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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1921)
X A' . 30 Committees In Lower House Arc Announced Personnel of Bodies W Will Consider Proposed Legislation Is Made v Public. Lincoln, jan. 7. (Special.) "Committee appointments of the lower legislative house were an nounced today as follWs: I Judlrlary Commftt Rodman, chalr ' mini Je.ry. Dym-rt. Randall. McFar!,. Ivyrum. Votaw.j lUare, Murphy. Snow, M'!'an'co rommlUaa-.Axlnli; chairman; nrwn, Haarall. Armstrong . H'"0,1-' liuhrens, SandqulBt. Bowman, Reed, Y al- tx'?. LcftwU'h. . , Slate lnatltutlona McLellan. chairman. HiTlok. Front. Morian., Utlmors, l.oiiio, Kraiihltn. s. Wolfe, Sonnnerlad, , B.aaain, '; Downing. . Constitutional Amendment. PouBlas, chairman: .lacobs, MdOlar. , Enpernufl, l'urk. Hllllard, Smith. . Ilallroads Pavte, rhalrman;. JleneKsr, Y,',e" Ko7dall. ViVarlaM UUrtrom. Blurdevant. MosiMry and, ThTmpson. Claims and WM1'"'!?! Ia". mum Armatronp. Hanner, McKee,ool rich. Snow. Vance, Frank Anderson, I.iinrltsen, AVlKht and Beans. . Hank. and Hanking Kranta. ehn .ut2inan. nobertson, -Lynn Williams, Wood, Mickey, CJlsba and w',acoitl. TMcphon and Telegraph Perkins, chairman: Nlac-dd Yelwr -Hoar., Illicitly. Votaw. Fraaler. Winer and Rnk- jiior, Nclnon, Westerhoff. Johnson, Gris- wold and Haltanson. . PrlvllesrcH and Kltlot Dyrum. rhJr Miaw Mellor, Ymlth. Stephenson, Murphy, arazlng-Bchren,. chairman; Clifford, Median. Leftwlch. Slronir. Petomon and Iloffme ster. Rules and Regulations Anderson, chair man; Suoro. Jcary. Reed. Byrum. Children's Cndc areen, chairman; Good, Jiobrrtso,.. Hascall. F.JS. Anderson, Axtell. Wright. Mcl.ellan oniKWacobs. - .nrA Agriculture Vance, chairman; Glftorfl, Sprlck. Frost, M.I.eod, Ullftrom, Young, Wallaca. Wood, Bethea, Wolfe. Clile. and Towns Druescaow. chairman, Rcneker. Green, Bowman, Dyball, Foster. Jleers, Perkins Ostennan. Staats Davis. Insurance Mickey, chairman; Moaeley, Palmer, Lynn, Ruddy, Atell, Hakanson, Stronff and Cllshe. Irrigation. Pralnag. and Water Power Harbour, chairman;; FrMter, Webster, I.aurltsen, Tarlr, Lundy. Franklin, Votawi J.'loweddie, Beans, Gould. f School Lands and Funds Snow, chair man: Nutsman, Mortar, Thompson, Acton, Reed. Hllllard. '. Labor Samltralat. chairman; aar. Randall. Rank, Bock, Otiata and Orla- Kducatlpn P. K." Anderson, chairman; JJmilh. J(cKee, Mellor. Frank Anderson, .liicUman. Goodrich, Jacobs, Miner, Ken dall and Byiuin. . V ... Revenue and Taxation Williams, chair man; FranU, Pysart, Stephenson. Murpby. Rodniau and Sonimerlad. Manufacturing and Commerce Robert mmi. chairman; Nelson, Young, Clizbe and O'Hara. ' ' Corporations Tiybal, chairman; Sum merlnd, Drueredow, Vllhtrom, Douglas, liecd, Peterson, Nutaman and Strong. Fees and" Salaries Faster, chairman; (iifford. Lynn. Wight, Gilmore. Grlawold vnd Hoare. Roads aid Bridges Staats,' chairman; TUullor. Downing,- Medlar, Kssam. Beck- man,- Betha, Lundy, Goodrich, Webster . and Osterman.- - Miscellaneous Bubjects Epperson, cha'r luan;' Good, WcKee, Pslmer Mears. I'rar.ler, Ruddy Johnsor. Frank Ander son. Barbour and Franklin. Medical Societies Reneker. chairman: Westerhoff, Hoffmetster, Cole and Stur- "iVuKrossed and Enrolled Bills McLeod, chairman; Bock and Beauo. Account and Kxnandltures Beckman, Chairman; Acton. Nleweddle. Arrangement Phraseology ana Correla tion Good, chairman; Douglas, Williams, Rodman and Byrum, House Rolls ? H. R. L by Dreusedow Grant. Oman 'i , 'Metropolitan and Light district aiitnor- . Hy to extend and develop Its electric , lighting facilities when bond, have been , : -voted by the people for that purpose and ; to engage In commercial nnd public llghi ' , ivig. Rates to be fixed by agreement '? i between district and city nf Omaha. Rail. w commission to tlx rates In case of --t'lelr- failure to asree. Kmergenfty. i" H R. 2, by Gifford Amends present water power . district law. Changes 11 "irer cent petition requirements for elec--tion. to .peclfy electors Instead of free floldera Provides for governing board ot tsix members, appointed in the first place .... .i.. u,l after that to be '.