAWS Mo Attempt Will Be Made To Influence v Action In Cole and Gram- mer Cases. " Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Draper Smith of Oma ha, was elected president ot the state organization for the abolish ment of capital punishment in Ne braska, at a meeting at' the LincMl hotel Other officers are: Mrs. A. E. Shelton, vice president; M.s. El eanor Miller, secretary; W. B. Ry ons, treasurer; Miss Lena Glade, as sistant secretary. A vice president for each county in the state it to be named5. Mrs. George Harvey Holden was selected for Lancaster county. The organization voted to go on record as tavonng, public Hearings 'for all applications for pardons, pa roles, furloughs, reprieves and other forms of clemency held 'in -public after due notification. Members of the organization de clared it was not perfected for the purpose of attempting to influence action in the Cole-Grammer case, now pending. They said no attempt would be made by the organization to secure .clemency tor either ot the men. unty Agents Discuss v Control of Hog Disease Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) Dr. L. Van Es, head of the depart ment of animal pathology and hy giene, told the county agents and other extension workers of the state in conference at the university farm that progress in the controj of hog -disease is almost breaking the speed limits. There was a time when of the deaths among swine, he said. This high mortality has been elimi nated or made possible of elimina tion through the use of serum. The enfalipr licniGaiH rrif1v. tlirmrrn.. losis, infectious abortion and- hog cholera. Other speakers were L. Boyd Rist, Gage county agent; J. L. Gilmore, assistant county agent leader; M B. Posson of the university department of animaf husbandry; W. W. Sim, Saline" county agent; E. F. Snipes, Cass county agent; Dr. W. T. Spen cer, state veterinarian; R. E. Hol land, county agent leader; O. Hull, Frontier county; I. D. Wood, engi neering specialist; E. Mead Wilcox, Nebraska experiment station plant pathologist; James A. Faris, United States Department of Agriculture plant pathologist and Dean E. A. Burnett of the college of agriculture. Purcna$e Ground to Store . 1 State Road Machinery Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18, (Special.) Eleven acres of ground south of the Gooch Milling company plant here have been purchased by the State Department of, Public V6rks to store such state road-building equipment as concrete mixers and other implements that can be left in the open. The department is nego tiatine with the State Board of Con trol for the purchase of ground near the penitentiary for enclosed storage space for trucks and other equip-? ment that cannot be exposed to the ilrU. Board of Regents Appoint Members of School Faculty Lincoln, Neb., Jan. ; 18. (Special.) The following faculty appoint ments were made by the board of regents: Agronomy. Eldon Engle, statistician; Curtis School of Agri culture, Beulah Brewster, instructor in domestic art; David Gray, assist ant in animal husbandry; economics and commerce. Paul Conner, instruc tor: Clarence E. Hinds, graduate as sistant; history, William N. Brig ance, fellow. Beaver Valley Pioneer Dies After Operation Beaver City. Neb., Jan. 18. (Spe cia Telegram.) Henry Fletcher, father ,of County Superintendent Fletcher, and one of the oldest "of the Beaver valley pioneers, died here following a surgical operation He was 75 years old. ORDER PROBE OF PENITENTIARY CONDUCT CHARGE Warden Fenton Requests In - vestigation of Attack Made by Former Guard. Lincoln., Neb., Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) The state board of control, at the request of Warden W. T. Fen ton of the Nebraska penitentiary, has fixed next Tuesday afternoon as the time for a hearing on the charges made by M. F. McWiihams, a former guard as the penal insti tution, who attacked the adminis tration. The hearing will be held at the prisor. McWilliams' attack on the Ne braska prison followed closely on the heels of the outburst by Warden Thomas Osborne who declared in a public statement in the east, that the Nebraska prison was one of the worst in the country. Prominent prison workers who have visitod the Nebraska institution since Warden Fenton's regime have said that it is among ihe best in the United States. Warden Fenton, has decided that it' is time to call for a showdown and the board has indicated its will ingness fo go fully into the charges. Farmers' Income Tax Ruling Will Permir Use of Inventories Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. The col lege of agriculture has been notified by Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of internal revenue, that farmers' in ventories at market value, less cost of marketing, will be accepted here after in determining income tax. This ends differences between the internal revenue department and the college of agriculture over farmers' income tax. The college has maintained that farmers should take inventories, the same as business men do, and