-Hected two at a time. Majority popular Mote requlred-for franchise to iurmai , -eiectrlo light or power within any county v, nreclnct or municipality wthln the dis t trict. I Record Discharge Papers. H R 3. fc Hoffmeister Requires county clerks to keep separate book. In v.-hlch soldiers' discharge papers shall be J recorded free or cnarge. I h R. 4, by Hoffmeister Joint resolu I t'on memorializing congress for an ' amendment to federal con8tltut'0"."2.ir" -!ng referendum vote before declarator 1 H. R. . by Telser Creates etate board J of Immigration, inausiry a.m , nttnrnev general and treasurer. Provide, that any person that -Wlare. himself to be nterested In these t matters .hall be appointed an adiso.y irolve compensanon w Vi.. .i n -mIa mnnev." including any . .'nd on deposit end not drawing more Ithan. I per cent. Purpose of act declared "to be to encourage uosirame inrniin .... .,..iniiii ADD'orrla- itlon of I10.000 for clerk hire and pub- ' V TT n. . by telscl Declares1 packing Jiouse to be public warehouses and Inv Eposes regulation "to protect shippers, con. r. i,inanrifnt dealers. Fsrm- J , ma, ship stock to a packing house to be killed, without selling or .urrenacr '' lt.c the ownership; In which case the . par K III 5 iwu owh "u receipt. ' . i. Compulsory Warehouse Law. it R ' 7, by Yciser Compulsory ware " hous law for ginln elevators. Charges ... f.i rih umirnvM of governor. i n 8. bv YelsfV Wartime net mak ifiil to hold foods-tutfs until r Fpoiled. or . to destroy them, or tt ptir i.hase crops and hold them until spoiled in control prices. Authorizes stato food and drug bureau or mayor or any munic ipality to inspect and Investigate any foodstuff, held in storage- and to seize - r.nd sell them, returning the proceeds, ' after deducting cost, to the owner. Pen . alty. 11 to $1,009 fine, or Jail term not ; exceeding lx months. ... , 1 '-' H R- 9, hy Tciser Repeals blue sky ' low enacted In 1911 (Art. 21, Chapter 14. ;R S. 113), which was already repealed two year, ago, but doe. not touch the 1C1 blue ky toWjWhlch was enacted in Its place. ' H. R. 10, by Telser Provide, that cities . mav not plead negligence as a defense in suits, except In case of fire. H. R. 11, by Telser Allow, .cities to ' be ued for imgllgenoe. v Change Voting Laws. 1 ", H. R. 1!. by Ffaxier Glvee annexed t ttrritory the right, to participate in elect J ing directors of tho -Omaha Metropolitan . mnA T.lffht riiVtrlct. H. R. 13. by Mellor of-Lmeoln Pro " rides, for appointment of a board of farm .land apprBser In. each' lounty, consist . ir.g of three taxpayer, selected by coun tv board, to value farm lands as a basis v "-o'f assessment. . Three of the most val ' I'.-ible farms and three of the least ralu ... able to be taken for this purpose It. R. H, by Miner Provide, for Ss " sessment of real estate every two years, i l.cKinnlng in 12J. Now assessed every four years. ' Woman Wounded by Officer Chasing Cax ' Beatrice, Neb.. Jan. 7. (Special.) Mistaking an automobile in which Mr. and Mrs.. Lee Sherman and small daughter were riding, for- an ; other car he had been following as a whisky runner. Officer Al Wjr 7 land; last night, fied his revolver' at the car when Shermau speeded tip .; through fear that the 5fficer was a holdup, mail, one of the shots wounding Mrs.i Sherman through' 1 the neck. Surgeons say Mrs. Sher f man will recover. The little Siier 4 man cirl rscaned iniurv. althongh i si c was sitting on hcr mother's1 lap ! i Sherman is a mail carrier. 1 "The Truth AUbut- Jesus." i ddress bV Robert M. Leavens , ... . ' . . i'.;i,.:., j; vMimiay ,morninir ai :"'cburct tsIXJc' Unitarian Barbers' License Is Demanded by Foster In Proposed Bill Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7. (Special.) Men and women barbers must be physically fit before they can scrape ichins in Nebraska under provisions bf a bill which Foster of Omaha is preparing for introduction in the house early next eek. , The bill will provide that bar bers must be licensed by a state I board whic! shall examine prospec tive chin scrapers" to ascertain if they are victims, of a communica ble disease and also shall force them to Rive an actual demonstration of barbering ability. "The bill will be presented at the request of certain Omaha barbers who claim 'Jheir profession is being ruined by the premature, birth, of Graduate barbers from barber' col leges and by a small per cent of Hie number of being afflicted with com tritWable diseases," Foster said to- "A, year's course !n a barber col lege would be necessary before a certificate would be issued to a stiident.fid'then he would have to' prove vV.e could shave without pulling, too much." Few Permits Granted to Sell Stock in Nebraska Lincoln, Neb.,' Jan. . 7-(Special.1 Very few permits to issue stock and fewer applications for permits to issue stock were made before the state bureau of securities the, past Week. Following is the report: Pennltfiflramd. Hastings Atuo Top compafly, Hastings, $M00. . Graham Ice Cream "company, Omaha, $150,009. . . Mathattan OH Cdmpany of Nebraska, Omaha, stock dividend, $275,000. ' , . Applications. John Day Rubber and Supply company, Omaha, 1200.000. Nowata Oil and Refining company, Tul sa. Okl., 1100,000;- Elkhorn Co-operative Mercantile com pany, Klkhorn, J12.000. Omaha Bond and Mortgage company, Omaha, $76,000. Black Bsothers-, Flour Mills, Beatrice, 3,8. Alleged Gangster Freed x From Charges of Assault San Francisco, Jan. 7. THorpas Brady, third of a group of alleged group of gangsters to go on trial on a charge of attacking Miss Jessie Montgomery of Reno, Nev., was as quitted by a jury in superior court. esinol for that skin eruption You don't have to wait to know that R esinol Ointment is going to overcome . your skin trouble. It gives such quick relief from the itching and burning and so generally succeeds in clearing away the ojption that, with Resinol Soap, it is the standard skin treatment in thousands of homes. Resiool products sold by all drugsUts. ADVERTISES! EXT BETTERTHAN V7HI&KY FOP - COLDSJND FLU New Elixir, Called Asjironal, Medicated With Latest Scientific Remedies, Used and Endorsed hy European and American Army- Sur geons to Cut Short a Cold and Preyerit Complications. Every Druggist in U. S. In structed to Refund Price While You Wait at Counter If Relief Does Not Come . .Within Two Minutes. . Delightful Taste, Immediate Relief, Quick Warm.Up. The sensation of the jrear in the drug trade is Aspironal, the twd minute cold and cough reliever, au thoritatively guaranteed by the lab oratories; rested, approved and most enthusiastically endorsed by the highest authorities, and proclaimed by the common people as ten,, times as Quick and effective s whisky, rock and. rye, or any other cold and cough' remedy they have eva,r tried. All drug stores are how supplied with the wonderful new elixir, so all you have to do to get rid of that cold is to step into the nearest drug store, hand the clerk half a dollar for a bottle of Aspironal and tell him to serve vou.two teasuoonfuls wth four teaspoonfuls of water in a glass. With your watch in hand, t:ke the drink at one Ewallow and call for your money back in two minutes if you cannot feel your, cold fading away like a dream within the time limit. 'Don't be bashful, for all druggists invite you and epcct you to try'Jt. Kverybody's doinu it. When, your cold or cough i. re lieved, take the remainder of the bottle home to your wife and babies, for Aspironal is by far the safest and most effective,, the easiest 4o take and the most agreeable cold art cough remedy for infants and chil dren. . , AnYERTISEME.NT. a prescription for 666 is Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. Jefferis Lauded Fof Blocking Dam Appropriation By E. C. SNYDER, Washington Correspondent, Omaha Bee. Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. (Spe cial Telegram.) Congressman Jeff pris was overwhelmed todav with congratulations from his associate j the houser democratic as wen as republicans, in having led the fight against appropriating millions of dol- The Store Jdnuary Clearance Reductions on-- . - Silk Chemise--$1.95 Tailored embroidered lace trimmed Blooirfers; 95c-$1.45 , , , of Crepe or Batiste. .A Cotton Chemise Gowns ' A95c-$ 1.9542.95 ' Exquisitely trimmed in fine laces em broidery medaHions ribbons touches of delicate handwork. ' ' Cotton Union Suits Polly&nnas. $i.35-$i?95 : ; Lingerie Shop -1 ' Second Floor January Clearance. Reductions on Modart--Roberta-- Qorsets$7.95 . Regularly $15 and $16 Front laced models of eilk broche satin coutil sizes 21 to 24 only. $6 Warner's-Nadia-Kabos-2.95 Back laced sizes 21 to 26. ' Corset Shop : -Second Floor t - N January Clearance , Reductions on Women's High Boots$6 Regularly $10 to $18 i Consisting of bootsfor street and dress wear m all wanted colors in calfskin kid suede par ent. t ... All aizes All widths Shoe Shoo . Main Floor , ' - -........- , . January Clearance Reductions on- ' Women's Dresses--$30 Of satin crepes tricotine -charmeuse regularly to $75. -Smart Dress Creations $50 Distinctively fashioned for smart traveling wear afternoon semi-formal occasions. Exclusively Styled Dresses $60 All Evening Gowns V2 Price Every Suit in Stock Price Drew Shop ' -Third Floor An Old Fashioned January Clearance Sale "bf Attractive Dresses for Girls-r$7.50 Regtilarly to $19.50 '-; . Specially appropriate for" school wear as well as dressy occasions--sizes 8 to 16 only. Prettiest Girls' Dresses Ever Offered At $15--Regularly priced to $35 Of Taffeta Jersey Plaids Serge Plaid Silks in regulation long waisted tailored dressy styles. Entire stock "of Girls' Cotton and f c Flannel Middies Serge and Xq Oil ' Pliid, Separate skirts Ov,AV -jLGirla' Shop -lyS.aond FIoor THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JAflUAKX 8, lars for the Wilson dam and nitrate plant at Mussel Shoals, Ala., which remains out of the sundry civil ap propriation bill that passed the house today. The Mussel Shoals people wanted $10,000,000 to go on with the work on the Wilson dam. Seventeen mil lions already have been spent on the dam with an ultimate cost of completion probably amounting to $45,000,000. Additional Sums Necessary. , In order to. use the electric power developed by the dam in the so called nitrate plant, built for the manufacture of ammonia sulphate, one of the principal ingredients in fertilizer. $3,000,000 would have to be of Specia Girls' Coats : $5 . Regularly to $15 For girls aged 8 to 16 and 13 to 17 years. Distinctively Styled Girls Coats $15 Regularly to $29.50 , Smartly tailored from handsome, rm, light weight fabrics in swag ger belted or snappy, loose back effects. Ity Shops. expended on an addition to nitrate plant No. 2, so as to enable it to operate in the manufacture of the substance, and if the government had decided to operate te plant,, an ap propriation of $12,500000 would have been necessary. In other words, a revolving fund would have been im- erative to carry on the business, uch a proposition is now before the senate, providing for the organiza tion of a corporation for that- pur pose. 1 Total Amounts to $43,500,000. The total of these various de mands made on "the appropriations committee, which were refused, over and above the $17,000,000 expended on the Wilson dam and the $77,000,- V v gokinyHfao the Tfeyfiofe at ptsentsneir arrived ipiing 'Drat Shop- January Clearance 'j Soaps -Toilet Goods Palm Olive Soap 6 bat- 45c Electric Spark Laundry Soap 10 bars 59c 4-lb. bar Bocabelli Castile $1.49 Small bar Bocabelli x Castile 12c $1.50 Cutex Manicure Sets $1.19 Hughes Ideal Hair Brushes, quadruple bristles Toilet Goods Shop An Old Fashioned J anuary Clearance Sale of- Infants Flannelette Wrappers 85c Infants'-Shirts Bandsat 25 Discount ' Made from soft, fleecy, ion-shrinkable materials. Children's Dresses Pri6e Of Challie Crepe Organdy Voile Attractive in coloring dainty in fashioning and trimmings of handwork altogether adorable. Ages 2 to 6 years. Flannelette Skirts 89c Were $1.25 Ages 2 to 6. Children's Winter Coats Girls' Coats Age $8.50 $12.50 $25.00 $30.00 $17.50 ! $19.50 2 3 4 5 6 9 ... 1 . 5 1 1 1 1 ...M ... 1 ...... 