that these inventories should be used in determining their income tax. Thou sands of farmers' record books pro viding for inventories have been dis tributed over the state by the col lege. In many instances the reve nue men refused to accept farm in ventories, saying that such inven tories could not be used under any conditions- Where no inventory was allowed it often meant increased tax for the farmer. One instance is cited where the refusal of an in-1 ventory cost a farmer more than $5W. Under the new order of the in ternal revenue department the farm ers' inventory will be taken at mar ket value, less cost of marketing. This means, according to P. K. Whelpton of the department of rural economics, that Nebraska farmesi will hereafter pay income tax on a just basis. Motorists Swamp Office Of Treasurer for Licenses Fremont, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special. There is such a rush of applicants for motor licenses at the office of County Treasurer Roberts that his force of clerks is completely swamped with the clerical work. As a result Mr. Roberts has asked the police to declare a moratorium for motorists until he can get caught up. Mr. Rpberts estimates the amount to be realized through fees collected from motor licenses at $75,000. The average license in Dodge county is costing about $15. 200 Actors'in Fremont Camp Fire Girls' Play Fremont. Neb., Jan. T8. (Special.) The home talent play given under ttfe auspices of the Camp Fire Girls . association netted the young folks $300. Over 200 local people took part. . ' Mr. J. W. Kelley Dies. Beaver City, Neh., Jan. 18. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. Rosa Kelley, wife of J. W. Kelley, died at th. fam ilv home suddenly ofTieart failure. She was 66 years old. McCook Plans Anto Show. McCook, Neb, Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Plans are being completed here for a bift automobile show in the spring. A large tent is planned for the purpose. Tractors, trucks, etc.. will he mciuaeg in ine snow. MADE IN A SUNLIT FACTORY WHERE THE IMPORTANCE . OF CLEANLINESS IS NEVER FORGOTTEN 4 Gooch's Best . Macaroni A CLEAN FOOD SOLD IN THE BEST STORES GREAT STOCKS OF FOOD TO EXPORT HELD IN RUSSIA Bolshevik Representative Is Pleased Trade Relations With Allies to Reopen. Copenhagen, Jan. 18. Maxim Lit vlnoff, Russian bolshevik repre sentative conferring here with James O'Grady, British delegate, regard ing an exchange of war prisoners and interned civilians, is "much grati fied by the announcement from the supreme council in Paris that trade relations will be opened between the allies and the peopV of soviet Russia. He considers the action tantamount to raising the blockade and says it will have an enormous effect on the economic situation in Russia. Russia has great stocks of goods for export, especially flax, hemp, timber, hides, furs and platinum, he says, and particularly needs machin ery, agricultural implements and railway materials. He declares there is plenty of food in Siberia and other sections, but there is a lack of transportation facilities. He urges that it will ie necessary to allow Russia to send representatives abroad if trade with the outside world is to be a reality, and de clares soviet Russia will freely admit commercial and other representa tives on a reciprocal basis. Mr. O'Grady calls action to the "diplomatic wording" of the coun cil's announcement, but is evidently pleased by any step in the direction of raising the blockade. He points out he has encountered the blockade at every turn in his work of. arrang ing for the transport of goods to British citizens in Russia. It is expected by the British dele gate that wounded British prisoners in the hands of the bolshevikf will all be out of Russia next week, and that the remainder of the British prisoners will be at liberty in a fort night Mr. O'Grady hopes a ship can leave England on February 6 with certain Russian prisoners, calling at Denmark for other Russians who are being held here. B0LSHEVIKI LOSE MANY MEN ON LETTISH FRONT Letts Everywhere Repulse Enemy's Counter Attacks With Heavy Losses. 3, - Cooenhazen. Tan. 18. The bolshe- viki are throwing large forces on the Lettish front, including Chinese reeiments. says a dispatch to the of ficial Lettish Bureau from Riga. , "The Letts everywhere," says the dispatch, "have repulsed the enemy's powerful counter attacks with enor mous enemy losses and captured a number ot villages in the advance on Rejesshitza. They also have cap tured the junction of M. rylaiowo and many villages in the direction of Pskov." ., Berne, Jan. 18. Considerable bolshevik forces are menacing the Ukrainian and Polish fronts, accord ing to a message received by the Ukrainian mission here. General Petulara, the Ukrainian leader, has started for the front and important military events seem jmminent, the message says. The economic situation Jn the Uk raine is described as favorable. Des pite the long period of warfare, tnere are large stocks of grain, sugar and other foodstuffs. University of Nebraska. . The department of chemistry wilt offer these new courses next semester: The history of chemistry, colloids, animal nu trition, i The university has begun to prepare tor the state fair next September. Commit tees are belntf appointed In the different colleges to work up exhibits. The school of fine arts will open an exhtbit February 15 In the art gallery of canvases of leading American artists. Bishop H. C. Stunts spent Tuesday, January 13. with the university, address ing: several meetings and holding: confer ences with students and faculty. The university chapter or the American Legion has opened an office on the city campus and la beginning te drive for members. (Vocational students In the university who are working Under the direction of the federal vocational board organized a club last week. The alumni of tna University or Ne braska held a. reeent meetlns in Denver, Co'.o., with 40 present A atmtlar meeting with, Z3 was held at Pittsburgh, Pa, A census or tne members ot ine consti tutional convention shows that it have attended the University of Nebraska, while IS have had close relatives who were In the university. The chairman, A. J. Weaver, was graduated !n ls&. The engineering college has an eppor tnnltv tn RMiira machine tools from the federal government at 16 per cent of their original cost. This Is timely, for the college la reorganizing to Install the pro duction method. In line with other up-to-date engineering schools. As the univer sity funds at hand ahe Insufficient! the professors of tne college are asKing ineir manufacturing1 friends to make gifts of such machines to the university at the 86 per cent discount. Borne have already done so. . The latest addition ta the campus Is a strip one-half block wide and two blocks long. This is aaaea to tne present imouc field, giving field 626 by 825 feet. A nw track of standard size will be estab lished, with a grandstand 450 feet long. The under part of the grandstand will be used for storing necessary university equipment -The university architects are planning a tiew gymnasium 250 by 200 feet on the ground, two stories high. This will be provided with all the room ot a modern, woll-equlpped gymnasium. As soon as the weather permits the grounds will be cleared and the field put Into shape. Thia field will be dedicated In the spring and will probably be named for a university athlete who gave his life in the war. A British metallurgist believes he has rediscovered the secret of the ancient, Spanish armorers in pro ducing a tarnish-proof steel that even resists acids. Drink Coffee at an advanced price shenycu can have Instant Postum with Its pleasing flavor? No Raise In Price No Horniful Ingredient -4 1 m v 35? 5KjBraQ2 VIOLET HEMINGnEVERYVOMArV A PARAMOUNT-ARJCRAFT PICTURE, $1,200,000 Road Bonds Are Urged for Dodge County Fremont, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) The Logan Township Good Roads club, organized at Uehling, passed a resolution favoring a bond issue of $1,200,000 for Dodge county roads. At a meeting two weeks ago at Scribner a similar resolution was adopted. George F. Wolz of Fre mont, president of the Nebraska Good Roads association, explained the good roads laws and pointed out the benefits to be derived from im proved highways. Mr. Wolz has ar ranged for similar meetings at Hooper, Dodge and North Bend. He is confident that the bond issue will be put to a vote at the spring election. Western Editors Meet to Discuss Press Conditions Grand Island, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) Editors representing the St. Paul Phonograph, Doniphan In dex, Ravenna ' News, Ord Journal and Grand Island Independent, held a conference here. Press conditions generally, including the eone sys tem were brought to the attention of the meeting by Secretary Buck of Harvard. It was decided to have the Loup valley distriet association embrace Burlington territory to the northwest and east, as well as more Union Pacific territory and to hold one of the next quarterly meetings in Grand Island. Dodge County Will Build Soldiers Memorial Halt Fremont, "Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) At a meeting of precinct chairmen of the Dodge county defense coun cil at the Hotel Pathfinder Ray Nye, chairman, outlined plans for a me morial hall in honor of Dodge coun ty's soldiers to be erected in Fre mont. The precinct chairmen voted in favor of erecting the manument to the war heroes of the county. Mr. Nye was requested to prepare retails rnverino- the orobable cost and plan of financing to be submit ted at a meeting to be neia in tne future., McCook Buys Camp Ground For Use of Auto Tourists McCook, Neb., Tan. 18. (Spe cial.) The purchase of the Hamil ton Bros, ice pond and land south of McCook on the Republican river, will be utilized in providing auto ists through McCook next season with camping and park facilities. County Treasurer Resigns. Wahoo. Jan. 18. (Special.1 Mal colm Anderson, treasurer of Saun ders county, has been elected