1 1 1 1 1 Priced Priced Priced Priced Priced Priced uTot's Shop- 1921 000 expended on nitrate plant No. 2, would amount to about $43,250,000 additional necessary to carry out the various plans and schemes incident to the.government going into the manufacture of ammonia sulphate. Congressman Jefferies, who had made a first hand study of the whole situation at Muscle Shoals, decided to give the house the benefit of his investigation 'with the result that his speech was made the basis of a general attack ou the proposition. c Farmers Investigate, farmers organizations, which came-to 'the conclusion that it would be a good thing for the gov ernment to embark m the fertilizer , Final January C learance Reductions ( ... Store Wide in Scope and Activities - v , Low prices that are a revelation of what a real genuine clearance sale means in savings to you on reputable, standard merchandi se of the well known Eldredge-Reynolds quality. " . . . Early Saturday shopping is advised as in some instances quantities offered are limited. t m m ii -Third Floor" 60c Cutex Manicure Sets 48c Woodbury's Facial Cream per tube 24c n Small bottle Listerine 19c , 1249 Dorin Brunette x . Rouge 48c Pompeian Vanity Cases 96c $1.49 -Main Floor Nainsook Comb. Suits $1 Were to $1.75 Ages 2 to 6. Boys' CoaU Age Priced $5.00... Priced $8.50... Priced $12.50... Priced $17.50... 2 1 2 6 2 Fur CoaU Priced $36.00.. Priced $50.00... Second Floors 1 1 M i business at low cost, had their rep resentatives meet a number of mem bers "of congress from the middle west, who had given this matter in dependent thought and tudgment, but they were unable to throw ',any new light on the proposition. There fore, upon due reflection, and with all the facts before the house, the friends of Muscle Shoals concluded they would not -carry! the fight further by offering a nation to re commit the Sunday civil bill with instructions to return the same, with the appropriation of $10,000,000. for Muscle Shoals, included. . Bee Want Ads Are Best Business I Getters! - January Clearance ' Reductions on Smart New Turbans $5.95 Regularly Priced $12.95 Mos10 attractive of the latest models in satin fancy fabrics satin and flowers satin and fur -combinations. JNew Colors New Shapes Millinery Shop . f . "Second Floot January Clearance t Reductions on ,:v New 1921-TaiIored Crepie, de Chine j r $3.95-$iJ5-$6-95-$f:75 " '$8.75-: " "- Just arrived fresl from the wrappings featuring the new vogue of tucks on front, collars, vestnew double pleatings new cuffs new panel effects. Quality of crepe is specially noteworthy. Colors are white flesh bisque grey. Bloat. Shop ' Second Floor January Reductions on- Plaids Navy Serge Velvet Models in plain, pleated, gathered stylesx. At $12,95 J St. Moritz SportT.3I.o.dels Imported wool plaids all colors. Sltirt Shop ' n w Third Floor January Clearance , m; k k-v Reductions on- Women's Coats $10 Regularly priced as high as $55 and extraordinary values at that price jnany have fur collars. .- Women's Coats Wrkps lz off Regularly priced $125 to $250 special features are huge collars of fur, or self material exquisite materials and linings. Plush coats included. '''' Every Evening Wrap in stock V2 Price : Coat Shop mt , .Third Floor An Old Fashioned Clearance Sale, on Boys' Corduroy Suits $10 Best suit values in the city. Sizes 6 to 15 yedrs. Boys' Two-Pants Suits $15 The extra pair gives extra wear. Unusually handsome suits in fancy mixtures expertly tailored, neatly fin ished made for service as well as ap pearance. t BOYS' OVERCOATS " At$5-$10 A.t$10-$15. Ages 3 to 8 years. 9 to 18 years. Every Boys' Mackinaw in the Boys' Shop at 25J3iscount- N Children's Winter Hose 25c. pair. V 5 pairs for $1.00 Boys' Coat Sweaters $2.50 Regularly to $8 - Sizes 32-34 36 Ages .121416 years. Colors are Blues Green Gray Brown.- : Boys' Shop- Utah Bandit Is Killel In HoltJup of Pool Hall Salt Lake City, Jan. 7.rOne ban dit is dead and another is in jail following a holdup oVd pool hall Helpcr, Utah, south 'of here. The two pandits estcred the pool hall where 20 men wqrn playing and while one of the robbiis covered the crowd, the second mail relieved them of their valuables. , The bandits ran froirt the place and were chased by the crowd. Shots were exchanged and one bf the hold up men fell dead. The other was captured soon afterwards. More than $300 was recovered. BLOUSES Clearance Separate Skirts January -Balcony.