assis tant cashier of the Saunders County National bank of Wahoo and has re signed his position with the county, effective at the end of the month. Mr. Anderson is serving his second term as treasurer. Hastings College Notes. Interest at Hastings college ' now cen ters In debating. The Intra-Societ' contests have taken place 'and the students are ready for J.iter-Soclety contests, after which the team will be selected to repre sent the college In Its triangular debate with Cotr.or and Doane and the second triangular wltH Grand Island and Kearney. The student volunteer conference whioh was held at Pes Moines had a good repre sentation from HaBtlnas college. Reports of this conference were made to the T. M. and y. w. by delegates sent rrom rnese organisations to the conference. Miss Clarke, traveling student secretary for the Presbyterian church, also gave a talk at chapel on day last week, emphasizing some of the dominant tlroughts of the conference. ' The baskot ball schedule of Hastings college Is as follows: January 1". Kearney at Hastings; January 31, Hastings at Kearnev; February 8, Grand Island at Hast ings; February 19, Midland at Hastings; February 20, Cotner at Bethany: February 21, Doane at Crete; February ?T, Central City at Central City: February 58, Midland at Fremont: March', Grand Island t Grand Island: March, IS. Doane at Hast ings. Coach Andrews Is having some good practice preparatory to the Beginning oi . this schedule. The second basket ball team ; went to Trumbull Thursday night to try their luck with the Trumbull High school. E. R. Bushnell of the class of ' hs charge of all official publicity of h Unl verslvv of Pennsylvania. He will take up this work In addition to his duties as editor of the Penn Gazette, a weekly mag azine of tire university. The publicity of this university, which numbers over 10,000 students, 's a task of some importance. Frank Prince of the Alliance High school, Hasting, class 'IS, had splendid success with his foot ball 'team the past year. - V The college building fund Is rreeplng right along. A number of churches have gone over the top recently. The field men are now working In the northeastern part of the state Bad roads have Interferred somewhat with the canvass, but wherever representatives have gone they have been properly received and subscriptions tave been very atisfactory,. l.arge plans are being made for a home comisig In June. At ,that time the corner stones of the r-ew buildings will be laid It this matter i not reached before com mencement date. Summer chool Is planned to begin this year aa soon as the regular school year ends to last eight weeks closing the latter part of July. The college is receiv ing a large number of calls for Informa tion. The week of prayer Is to be held this year between the 12th and 15th of Febru ary, and Dr. D. D Toung of the First Presbyter'sn church of Lincoln wlll'lesd us. Dr. Toung is well known to friends and studen's cf Hastlt,gs college and will be thoroughly welcomed during this time. On the I!d of February the Washington birthday addrfrs will he delivered by Rev. John w. Beard of the Presbyterian, church of Wayne, . Hold Woman forfeits Claim to Estate by Killing Benefactor ' t Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18. (Special.) County Judge Robin Re!d decided that Mrs. Margaret Mauzey, serving a life sentence for killing Dr. George E. Spear on Armistice day, 1918, for feited her claim to $6,000 against his estate when she murdered him. The vtoman had entered into a contract with Dr. Spear in Decem ber, 1917, whereby she was to re ceive ?6,C0O. taking in payment one third of his earnings. When the estate came up for administration in county court Mrs. Mauzey filed a claim for thev greater part of the amount. I Judge Reid held that the woman abrogated - the contrac. by her wrongful act in shooting Dr. Spear. She was nwarded the sum of $285.30 for salary as bookkeeper. SILK HOSIERY WOVEN BY DEVIL, SAYS MINISTER Rev. Mr. Savidge Thinks $25 Stockings Peaches, But Worn to Attract Opposite Sex. t 'l am ging to say something which may shock some people, but which 1 firmly believe, that it is impossible in this day with our pres ent civilization to carry out literal ly the teaching of Jesus Christ," said Rev. Charles W. Savidge, in a ser mon nt the People's church yester day on the subject "Thrift." "Matthew, chapter 6, commands us not to lay up treasurs on earth, where thieves break through and steal. I reply that if there is nothing saved up and there is no accumula tion of capital, this civilization Nvill be destroyed, and we can not do business. Watch Your Loans. "In another place Jesus tells his disciples to give to him that asks you and ftom him who would borrow ol j'ou turn not away but I say to you, if you give money to everyone that asks you, you will have none re maining. The fact is that the best commentary on the bible is the bible, itself. The postle Paul says if a man won't work he shan't eat. The whole book of the Proverbs is a practical book on iii. subject of thrift and good sense "applied to business. "The other great mistake to which I call vour attention is the fact that we pay high prices for fine stuff. We are no longer satisfied with the clothes and food in ise by our fath ers but we must have finer mater ials. Silk Stocking Craze. "I have lately looked up the mat ter of ladies' stockings. I believe that the modern ! silk stocking Is woven by the devil. I find that our women can get a good cotton stock ing for 35 cer ts a pair, and the high est price cotton stocking for ladies j is $1.25. - , "I find that the cheapest all-wool stocking for ladies is 79 cents, and the afl-wool best is $25, the sport gray is $4. Now these cotton stock ings and wool stockings for ladies are a good buy They have the serv ice in them and they are comfort able. , They are what our mothers wore. " "Many of the ladies of the present dy turn up their 'lose at them; they reject them. They want silk hose costing all the way from $1 to $25 a pair, but these $25 a pair are surely poaches. They are not only silk as to' fabric, but thev are interwoven with many coloted beads, and I per sonally beliee that in very many cases our ladien prefer these tine stockings to.attrart the attention of the opposite' sex. This silk Stock ing business has its root in vanity and lust." v LEARN OF PLOT TO OVERTHROW U.S. GOVERNMENT Governor of Arkansas Gets Or ders to Have All Troops in Readiness for Action. Little Rock, Jan. IS. Gov. C. IT. Brough, addres.-ing a state meeting of merchants, said he had been given confidential information by the War department that a nationwide plot to overthrow the government had been discovered. The plot, he said, was of serious proportions. He said the War department had asked him to have all Arkansas troops in readi ness. Strictly Confidential. Maj. Henry F. Fredeman, assist ant adjutant general, said the letter referred to had been received by him from Col. John B. Rose, chairman of the organization committee Of the National Guard association o fthe United States and that it had been shown Governor Brough "in the strictest confidence." Colonel Rose, according to the let ter, based his' assertions on informa tion given hinj confidentially by the intelligence department of the'army. Extent of Plot Unknown. Kansas Citv. Mo.. Tan. 17. In formation of the discovery of a plot to overthrow the United States gov ernment canre to Assistant Adjutant General treedman of Arkansas lust a few days ago, said Governor Brough f that state, in Kansas City. "The message gave no intimation of the extent of the plot, .nor of the time at which it might be expected to come to a head," said Governor BrOugh. Hunters Brave Cold To Get New Jersey Deer Belvidere, N. J., Jan. 18. The New Jersey 'deer , hunting season finds a large number of hunters in the Blue Mountains in Pahaquarry township, and in Knolton and Blairs town townships, in spite of the cold There ar; 15 or 20 game wardens weather. Only buck deer may be shot according to law. of the state on guard in Pahaquarry township. - Bee Wantids Produce Results. NO VALUE GIVEN , Ail ianiii-A riifrii UN It liltd I ANCil FROM HUFF HOME 'loss of Unknown Value" Says Victim of Highjack ers Thieves Busy Sat urday Night. No special value was placed on three cases of .champagne and 15 gallons of bonded whisky that wera stolen from the basement ot the home of Lee Huff, 4906 Dodg street. Saturday night between 10:30 and midnight. In a space on the police report allotted for the value of the stolen stuff, is written: "No value siven." "It is a loss of unknown value,' Mr. Huff stated. The thieves broke open the from door oi the Huff home and made their way to the basement where the liquor was taken from a locked compartme nt, the police report states. The family had left the house at 10:30 and returned at mid nipht, when the theft was discovered Two highwavmen held up - and robbed J. F. Brdel, 2008 Oak street of $14.60 late Saturday night, while Bedel was on his way home from the Vinton street car barn. The two robbers stopped their victim at Twenty-third and Vinton streets. The home of Roy C. Erhardt. 311' robbed Saturday night while the family was away. The. thief en tered through a front door and took onlv a watch belonging to Mr. Er hardt. A violin valued at $125 was stol en from Robert Cnscaden, 2566 Tones, . ...... .. i r i sircei, aaiuraay anernoon, a ponce report states. The instrument was taken from a West Leavenwojth street car. Husband and Wife Are Reunited After 20 Years Streator, III., Jan. 18. Story book romance was made real here in the case of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jones. , , Twenty years ago Jones kissed his wife and baby daughter good-bye as he departed for the west to rs cunerate from ill hpallh. If wrots for a few months and then letters ceased to come. Mrs. Jones was unable to locate her husband. After three years, believing him dead, she remarried. Six years lro her second husband died. 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